One of the best online tournament players around, Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet provided one of the early highlights of the ongoing FTOPS XVI on Full Tilt Poker. Van Fleet's win at Event #5, $100+$9 NL Hold'em w/Rebuys brought him $123,600 and perhaps surprisingly his first 6-figure cash since 2007.


Jon "apestyles" Van Fleet is in the top 10 of Pocketfives' current Online Poker Ranking and one of the authors of the acclaimed tournament strategy book Winning Poker Tournaments One Hand at a Time (Vol. I - II) with Eric "Rizen" Lynch and Jon "Pearljammer" Turner.

Of the other events, #6 ($200+$16 NLHE Turbo w/Rebuys) was an international affair in every sense of the word, as there were players from eight countries and four continents at the 9-handed final table. 4high20 from Italy took down the title but the biggest cash went to runner-up trader0811 from the UK who scored $72,000 thanks to a deal.