Turning Points into Dollars

The other night, I happened to check my FTP points and I saw that I had around 5,000+ pts accumulated. Every game you play earns you a couple of FTP points and some might think that these points are no use since FTP doesn't really ship any of their items to the Philippines.

But there are actually ways to roll the dice with these points and get some dollars in return.

For an SNG player, the best way in my opinion to try and turn these points around is to play the 1,800 FTP points 9 man turbo SNG where top three get a $24+2 token. You can then use this token to enter an STT or MTT depending on your preference.

This was what I tried to do. I had about 5,200+ pts, so I was still missing around 200 pts to make it 5,400 which would allow me to play 3 sets. So first I played a 50 pts turbo SNG to the Daily Dollar tournament. The guys who usually play these are totally crappy since they're basically scraping the bottom of their bankrolls. Top 2 get the dollar or 200 pts. I had no intention of playing the dollar donkament. I just wanted the quick 200 pts. As I said, easy win, just wait around for the premium hands and suck somebody in.

So now I had 5,400+ pts and it was time to play the 1,800 FTP points SNG. To make a long story short. I managed to get 2 tokens for the 3 games that I played.

So now, the 5,400 pts has been converted to two $24+2 tokens or $52 imaginary dollars. But its still just tokens at this point. You now need to convert it to real dollars.

I now used one of the tokens and entered a 45 man SNG where top 6 was paid. You could also enter just a 9 man SNG or even a guaranteed MTT. There are many tourneys being offered round the clock where the token can be used. But it was already getting late and I wanted one that finished in around 2 hours.

Well as luck would have it. I finished 3rd in the 45 man for a cool $170.

Heheh... so 5,400 pts turns into $52 which now turned into $170. And I still had the spare token left.

The purpose of this post was not really to brag about the win. Well OK, maybe just a little. I mostly wanted to get the point across to beginner players and maybe even experienced players to not underestimate the value of the pts that you accumulate.

One lucky streak and you do get a good return for these seemingly useless points. =)