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Titan Poker celebrates Sunday Specials

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

(PRESS RELEASE) - Titan Poker players were celebrating on Sunday as the popular poker room awarded $250,000 in cash in an exciting weekly tournament. Titan Poker, the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, stages a $250,000 Guaranteed Prize tournament every Sunday evening. Players from across the globe join the tables at the internationally renowned poker room to compete for their share of the prize money.

On Sunday June 15, Carsten Wolf from Germany finished in first place to take home the top prize of $52,500. Closely behind him, French player Jean Louis Fromenton played throughout the night to claim second place and $27,500 in cash.

Jean said: “I started playing at 20:00 and finished at around 4:00 in the morning - and it was worth every minute of gameplay. I am so happy that I won this fantastic prize! I don’t have a special strategy when it comes to poker, I am very easy going and I just really enjoy playing!”

Players can buy-in directly to the $250,000 Guaranteed for $200 + $15 or they can win their seat at ongoing satellite tournaments. The $250,000 Guaranteed is just one of the many guaranteed prize tournaments regularly staged at Titan Poker. In the past few months alone, Titan Poker has doubled the amount of its monthly guaranteed prizes from $8 million to $16 million.

The popular poker room also hosts huge guaranteed prize tournaments, and is set to stage its biggest ever tournament in September with an unprecedented $2.5 million Guaranteed Prize Pool. It also frequently awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, such as the Aussie Millions and the European Poker Tour. Titan Poker will send a delegation of players to participate in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas next month and to the Asian Poker Tour in Macau this August.

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Titan Poker players compete in Manila tournament

Friday, May 30th, 2008

MANILA, Philippines - (PRESS RELEASE) - Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, has sent a delegation of eight talented poker players to the Asian Poker Tour (APT) - Manila. Beginning on May 26th until June 2nd, players will test their poker skills with at least 400 poker players, amateurs and top professionals, from around the world.

By winning an APT Manila Super Satellite tournament at Titan Poker, each of the eight players was subsequently rewarded with a $6,000 prize package to the Asian Poker Tour. In addition to receiving a $2,500 buy-in to the Main Event, $2,600 is also included for flights and spending, along with a seven night accommodation at the Dusit Hotel in Manila, worth $840.

Participants in the Manila tournament will compete for an unprecedented One Million Dollar prize pool, the largest ever offered in Asia.

Winner Frank De Vries, from The Netherlands is very excited for his upcoming trip. He says he is “looking forward to playing in the poker thrilla of Manila.”

The popularity of poker in Asia is growing rapidly and APT tournament officials expect a lot of excitement with Manila being the first stop of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour. The tour continues in South Korea, Macau, and Singapore.

Titan Poker regularly rewards its players with huge cash prizes. At the end of this month, the poker room will give away $3,600,000 in its second European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP II). It also frequently awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments. Titan Poker will be sending players to the World Series of Poker 2008 in Las Vegas. Earlier this month, it sponsored the Eurocity Poker Tour Madrid Open - an elite poker tournament open to just 200 players.

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World Series Of Poker - Ladbrokes Poker $1,000,000 main event bonus

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

World Series Of Poker - Ladbrokes Poker $1,000,000 main event bonus !

Ladbrokes Poker will be taking over 100 European players to Las Vegas this summer. There is still time to qualify to be part of the Ladbrokes Poker Team at this year’s Main Event.

And there’s more. Should any of Ladbrokes Poker Team make it to the final table of the main event, they will receive a guaranteed $250,000 sponsorship package. If they win the main event, the sponsorship package is worth a cool $1,000,000! There are other sponsorship packages down to 27th place whilst anyone finishing in the 28-100 place will win a Ladbrokes 2009 WSOP Package.

For more details please go to LADBROKES POKER.

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Titan Poker wins chance at ECPT

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

(PRESS RELEASE) - Jelte Kruijer, a talented poker player from the Netherlands, won his right to represent Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, at the highly anticipated ECPT Madrid Open 2008. This wonderful achievement comes on the heels of Jelte scoring spots to the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Showdown (WPS) and winning tens of thousands of dollars in cash over the past eleven months.

Jelte Kruijer’s winning streak began in May 2007, when he won a $14,000 seat to the 2007 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas through a Titan Poker Super Satellite Tournament. Since then, he has also won a prize package to the WPS in Costa Rica and finished first place in Titan Poker’s $100,000 Guaranteed and $50,000 Guaranteed Tournaments.

Jelte, 39, has been playing semi-professionally for over a year. He said: “I am very happy and thankful to Titan Poker for having such great promotions. It seems that I’m on my way to the top.” Jelte will be joined in Madrid by at least thirty-seven other Titan Poker player. Players are winning seats practically every day as the online Super Satellites are continuing until April 27th.

The ECPT Madrid Open is the first of many “land-based” tournaments that Titan Poker plans on sponsoring. While keeping busy preparing a sophisticated poker experience, Titan Poker hopes to power land-based events regularly. Jelte Kruijer is just one of the many loyal players who will reap the benefit of attending this elite poker experience.

In addition to the ECPT Madrid Open, Titan Poker is presently offering a wide array of tournaments to its players. Poker enthusiasts are currently competing for a seat to the Asian Poker Tour Manila which will be occurring this May in the Philippines. Seats to this event are highly desirable on account of the mammoth $1 million in guaranteed prizes.

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Exclusive Weekend Tournaments at 32Red Poker

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

During this long bank holiday weekend, 32Red Poker is holding a series of exclusive tournaments. Players can dip into their RedBack (32Red Poker’s loyalty points system) reserves to gain entry to these impressive top-dollar tournaments. New players needn’t worry though - they can buy-in through a nominal fee and battle against 32Red Poker’s most experienced members.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s on offer:

Saturday (3rd May)

“Be the Bounty” - Guaranteed $1,000. Entry: 1,100 RedBacks or $10 + $1. Starts 21:30 BST.

Sunday (4th May)

“Play for $2k Sunday” - Guaranteed $2,000. Entry: 2,200 RedBacks or $20 + £2. 17:00 BST.

Monday (5th May)

“Quickfire Snooker Special” - Guaranteed $500. Entry: 550 RedBacks or $5 + $0.50. 14:30 BST.

“Snooker Final Session Special” - Guaranteed $500. Entry: 550 RedBacks or $5 + $0.50. 20:30 BST.

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