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Titan Poker Players Will Live like Kings at the World Series of Poker

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, is offering an exciting prize package to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas this July. The Executive Package is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any poker player. It includes a $10,000 buy-in to the Main Event as well as registration fees and a 14-night accommodation (July 3rd - July 17th) for two in a luxury suite along with money for flights and spending.

For the ultimate World Series of Poker experience, Titan Poker will also include executive perks such as two tickets to the “Blue Man Group” show in the Blue Man Group theatre at the Venetian Resort, dinner for two at the exclusive “SW Steakhouse” at the Wynn Hotel, and limousine pick-up to and from the Las Vegas airport.

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Titan Poker Funded French Couple World Tour For The Eurocity Poker Open Madrid

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Titan Poker, funded skilled poker duo Bruno Peyrou and Marise Massabo, from Marseille, France, to fly to Madrid for the Eurocity Poker Open Madrid this May. This is the third time that the couple has flown to a major live poker tournament thanks to their shared passion for Titan Poker’s online tournaments.

The French couple’s world poker tour began last May when Marise won a seat worth $14,000 to Pokerface 2007 in Las Vegas — and brought her husband along for moral support. A few months later, it was his turn to win them a vacation, with an $8,000 seat to the World Poker Showdown (WPS) Costa Rica in January 2008. This month, Bruno won them yet another exciting poker trip, with a $3,000 ticket to Titan Poker’s sponsored ECPT Madrid Open 2008.

The couple flew to Madrid for this elite tournament, which was staged from the 9th to the 12th of May at the Casino Gran Madrid.

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World Poker Tour: Vanessa Selbst Leads WPT Ladies Championship

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Vanessa Selbst earned her spot in the World Poker Tour Ladies Championship by winning the WPT Ladies tournament at the Commerce Casino. She said during a WPT interview that she didn’t consider anyone in particular a threat at the final table, but it was the most aggressive players who made the final table so it won’t be an easy win.

Perhaps the most threatening of Selbst’s opponents at the final table will be Van Nguyen. She built herself back up from being the short stack while 10-handed, and she already has a WPT win under her belt after taking down the Celebrity Invitational.

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World Poker Tour: LA Poker Classic Final Ten

Friday, February 29th, 2008

On Day 4 Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth started off in the top four, they were joined by David Singer and Jennifer Tilly. As the day progressed Tilly was pushed out of the number two spot by Michael Watson whilst online player Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle stepped into fourth displacing Phil Hellmuth to fifth. But the fortunes are ever changing and the two Phils snatched the top two spots moving into the million chip count. But the roller coaster ride that is the WPT LA Poker Classic meant that Hinkle was the meat in the two Phil sarnie.

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But the wild cards are always on the look out for action and Nam Le pushed up to number five slot.

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WPT World Poker Finals kicks off at Foxwoods

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

After Scott “BigRiskky” Clements won the WPT North American Poker Championships, the World Poker Tour will setup for the $10,000 buy-in Main Event of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals.
Foxwoods Resort and Casino stands like an oasis in the middle of the Connecticut countryside, a Mecca to gambling and a lifestyle that people who love to […]

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Scott “BigRiskky” Clements won the WPT North American Poker Championship

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Four online poker pros, a poker legend and a hometown hero sat down to play for the first-place prize of $1,387,224 CAD ($1.47 million USD) WPT North American Poker Championship over the weekend.
Heading into play, the top-two chip counts belonged to online poker pros Scott “BigRiskky” Clements and, our hometown hero, Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little, and […]

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WPT announced third quarter financial results

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

LOS ANGELES - WPT Enterprises, Inc. today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Business highlights for the quarter and through the date of this release include the delivery of three episodes of Season V of the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series, progress in the online gaming business and hiring […]

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WPT Added Two Key Players To Join Management Team

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

The creator of the World Poker Tour, WPT Enterprises Inc, has announced two experienced additions to help develop its player base along with increasing its marketing efforts.
Former Vice President of Poker Software Development for CryptoLogic, Andy Goetsch joins WPT as Executive Vice President of Online Gaming, while Rohin Malhotra brings a vast knowledge of television […]

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Amateur Poker Player into Final Table Seat in World Series of Poker Main Event

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Two WPT Boot Camp alumni’s credit their impressive performances, Lee Childs to play on the 38 annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table and Bill Spadea who just missed the elusive main event final table, placing 13th and taking home a whopping $429,113.
Lee Childs goes head-to-head with nine other top poker players to win […]

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Dan Harrington Wins Legends of Poker Tournament

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Dan Harrington is 2007 Legends of Poker Champion

The Legends of Poker Championship Main Event gathered together 485 poker players in The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles to buy-in $10,000 to compete in one of the biggest poker events hosted by the World Poker Tour. The prize pool reached $4,642,500 in this No Limit Hold’em freezout […]

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