Was it beginners luck or sheer skill? We may never know. One thing is for sure, though. Someone named Reimer Koester signed up for an account at online poker site Titan Poker on July 31 and ended up with thousands of dollars in cash a mere four days after. Sounds like a fairy tale but in poker, anything is possible so stories like these are far and money.

German poker player Koester registered for his very first tournament on Titan Poker last August 3 hoping to get a piece of the prize pie at the $250,000 Guaranteed tournament. With a tough field of almost 2,000 players, Koester was clearly not a favorite to win. Seven and a half hours later, Koester has defied his odds and was playing heads up.

Koester was well on his way to a win but he ended up short when his opponent hit the board hard on his last hand. Still, it was a good payday for the German as he took home a staggering $27,000 for his second place finish.

As expected, Koester was very enthusiastic about his win on his very first tournament at Titan Poker. His quest for a victory may not be far behind as Titan’s $250,000 Guaranteed tournament is held every Sunday night. The tournament has a $200+$15 buy-in but people who are short on cash can win a seat into the guaranteed tournament through satellites.

Titan poker also has tournaments that send players to events all over the world including the European Poker Tour and Aussie Millions. In September, Titan will increase its pay-out (already over $16 million every month) with a $2.5 million guaranteed tournament.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 4:12 pm and is filed under Online Poker, Poker Events, Poker Industry News, Poker Players, Poker Software, Poker Tournaments, PokerStars. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.