| Titan Poker $2.5 Million Tournament Is a Winner |
| Thursday, 11 September 2008 01:36 |
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Titan Poker made history last weekend with its incredibly massive guaranteed prize $2,500,000 tournament that took place during the month of September’s first weekend.
All in all an incredible 1,596 players came along to stake their claim on a chance at a serious piece of the $2.5 million prize pool. Out of that total, 200 luck encrusted players cashed out with a smooth half a million dollars heading for the first place finished.
The French poker player, who is known by his handle axp15 was the coolest customer at this tournament as he managed to outlast the rest of the field to earn himself a very cool $500,000 for his troubles. The happy winner was not available for comment, but sources hinted he is planning to make very good use of his newly swelled bank account!
The full line up of the top nine winners reads as follows:
In first place, winning $500,000 is axp15. In second place, winning $260,000 is JohnnyU. In third place, winning $185,000 is cont454. In fourth place, winning $150,000 is madonnalover. In fifth place, winning $125,000 is kingjackson1986. In sixth place, winning $100,000 is DrJes. In seventh place, winning $75,000 is drrungood. In eighth place, winning $50,000 is iamtehseer. In ninth place, winning $32,000 is Futjul.
In the run-up to the Titan Poker tournament, two players were noteworthy in their ambitions and plans for the prize money should they get lucky. Oliver Kaeser of Switzerland planned to quit his day job then spend the next two years enjoying the good life with sunny vacations and plenty of freedom. His ascent to the tournament was slow and steady, however. Having played for a year with Titan Poker, Kaeser, with a buy in of $150 took first place at one of the qualifying satellite games.
On the other hand, Canada's Michael Wywrot intended to play it safe by prudently investing his share of the loot in real estate with longer term plans to amass plenty of interest on his share of the winnings. It seemed a good possibility as he originally paid a buy-in of just $5 and incredibly shot to the number one place during the earlier P5 qualifying tournament. This came as no great surprise, as the Canadian actually plays poker for a living. Unfortunately for the two players, luck was not on their side during the major tournament and neither went away with any of the top prizes. That said, for the nine top winners, their dreams came true with the top six all taking six figure prizes to the bank. Add this review or article to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          |