Online poker site adds even more new promos days after announcing revamped and enhanced tournament schedule
Days after igniting excitement in the online poker community with a groundbreaking tournament schedule, UltimateBet today introduced two more lucrative promotions, destined to attract a herd of poker players to the site.
“We’re continuing to invest time and resources in creating promotions and events that solidify UltimateBet as the most exciting, most lucrative place to play Texas Hold’em,” stated UltimateBet spokesperson George MacLean. “The addition of these promotions is evidence of that.”
First, the bullets will be flying in the site’s brand new Sniper tournaments where players can fight for the top daily or weekly sniper title in a variety of events for a shot at free tournament entries. Players are awarded a bounty for each player they take out of the tournament and each takedown accounts for rank in the sniper of the day/week titles. http://www.ultimatebet.com/poker-promotion/sniper-tourney
The action lives on with the new $1 Pro Rebuy Madness Bounty where bounty hunters can earn the amount of money UltimateBet pros used for rebuys just by taking them out of a tournament. With the recent addition of Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian to a list of pros that includes Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke, the online poker site’s $1 Pro Rebuy Madness Bounty promotion has instantly become a star-studded event. http://www.ultimatebet.com/poker-promotion/pro-rebuy
These new promos arrive on the heels of the online poker site announcing its new tournament schedule and hiring Annie Duke as its Cardroom Consultant, two moves that hammer home UltimateBet’s commitment to delivering exactly what poker players want.
Full details on all three promos are available at UltimateBet.com.
Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, is currently staging a Super Satellite Series, offering players a chance to win seats at the land-based Asian Poker Tour (APT) Manila tournament, which will be staged at the Dusit Thani Manila hotel in Makati from May 27th through June 1st, 2008. Participants in the Manila tournament will compete for an unprecedented One Million Dollar prize pool, the largest ever offered in Asia.
Winners of the Super Satellites, continuing every week through May 12th, will receive a prize package worth $6,000, including buy-in to the Asian Poker Tour Main Event and money for flights and spending. Titan Poker will reward four packages to Manila at every Super Satellite.
The popularity of poker in Asia is growing rapidly and APT tournament officials expect to attract at least 400 poker players, amateurs and top professionals, from around the world.
Manila is the first stop of the 2008 Asian Poker Tour. After Manila the tour continues in South Korea, Macau, and Singapore.
Titan Poker is sponsoring the Eurocity Poker Tour Madrid Open this May and has sent players to the Aussie Millions and various European Poker Tour events. In addition to awarding players seats to the World Poker Showdown in the Dominican Republic in May, Titan Poker will host the European Championship of Online Poker II (ECOOP) where skilled poker players will compete for a share of $3,600,000 dollars.
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.
Players who win four consecutive WSOP Executive Sit ‘n’ Go tournaments, staged round the clock at Titan Poker, will win the WSOP Executive Package to Las Vegas, valued at $20,000. This prize package is in addition to the Main and Side Events Super Satellite Series, each offering prize packages worth $14,000 and $6,500, respectively.
As Titan Poker grows rapidly, the popular online poker site will continue offering players with creative and exciting prize packages to live poker events throughout the world.
A company spokesperson adds that “we are thrilled to offer a prize package of this magnitude. We want our players to have the experience of a lifetime while being a part of poker’s most premier yearly event.”
Titan Poker is sponsoring the Eurocity Poker Tour Madrid Open this May and has sent players to the Aussie Millions and various European Poker Tour events. In addition to awarding players seats to the World Poker Showdown in the Dominican Republic later this year, Titan Poker will host the European Championship of Online Poker II (ECOOP) this May where skilled poker players will compete for a share of $3,600,000 dollars.
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Thierry Barou, from France, will represent Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, at the Eurocity Poker Tour (ECPT) Madrid Open this spring. Thierry was awarded a $3,000 seat to the ECPT Madrid Open after winning one of Titan Poker’s online Super Satellites.This is the fourth huge tournament that this skilled poker player has won at Titan Poker’s tables. Thierry also won a seat at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague at the end of last year, $80,000 for finishing first place at Titan Poker’s $500,000 Refer a Friend Freeroll in October 2006, and $75,000 for finishing third place in the Tournament Titan in December 2007 - a huge million dollar freeroll open to just twenty players.
Referring to his amazing successes at Titan Poker, Thierry said: “I invite all players to try, everything is possible and as you can see, you can have a very good day where nothing bad can happen to you!!”
Sponsored by Titan Poker, the ECPT Madrid Open is an elite tournament open to just two hundred of the best poker players across the globe. Thierry will join more than 30 other Titan Poker players at this exclusive event in Madrid. Titan Poker is staging four Super Satellites each week offering all inclusive prize packages to Madrid.
Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments, such as the Aussie Millions and various European Poker Tour events. Titan Poker will be sending players to the World Series of Poker 2008 in Las Vegas and the World Poker Showdown in the Dominican Republic later this year. In May, Titan Poker will host the European Championship of Online Poker II (ECOOP) where skilled poker players will compete for a share of $3,600,000.
Titan Poker, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network, now guarantees more than $16,000,000 in monthly online poker tournaments. This monumental increase reflects the growing status and success of the popular online poker room.
Titan Poker’s guaranteed prize pools are continuing to rise weekly, based on the rapidly growing number of players constantly drawn to the online poker room’s exciting promotions, thrilling tournaments and excellent customer service. Titan Poker recently captured Gambling Online Magazine’s Gold Award for providing the Best Online Poker Customer Service for the second year in a row.
Just five months ago, Titan Poker was guaranteeing less than half of what it now puts on the table in its round-the-clock tournament schedule.
“We are constantly seeking new ways to offer our players more chances to play and even bigger prizes to win,” a spokesman for Titan Poker shared. This probably accounts for the tremendous success that Titan Poker is experiencing and then passing on to its players by giving them even more varieties of poker play month to month.
Titan Poker regularly honors its players with seats at the world’s most well-known poker tournaments. Titan Poker’s qualifying players will deal in at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas later this summer. This year, it is offering even more seats and opportunities to qualify for the WSOP. The new WSOP Executive Package will endow players with an opportunity to play poker in Vegas in royal style. Initiatives like this are certainly contributing to Titan Poker’s titan success.
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The iPoker Network is home to more than 20 online poker rooms. Many of them are known for specific promotions and opportunities. With their current run for Omaha Poker fans, they have created a draw to a particular, and well known poker room. Titan Poker is again in the forefront of the minds of poker players globally. As the largest online poker room on the iPoker Network, they have set their focus on the Pot Limit Omaha players with a 100, 000 dollars in prizes over the next two months. Titan Poker held a unique promotion titled, ‘Omaholics’ during February and March, with tremendous cash prizes for the leader board based competition.
Pot Limit Omaha devotees were ranked daily based on raked hands generated during the set promotion time frame. As each month ended the standings of the leader boards were evaluated. The top players were awarded an astounding amount of money for their competition. The highest-ranking player for February received 40 thousand dollars, while in March the highest player received 60 thousand. This draw dropping amount of money intended for Pot Limit Omaha players drew ‘Omaholics’ from across the globe to Titan once again.
Titan Poker has been making a name for themselves with incredible focused promotions such as this one. This has developed them into one of the best and most entertaining poker rooms available. Along with this there has come a significant following of VIP players. Currently to reward them, there is a VIP race for the top level awarding a share of 15 thousand dollars. Not to bad for playing your favorite poker game in your favorite poker room.
If you are a poker enthusiast by nature and enjoy many forms of the game, then it is certain you didn’t miss the European Championship of Online Poker last year. Keep your eyes open, because it was such a success that Titan has promotions running currently to qualify for the ECOOP II, which will be played starting next month. Total cash prizes this year will amount to 3.6 million dollars. It will be a great warm up and play though the start of the World Series of Poker of which Titan Poker will have ample representation as they are scheduled to send a multitude of players at their cost to compete.
If you are a fan of Sit n Go Tournaments, and not the long live kind, then Titan also has a great program for you. The Progressive Jackpot Tournaments, one of their most popular options, run 24 hrs a day. Four popular stops in the poker room are the Fort Knox, Rio, Maui, and Dirty Dozen tables. All of which can offer a pay out that has been known to reach well over 100 thousand dollars. Keep in mind all of the Sit N Go tables available at Titan Poker are designed to reach into the pocket of any poker bankroll.
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The learning process takes time. The theory is very important, but there is no substitute for practice. This is way the poker player must find an online poker room and start playing. Choosing a good poker room is very important. To do it the right way, it is recommended to read online poker room reviews made by specialized websites. A good poker room must offer you nice bonuses, good banking options, excellent support and a good software with a large player base at all stakes.
Becoming a poker shark may take time and effort, but in the end you will see that it was worth it. A good poker player can increase his bankroll on a regular basis, and even make a living from playing online poker.
Abscident is a well known poker author, writing for famous poker websites like Shark Poker.
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