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Titan Poker - Single Satellite Awarding 50 Seats In $2.5M GTD

August 28, 2008

It’s no breaking news headline that Titan Poker is the premier online poker room of the iPoker Network, but what has the industry in a stir is the announcement of a single Satellite tournament awarding a record-breaking 50 seats in an upcoming $2,500,000 guaranteed.

Titan Poker will be hosting its largest guaranteed online poker tournament Sunday, September 7th, with a guaranteed prize pool of no less than $2.5 million. Direct buy-in to this event is a whopping $1,500+$80, but Satellites are ongoing daily.

The biggest Satellite to the Titan Poker $2.5m Guaranteed will occur Sunday, August 31st at 8:35 pm (GMT +1), listed in the Titan Poker Lobby as “$2,500,000 Stage 1R/A 50 Seat”. What makes this upcoming Satellite competition so intriguing is that Titan Poker will award the top 50 players – yes, 50! – a seat in the $2.5m GTD. That is more guaranteed seats than any Satellite competition in the history of online poker.

“This is an exciting eleventh hour opportunity for players who have not yet secured their seats to the online tournament of a lifetime,” stated a highly enthused representative of Titan Poker. “Low stakes and the chance to win big - it’s a dream for most players.”

Direct buy-in to the 50-Seat GTD Satellite is $160 + $12; much more cost efficient than the express buy-in of $1.5k. However, players can bypass this buy-in as well by entering daily Stage 2 and Stage 3 Satellites, which award seats in this Sunday’s 50-Seat Guarantee.

Stage 2 Satellites incur a buy-in of $20+$2, while Stage 3 Satellites cost only $2+$.20, and are played as single-hand Sit’n’Go tournaments. The Stage 3 awards a seat in the Stage 2 - Stage 2 awards a seat in Sunday’s “$2,500,000 Stage 1R/A 50 Seat”, where the top 50 players will be rocketed into the massive $2.5m Guaranteed.

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    Written by Donna Norman · Filed Under Online Gambling News, Poker News, Titan Poker 

    Scotty Nguyen Apologizes For Drunken belligerent Poker Play at $50,000 HORSE event at the World Series of Poker.

    August 28, 2008

    “Where the **** are the ******* cocktails!?” - Scotty Nguyen

    Fourteen hours is an enormous test of endurance for a tournament poker player. Imagine yourself battling it out, table after table, building your chip-stack, your table image, and holding it all together for hour upon hour. A poker player is said to have to options, make the right decision under a tremendous amount of pressure, or go home early.

    Now let’s look at the game of H.O.R.S.E. Take this back to the cowboy days if you will. In the worldof poker, you are not a pro, you are not an old timer, you’re not a cowboy until you’ve broken the horse.

    H.O.R.S.E stands for Holdem, Omaha, Razz, Studd, and Eight or better. Five of the most challenging poker games, all wrapped up into one tournament. That’s what this years WSOP $50,000.00 horse contenders were up against. The best of the best, in one of the biggest high stakes poker matches there are, at the most prestigious poker event of the year.

    It looks like the pressure might have gotten to a few of pro poker players, Scotty Nguyen a bit more than others, add all the pressure outlined above, plus the fact that his beer was apparently not being delivered in a timely manner, the Poker World was treated to less than the classy behavior we’re used to seeing from the man known to many as the prince of poker.

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    Amanda Leatherman from Poker News interviewed Micheal DeMichele, who came in second place against a really tough field, he went heads up against Scotty with a short stack, he missed.

    DeMichelle explained that he had rubbed Eric Linden and Scotty Ngyuen the wrong way by playing into the audience a bit, DeMichelle apologized, he told Scotty he wanted to conduct hmself in a professional manner at the poker table, and said that he wasn’t going to do it again. But Scotty who’d had a bit much to drink didn’t let it go there.

    “Enough is enough man, we play this game we wait for ******* cocktail!”

    In fact, at one point, during his drunken poker play, Scotty, who was never warned for language, and received no penalties, picked cards up off the table, and showed them to the audience while in a hand.

    “It’s no fun when Scotty Got the Gun Baby!” Scotty slurred to another player after beating him in a hand.

    “When I did the interview with him, he was falling down a little bit - but he’s a good guy” explained Amanda Leatherman.

    Nut Nut BABAY! Scotty yelled into the crowd, the crowd yelled back, “Nut Nut BABAY - What What BAYBAY”

    The blunt of Scotty’s outburst was taken by DeMichelle, however he did have his moment with Eric Lindgren, who told Scotty that he was not on his team, never had been. On his way out, he said “I Hope the kid wins” in reference to DeMichelle - 23 year old professional poker player.

    Scotty made a public apology for his drunken behavior during the event, which he posted on Cardplayer.com poker forums, in his apology Nguyen explained that the tournament was 14 hours long, but asked the fans to keep in mind that the cut edited for television was only 2 hours long, with of course the most entertaining [drunken] moments included.

    This tournament was too important for me, the trophy, the fifth bracelet, and history, my head was zoned in for this event, and for that time, I forgot the fans were watching me. I said things I shouldn’t have said that have disappointed you, and I apologize for my actions. Scotty said to fans in his apology.

    The tournament was played in the honor of Chip Reese, Scotty Nguyen eventually won the tournament, 2 million dollars and a Chip Reese Trophy.

      Written by Lady4Flush · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

      APT TO HOST ASIA’S LARGEST CASH GAME – MINIMUM BUY-IN HK$1 MILLION!

      August 28, 2008

      28th August 2008 (Macau, China) – The cards are in the air at the Galaxy StarWorld Hotel and Casino in Macau as Day 1A of the eagerly awaited APT Macau finally got underway! ‘Godfather of Poker’ Doyle Brunson and the legendary host of the 1970 World Series of Poker ® Jack Binion joined Asian Poker Tour Tournament Director Matt Savage to ‘Shuffle Up and Deal’ as a world class field took their seats. Jack Binion, standing alongside Doyle Brunson, addressed the players as they took their seats.

      “This is the future of poker,” said Binion. “This is so exciting and significant - you can see the potential and feel the energy.”

      A formidable line-up of players are at the StarWorld for the landmark USD $5300 (US$5000+$300) event. Amongst those spotted include Johnny Chan, Todd Brunson, Liz Lieu, J.C Tran, Kenny Tran, John Juanda, Nam Le, Quinn Do, Steve Sung, Huck Seed, Michael ‘Chino’ Rheem, Mel Judah, Mansour Matloubi, Harry Demetriou, Carter Gill, Richard En and APT Philippines champion David Saab. You can follow all the action LIVE at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-apt-macau/main-event/ with a selection of videos available at http://www.thenutz.tv/ . Information can also be found at the official website http://www.asianpt.com/

      Amongst those choosing Day 1A include Doyle and Todd Brunson but there was considerable interest on the rail as Saab and JC Tran got drawn on the same table and locked horns. The APT Macau is making history by offering US$1,500,000, the largest guaranteed prize pool ever to be offered in Asia, with the first prize also guaranteed at US$500,000.

      On Friday 29th August at 7pm, the Asian Poker Tour will make history again with Asia’s largest cash game, coverage of which will be televised and distributed worldwide at a later date. The details are simple, minimum buy-in is HK$1,000,000 (US$130,000), starting blinds are HK$3,000 - $6,000, straddling and blinds are raised at the discretion of the players. Even the most conservative estimates suggest that HK$15 million (well over US$1.5 million) will be at stake, MORE than the guaranteed prizepool of the APT Macau tournament! Amongst those taking part include Doyle Brunson, Todd Brunson, Johnny Chan, Nam Le, JC Tran, Kenny Tran, John Juanda, Steve Sung, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Waki, Yamazaki, Gary Benson and Bruce Parker. Doyle Brunson has already wired in HK$2,000,000 (US$260,000) and quipped “that’s just the start.”

      Chris Parker, CEO of the Asian Poker Tour, will also be taking a seat in the lions den.

      “I’m so glad we have such soft tables!” joked Parker. “In all seriousness, we were astounded by the interest in the high stakes cash game – everybody wants a piece of the action. We set the mimimum buy-in at HK$1,000,000 but anybody who knows anything about Macau or the potential of poker in this area of the world knows this will be small stakes by the end of the night. It is going to be something very special – when it airs we predict you will witness record breaking pots! You think the action in Vegas is big, just wait and see what comes out of Macau!”

        Written by Lady4Flush · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

        Titan Poker Hits $7M Mark In SNG Jackpot Payouts

        August 27, 2008

        Titan Poker, the pride and joy of the iPoker Network, happily announced today the pay out of more than $7,000,000 in Sit’n’Go Tournament Jackpot prizes.

        Titan Poker was launched in 2005, and it wasn’t long before the online poker room introduced its now famous Sit’n’Go jackpot tournaments. Since that time, the popularity of these tournaments has grown enormously.

        Robin Steel, manager of Titan Poker, commented on the inspiring growth of Titan Poker and its SNG tournaments. “This shows that Titan Poker’s jackpot tournaments are very popular, and
        are continuing to grow at a fast rate.”

        Titan Poker offers 4 SNG Progressive Jackpot tournaments - the Fort Knox, the Rio, the Maui and the Dirty Dozens. The favorite, by far, is the Fort Knox, with the highest Sit’n’Go Progressive Jackpot, starting at $50,000. The buy-in at a Fort Knox 6-seater SNG is $50+$9. Any player who manages to win 6 of these tournaments in a row will release the jackpot of $50k, which continues growing until a jackpot winner is revealed.

        The Rio SNG Progressive Jackpot starts at $25,000. Also a 6-seater Sit’n’Go, the buy-in for the Rio SNG is $20+$3.50. Again, 6 wins in a row releases the $25k+ progressive jackpot.

        The Maui SNG Jackpot is also a progressive, starting at $15k. The buy-in is only $5+$1, entertaining a full table of 10 players. Since there are more participants, you’ll only need to win 5 of these Maui SNGs in a row to release the jackpot.

        Last is the Dirty Dozens SNG Jackpots, with a buy-in of $2+$.40 and two 6-seater tables (12 players). The progressive jackpot starts at $2,000, requiring 4 wins in a row to release the jackpot.

        With more than $7,000,000 awarded thus far in Titan Poker’s progressive jackpot Sit’n’Go tournaments, it’s no wonder they continue to draw such large numbers.

          Written by Donna Norman · Filed Under Online Gambling News, Poker News, Poker Tournament Results, Titan Poker 

          Republican Party Drops Online Gambling Prohibition From Platform.

          August 26, 2008

          I came across some positive news today on political news ticker CQPolitics.com in regards to the hotly-contested UIGEA ban. The story has reported that the Republican Party has removed online gambling prohibition from its upcoming party platform set to be announced at the Republican National Convention later next week. The draft of the actual document could still include other stipulations from the original UIGEA bill, however, it is still a big victory in the eyes of the PPA.

          “The draft’s shortening from nearly 100 pages represents a victory for the Poker Players Alliance, a group that has lobbied to legalize and regulate Internet gambling. The million-member group has spent $1.2 million during the first half of 2008 and members have contributed more than $350,000 to candidates this election year,” according to CQ Politics.

          As many 4Flush readers already know, the upcoming Presidential election could have a huge effect on the gambling industry in general. Over the last year and a half, Democrats have been fighting strongly for a resolution with their rival party to regulate online gambling and allow the United States to get a piece of the annual $15 billion dollar industry. Unfortunately, the Republicans have been staunch supporters of the UIGEA and have repeatedly asserted they will do everything in their power to rid America of internet gambling.

          It could be a trying time for the government either way, mainly because there really is no effective way to regulate online poker and other forms of electronic wagering. Congress knows they can’t punish American citizens for doing what they want with their money, and they know they can’t possibly penalize every bank or credit card company if they allow gambling transactions and deposits to go through. Despite every effort to find a solution to ban all forms of online gambling since the ’06 UIGEA passing, it’s been two years and many U.S. players are still finding ways to play poker and casino games. On top of that, there has been a lot of speculation that many more poker rooms who originally pulled out of the U.S. market after the passing of initial U.S. anti-gaming laws are preparing themselves for possibly re-entering the market very, very soon.

          If presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama has his way in this year’s election, there could be a lot of change to look forward to – especially for online gambling.

            Written by TJ "AceHigh Pino" Gill · Filed Under Online Gambling News 

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