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A 21-year-old student from Canada pocketed $52,500 and first prize at the opening event of the fourth European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP IV), which kicked off on May 25 at popular online poker room TitanPoker.

Player “ch0ppy”, a two-year veteran at Titan Poker, outlasted 1,125 other avid online poker players in the $250,000 Guaranteed Prize No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament. The ECOOP IV event was the first of 14-nights of online poker action, which culminate with a $1,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Main Event on June 7. A total of $4.55 Million in prizes is guaranteed to winning players over the two weeks of online poker tournaments at Titan Poker.

Qualifying satellite tournaments for the ECOOP IV events are being staged daily at Titan Poker. The ECOOP IV tournaments (ECOOP IV) offer a wide variety of poker games, including Texas No Limit Hold’em, Limit Hold’em, 7 Card Stud, Pot Limit Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo. Poker buy-in amounts vary to meet every player’s budget.

Titan Poker’s first ECOOP series was staged in December 2007 and players competed over ten days for their share of $2,500,000 in cash prizes. In May 2008, ECOOP II was staged with a grand total of $3,600,000 in guaranteed prizes at the ten nights of tournaments. Staged over fourteen days between November and December 2008, the third ECOOP tournament series distributed more than $4,150,000 in prizes to winning online tournament players.

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Dead or Alive is a 5-reel, 9-line western inspired video slot that is sure to have players riding straight into the casino. Dead or Alive is designed for the players looking for the real big wins with an exciting Sticky Wild feature during Free Spins. Here players have to catch all the wanted bandit symbols to retrigger even more Free Spins for yet higher winnings. Maximum win during free spins of €54,000 and a stunning possible win for the whole free spins round of €886,800.

Paddy Power Poker today launches its biggest summer promotion to date, the Paddy Power Poker Pro. With over €100,000 in packages to be won, players at all levels will have the opportunity to live the life of a poker professional. “Everyone dreams of jetting around the world, playing in the biggest tournaments against the biggest players and we’re really excited to be able to make this dream a reality for one lucky player”, said Paddy Power, Communications Manager for paddypowerpoker.

Partnering with paddypowerpoker in the search to find the newest star is poker publication Bluff Europe. Editor-in-Chief Michael Caselli is relishing the opportunity to unearth the next big poker pro; “There is nothing better in the world of poker than to be one of its stars. This promotion will transform an ordinary player into an extra-ordinary poker pro, which is really thrilling!”

Eric Booth, Head of Paddy Power Poker also commented, “This promotion aims to make the Poker Pro lifestyle accessible to everyday players and we’re delighted to have Bluff on board to help us in our search for the first Paddy Power Poker Pro. There’s no doubt but it will be an exciting summer.”

The Paddy Power Poker Pro promotion will culminate in a Live Grand Final to be broadcast live from Citywest Hotel at the Paddypowerpoker Irish Winter Festival on October Bank Holiday weekend. With a top prize of €60,000 (approximately $85,000), one lucky player will take a free run at some of Europe’s largest poker tournaments within the next year, and those who do not qualify for the top prize will be in with a chance to win a variety of other packages worth €40,000 in total.

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NEW YORK, NY – With the Tony Awards set for June 7th fans of the stage across the country are buzzing with anticipation and looking for answers regarding who will be honored on Broadway’s biggest night of the year. Illustrating the interest in this year’s Tony awards is the fact that the largest most successful sportsbook on the web, BetUS.com, is seeing an enormous uptick in site activity on the predictive odds.

“Entertainment based odds regarding movies, celebrities, and award shows for movies and television always get a lot of interest on our site,” stated BetUS.com spokesman Reed Richards. “But this year we are even seeing a lot of attention given to our Tony Award odds. It’s an interesting trend given the amount of site traffic we’re seeing – we think the Tony’s are great and will unfold in dramatic fashion.”

Oddsmakers at BetUS posted the following odds on the Tony Awards:

Best New Play:
• God of Carnage 10/11
• 33 Variations 2/1
• Reasons to Be Pretty 3/1
• Dividing the Estate 7/2

Best New Musical
• Billy Elliot, The Musical 5/6
• Next to Normal 2/1
• Rock of Ages 3/1
• Shrek the Musical 5/1

Best Book of a Musical
• Next to Normal 11/10
• Billy Elliot 3/2
• [Title of Show] 5/2
• Shrek the Musical 5/1

Best Original Score:
• Next to Normal 6/5
• Billy Elliot 3/2
• 9 to 5 11/4
• Shrek the Musical 9/2

Best Revival of a Play:
• Mary Stuart 3/2
• The Norman Conquests 7/4
• Waiting for Godot 9/4
• Joe Turner’s Come and Gone 3/1

Best Revival of a Musical:
• Hair 7/10
• West Side Story 3/2
• Guys and Dolls 4/1
• Pal Joey 6/1

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play:
• Geoffrey Rush, Exit the King 5/6
• Raul Esparza, Speed-the-Plow 5/2
• James Gandolfini, God of Carnage 5/1
• Jeff Daniels, God of Carnage 11/2
• Thomas Sadoski, Reasons to be Pretty 6/1

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play:
• Jane Fonda. 33 Variations 9/5
• Janet McTeer, Mary Stuart 2/1
• Marcia Gay Harden, God of Carnage 2/5
• Hope Davis, god of Carnage 9/2
• Harriet Walter, Mary Stuart 5/1

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical:
• 3 Actors – Billy Elliot, The Musical 1/1
• Gavin Creel, Hair 3/1
• Constantine Maroulis, Rock of Ages 13/4
• J. Robert Spencer, Next to Normal 13/4
• Brian D’Arcy James, Shrek the Musical 15/2

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical:
• Alice Ripley, Next to Normal 5/6
• Josefina Scaglione, West Side Story 16/5
• Allison Janney, 9 to 5: The Musical 7/2
• Stockard Channing, Pal Joey 4/1
• Sutton Foster, Shrek the Musical 7/1

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play:
• John Glover, Waiting for Godot 10/11
• Zach Grenier, 33 Variations 3/1
• Stephen Mangan, The Norman Conquests 7/2
• Roger Robinson, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone 13/2
• Paul Ritter, The Norman Conquests 13/2

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play:
• Angela Lansbury. Blithe Spirit 3/5
• Marin Ireland, Reasons to be Pretty 7/2
• Hallie Foote, Dividing the Estate 4/1
• Jessica Hynes, The Norman Conquests 6/1
• Amanda Root, The Norman Conquests 6/1

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical:
• Will Swenson, Hair 11/10
• Gregory Jbara, Billy Elliot, The Musical 5/2
• Christopher Sieber, Shrek the Musical 3/1
• David Bologna, Billy Elliot, The Musical 5/1
• Marc Kudisch, 9 to 5: The Musical 6/1

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical:
• Karen Olivo, West Side Story 6/5
• Jennifer Damiano, Next to Normal 2/1
• Haydn Gwynne, Billy Elliot, The Musical 3/1
• Martha Plimpton, Pal Joey 5/1
• Carole Shelley, Billy Elliot, The Musical 7/1

Best Direction of a Play:
• Matthew Warchus, God of Carnage 5/4
• Phyllida Lloyd, Mary Stuart 3/2
• Matthew Warchus, The Norman Conquests 3/1
• Bartlett Sher, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone 7/2

Best Direction of a Musical:
• Stephen Daldry, Billy Elliot, The Musical 11/10
• Michael Greif, Next to Normal 2/1
• Diane Paulus, Hair 11/4
• Kristin Hanggi, Rock of Ages 3/1

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