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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Friday $100,000 Guaranteed R/A
Friday, April 24, 2009 at 20:00 GMT+1
Buy-ins = $100 + $9
Re-buys and Add-on available.
Satellites available.
Here’s your chance to win a share of a huge guaranteed prize pool for a low entry fee!

Rocks $500k Event Super Satellite
Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 20:05 GMT+1
Buy-ins = $200 + $15
Satellites available.
$4,500 Prize Package includes entry to the Main Event, 5 nights’ accommodation and flights to northern Cyprus in May 2009.
Here is your chance to play poker at a prestigious tournament in a luxury hotel casino in northern Cyprus.

New Promotion:

Spring Cash Dash Extra Races
Titan Poker
In addition to the regular Spring Cash Dash leaderboards, Titan Poker will stage Points race by VIP Levels as per the following:

Diamond and Titanium
$15,000 Race
April 20 – April 30

Platinum
$10,000 Race
April 20 – April 30

Gold and Silver
$2,500 Race
April 20 – April 22

Gold and Silver
$2,500 Race
April 27 – April 29

The leaderboards will be activated on Monday, April 20. VIP Players will be contacted by mass mailings and targeted Login messages.

Ongoing Promotions:>

ECOOP IV
Titan Poker, TonyGPoker, Poker Ocean
$4,550,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament series.
May 25 – June 7, 2009.
Satellites for all 14 ECOOP IV are now running in the software.
$1,500,000 Main Event on June 7, 2009.
The European Championship of Online Poker is back, bigger than ever, with ECOOP IV, and a huge guaranteed prize pool of $4,550,000 over 14 days of exciting poker tournaments.
Guarantee your ECOOP IV seats today!

WSOP 2009 Main Event
All poker rooms
Satellite series awarding $13,000 packages to the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event.
Super Satellites every Sunday night at 19:00 GMT.
Buy-ins: $500 + $35
Satellites available, already taking place.
Package dates: July 4 – 11, 2009, including 7 nights’ accommodation at the Rio Hotel and $1,900 for flights and spending money.
This is the biggest event of the poker world, win your seat now for the 2009 WSOP in Las Vegas.

Birthday Tournaments
Titan Poker
$500 Birthday Bash every Monday night (50 Points buy-in) to players with birthdays the previous week.
$1000 Birthday Bash at the end of the month (100 Points buy-in) to players with birthdays during the month.
Players must have logged in during the past three months to be eligible for the birthday tournaments.
Eligible players will be contacted.

$1,000,000 Race
Titan Poker
January 12 – April 28, 2009
A total of $1,000,000 will be given to winning players in a series of races.

Races currently taking place:

Main Event (Jan. 12 – Apr. 28)
April Veteran VIP Race (April 1 – April 28)

$550,000 Spring Cash Dash
iPoker Network promotion during the month of April, awarding more than $550,000 in prizes to cash table players.
Leaderboards updated manually will run for the following dates:
April 1 -14 = $200,000 in prizes
April 17 – 30 = $240,000 in prizes
April 1 – 30 = $60,000 in prizes

In addition, tokens to the ECOOP IV Main Event will be awarded to players who qualify at the weekly $250,000 Guaranteed tournaments in April.

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New Players
Bet365 Poker has updated its New Player bonus, giving new customers the chance to earn a fantastic $500. The bonus is redeemed through continued play at the tables and the accumulation of Merit Points. As an added incentive, Bet365 Poker also offers new players the chance to play in an exclusive $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll tournament where players can win a package to Las Vegas for zero outlay.

Tournament Players
There will be a host of promotions throughout April tailored to the tournament specialists, including Last Man Standing, where the ultimate heads-up players can win a trip to Las Vegas, Beat The Pro and the ever popular Tournament Leaderboard Challenge.

Cash Players
April is set to be a great month for players looking to build their bankrolls on the cash tables. Bet365 Poker will be running huge $500,000 Cash Race throughout April. Players will have the opportunity to win cash prizes and entries into the biggest events in poker: The World Series of Poker* in Las Vegas and the online series of tournaments, ECOOP IV.

Hottest Promos of the Month

$500,000 Cash Race
1st – 30th April
Play on the cash tables this month to claim your share of more than $500,000 in prizes. Huge amounts of cash, three WSOP* Packages and 13 ECOOP IV Main Event seats are on offer.

Bet365 Poker is running two independent races each with a big cash prize-pool, which add up to a spectacular total of $440,000. The first race starts on 1st April and the second on 17th April, with both lasting for two weeks.

Their third race gives you the chance to qualify for both the WSOP* and ECOOP IV Main Events. Packages and Tournament Tokens worth over $60,000 in total are on offer.

This race runs from 1st until 30th April alongside the other two races, so your play on the cash tables can help you to win prizes on three different leaderboards.

The $500,000 Cash Race also offers you the opportunity to qualify for their $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll. Bet365 Poker is giving away seats in a special satellite to this event.

One in five players will win a prize in this exclusive tournament and the top five finishers qualify for the WSOP* Main Event. This satellite could be your first step towards Las Vegas and poker glory.

$100,000 WSOP Freeroll: Tournaments
1st April – 31st May
Bet365 tournament players have eight different ways to qualify for the $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll. Enter the brand new WSOP* Beat The Pro event and take on bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard to win your seat.

Bet365 Poker is also offering entry to the $100,000 WSOP* Freeroll as a consolation if you finish on the bubble in the WSOP* Last Man Standing or WSOP* Main Event Super Satellites.

ECOOP IV
25th May – 7th June
Now with over $4,500,000 guaranteed across 14 events, ECOOP returns for a fourth run. Compete for glory in all forms of poker and win huge cash prizes in this high profile tournament series.

All event winners will be awarded an ECOOP IV Championship bracelet to celebrate their achievement.

You can now exchange your Merit Points for ECOOP IV Tournament Tokens. Get Your Rewards with the bet365 VIP Scheme and play top level tournament poker.

Beat The Pro
Date To Be Confirmed
How often do you get the chance to play against a two-time WSOP bracelet winner for a buy-in of just $11? Now you have that opportunity.

Take on Jesper Hougaard, the first player in history to win WSOP events on both sides of the Atlantic and a WSOP winner in London as recently as September 2008. On top of regular prize-money, the player that knocks Jesper out of this tournament will claim a special bounty reward!

Beat The Pro tournament details:

* $10+$1 No Limit Hold’em Rebuy.
* $1,000 guaranteed prize-pool.
* Win a $100+$9 Tournament Token by knocking out Jesper (Nickname: ‘Pieforyou’).
* Win a $50+$5 Tournament Token by knocking out either bet365 bounty (Nicknames: 365Bounty1 and 365Bounty2).
* Tokens won may be used in the tournament of your choice.

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Avid poker players from around the world joined in the online poker action in the opening event of Titan Poker‘s 14-day, $4,15 Million Guaranteed European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP III), which kicked off on November 24. A total of 1,420 players participated in the opening No Limit Hold’em Tournament, with player IamBetterThanThou taking first prize of $59,640 and the coveted ECOOP bracelet.

Total prize money at the tournament was $284,000, well above the $250,000 guaranteed by Titan Poker and the iPoker Network.

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

The series culminates with a $1,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Main Event on December 7.

Titan Poker’s first ECOOP series was staged last December and players competed over ten days for their share of $2,500,000 in cash prizes. In May this year, ECOOP II was staged with a grand total of $3,600,000 in guaranteed prizes at the ten nights of tournaments.

The ECOOP III series has been extended to fourteen days with the larger prize pool in order to give Titan Poker players more opportunities to showcase their poker skill and play for huge cash rewards.

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