Robert Van Den Bogaert

Very bad luck for Titan Poker player Robert Van Den Bogaert as he encountered two fatal hands:

1. AA vs 88 and a 8 on the flop giving 3 of a kind to his opponent

2. The next hand,Robert went all-in preflop with JJ vs AA. J on the flop gave him some hope but an A on the river kicked him out of the Irish Winter Festival.

Burlington Hotel Poker room

The Irish Winter Festival 2010 tournament has started: 347 player registered for a buy-in of €1,650. The prize pool has reached the €520,000 but the registrations are still open and the payment structure not yet announced.

We are now on Level 4, blinds 100-200.  Players are fighting to stay in their seats and only 23 of them have been kicked out at the moment. we are now expecting a very long night of poker… but our players will be able to eat and drink very soon at the end of this level.

Stay with us, as the chip count is coming !

Marvin Rettenmaier - Titan Pro

Congratulations to Titan Poker team member, Marvin Rettenmaier from Germany, who made it to 3^rd place at the Partouche Poker Million in Spain.

At the beautiful Casino Grand Madrid, Marvin battled a tough field of players who all wanted a piece of the one million Euros prize pool.

Marvin gave a wonderful performance but busted out when he went all-in with 99 against 66 pre-flop. The flop came out K36 and the turn and river produced no miracles for him.

Marvin took home 31,000 Euros and a lot of prestige.

Ciorteanu Virgil Marius Day 4

Just like that, the 41st Annual World Series of Poker is left with 747 very happy people at the end of Day 4. Most of the remaining players are sure to be pleased to have made it this far. Among those still in the money are Pro Titan Team member Joel Benzinou who is still alive with 50K.

With a total prize pool in excess of $100 million for the sixth consecutive year, it’s no wonder big things are happening at the World Series of Poker:
Among those no longer in contention are Ciorteanu Virgil Marius, “cidul”, the 3rd place finisher in the 2010 World Challenge Romania, who busted out in 614th place. Ciorteanu was able to stay around long enough to walk away with $21,327.

Some of Titan Poker’s other package winners still in the game include Jack Ellwood of the United Kingdom, and French players Damien Luis and Michael Maitre.

Jack Ellwood of the United Kingdom has done well with approximately 120K in chips, and falling just below the average stack of 130K, is Maitre who has emerged with a chip count average of 100K at the end of Day 4.
Also enjoying being on the biggest poker stage in the world is Damien Luis of France. Luis, who qualified for the WSOP Main Event through an online satellite sponsored by Titan Poker, presents the most promising player outcome. Damien has had the deepest run in the Main Event, placing 28th with an average of 640K.

Even with the money bubble behind us, the pace of excitement shows no signs of slowing!

Sorel Mizzi

Sorel is going all-in and Titan Poker is going all out!!!

Sorel Mizzi is the latest big news for Titan Poker. The 24 year old poker legend from Toronto Canada is now the point man for Team Titan, the elite group of players representing the poker room across Europe and the globe. The 7-man group was of experience and success.

Mizzi has already graced the ECPT Barcelona and the Irish Open wielding the Titan Poker flag. He is definitely a force to be reckoned with – Sorel has accumulated over $2.5 million so far in his lightning poker career. Only last week, Sorel won the East Coast Championship in Borgata, Atlantic City. After three arduous days of play, he took home a crystal trophy and a gold bracelet for first place, along with a staggering $170,313.

As the current leader in the field for the 2010 BLUFF Player of the Year, Titan Poker is proud to have Sorel Mizzi join the ranks of Team Titan.

Team Titan Bounty

Titan Poker proudly presents the ultimate poker challenge! Two Team Titan poker players, Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque and Massimiliano Tamburini, known on the tables as nifrendis and MaxRoma, will be taking on anyone who dares to meet them at the tables in a Bounty Knockout Challenge.

A Bounty Knockout Challenge is a regular tournament with a twist. Amongst all of the regular players will be lurking two of Titan Poker’s own Great White Sharks. If you successfully knock one of them out you will receive an extra $100 for a $5+$1 entry fee to the tournament.  You could earn an extra $200 on top of the prize money distributed once all players have finished.

In order to get to the tournament  go to Special Offers in the lobby, then click on the Team Titan Bounty $250 added, simply play your best, knock out our Sharks and take the money we have here waiting for you! The beauty of the Bounty Knockout Challenge is that even if you fail to place in the money you can still walk away with a healthy bank balance for a really well played hand that has sent a shark swimming away to lick his wounds. An excellent test for any player who thinks he or she is up to the challenge.

Watch out though – there is a reason we call them sharks: Jose Manuel Gomez Rebenaque came in the money at the World Series Main Event in Las Vegas and Massimiliano Tamburini cashed in not one but two events at the 2009 Irish Open making them both formidable players to be reckoned with at the tables.

Andreas Dohner

Andre Doehner’s  $200,000 win  in the Monthly Million on 14/02/10 was not only based on skill. According to him, luck and perseverance both performed a big role in his victory.

In the final minutes before winning the prize, Andre was not nervous and he was feeling sure of his game plan that was working for him. He stressed the fact that winning the first prize did require the drawing out of favorable cards, but his overall skill is what brought him this achievement. This was his third shot at the Monthly Million and it turned out to be lucky #3 in the end.

Andre is a No-limit Texas Holdem poker player and it is his dream to travel to play live poker at the Main Event in Las Vegas. His tip for those who wish to get their hands on the Monthly Million 1^st place prize of $200,000 is “NEVER GIVE UP”.

There is the option of direct buy-in to the Monthly Million for $500 + $35 freezeout, however players can win their place at the table through one of Titan Poker’s daily satellites. The upcoming Monthly Million is scheduled for March 14^th and that will be followed by the next scheduled online tournament on April 11^th 2010.

Jan Bjoersland Blog

The following is part two (of three) of Titan Team player Jan Bjoersland’s experiences playing poker at the Dusk Till Dawn card room in Nottingham, January 8 – 10, 2010.

On Saturday the 9th we started off with 10K chips, blinds at 25-50, and 274 players. 27 got paid.

Level 1(25-50): Raise UTG 175. Re-raise from me in 6th position with AK. Flop: 2s 4s QD. Check-check. KC on the turn. Check-check. Check and 300 from me makes him fold. Next hand I have K5S in the BB. Three limpers and the pot is checked to the river when a KD hits the board. One guy tries to bluff the pot with 300 and mucks when I call him.

Level 1: 55 on the button. Three limpers and I raise to 175. Flop: 2D 4C 8S. A nice flop for a pair of 5’s so I take down the pot with a small continuation bet.

Level 2 (50-100): AKS on the button. Loose guy on my right makes it 500 to play so instead of getting tricky I flat call him. Flop: AS KC 2D – can’t complain with that board. He leads out with 600. I am thinking he might have a weaker ace and give him a chance to pair up on the turn so I make the call. 2S on the turn. No danger there. He bets 1000 now and I raise to make it 2000. He calls of course. Now I know for a fact that he has an ace, but probably a weak one. He then checks and calls my 1200 value bet on the river! A nice start!

Level 3: Limping in from fourth position with A7off. Five guys join the party and the flop comes: JS AC 4D. Check check-check-check and 600 from the dealer. I raise to 1500 and the pot is mine.

Break. Level 4 (150-300) will kick in soon and I have 13K with an average of 11500 chips.

Level 4: KK in the BB. Fifth position makes it 850 and gets one caller. With 200 already in the middle I pop it and make it 2200 to play. To my surprise they both fold.

Level 5: 55 in 4th pos so I limp in. Two players choose to see the flop as well. KD QS 6D. I lead out with 500 and the button calls. Another king on the turn and it goes check-check. 4 on the river and since I can’t put him on a hand I bet 1500, making him fold. He might have had an open straight draw with TJ.

Level 6 (300-600 50 ante): Q2off on the button. Fifth position limps and I decide to make a squeeze play and take down the blinds, the limpers 400 and the antes with a bet of 2600.

Level 7 (400-800 50 ante): 55 in the BB. Fourth position goes all in with 4600. Folded to me and after a while I decide to look him up. He’s got KJ. My pocket pair take the heat and he’s out of the tournament. Break now and I have 19,000 chips with an average of 15,600. 172 out of 274 players are left.

Level 8 (600-1200 100 ante): AKS in the SB. Seventh position makes it 2200 to play. Suspecting that he’s only after the blinds and antes I make it 6000 and he folds immediately.

Level 8: All in UTG from a short stack with 2200 chips. I call with AQs. Sixth position moves all in with another 7000 chips leaving me with a tough decision. I don’t like playing big pots with AQ but I figure that I am priced in and will have over 11,000 left if I loose the pot. I call and my suspicion is confirmed. The first guy has T9s and the other guy AK. No queen on the flop and I am down to 11K. Could have avoided the mistake but I put him on a pair and then I couldn’t figure out the math to fold my hand….:o).

Level 9 (800-1600 200 ante): A3 in the BB. Two limpers and I check to see KD 6S 3C on the board. Fire out 2600 and pick up the pot. 136 players left. Average is 19,000 and I have 13,600. Still in with a chance.

Level 10 (1500-3000 300): Moved to a new table. TT in the BB. Button moves all in with 26K and I instant call to find out that he has a pair of deuces. Double up to 26K!

Level 11 (2000-4000 400 ante): 76 players left. Average: 36K. My stack: 20K.

Level 12 (2500-5000 500 ante): I have 4500K on the button. Just under 1 BB!! All in of course and SB and BB look me up. I have T9off and with a board that shows 9 high I triple up. Mr. Short Stack is still in the game.

Level 13 (3000-6000 600 ante): J6off in the BB and I have 9K left. SB limps in….strange since I am so low on chips. Flop is: QD 10C 9D. He checks and I have to push all in with an open ended straight draw…and the SB calls. Still hanging on. 18K chips now. 47 players left.

Level 14 (4000-8000 800 ante): Q8 in the BB and with 1,5 BB left I call the SB’s raise. He has K8….and has me outkicked. With a 8 on the board but no queen I leave the tournament in 39th place, twelve places away from the money.

Stay tuned to read how I did the next day…

VIDEO 1 – WELCOME PARTY

VIDEO 2 – ANDREAS SCHMIDT

VIDEO 3 – FABIEN CARLIEZ

Fabien Carliez started out his Poker career playing Draw Poker in the cellar at a young age. Today he is part of the Titan Poker Team and he can be seen giving an interview in front of the yachts.

ECOOP V is underway

As you know, the European Championship of Online Poker V (aka ECOOP V) got under way on November 23rd. And that very day, in the opening event, two Titan players came out on top.

Player “thanasis1982” from Greece came in first place, beating out 1,240 other players and taking home prize money totaling $52,500.  On top of the cash prize, he will also receive a great keepsake – a prestigious Tag Heuer automatic chronograph series Carrera watch, engraved with his nickname and the name of the online tournament that he won.

“Avalika” from France finished in second place with $27,500 in prize money. As a Titan Poker player at the recently concluded ECPokerTour tournament Malta, “avalika” was especially pleased with his high placing, exclaiming “That was one of my best moments on the Net, after seeing so many passionate players,” and went on to call the win “an extra sensation.”  We’re happy for you too, “avalika”!

The first event of the two-week ECOOP V series was a $250,000 Guaranteed Prize, No Limit Hold’em Freezeout Tournament with a buy-in of $200+$15.

The ECOOP V series continues nightly at TitanPoker.com, culminating with a $1,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Main Event on December 6.  So if you haven’t already done so, get in on the action now, while you still can.