Bodog Poker Open IV champion takes home top prize of $36,447.50, lands feature in international poker publication

The online poker world crowned its newest superstar Sunday night when "MrElPaso" outlasted a field of 257 players, including a number of top online poker pros, to capture the Championship Event of the Bodog Poker Open IV. Along with his first place winnings of $36,447.50, "MrElPaso" will also be featured in a multi-page spread in an international poker magazine and receive extensive coverage on Bodog and the Bodog Beat.

"With the Bodog Poker Open IV, Bodog has given online poker players of all stripes the chance to win big while garnering the exposure they deserve," says Bodog Poker Pro David Williams. "I’d like to personally congratulate ‘MrElPaso’ for his impressive victory in the Bodog Poker Open IV. His win cements his status as one of online poker’s newest stars, and I’m confident we’ll be seeing him at plenty of final tables to come."

The $500 buy-in Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event capped off a weeklong series of tournaments at Bodog that drew a total of 2,646 online poker players competing for more than $368,000 in cash prizes, with $65,000 in additional prize money added by Bodog. The Championship Event itself featured a total cash purse of $145,790, including $25,000 added by Bodog.

Quickly establishing itself as online poker’s most popular new tournament series, the fourth installment of the Bodog Poker Open drew a number of notable pros to the Bodog.com poker tables on Sunday, including Bodog Poker Pros David Williams and Evelyn Ng, and online poker pros "nevertilt22," "UFpokerStar" and "ari." Despite the formidable field, "MrElPaso" was able to emerge victorious to take down his biggest cash to date. Finishing in second was dvbronco, who pocketed $24,419.82, and in third place was ari, who earned $16,182.69.

The Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Event final table results are as follows:

1. MrElPaso
2. dvbronco
3. Ari
4. JazzyFace
5. bklynzto81
6. naskoxx
7. ello
8. ShuMoneyTonite
9. LIVIN LOUD

The Bodog Poker Open IV kicked off on Sunday, Nov. 1, and featured two parallel tournament series: the Championship Series and the Contender Series. The Championship Series featured higher-stakes buy-ins along with $62,500 in added prize money courtesy of Bodog. Each event also awarded a T$500 seat into the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to the winner.

Featuring lower buy-ins, the Contender Series also awarded a T$500 seat into the Bodog Poker Open IV Championship Main Event to each event winner, while the remaining final table players earned entry to the Contender series finale (T$50) held on Sunday, Nov. 8. With $2,500 added to the prize pool, the Contender Series finale gave players incredible value for their buy-in, and it was "hitchchops" who took full advantage of that, walking away with the first-place prize of $3,268.10.

With another successful Bodog Poker Open in the books, the action at Bodog continues with a full slate of online poker tournaments catering to every level of player, including Bodog’s Sunday $100,000 Guaranteed online poker tournament. Qualifiers for the $100,000 Guaranteed event start for as low as $1 and run daily.

For more details on the Bodog Poker $100k Guaranteed online poker tournament, visit: Bodog Poker.

Titan Poker’s fifth European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP V) will take place in November with $4,550,000 in Guaranteed Prizes.

Avid online poker players from around the world are seeking their seats at the fifth installment of TitanPoker.com’s popular 14-day, $4.55 Million Guaranteed European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP V), which will be staged starting November 23, 2009.

Qualifying satellite tournaments for the ECOOP V events are being staged daily at Titan Poker. The ECOOP V tournament series offers 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.
The series culminates with a $1,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Main Event on December 6.

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. ECOOP IV took place in May and June, 2009, with $4,550,000 in guaranteed prizes.

In addition to its exciting online tournaments, Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known live poker events, including the World Series of Poker, the ECPokertour, the Aussie Millions, the Irish Open, and the Asian Poker Tour.

This October new players, poker cash game enthusiasts, and online tournament regulars all have equal chances to win cash and ECPokertour Malta entries at Titan Poker.

Titan Poker, the most popular online poker room in Europe, will give away $50,000 in cash prizes and tournament entries in its Titan Turbo promotion, which will be staged during the month of October. New poker players, veterans and tournament regulars, all have an equal chance to win their share of the prizes.

Titan Turbo kicks off on October 5 with the first of its weekly one-day Tournament Player races. These races, which rank poker players by their tournament participation, each award $1,000 in cash prizes. The top 100 unique players from the five races win seats at Titan Poker’s ECPokertour Malta Freeroll, which will be staged on October 31. The top three players at that tournament will each win a $5,000 prize package, which includes buy-in to the exclusive ECPokertour Malta event, to be held at the luxurious Casino di Venezia in Malta from November 13-15, 2009.

Players who prefer cash game Texas Hold’em poker action can compete in the Titan Turbo races, starting October 5. These four-day races, ranking players by their Titan Points earned at the poker tables, award $5,000 in cash prizes. The top 100 unique players from each of the races advance to a final, one-day Titan Turbo race on October 31, which will award $10,000 in prizes to the top ranking players.

To level the playing field for new poker players, and for those who have not yet achieved VIP status, Titan Poker will double a first place prize amount won by any Bronze VIP player at its Titan Turbo Cash Game Races, including at the October 31 final event.

Starting this fall, Titan Poker is offering two exciting tournaments for Omaha poker fans.

Back by popular demand, the latest season of Titan Poker’s Omaholics Promotion is being re-launched during the months of September and October. Loyal Omaha poker players will be rewarded with huge cash prizes based on their game play, with more than $140,000 in prize money to be distributed to the top Pot Limit Omaha players. These players will be ranked based on the number of raked hands they have generated.

All players with raked hands at Pot Limit Omaha tables with $0.10/$0.20 and up are eligible to participate in the promotion. Players are ranked on leaderboards, posted on the Titan Poker website and updated regularly. The Omaholics Promotion runs from September 7, 2009, until midnight, October 18, 2009.

Titan Poker will also be staging a new weekly tournament called the Monday Night Omaha an additional attraction for Omaha poker enthusiasts. This series is specifically structured to provide plenty of play (5,000 in starting chips, 15 minute levels). The tournament will feature an $8,000 Guaranteed Prize and a $100 buy-in, and will be launched on September 21.

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