Calvin Ayre will cover the top awards show in the British poker industry after a media agreement was signed between the tablog and British Poker Awards organizer Bluff Europe.

Under the terms of the agreement Calvin Ayre will bring the cameras and reporters along to cover an event that will honor the best the British poker circuit has to offer. The tablog will interview the winners, snoop around for any juicy gossip and of course provide warts and all coverage of any parties that take place.

New awards have been added this year including "Best Tournament Player", "Best Cash Player" and "Best Online Player". The special "Biggest Contribution to Growing and Promoting Poker" award has also been added and is likely to see someone take to the stage and leave in floods of tears.

Thousands have already cast their votes for the awards that take place aboard the HMS President on London’s River Thames on 17th September. Tickets are still available from www.thebritishpokerawards.eventbrite.co.uk and cost £20.

Titan poker, the leading online poker site in Europe, has upgraded its VIP Program and introduced loyalty rewards that will benefit all players, including casual visitors to the poker tables.

The revised Titan Poker VIP Club groups players in five VIP levels based on their activity at Titan Poker’s cash games and tournaments. Veteran enthusiasts and newly signed-up players who meet the requirements of a higher VIP level are recognized immediately with daily VIP level upgrades, speeding up their process of achieving extra benefits.

Players receive Club Points according to their VIP levels’ real time multiplier, enabling them to cash out at any time in the exclusive VIP Store at their convenience. A Titan Annual Diamond VIP level has been added to provide year-long benefits to top-achieving players.

Poker players will be pleased to receive the benefits of Monthly Cash, an exchange of hard-earned Titan Points into cash conducted on a monthly basis. This new program automatically rewards casual players and new players who have not yet achieved VIP status with a return on their game play at a great redemption rate.

Titan poker will soon launch additional innovative features which will further enhance the fun element of the game of poker for all of its players.

New players are invited to try out the free poker download available at Titan Poker and start receiving the benefits offered in the upgraded Titan Rewards program.

Players who prefer starting with a huge stack of tournament chips and leveraging it through an optimized blind schedule will be excited at the opportunity to win seats to DeepStack Open Malta 2011 at Titan Poker.

Titan Poker will send a delegation of players to participate in the DeepStack Open Malta 2011, a deepstack poker tournament that will be staged at the Portomaso Casino in St. Julian’s Marina in Malta from October 6th – 9th, 2011.

Titan Poker is staging two Super Satellites to the DeepStack Open Malta on September 12th and September 19th. Winners will receive the €500 + €50 buy-in to the Main Event (with a starting stack of 50,000 chips); 4 nights’ accommodation including breakfast at the Alexandra Hotel for the qualifier and a guest; and €335 for flights and spending. The total value of the winner’s prize package is €1,150.

Two winner’s packages are guaranteed at each of the Super Satellites, which will be staged as €80+€8 re-buy events. Scheduled and sit ‘n’ go qualifier satellites feeding to the Super Satellite are taking place in Titan Poker’s software starting September 5th, with Stage 3 one-hand satellite buy-ins starting as low as €0.11+0.01.

Malta is proving to be not only a popular tourist island, but also an exciting destination for avid European poker players. Players interested in participating in this unique poker action can start their journey at Titan Poker.

New players can achieve VIP status and be eligible for special benefits shortly after signing up to play at the leading online poker room in Europe.

It’s easier than ever before to become a VIP player at Titan Poker and to receive the many special benefits geared for the room’s loyal online poker players.

Titan Poker, the leading online poker room in Europe, has announced improvements to Club Titan Poker VIP, its already popular VIP club which rewards poker players for their regular game play with cash bonuses and tournament entries. Players receive VIP ranking based on the number of Points they generate at Titan Poker’s cash tables and tournaments. In the improved Club Titan, players can qualify for VIP status after earning only 50 Points in a calendar month.

The introduction of additional VIP levels allows Titan Poker to grant its newest players access to special weekly and monthly freeroll tournaments, and to allow these newcomers the ability to cash out their Points in the Club Titan Store. Titan Poker will also begin upgrading players’ VIP status and give them more rewards if they retain their VIP ranking consistently.

Increased benefits are offered to loyal players who meet the higher entry requirements of the room’s elite VIP levels. In addition to full access to all of Titan Poker’s VIP freeroll tournaments, top players with VIP Titanium and VIP Diamond status will compete in exclusive month-long $5,000 Gladiators Races, awarding them cash prizes on top of their regular Club Titan perks and benefits.

Titan Poker regularly stages satellite tournament series awarding winning players with seats at the world’s most well-known live poker events, including the WSOP*, the ECPokertour, and the Asian Poker Tour. New players are invited to try out the free poker download and benefit from the VIP program improvements at Titan Poker.

The Titan Poker sponsored player from Britain wins the $100,000 Challenge and places second in the $250,000 Super High Rollers for total winnings of $2,925,000 AUD.

Team Titan player Sam Trickett, nominated as European Poker Player of the Year following his huge successes representing Titan Poker at tournaments around the world in 2010, has proven his poker skills by dominating two major high roller tournaments at this year’s Aussie Millions poker championships in Melbourne, Australia.

Earlier this week, Trickett won the 2011 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge and pocketed the first place prize of $1,525,000 AUD.

Trickett took some of his winnings and bought an entry to the $250,000 Super High Rollers event, the most expensive buy-in tournament ever staged. From a starting field of 20 of the world’s best poker players, including Chris Ferguson, Tom Dwan, and Phil Ivey, Trickett fought his way to heads-up play against Erik Seidel, the eventual winner of the event.

For his second place finish, Trickett took home $1,400,000 AUD. The two tournaments combined place Trickett as the fourth top tournament money earner in the world so far in 2011. Trickett’s winnings this week at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia, already surpass his entire live tournament income from 2010.

Trickett, a 24-year-old player from East Retford in the United Kingdom, enjoyed a stellar year in 2010 with a total of $1,071,356 in poker winnings. He had six cashes at the 2010 World Series of Poker*, including a second place finish in the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em event for $505,725. In August, Sam finished in fourth place at the EPT Vilamoura for a prize of €139,680 and in September he was the winner of the PartyPoker World Open in London, taking home the first prize of $200,000.

Titan Poker regularly awards its players with seats at the world’s most well-known live poker events, including the WSOP*, the ECPokertour, and the Asian Poker Tour. New players are invited to try out the free poker download and win an amazing poker package at Titan Poker.