Airing live on Fox Sports Network (FSN) on Thanksgiving Day, six poker professionals and one online qualifier battled it out for a $1 million prize pool.
Dublin, Ireland November 28, 2006 -- Six of the world’s best poker professionals and one online qualifier from www.FullTiltPoker.net all met at the table on Thanksgiving Day to compete for a $1 million prize pool in the Full Tilt Poker.Net Championship at Red Rock Resort and Casino.
Team Full Tilt member and best selling author and television host, Phil Gordon devoured the competition taking first place, winning $600,000. Full Tilt Poker representative Roland de Wolfe took second place, winning $275,000. Other professional players in this star-studded, live tournament included Team Full Tilt members Erick Lindgren, John Juanda, and Allen Cunningham, as well as Full Tilt Poker pro Toto Leonidas. The pros earned their seats at this Thanksgiving Day event in July 2006 by winning their respective heats at a qualifying shoot-out tournament, also held at the Red Rock Resort and Casino.
Phil Gordon is the former co-host of Bravo’s “Celebrity Poker Showdown” and is now the host of ESPN’s “Pro Am Equalizer” which begins airing January 2007. He is also the best selling author of “Poker: The Real Deal,” “Phil Gordon’s Little Green Book,” and the newly released “Phil Gordon’s Little Blue Book.” A percentage of his $600,000 win will be donated to the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation’s Bad Beat on Cancer initiative.
The FullTiltPoker.Net Championship is the latest in a string of live televised poker tournaments created by Full Tilt Poker. Over the past two years, Full Tilt Poker has featured top poker professionals competing for millions of dollars in prize money in such prestigious events as The FullTiltPoker.Net Championship at Wynn Las Vegas and the FullTiltPoker.Net Invitational from Monaco.
“Team Full Tilt,” is a select group of the world’s finest professional poker players, including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, and Allen Cunningham. Full Tilt Poker offers players the unique opportunity to Learn, Chat and Play poker with the best poker pros in the game.
About Full Tilt Poker
Full Tilt Poker™ is regulated and licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. “Team Full Tilt,” is a select group of the world’s finest professional poker players, including Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon, Clonie Gowen, John Juanda, Mike Matusow, Gus Hansen, and Allen Cunningham. With innovative graphics, superior customer service and a safe, secure interface, the software is geared to enhance and personalize the online poker experience. Users of all skill levels can download the software at www.fulltiltpoker.com and can play for fun or for real money where online games of skill are permitted by law.
For more information contact:
Michele Clayborne
(On behalf of Team Full Tilt)
EMC-PR
310-451-1152
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