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.

Rounding out the field was one of six online qualifiers who all won free trips to Las Vegas after playing online at www.FullTiltPoker.net. Once in Las Vegas, these online qualifiers competed against one another for the opportunity to play in the Thanksgiving Day, live, televised Championship event, which aired on Fox Sports Network. With a guaranteed prize pool of $1 million, no one left the live, televised, final table empty handed, as even the seventh-place finisher was paid no less than $25,000.

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.

Source:  Full Tilt Poker.Net

Tuesday, 28 November 2006