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Team member Sam Trickett cashes out in six WSOP events for nearly $700,000 in prize money while four of his team members also finish in the money.

Team Titan, the professional poker team of online poker room Titan Poker came on strong at the 2010 World Series of Poker* in Las Vegas, capturing a number of cash prizes in the various poker tournaments of the championship event.

The star performer in the series was team member Sam Trickett from the United Kingdom. Trickett finished in second place, just short of a WSOP* bracelet, in the $5,000 NL Texas Hold’em Event #17, for a prize of $505,725. In addition, Trickett had 5 other cash outs, for a grand total of $693,827.

Trickett’s remarkable performance in Event #17 came two years after he had finished in 4th place in the same event at the 2008 championships, when he took home a prize of $245,927.

Team Titan captain Sorel Mizzi finished in the money this year in Las Vegas in Events #21 and #26, pocketing just over $37,000. Marvin Rettenmaier from Germany cashed out in four events, taking home more than $88,000. Jonas Klausen from Denmark won $8,735 in Event #51, while Yann Brosolo from France cashed out in Events #51 and #56 for over $12,000 in prizes.

Team Titan is sponsored by Titan Poker, the leading online poker room in Europe and the official sponsor of Europe’s most exclusive live poker series, the ECPokerTour. Titan Poker recently launched a series of online qualifier satellite to the ECPokerTour’s next event in Vienna, Austria, this November.

Online poker players battling for a $13,000 WSOP* Package are now close to finalizing the second stage of the World Challenge event at Titan Poker. 200 qualifiers will enter the final stage from twelve separate league competitions. The 200 qualifiers then play eight poker tournaments earning league points depending on their finishing position. The top 5 positions on the Final Leaderboard each earn the WSOP* package and the chance to represent their country courteousy of Titan Poker!

On the American leaderboard, "Kimba007" has done very well amassing 123 points while on the UK leaderboard "jmsharkyjm" and "pain43" lead the way with 78 points.

The fourth week of the challenge sees double points up for grabs. Those players who are not near the top of the leaderboards at the moment, can quickly make up ground now that extra points can be earned. We wish all the players the very best of luck in qualifying for the final 200 places in the Titan Poker World Challenge event.

* The World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Harrah’s License Company, LLC ("Harrah’s"). Harrah’s does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with Titan Poker or its products, services, promotions or tournaments.