Player Heins77 from Germany was the winner on Wednesday of the sixth tournament staged as part of Titan Poker’s ten-day European Championship of Online Poker – or ECOOP II – tournament series.
A total of $3,600,000 is guaranteed in prizes at the ten tournaments, but the large number of online poker players participating in the tournaments has driven up the prize pools even higher.
Player Heins77 took home a first prize of $45,570 as he beat off 1,084 other players in the Texas Hold’em No Limit, 6-Player table tournament with a buy-in of $200+$15. A total of $217,000 was distributed to the winning players, more than the event’s guaranteed prize pool of $200,000.
The previous night, the fifth ECOOP II tournament saw 505 players compete at a Texas Hold’em No Limit Freezeout tournament with a stiff $750 + $50 Buy-in. The prize pool, at $378,750, again surpassed the promised amount.
The ECOOP II tournament series continues at Titan Poker until June 1st, when it culminates with a tournament finale with $1,500,000 in guaranteed prizes.
Titan Poker players are able to buy-in directly to each of the ECOOP II events or win their seats at online daily qualifying tournaments, which start at just $2 + $0.20.
This is the second European Championship of Online Poker staged by Titan Poker. The first ECOOP series was staged in December 2007 and exceeded expectations by awarding more than $2,500,000 in prizes.
Texas holdem and poker in general have come through certain changes after the new "online poker boom" of 2003. Part of that poker boom was explained by the help of the Internet and numerous onine poker rooms that make it possible for players the entire world over to play poker.
Of course, this boom brought many new players into the game. Today the average age of poker players dropped to 20 and 30 year olds, plus women play as much as men, women are really taking it up in increasing numbers on the online poker. That is why we can say that online poker boom changed the age and gender structure and stats of this game.
Play has become more aggressive, especially in tournaments. Usually this is seen in the bahevior of the newer players who go "all-in" at almost any time. This differs seriously from the measured, smaller bets style that characterized the game for years before.
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