Titan Poker's $2,500,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament was already an amazing online poker event on itself, yet the story of how the winner made his way to the grandstand makes this event even more amazing. Here is the story of Olivier 'axp15' Lombard.
Late Qualification
This French Civil Engineer obtained a ticket by using a special satellite token, which he in first instance almost forgot to use! Just four days before the actual tournament began he managed to qualify in order to play for the big bucks, just the very next Sunday.
Poker Priority #1
It was exactly that weekend that Olivier had planned a well-deserved holiday. However, being the true poker player that he is, the Frenchman chose to enter the poker battle field and did this via a remote internet connection from Senegal.
The Road to Victory
The 23-year-young Olivier sat down behind his computer that Sunday night, and didn't leave this place for the coming fourteen hours. In this fourteen hours he showed enormous fighting spirit and according to himself, a solid doses of luck, and managed to outlast all of the 1595 opponents.
Titanic Tournaments
This achievement was rewarded with the mind-blowing amount of $500,000! This gigantic first prize is the result of Titan Poker´s enthusiasm in continually raising the standards of what the online poker room delivers to its players.
