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» June 6, 2006.
Detroit Native Wins Seat At Upcoming World Series Of Poker Playing At SunPoker.
(Wauburn Hills, MI) - Sun Poker was looking for the best Texas Hold 'Em poker player in Michigan to represent "Sun" in the greatest poker event - 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. Claude Mason, 35, from Taylor, Michigan has been crowned by SunPoker as their "King of the Palace" Champion. Mason's Grand Prize is a $10,000 seat to play in the 2006 World Series of Poker, as well as round trip airfare and accommodations.Mason won his WSOP 2006 seat by taking part in the four month long "King of the Palace" tournament, a series of online and live poker tournaments to find the best poker player in Michigan, sponsored and organized by Sun Poker online card room.
Mason, a father of three, battled it out against thousands of other online poker players, and beat out nine other WSOP hopefuls live at the Palace of Auburn Hills to win his seat to the richest poker event in history. "Playing in the World Series of Poker has always been a dream of mine" says Claude Mason "I'm playing very well right now and I plan on shocking the world by winning the event! I also look forward to sharing this trip with my family".
Not only will Mason's family be there, so will poker professional Kenna James who has invited Claude to a private Sun Poker Party for a few lessons before the big event.
SunPoker is looking to get all of Michigan on Mason's side as he gets ready for the biggest tournament of his life. The 2006 World Series of Poker is estimated to have a total prize pool in excess of over $80 Million dollars and we want Claude to have all the support he can get!!
The "King of the Palace" Tournament is part of the country's first-ever live poker room on wheels tour. Sun Poker is conducting a year-long, nationwide tour to teach America how to play poker like the pros. With its fully customized RV featuring a live poker room, SunPoker is on a mission to teach America how to play and win at poker. Players will have a chance to improve their poker skills and possibly win a seat at the 2006 World Series of Poker.
Traveling across the country in a 35-foot fully functional poker room, SunPoker.com is bringing its mobile poker game to players who might not otherwise know how they can participate in the granddaddy of all poker tournaments, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) which is held each summer in Las Vegas. Sun Poker is giving away a $10,000 seat to the Main Event for free. Launched on December 30th at the Peach Bowl, the SunPoker.com RV will visit more than 30 cities throughout the U.S. in 2006.
About Sun Poker
Sun Poker is one of the largest poker card rooms on the Internet, with thousands of players from around the world playing Texas Hold 'Em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha, and other exciting poker games and tournaments, 24 hours a day. Sun Poker is run on the Cryptologic network, and has securely dealt over 1.2 Billion hands of poker since 2000.
Source: Sun Poker
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