French poker player Remy Elkoubi, from Marseille, France, hit a Straight
Flush that gave him a $100 000 jackpot prize at online poker room
Titan Poker this week when he won six consecutive Fort Knox Jackpot
Sit 'n' Go tournaments to qualify for the huge prize.
Elkoubi (who uses the 'handle' bennyking) had been playing at Titan
Poker for less than a year when he hit the bigtime.
"I had tried to win this Jackpot a few times, but I never
had any success until this beautiful day," he said. "I
will remember this day for all of my life. I can barely recall the
final game as I was under so much pressure -- but I remember the last
hand. I won the Jackpot with the most beautiful hand -- a Straight
Flush. A Straight Flush that earned me $100,000! I never believed
that I could win this prize but the reality was different, the Fort
Knox fortress is not untouchable!"
Elkoubi is the fifth Titan poker player to win the Fort Knox Jackpot
in the past few months. In July, Guy Meridjen, also from France, took
home $100 000. In April, Derrick Morin from Canada, Richard Stringer
from the United Kingdom and Joseph Dulaney from Texas all won the
Grand Prize. Derrick Morin had never even made a deposit when he hit
the $100 000 Jackpot in a truly outstanding stroke of good fortune.
Buy-ins to the Fort Knox tournaments are $50 + $9. The Fort Knox Jackpot
starts out at $50 000 and grows progressively by $10 000 each week
if no player manages to win enough consecutive tournaments to take
the prize. Any player who finishes in first or second place in six
consecutive tournaments, but falls just short of winning the Grand
Prize, will nonetheless be rewarded with a prize of $750.
Titan Poker is an online poker room on the Playtech iPoker Network.