Online poker site Titan Poker made its film debut earlier this month when it appeared in Pierre Morel’s From Paris With Love, starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The film, which was released on February 5th in the U.S., was co-written and produced by the critically acclaimed French director Luc Besson, whose production company chose to partner with Titan Poker and feature the online poker room in the film.
Titan Poker gets its big screen introduction in a scene in which one of the film’s characters is playing online poker. The film focuses on James Reece (Rhys Meyers’ character), a low-level CIA operative who desires to be real agent. When he’s offered his first senior-level assignment, he’s partnered with Charlie Wax (played by Travolta), an egocentric loose cannon who’s been sent to Paris to stop a terrorist attack. Wax’s methods have Reece longing to return to his desk job until he discovers he’s a target of the same crime ring they’re trying to bust.
To celebrate its appearance in the film, Titan Poker will be holding an exclusive From Paris with Love Tournament. The promotion will be held through the French version of the online poker site and will include a $5,000 prize pool, film merchandise giveaways, and tickets to its premiere in Paris.
Titan Poker joins other top online poker sites that have made appearances in the entertainment industry. World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu found his way into Katy Perry’s Waking Up In Vegas video in the spring of 2009, with Negreanu losing a big pot to Perry in a poker game while the PokerStars logo flashed across the screen. Then in September, Cleveland Cavaliers forward and 2009 NBA MVP LeBron James was featured in rapper Drake’s video, Forever. The video begins with James playing a heads-up match at PokerStars, logged in as RealLebron. James has a pair of fours on the button against a player named RoyaL00’7, but viewers never find out what happens in the hand.
UltimateBet.net attached its brand to the popular world of Mixed Martial Arts when it partnered up with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in 2009. The online poker site holds a title sponsorship of Rogers Sportsnet’s weekly sports show, MMA Connected. Ultimate Bet also sponsored UCF 97, as Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell donned an Ultimate Bet logo during his fight against Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.
In addition to its From Paris with Love promotion, Titan Poker began its Land Man Standing promotion on February 1st. The site is rewarding its loyal players with cash and a package to the WSOP Main Event as the grand prize. The promotion consists of accumulating a certain number of points per day for an undefined time period that will be determined by the number of players who remain in contention as time progresses.