Saturday, May 13, 2006

Professional poker player Gavin Smith capped his strong year of play in
Season IV of the World Poker Tour by being named the tour's "Season IV
Player of the Year." Over the past year, Smith reached the final table in
three separate $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour events, including a
first-place finish at the 2005 Mirage Poker Showdown. "Getting to a WPT
final table is an accomplishment achieved by many," said Full Tilt Poker
representative and professional poker player Howard Lederer, "but making
three final tables in one season, including a win, shows that Gavin is among
poker's elite competitors."

Smith is the third Full Tilt Poker representative to earn the WPT Player of
the Year honor, following in the tradition set by Team Full Tilt members
Howard Lederer in Season One, and Erick Lindgren in Season Two.

Smith is a representative of www.FullTiltPoker.com, and spends several hours
a week online helping amateur players learn the game by sharing his poker
knowledge through real-time chats at the virtual tables.