A Toronto man was the latest online poker player to win one of Absolute Poker Room's highest profile tournaments. Called the Absolute Dream Package promotion, the tournament awarded $150,000 and access to over $100 million in land-based poker tournaments to the first place finisher, who turns out, goes by the name of Daniel Boone. No, the famous American explorer's ghost has not been spotted haunting online poker rooms. This Daniel Boone is none other than a 31-year old father and construction worker from Toronto.

Boone is now certainly one of the most envied online poker players. The $100 million in land-based poker buy-ins will entitle him to play in the largest offline poker circuits in the world, including the largest televised poker tournament in the history of the game. Joining Boone will be Absolute Poker's winner of the first Dream Package tournament, Scott Carroll. Both men will be sporting Absolute Poker's logo in the tournament, which they will be prepped for by receiving one-on-one training from professional players.

Absolute Poker, which uses their own proprietary software, is one of the most popular poker rooms on the Web today. The Absolute Dream Package promotion has been a tremendous success, and is already on its third round. Management has already announced the next tournament scheduled for June, 2007, which is supposedly going to be larger than the first two. Absolute Poker Room's Senior Vice President, David Clainer, said that in addition to the large prize pool, several unique prizes, including a 5-star vacation package. The final event will be held on June 3, which players can currently go online to qualify for.