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The Partouche Group announced on Wednesday that it will definitely close its online poker room because of a lack of profitability on the French market. The announcement was made by Patrik Partouche himself from his Facebook’s account and was confirmed by an official release on the internet site Partouche.fr. The Partouche Group marked the world of online poker in France and through Europe by being the first operator opening a poker room in .com and after, in .fr. But for lack of profitability, the group is obliged to withdraw from online poker market. This decision was foreseeable for some observers because this recession of the online poker business of the French casino operator comes after the withdrawal of poker in its casinos since September. After three years of service for players and the communities of online poker, the Partouche Group suspends the fate of online poker.
The “definitive closure” of Partouche.fr will be effective from June 17th 2013 but the room remains yet open till the date given. Nevertheless, the group invites members to join MyPok.fr for continuing to play in the Partouche universe. Moreover, the loyalty program ViPP will stop on June 1st, 2013 and players should use their Loyalty Points (ePP) in its shop. It depends on them to release the Bonus and use all the Tickets before this closure date. |
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 |
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After two days of competition at the Sporting Club Monte-Carlo for the Super High Roller tournament of the European Poker Tour Grand Final, the final table started on Wednesday with the seven survivors of the poker tournament. Jason Mercier started the day as chipleader, with the double of his nearest pursuer chips, Vladimir Troyanovsky, with 2,150,000 chips against 4,165,100 for Mercier. But at the end of the day, the German Max Altergott won this event of € 100,000 buy-in, after a head’s up with the chipleader of the final table. The day began with the elimination of Mike Watson following an all in by Sorel Mizzi. First eliminated at this final table, Watson pocketed € 218,300. Scott Seiver (€ 266,900) was the next in front of Jason Mercier who totalized up to 5.1 million chips following this hand.
Sorel Mizzi took care of the case of Vladimir Troyanovsky (5th, € 339,500) while Max Altergott eliminates Timothy Adams who left the table with € 485,100 for his 4th place. But the performance of Max Altergott subsequently forced Sorel Mizzi. The latter pocketed all the same, for his position at the second step of the podium. The head’s up opposed Max Altergott to Jason Mercier. Altergott was widely in the lead with 7.3 million of chips against 5.1 million for his opponent. Mercier succeeded to reverse the trend in a certain moment of the duel but finally bowed face to Max Altergott. The latter received € 1,746,400 and thus succeeds to Justin Bonomo for the Super High Roller title. Runner-up of the tournament, Jason Mercier left Monte-Carlo and its poker room with € 1,115,700. |
Tuesday, 21 May 2013 |
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Sporting Monte-Carlo hosted since Monday the Super High Roller tournament of the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo. This event and exceptional poker tournament with the huge buy-in of € 100,000 gathered a field of 50 players and numerous familiar faces were present at the start of the Day1. Among them, we could distinguish Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier, Tobias Reinkemeier, Sam Trickett, Daniel Negreanu, Sorel Mizzi, Scott Seiver, Antonio Esfandiari, Patrik Antonius, Tom Marchese, Marvin Rettenmaier, Viktor « Isildur1 » Blom, Dan Smith, Isaac Haxtoon, John Juanda, Erik Seidel or Joseph Cheong. The champion 2012 of the EPT Grand Final Super High Roller, Justin Bonomo, was also present to defend his title.
After two days of competition, the field was reduced to seven for the final table: Sorel Mizzi, Mike Watson, Jason Mercier, Timothy Adams, Max Altergott, Vladimir Troyanovsky and Scott Seiver. Since Monday, Jason Mercier showed himself as the strong man of the event by taking the lead of the chipcount from the Day1. 30 poker players returned to the competition during the Day 2 but many of them have been eliminated during the day and the first one eliminated of the ITM, at the 11th place, received a gain of € 218,300. Jason Mercier keeps his position as chipleader with a big stack of 4,165,000 chips that is the double of his nearest rival in the person of Vladimir Troyanovsky (2,150,000). Just behind, we find Sorel Mizzi (2,140,000) and Max Altergott (2,110,000). The rest of the field is at less than one million chips : Timothy Adams (830,000), Scott Seiver (625,000) and Mike Watson (480,000), the short stack of this final table. |
Friday, 17 May 2013 |
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Morocco and its live poker tournament seem to smile to Brian Benhamou. Victorious at the Casino Es Saadi during the last edition of the Marrakech Poker Open, the French shone again in Tangier, during the DeepStack Open 2013 which took place in the poker room of the Casino of Tangier. Brian Benhamou dominated the Main Event of € 550 buy-in which gathered 109 participants. Benhamou offered thus himself the victory during this second stage of the DSO and pocketed 150,000 dirhams, or € 13,600, in a 100% French podium. In fact, Brian Benhamou played the head's up with his compatriot Florent Schwartz who left the final table with Dhs 85,000. Matthieu Papineau completed the three first spot and collected 19,000 dirhams.
To complete the Top 10 of this DeepStack Open 2013, we find respectively Toda Adrian Paul who pocketed Dhs 54,000, Andrei Luncan (Dhs 43,000), De Almeida Pierre (Dhs 35,500), Masaud David (Dhs 30,000), Rami Rachad (Dhs 24,000), Jean-Jacques Mars (Dhs 19,000) and the French Bilal Ahmed (Dhs 16,000). The poker festival in Tangier met a resounding success that the Casino of Tangier decided to host, from June 6 to 9, another poker event in partnership with Poker770. Note that the institution welcomes also satellite tournaments of the International Stadiums Poker Tour in Wembley. And for the continuation of the program of the Deepstack Open, the organizers give an appointment from June 27 to 30 of this year, in Spain for a step in Lloret de Mar, a great opportunity to discover another side of the Costa Brava. |
Friday, 17 May 2013 |
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In its second year of existence, the World Poker Tour Canadian Spring Championship recorded a resounding success beside Canadian poker enthusiasts. Last week, the poker room of Playground Poker Club in Montreal hosted the second edition of the World Poker Tour on the Canadian soil with an important turnout of 735 players for the Main Event. Amir Babakhani won this event of $ 3,300 buy-in after a head's up with Barry Kruger. The prize pool of over $ 2.1 million was shared between the 72 best players of the tournament with $ 442,000 for the winner. The Canadian won the promised sum with a ticket for the grand finale of the WPT Bellagio in Las Vegas. Chip leader at the start of the final table, Amir Babakhani maintained the lead until winning the title.
Eliminated in the second place, Barry Kruger pocketed $ 272,555 while Jason Duval ($ 199,029) completed the podium just ahead of Bobby Liang ($ 136,700) and Martin Leblanc ($ 102,251). Among the well known players who have been in the money in the Main Event of the WPT Canadian Spring Championship, there are Christian Harder, Bryan Piccioli, Danny Suied, Ravi Raghavan, Ronnie Bardah, Jeff Gross and also Shannon Shorr. As a reminder, this season will be closed by the WPT Bellagio Grand Final, an event that will have in its program many tournaments including the Main Event of $ 25,500 buy-in. |
Thursday, 16 May 2013 |
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College Poker |
A new phenomenon in the online poker world: College students playing it like the pros. But aren't the college kids supposed to be going to classes, attending frat parties, and drinking beer? Wasn't online poker supposed to be geared
towards the middle-aged crowd? Not anymore, it seems. Television has helped to spread the popularity through coverage of numerous poker tournaments. The internet has more online poker rooms now than ever before. And on top of all this, companies
have lately been aggressively spreading their marketing audience to younger age groups.
If you want to narrow down the reasons to the sudden surge in college-aged online poker players, then you can rest at this explanation: What better way to pay off tuition loans than through the small, steady gains in online poker rooms? Companies
have taken advantage of this by employing tournaments with scholarship prizes; the winner goes home with a good amount of money to pay off his college loans. Some are worried about these college-age players turning into gambling addicts, but it
hasn't seemed to stop the growing number of tough student players.
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Poker Tournaments Tips |
Here, at www.poker777.com, we want to introduce you to three things that can happen when entering a poker tournament.
When entering a poker tournament, three things can happen:
- You swiftly lose all your cash and find yourself out of the tournament.
- You hang in for awhile, but eventually let the pressure get to you and make bad bets until you run out of money and end up a sullen bystander.
- You play brilliantly, adjusting your strategy to the different stages of tournament play and win big.
Although these are broad generalizations, they do cover the majority of poker tournament play. As with everything having to do with poker, strategy in tournament play is critical and must be tailored to the type of tournament and game variation. Starting
with the basics, it's important to identify if the tournament is a 'freezeout' and only costs the initial playing fee, or if it allows add-on's and re-buys. In addition, blinds will usually increase in cost as the tournament progresses, requiring players
to be extremely careful with their money management. The next important factor in developing tournament strategy is being aware of your tendencies as a poker player and the different stages of tournament play. For example, if you are an aggressive player,
learn at what stage to be aggressive and when to hold back and play conservatively.
Tournament play is a matter of survival. If you've managed to make it to the final round, the question will be can you handle the pressure and continue to think clearly, or will you make a silly error and see the game slip from your fingers. Many experts
have written books to help develop tournament strategy and explain the details surrounding tournament play. Check out our section on Poker Tournament Tips and on Poker
Books for more information, or develop your poker skills by playing in an online poker room.
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Poker Books |
Poker Essays
Poker Essays By Mason Malmuth Poker is an extremely complicated game. This is especially true if your form of poker is either Texas hold'em or seven-card stud. In addition, the typical opponent that you will face has gotten tougher as
the years have gone by. As a result, those of you who just play right (also known as playing ABC) are unable to win more than just a small amount at the lower limits. As a result, to win at poker in today's modern game requires not only numerous
skills, but also a lot of thinking about the game. This text contains many of the author's current ideas on poker and related subjects. Topics covered include General Concepts, Technical Ideas, Structure, Strategic Ideas, Image, Tournament Notes,
In the Cardrooms, and Poker Quizzes. In addition, advice is offered on jackpot games, handling pressure, way you lose, fluctuation, bankroll requirements, differences between stud and hold'em, too many bad players, limit versus no-limit, thinking
fast, weak tight opponents, the best hold'em seat, playing short handed, playing loose or tight, appropriate image, being an alternate in tournaments, taking advantage of tight play in tournaments, behaving professionally, the future of poker, and
much more. The book is designed to make the reader do a great deal of thinking about the game. In fact, very few readers will agree with everything the text offers, but the information provided should help most people become better players. For
the best discussion of poker and gambling on the Internet, visit our website at www.twoplustwo.com. |
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Poker History |
No one is 100% certain on where poker was born. We, at http://www.poker777.com present various beliefs, held among the majority of people. Some believe that it was a simple game created by the Chinese in 900 C.E. Others think that poker
comes from a 5-suit card game in Persia that used 5 players at a time. Then there were the French in New Orleans who played a buffing and betting card game in the early 1800's. Apparently, they were the first to use a deck of cards consisting of the
4 common suits - Hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs.
This New Orleans poker floated slowly up the Mississippi River, spreading in popularity and familiarity in the neighboring states. As train and wagon became a more used transportation, the game was able to spread farther out towards the coasts. By the
1800's, variations of poker, such as the draw and stud poker, began to blossom.
Poker was considered a harmless pastime until 1910 when the state of Nevada decided to make it a felony. They declared that any type of gambling game was unsavory to the people and should be made illegal. California, however, stepped in and asserted
that not all types of poker games, such as Draw, could be considered gambling - While some variations of poker are based solely on luck, others are based on skill. Because of this statement, Nevada repealed its decision and legalized casino gambling
in 1931. |
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