The new poker tournament setting up by the French channel, Canal + will start from this month of May. To make this new appointment entirely French to be considered as an essential event, organizers have the good idea to coincide the first stage of this tournament with the Cannes International Film festival. In this way, Canal + Poker Tour would take place on Sunday 24th of May in the Azur Coast town which receives since last May 13th, this festivity. So, the tournament reckons to take advantage of the presence of cinema great celebrities in its participants' rank. After this first part, four other stages are foreseen this year before the Canal + Poker Tour Great Finale. Like other tournaments, online qualifications are set up. In all, 18 players will give oneself up to battle at every stage, 6 of them are professional players, 6 amateur and 6 players qualified on online satellite.

For this first edition of Canal + Poker Tour, qualified players on online satellites will give oneself to up to battle for a prize of 100,000 Euro. But, the winner for this final tournament will get a prize of 300,000 Euro. Great names of French poker and international celebrities will be one of this adventure, like Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Isabelle "NoMercy" Mercier, Dario "SuperDario", Chad Brown and John Duthie. Cinema players enthusiastic about poker won’t miss either to join this table. With a live broadcast on Canal + , of course, the great final of this tournament is announced to be hold at the end of this summer without designating where it would take place.

Source:  Poker777.com

Thursday, 21 May 2009