ECPT Malta 2009 : More than three months to wait

Sun, tourism and gains will be on players’ program during the next stage of the European Championships Poker Tour (ECPT). The next stage of this poker tournament which will be held from November the 13th till the 15th, 2009 will indeed take place under the sun of Malta Island, a €1,500+€150 buy-in tournament. If the first stage of the ECPT this year had taken place in Salzburg, a competition during which the Australian Jacob Chen went out victorious against 123 competitors, winning on the occasion €47,302, this second stage will end its version of the year. Rich in history, this small island currently known as host of several companies of online casino also remains a real remarkable place of interest to be visited.

Friday, 31 July 2009

European Capital of Poker: Dublin re-elected

After having won the title of the best European City of Poker, last year, the capital of Ireland, Dublin, has just been distinguished again for this title this year. The annual classification established by the magazine Bluff has just indeed elected this city as the best place of the Old Continent to play poker. The popularity of poker, the existence of a wide choice of places where it is possible to play poker as well as their conviviality were among the criteria imposed in this sorting. London which was the main holder of this title is now more and more far from it because the last time it receives the title was in 2007.

Friday, 31 July 2009

Online poker: 10 Sport Poker opens the access to Partouche Poker Tour

Quite as the EPT, Partouche Poker Tour is also one of the biggest events in the European world of poker. A prizepool which rises until €3,000,000 guaranteed of which €1,000,000 for the winner of the Main Event is indeed at stake in this meeting. There are many players of online poker who want to participate in this tournament. Therefore, a new tournament which will be played in two stages has just been launched under the name of 10 Sport Poker. It is a 100 % free tournament for Internet users where the winner can win about €10,000 and a ticket of €8,500 for an access to the Partouche Poker Tour Final table from August the 31st till September the 6th, 2009 which will be held at Palm Beach Casino of Cannes.

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

Online games: Illegal websites can be censured

Even by arranging the necessary experience, surrounded with competent persons, websites of online games risk to meet real difficulties in front of the determination of the French administration. France wants at all costs to control the opening of its market of online games and online bets as well as poker. Apart from its right to control and to attribute operating licenses to selected websites of online games, the Authority of regulation of online games or ARJEL was also endowed with the power to require a filtering of access to illegal online games sites. So, this authority has the full skills to ask to technical intermediaries as Internet providers to block the access to these sites in case of not adequate license. Let us note that before the amendment made by the commission of finances of the French National Assembly; this right was given to judicial authority.

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

European Poker Tour: The Sixth edition moves to Kiev

Organizers of the sixth edition of European Poker Tour (EPT) had changed their program this year. They did not delay announcing that the tournaments foreseen to be held in Moscow are cancelled further to the Russian ministerial decision which crossed off poker from sports list. The EPT Russia Open planned to be done in Radisson SAS in Russia is thus going to move in Kiev Sports Palace, in Ukraine from August the 18th till the 23th and will be called officially « EPT Kiev Sports Poker Championship ». Fortunately, Ukraine goes back on its decision forbidding poker on its territory further to the fire of a gaming room which killed 9 persons.

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Poker : The second stage of the Italian Poker Tour on August the 27th

After the World Series of Poker (WSOP) of which finale on November is the latest stage, the France Poker Tour which is also waiting for its first stage, foreseen to be held towards the end of August in Paris, another new event of poker will take place this year. After the successful first stage which distributed a prizepool of $494,700 to 255 players present in last June, the Italian Poker Tour is back again to confirm too this growing popularity of poker. This time, it will take place in Venice at " Ca' Vendramin " casino from July the 27th till August the 8th.

Tuesday, 28 July 2009

Saskatchewan: The Canadian province where gambling expenditure is the highest

The Canadian province of Saskatchewan, a region populated with more than one million residents on an area of 651,000 km square is the part of Canada where population is the most enthusiastic about casino games. A real growth was noticed these last years. According to the data recorded by Canada Statistics, people living in Saskatchewan aged more than 18 years old had multiplied by 10 their average expenditures in casinos, in order to play blackjack, roulette, bingo or poker. If this expenditure was indeed at $86 per year for each resident in 1990, in 2008, each person authorised to play in casinos had spent $825 on average. Compared with the whole country, this population living in the West of Canada, delimited by Manitoba pays so $300 more than those of their compatriots in gambling.

Monday, 27 July 2009

France Poker Tour: Looking for the successor to Nicolas Ferrier

Apart from the WSOP, the WPT, the EPT…the France Poker Tour is one of the biggest events in the poker world. Its fifth edition will take place this year. Carrousel du Louvre will receive the first stage of this event on August the 29th to the 30th. 1,500 players will play poker in the same room during this Parisian stage. During this moment, 12 professional players of poker will be present. Among them, the 30 best players will be qualified for the final which will be held on January the 2nd to the10th, 2010, in Paris. « Be brave dear players, the resolution is near! » Antoine Dorin, president of the French Federation of Players of Poker (FFJP) said. A €500, 000 prizepool will be distributed during this €1,000 buy-in tournaments.

Monday, 27 July 2009

Stock Exchange: Collapse of Playtech’s share

With the frequenting rate decline of online casinos, the number of projects in the domain also decreased because of the world financial crisis and the turnover generated in the sector yielded. For their part, companies proposing services to game websites and online poker also know difficulties. Playtech, one of the world leaders of software conception for gaming room on the internet knows so a fall that it has never ever seen of its shares in stock exchange. The fall of 25 % of the quotation of its securities on July the 21st of this year almost erased the 35 % of growth that the group acquired during the 1st semester 2009. Its joint venture with another portal of online game, which had just acquired another site during this year, having been among the main factors accelerated this fall of its quotation.

Saturday, 25 July 2009

«Poker in the Park»: London will receive on August its third edition

Having recorded more than 10.000 visits during its last edition in 2008, the event considered as the biggest festival of online poker in Europe is going to take place again this year. From August the 13th to the 14th of this year, the magazine Bluff Europe indeed invites Londoners and all enthusiastic about poker in Great Britain at the Leicester Square Park. «Poker in the Park allows to bring some enthusiasm to amateurs of poker in Great Britain, to get closer to their heroes, but also to give them the opportunity to improve their game and to play poker for free of charge with the other lovers of this discipline ", evoked Michael Caselli, editor of Bluff Europe, defining the reasons for being of this annual meeting.

Saturday, 25 July 2009

Russia: Poker has just been crossed off from official list of sports

Vladimir Poutine said: « Gambling is similar as poisoning of population by alcohol, which engenders moral and material damage ". These words were transformed into act because after the closing down of casinos in Russia arisen on July the 1st, 2009, it would be possible that clubs of poker could turn to put their key under the door also. On July the 20th of this year, the Russian ministry of the Youth, Sports and the Tourism directed by Vitaly Mutko has just asserted that poker was crossed off from the list of sports approved by the Russian committee of sports and by the physical training centre, in January, 2004. Nevertheless, in 2007, poker had just been added to the official list of sports.

Thursday, 23 July 2009

Law concerning online games: Specific clause to be added for betting sports

The law governing the French sector of online games always remains to be the most interesting debates of these last times. Remind us that, Eric Woerth and his team at the French ministry of the Budget have just introduced to the National Assembly Commission of finances its bill concerning this sector. It is now revealed that this law was elaborated so as to avoid the addiction of players and to reduce the interest of money laundering. But one of the biggest points in this bill is the one which concerns exclusively equestrian bets and betting sports: a law which will be revised on the end of September.

Thursday, 23 July 2009

APPT Season 3: The first stage in Macau on next august the 25th

All poker enthusiasts can be delighted because after the World Series of poker tournament (WSOP) which is the biggest tournament of poker in the world, festivity still continues with Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). This tournament organized on the continent which wears its name is back again after the success of the 2nd edition in 2008.At the same time, it hopes to beat again its own records of attendance even if such opportunity was not reached during the Las Vegas poker tournament of this year, particularly, because of the global economic crisis. The program of the Season 3 of this live poker tournament suggests to players playing poker in Macao, the Chinese town of gaming, during the first stage. Last year, the APPT had convinced 1,772 poker players playing to a $5.000.000 prizepool.

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

French bill about online gambling : Discussed with the Parliament

It is corroborated! Paris wants to put an end to La Française des Jeux (FDJ) and PMU’s monopoly on the sector of online games. On Tuesday, July the 21st, for the first time in the history, the French Ministry of the Budget directed by Eric Woerth is going to introduce to the Commission of finances of the French National Assembly its bill about online games. The text will liberalize only betting sports, horse-bets and poker and the other games as slot machines and table games will always be considered as illegal apart from those proposed by both authorized operators. Note that 25.000 websites propose such games every day to the French customers.

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

WSOP : Antoine Saout, the new star of the French poker

This year is a very particular year in the history of the French poker. At first, with the exploit of the Frenchwoman player, the 100 % Mag’s emcee on M6’, Estelle Denis who made a very wonderful path. And then with the qualification Antoine Saout for the final table of the WSOP 40è edition classified at the 8th position, just after Phil Ivey, which is the biggest pride of the France. Even though it has been only 18 months that he plays poker, Antoine Saout gets ready to live this historical day what is the November nine. After the elimination of Ludovic Lacay which ended at the 16th position, receiving the sum of $500 000 and François Balmigère going back home with $350 000, the French’ hope thus is on him.

Monday, 20 July 2009

Online games: The first international show in France

Even if certain statements declarations of these last days talk about the delay of the opening of online games market, what is certain it is that Paris planned to organize the first international show of the Poker and the Bet by February 12th, 13th and 14th, 2010. Reminding us that, the French government wants to take on an authority under the name of ARJEL, (Authority of Regulation of Online gambling) for the control and the attribution of the French licenses to the operators working in this domain; which will be limited to a number from 12 to 15, at the first time. Beyond that, nothing is still official concerning the regularization, the new legislation for a legal access of these operators to France even though some information is partially revealed. And naturally, the auditions for the selection still continue throughout this month this.

Monday, 20 July 2009

Stars of Poker: Launching of tournament on Canal+

The launching of a new edition of Stars of Poker, a tournament which started on February, 2005 has just been done this day in Nîmes. This poker tournament of which is going to be played in six stages welcomes so professional players of the world classified among the best, celebrities of cinema, of sport, of television… who are enthusiastic about poker as well as players who are qualified on Internet. Unlike the tournaments broadcasted in live on TV, Stars of Poker which is produced by Canal + Events and KAWA Productions suggests enormous chances to the players winning at each stage because the number of the participants is reduced. With a total of 18 participants, each player thus has big chances to earn €100, 000 in each stage and a place for the great final.

Monday, 20 July 2009

Main Event : The French player Antoine Saout among the qualified for the finale.

After twelve days of competition during which more than 6.400 players of poker were in confrontation in Las Vegas, the names of 9 qualified last ones for the finale of the World Series of Poker’Main Event (WSOP) are now known. After a qualification of the French player Marc Brochard, 11 years ago (in 1998) at the final table of the WSOP, Antoine Saout, a 26-year-old young person native to Finistère follws him by as the defender of the national colours for the title of the world champion of poker. Even though the other French players as Ludovic Lacay who was eliminated at the 16th position and François Balmigère ending in the 25th rank tried to resist until the last minute but they couldn’t get the same chance.

Monday, 20 July 2009

Main Event of WSOP 2009: Darvin Moon, chipleader of the Day 7

From the beginning, it was already difficult to guess who would win the WSOP golden bracelet, especially the first prize, this year. Big terrors of poker show all their capacity and performance at poker and do their best to have the chance to be qualified for the final table of November 9. Among 64 players of poker qualified for Day 7, there is still some 27 for the Day 8 of which three French poker players and it is still enough difficult to determine who will be the nine last ones. This day was a day full of new developments with these very ambitious players.

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Online Poker: Procedure launched against the seized players’ gains

Further to the transfers freezing of the gains intended for 27,000 online poker players done on last Saturday the 6th of June, the ASC or Account Services Corporation has just lodged at the federal Court of South California a procedure asking for the return of this capital. According to this bank, these gains which had to be transferred from this company and that of Allied Systems were illegally seized. So, the ASC plans to demonstrate that the online poker is a game of skill but not an illegal game as the IGBA defines it. Note that three affairs of the same kind has already used the same argument and managed to convince the justice of South Carolina, Pennsylvania and the Colorado.

Thursday, 16 July 2009

Online players: more than three millions of French

With the approach of the liberalization of the market of online games in France, so that the agenda of the debate in the National Assembly on the «end of September, beginning of October” (Jean-François Lamour) can have a little more precision; studies concerning on-line games are led. More than three millions of French play at gambling and among them, 20 % spends more than 50 euros a month, according to an investigation led by the institute Ipsos Media CT, revealed by the Figaro. The majority of these players are men. And because the Française des Jeux and the PMU controls the monopoly in this sector for the moment, this rate of participation belongs to them even if the 10 % are already accustomed of the sites of on online poker, the casinos and not authorized sports bets, according to the same source.

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Rio Casino: four days of atmosphere in "PokerPalooza"

The biggest fair of the poker world was held on last July 2nd to 5th in Rio in Las Vegas, not far from the place where is held the World Series of poker (WSOP). It is a place where all passionate of poker meet. This year, about ten stands for products exhibition, services and animations concerning the world of poker, were set up. And to put a some spices in all this, interactive zones were organized under various themes among which Media of the Poker, Education about Poker, Circuits of Poker, History of the WSOP, Luxury items, Food and Drinks. Apart from the different animations in the zone «Arcade Area ", playing poker can be done there. The Bar “Bad Beat” gives another atmosphere than what we usually see.

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

Main Event of WSOP: A wonderful path for the French players

Since the beginning of the tournament, French players already showed skill and performance facing the other internationally recognized poker players. Among 648 paid places, they were able to obtain 19, a figure which was never been seen in the history of the French poker especially during the WSOP. And what makes the pride of France this time is the exploit of the poker player Estelle Denis, the emcee of 100 % Mag, on M6 and partner of the French team of football coach, Raymond Domenech, was among the 400 last ones qualified in WSOP in Las Vegas. There is also Ludovic Lacay who impressed during the Day 3 and 4 as leaderboard. The French poker hero, Patrick Bruel, didn’t go back with empty pocket during this tournament.

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Online games: a controlled liberalization

For the liberalization of the sector of online games, the French government has chosen an authority under the name of Arjel or Authority of Regulation of On-line games to control licenses attribution to 12 to 15 casino operators, at the first time, in 2010. According to the Benjamin Jacob, president of the Commission of online games of the Gesture (Movement) (PDGB) and Olivier Kuhn from the company Atos Worldline, a company specialized in the electronic transactions (deals), a government bill must be envisaged in order to frame this opening of the market of online games. They hint at the excessive advertisements, the addiction in the games of casinos as the bingo, the black jack, the roulette as well as slot machines.

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

Casino: Retort to the law prohibiting tobacco applied on last November 1st

Because cigars are cant be separated with casino games, facing the law prohibiting tobacco applied since last November 1st, the casinos record a disquieting fall of the rate of customer. A decline which is also caused by the competition with online casinos that is becoming increasingly popular with the players whether they are smokers or non-smokers, offering the same games than terrestrial casinos. “Indeed, this law has encouraged more people to not come and play at the casino anymore, but we had anticipated the event”, the director of the Société des Bains de Mer (SBM), Bernard Lambert said.

Monday, 13 July 2009

WSOP 2009: 185 players will compete in Day 6

Everything is still running in the Main Event of World Series of Poker (WSOP) held in Las Vegas for both 13 French who survived at the Day 4 as the other internationally recognized terrors of the poker. Among the 648 places paid at a minimum gain of $ 21,365, only 407 were been qualified to play poker during the Day 5. The famous player of “les bleus” Ludovic Lacay is at the second position of the general classification with 1.6 million chips after the most recognized among online poker players, Matt Affleck, chipleader of the Day 4 (1819000). Behind Phil Ivey (15th, 1276000), there is Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier with 1.25 millions of chips. Apart from them, there is Estelle Denis, who rises to 415,000 and Julien Brecard at 938,000 of chips.

Monday, 13 July 2009

WSOP in Las Vegas: The last battleship on July 14th

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) which started on last May 1st in the paradise of the games “Las Vegas” will put an end the battleships on next July 14th. The final will take place on November. With a buy-in of $10,000, the greatest poker tournament in the world could gather this time, 60,875 participants of whom French celebrities of online poker like Aranud Mattern, the winner of the European Poker Tout (EPT) in 2007, Estelle Denis, Hélène de Fougerolles, Patrick Bruel Raymond Domenech…From the beginning, different 57 competitions are proposed to the passionate for poker whoever they are professionals or amateurs. The winner will receive a gain of $8.5 millions.

Monday, 13 July 2009

Online games: Paris wants to end the monopoly in the sector.

After the comments and a few changes suggested by the European Commission, the Government Fillon finally agreed to revise its government bill concerning on online games and sports betting which will be submitted soon. In this, ends the monopoly of the French games in the area even if that company will not let it do so easily by its FRançaise de Jeuxin this sector even though this enterprise won’t let its competitors to operate easily. In order to liberalize the sector, then, allocation of licenses to online poker offering cash game, casino games and the betting on virtual events is already foreseen. The operators and all enthusiastic about online games can already be pleased because the application of this new legislation governing this sector is planned for the 1 January 2010.

Monday, 13 July 2009

« Gambling 102 »: The book giving best recipes about games.

Sites of online games or casinos either it is on the Internet or physical, often propose very high jackpots in order to attract clients. Some can achieve till many millions of dollars. It is not every day that we hear talking about persons winning jackpots at these gambles because they are not games which need chance only. This is what the professor Michael Schackleford shows in his new book entitled “Gambling 102”. He is talking in about many ways to play these games and win at casinos games like black jack, baccarat, roulette as well as slot machines and online sports betting. Apart from the chance and some rules which have to be respected, some precise systems of game and best strategies are to be chosen.

Monday, 13 July 2009

Yevgeniy Timoshenko : The Mozart Of Poker

After having seen on TV the Greg Raymers’ victory during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2004, the young Ukrainian became fascinated about the magic of poker. Only aged 16 years old at that time, he began to play little by little online poker until he won a tournament with lower buy-in to Mukilteo, Washington, where he lives. His passion for the poker didn’t leave him to stop there. Quickly, Yevgeniy Timoshenko developed from Texas Hold'em to No-Limit Hold'em. Thanks to his exceptional talent of poker player, he quickly became a professional player at higher stages of tournaments. In this way, his bankroll increase more and more and in 2008, he could earn till $1 million.

Monday, 13 July 2009

Hélène de Fougerolles: Performance above all expectations at the Main Event

The French actress, Hélène de Fougerolles, winner of the tournament of the celebrities on RTL9 Poker Tour 2008 and seen when she paid her ticket for the World Series of Poker (WSOP) with Raymond Domenech has not been disappointing. Despite the fact of not wanting to enter into the game of professionals, this actress playing in the film “Tricheuse” which will be out on the screens on July 15 gets very satisfying results. “I won’t to do anything, but I will not have the pressure. Sincerely, I am not going there to win, this would be grotesque. I will live it as a unique experience in my life," Hélène announced before his departure for Las Vegas. And even if she thought to not "stay more than ten minutes", in this competition, she has wonderfully passed the stage 1. The French coach she met during the final of RTL9 Poker Tour already folded baggage.

Monday, 13 July 2009

Main Event: Bruel and Ludovic Lacay among the qualified for the the Day 3

The development of the second day of the World Series of Poker’ Main Event 2009 offers again a marvellous show to the audience. By taking the current qualifications into account, French expectation for the title is still possible. Among the 1,476 players who have participated in the Day 2A of this poker tournament with $8 millions of trophy, there were 33 French players. Guillaume de la Gorce was the first player native to Hexagone leaving this step. Anthony Lellouche followed him a few times later by staking his entire stack against the betiing of his compatriot Patrick Bruel. Michel Abécassis, Arnaud Mattern… ended too their participation at the course of this day. But several great names of poker were been qualified for the Day 3 like Ludovic Lacay holding henceforth a stack of 170 00 chips, Patrick Bruel (80,000), Fabrice Soulier (108,000), Julien Brecard, Alexandre Roos, Christophe Schaming, Anthony Roux and Benjamin Pollak.

Monday, 13 July 2009

Online Poker Security Issues

Ever since the first online gambling transaction took place in the early 90's, online poker rooms have greatly changed the face of the industry, with more and more people playing online poker, enjoying quality games from the privacy of their own homes.

Friday, 10 July 2009

Main Event 2009: $8.5 millions of prize for the winner

In spite of the financial crisis which has shaken the world economy, the world champion of the Worlds Series of Poker (WSOP) of this year, will be entirely sheltered from his needs. The calculation made by organizers after the holding of the first four days of this event unveiled that the winner of this year will earn $8,546,435 of gain. In all, the first 648 players on this competition can win a prize. Indeed, the detailed account of the inscriptions during these first four days of the Main Event refers to the participation of 6,494 poker enthusiasts. Moreover, this calculation shows too that each one among the nine qualified during the final phase of the Main Event can expect to a gain more than a million of dollar.

Thursday, 09 July 2009

Stars of Poker: The first step in Nîmes on July the 17th

The new poker tournament that the TV station Canal+ organizes from this year on, called “Stars of Poker”, will start its first step during this month of July. Having six steps, this live tournament produced by CANAL PLUS Events & KAWA Production is expected to gather great professional players but also six live poker or online poker’ enthusiasts qualified through Internet satellites. A unique concept of organisation was broadcasted to this television appointment. Moreover, the TV station has chosen great stars to present this emission such as the sports journalist David Berger and the Franco- American player poker Vanessa Rousso.

Thursday, 09 July 2009

Main Event : 3,686 participants during the first three days

The beginning of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was again a great event that many players didn’t miss. Even though the first statistics show a fall of affluence, compared to the previous year, 1,116 players during the Day 1A against 1,297 participants in 2008, players’ enthusiasm for coveting the greatest gain of the year at poker was at its summum. During this first day, players like Ludovic Lacay, Jason Mercier, Isaac Haxton, Sandra Naujoks, Vitaly Lunkin, Sam Farah, Dragan Galic, Gus Hansen… were among the inscribed. At the end of the day, Eric Cloutier became the chipleader with 150,750 chips in the pocket, followed by Redmond Lee with 134,725 chips. Players like John Phan, the Belgian Davidi Kitai, Danzer… were already eliminated at this first round. Accustomed to online poker formed a large part of the participants.

Wednesday, 08 July 2009

Online Casino: 25% of growth for the next years

Six months before the opening of the market of online games in France, members of parliament and operators have just met and draw up a brief appraisal of the future of the online game market. According to a private study carried out by Francis Merlin, International Consultant on Marketing and communication, an environment change of the circle of gambles is expected as early as the first months of 2010. Live casinos will know a competition more severe and their current financial difficulty could be emphasized more and more, next years. The civil parish welcoming these firms of game will suffer of it too because 15% of the previous deductions are attributed to them. Contrariwise, at the international level, games of online casino will continue to record a tremendous growth up to 25% in the next years.

Wednesday, 08 July 2009

Beginning of the France Tour: Armstrong and Contador remain favourites

The launching since Saturday the 4th of July of the France Tour marks too the beginning of a long sporting bets event to be followed throughout this month of July. During the 21 stages which will be held one after the other before the arrival at the Champs Elysée, different runners and teams participating in this 96th edition of the Tour won’t fail to give a formidable spectacle. Among the 3,459.5 km to be covered, online sporting bets’ enthusiasts will have to designate among sites of sporting bet like Bet 770 the winners of every stage, the winner of the general, the yellow jersey… To mark its beginning, the Tour started so with a race against-the-watch of 15km in Monaco. If odds go smoothly about the identity of the probable winner of this first stage, cycling enthusiasts and sports commentators already designate the American Lance Armstrong, seven times winner of the France Tour and the Spanish Alberto Contador as favourites for the title.

Tuesday, 07 July 2009

Poker historical account: Summary in the film « All In: The Poker Movie »

An all new documentary film relating the history of poker has just come out on the cinema screens. During the 11th edition of the annual festival of film in Las Vegas, held at Palms Casino Resort, at the same time of the development of the 40th edition of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP), the American director Douglas Tirola has just presented his new production, a documentary entitled “All In: The Poker Movie”. It is a film relating entire history of poker in the United States since the beginning of the year 1950’s until now. Moreover, all the ways of perception of this game society are agreeably told in: the propitious period of the 1950’s, its consideration as an old-fashioned game and a game of cheater in the 80’s before coming to its current success through tournaments and competitions of online poker.

Tuesday, 07 July 2009

Russia bans gambling

Russia closed down all its casinos as gambling was banned nationwide.

Monday, 06 July 2009

Ante Up for Africa: Big stars gathered for its 3rd edition.

For the third consecutive times, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) didn’t fail to set up the tournament for charity Ante Up for Africa (AUFA). This event with humanitarian purpose starts on Thursday the 2nd of July at Rio casino for six days. This year, it’s a $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournament. Numerous stars of poker, cinema, and sports… answered to this call for funds collection of which a big part will be used for helping victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, in Sudan. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Brad Garrett, Mekhi Phifer and the legend of poker Phil Hellmuth are ones of the celebrities playing around the tables during these tournaments. For the public having free access to the rooms, the event will allow to admire these big stars playing for the good cause.

Monday, 06 July 2009

Real Madrid: Benzema bought back for €41 millions

The next season of the Champion’s League promises to be an event bringing a new development. Indeed, transfers continue to come one after the other between different great European Club for supporters’ great happiness when they see increasing their team’s odds. Henceforth, sites of sporting bets like Bet 770 and bookmakers everywhere on the planet already consider the potential of every team according to their values. Real Madrid has just acquired so the French player Karim Benzama to fulfil its strikers. This 21 years old player from the Olympique Lyonnais takes Ronaldo’s place in this prestigious team, in which many sites of sporting bets won’t fail to stake a big part of their fortune. “He has got all, strong like a bull during race, clever like a virtuoso when it is necessary, a strong stamp”, the Spanish sports newsletter AS, reported.

Monday, 06 July 2009

Poker tournament in Swiss: The Court settled about its legality

Casinos’ complaints in Swiss against Texas Hold’em poker tournaments and parties with gambles around the same amusement, taking place outside casinos has just deliberated by the justice. Everything considered, the Helvetica Federal Administrative Tribunal (TAF) decided that poker is a game of skill and capacity in bluff but not a simple game of chance. “Poker is a game of chance and all game of chance, according to law, has to be held in casino”, Marc Friedrich, secretary of Casinos’Federation maintained when he lodges their complaints. Indeed, the group of gaming rooms asserts that because of these tournaments, they lose many players. But the court’s decision was clear, it resumes the judgment passed by the Federal Commission of game firms (CFMJ).

Friday, 03 July 2009

Event#51 of WSOP : Carsten Joh wins the bracelet

The third day of the Event #51 of Las Vegas World Series of Poker (WSOP) was been a competition rich of palpitation. The battle between the 30 survivors among the 2.781 enrolled in this 1.500$ No-Limit Hold'em tournament was achieved on a victory of Carsten Joh after more than 13 hours of competition. During the Final heads-up, it was Andrew Chen that he defeated. This latest won the second position with a gain of $412,632 against an amount of $664,426 and a bracelet for Joh. This final phase of the 51st competition in this 40th edition of WSOP noticed the fast elimination of 14 players on only two hours of meeting. Lebiszczak (30th), Alex Jacob (21st), Viktoria Szilasi (13th) were the first to leave the table.

Friday, 03 July 2009

The Brief History of Poker

Enjoyed by millions worldwide, Poker is one of the most popular card games today. Still few poker fans know how exactly their favourite game has evolved into what it is today.

Friday, 03 July 2009

Belgian bill about online games : Interpellation of the European Commission

After the adoption by the Belgian Council of Ministers of the government bill about online games in this country in March, the European Commission has just asked this State about the law that it wants to apply. Last Monday, a letter from the European Commission was addressed to the Belgian government. Forcing operators to have game servers established in Belgium for a preliminary obtaining of a licence to operate are among the points that the Commission wants to bring amendments. Indeed, law in this country ought also to take into account of the homologation of an operator already fulfilled conditions in other countries members of the European Union. Numerous sites of online games which already acquired licences in Italy, Gibraltar, Malta, England… like Poker 770, Casino Riva, Bet 770… ought indeed to be eligible for this licence. “We want to get response from Belgium”, Ton Van Lierop, spokesman of the European commissioner in charge of the Industry, told.

Thursday, 02 July 2009

Russia: Casino’s operating reserved for four regions only

Like in many countries, Russia has just modified its legislation about gambles and casinos. From July the 1st, only four regions, all are at least located at 1,000 km from Moscow : Kaliningrad extreme west of the country, Azov-City in the South, the region of Altaï in Siberia and that of Vladivostok, far East, will be the sites able to receive these firms. “Gambling and betting are like intoxication by alcohol of the population, which bring moral and material damage”, Vladimir Poutine said four years ago when he proposed this government bill. And in 2006, the Douma, Russian Parliament’s deputy Chamber passed it.

Thursday, 02 July 2009

Team 770 : Two qualified after the Day 1 of the WSOP Event#54

After one month of competition at the 40th edition of Las Vegas’ WSOP, players of the Team 770 still continue their adventures in this famous great world appointment of poker. Among the 35 online qualified during satellites proposed on poker sites like Poker 770, some still participate at the meetings of these last days. Moreover, results recorded by these players were promising and some of them didn’t tell their latest words yet. Concerning the Event#54 of which the Day 1 took place on Tuesday of June 30th, among the 2,800 players enrolled at this No Limit Hold’em tournament for $1,500 at the end of the day, 390 were qualified for the next stage. During this day, two players of the Team 770 will participate at the second day of the competition.

Thursday, 02 July 2009