GUKPT London: Vietnamese players received the honor

The Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour which took place last week has attracted many players as they were 318 to register their names on the starting grid. The reason of this success is undoubtedly the importance of the first prize since it stood at £ 127,000. This high attendance created then one of the greatest final tables ever seen in the history of the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour. There were among others the star Laurence Houghton, champion of the European Poker Tour, Vicky Coren, Rumit Somaiya, blogger McCool Mick, GUKPT champion Darren Annis. But ultimately, it is a relatively unknown player Cuong Tran who win the tournament.

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

EPT Snowfest: Baekke champion

After having led from the start to the finish of the first edition of the European Poker Tour Snowfest, Allan "Sifosis" Baekke completes his performance with a victory. He earns € 445,000 after 6 days of fierce fighting in defeating 546 players. He earns at the same time a place for the grand final of the European Poker Tour which will take place in Monaco next month. This is his first title at a step of the European Poker Tour after an exemplary attendance at this tournament because he was at his fifteen participation in a stage of the EPT during this stop in Austrian soil. The Danish player known for playing high stake has landed at the final table with the status of chip leader.

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Poker Charity: The space as a prize for cards party

The City of Angels prepares to host next April 24 an unusual charity poker tournament whose profits will go to the foundation of American Scientist X Prize Foundation. It is far from charity poker tournaments where the classic jackpot is a seat for the World Series of Poker, this time the prize winner can take into space. For this beginning, the entrance fee to the tournament is much more expensive than for most charity poker tournaments, because it will be fixed at $ 8,500. And at the end, the winner may choose between an all-electric sports car Tesla Roadster valued at $ 109,000 or to know the total weightlessness during a space flight aboard the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo worth $ 200,000 or be part of the first 100 people to enjoy the full decoding of its genome.

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Robbery and hold-up: The new plague of the world of gambling

The world of gambling in particular that of poker is catching more and more the greed of robbers, and that, because of large sums of money that circulates. Robbers are hitting the jackpot without facing draconian security at banks or other institutions. The attack at the European Poker Tour in Berlin during which four gunmen burst into the tournament is far from being an isolated case. 15 days after the German depredation, now the Grand Casino Basel is the subject of a similar robbery. Sunday around 4 a.m, two cars with French number plates carrying ten armed men arrived in the parking of the casino. At this moment, more than 600 people are still in the gaming room. The bandits then entered the casino lobby and threatening the players present with their weapons.

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

Women's World Poker Open IV : Philippa Flanders as the new champion

The ladies were honored at the Women's World Poker Open in London. Indeed, they were 24 to start this exceptional poker tournament. The competition started with the sit & go championships for a table of eight players. Each table has revealed two winners and the first six finalists faced off on the final table the day after the competition. Some prominent figures in the women poker world were present during the day of departure as Annette Obrestad, Kara Scott, Lisa or Kim Vigezzi Wooka but unfortunately they were all eliminated.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

EPT Snowfest: Allan Baekke lead before the finale

The fourth day of the EPT Snowfest has been hard for most of the 24 remaining players at this poker tournament because after this day of competition, there will be only only eight players’ finalists in the race for the trophy. Representatives of the hexagon have been eliminated from the list despite their talent and their performance on the gaming tables after leaving the future dad Bertrand Husiaux at the 23rd place face to the good talent of the Danish master Allan Baekke, Cyril Naim was also eliminated at the 22nd place. The favorites of the Day 3, Jim Collopy, Richard Toth, Max Lykov and Alexander Debus were not very bright because they did not accede to the final table because they were eliminated at the tenth place face to the attacks of Johannes Strassman just before the bubble explodes causing the elimination of Huub Verdonschot at the ninth place.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Big Game IV: Tony G will face Isildur1

Three months earlier ; Tony "G" wrote on his blog from New Zealand that he was in contact with the phenomenon of online poker Isildur1 whose true identity is known by anyone until now. The purpose of the act of "G" was to become his private sponsor in parties of large cash game later. Over the months, the idea done its way and now Tony is launching a new proposal to the mysterious Scandinavian player. Tony "G" invite him to join the next Big Game IV to be held at Club Ambassadors from 11 to 13 April 2010. If Isildur1 accepts, he will play against the best player in the world of poker as Luke "FullFlush" Schwartz, Phil Laak, Isaac Haxton, Neil Channing, Jennifer Tilly, and more.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

WPT Hollywood Poker Open : « El Matador » won his third title

A field of 143 players is not really a number worthy of a World Poker Tour. We can say that many poker players had shunned the 2010 edition of the WPT Hollywood Poker Open. The buy-in of $ 10,000 would have attracted sharks of green tables. However, pros like Gavin Smith, Greg Mueller, and Erick Lindgren made the trip. Despite the low turnout, the prize pool has reached the colossal sum of $ 1,340,928 and the $ 393,820 were pocketed by the Spaniard Carlos Mortensen, the new champion. It was the third time that Mortensen won a title of the World Poker Tour and then joined Gus Hansen in terms of number of victory in WPT. Mortensen won his first title at the Festa al Lago in 2004. He is also the only player in the world to have done the doublet WSOP and WPT in a year.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

Investment: The Ho family couldn't conquer the United States

The Ho family can't invest through the poker tables and game rooms in Atlantic City. Pansy Ho, daughter of macanas billionaire Stanley Ho can not take the 50% share of the casino complex in New Jersey. The affiliation with the patriarch's crime syndicate of Macau is one of the reasons of this decision. The Commission on New Jersey's casinos formally objects to the fact that the Ho family can invest funds in the United States. Even if the investment concerns only Pansy Ho, the authorities deemed unreliable because of the connections of his father. If the complicity of Stanley Ho, with criminal gangs has never been demonstrated, the authorities are not on good terms with the king of casinos in Macau.

Friday, 26 March 2010

Clandestine poker game : 20 seniors arrested

The Police of Twin Falls, a small American town in Idaho, have been alerted of the existence of clandestine poker games. Arrived there, the public service found that it was rather a friendly poker. The participants were all retired, the youngest is in his seventies, while the oldest of them was 90 years old. These retirees give each other an appointment at the center of the town for a poker game since five years. So far nothing unusual, they needed a distraction to pass the time and a friendly game of poker can not harm anyone. But there is a small snag, those pensioners put into play $ 20 per player to give another taste to the party, which is illegal in consideration of the law.

Friday, 26 March 2010

ECPT: Good performances for French players in Barcelona

Euro City Poker Tour (ECPT) is the name of the youngest European poker circuit. In a short time of existence, the tournament Euro City Poker Tour have become a very popular appointment to French fans of poker. The first stage of ECPT of the 2010 season began on last Thursday, March 18 in the Gran Casino Barcelona. This stage was distinguished by the existence of two super-satellites for the Main Event, the entrance fee for these two satellites qualifiers was €115. Also new for this ECPT Barcelona, the buy-in for the Main Event was set to € 2500 + € 50 ,an increase of € 1.000. This increase in the price of entry has guaranteed a minimum prize pool of € 500,000.

Friday, 26 March 2010

Prop bet: Ivey decided to abandon and loses $ 150,000

Prop Bet is common in the world of poker, players devote themselves to this play to break the monotonous rhythms of poker tournaments. Some of these bets often graze the edge of the whimsical and wacky. The last betting known was done between Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan, the bet was originally discussed and agreed during the fourth episode of High Stakes Poker. Originally Ivey wanted the bet to be worth $ 2 million to better motivate them to not eat meat for a year. Finally, the two men have agreed to $ 1 million for Ivey if he can not eat "anything that moves" for a year.

Friday, 26 March 2010

ANZPT Perth: Tony is not the shadow of his brother Joe Hachem

Until the ANZPT, Tony Hachem has been a shadow of his brother Joe Hachem, winner of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2005. Tony was known to be a good poker player but not as a true champion because he does not have any major title at his prize list. Tony Hachem has just demonstrated that he has the cloth of a champion by winning the Main Event of the Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour Perth, a tournament that he is particularly fond of since last year when he managed to reach the money four times in five at Adelaide (15th), Sydney (17th), Melbourne (16th) and Queenstown (18th). He has outdone 221 players who came to participate in the biggest poker tournament in Perth. With this victory, he pocketed the sum of AUD 132,750 reserved for the winner.

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Lithuania: Poker was classified as a sport

The question to know if poker is a game of skill or gambling has been debated for long years, and continues to nurture the conversation in all countries. Some countries accept that poker is now considered as a sport and the luck don't intervened in the game than very few, but many countries do not yet recognize the poker itself. The discussion on the subject is closed for Lithuania to the delight of poker enthusiasts from across the country. Indeed the Department of Physical Education and Sports has released a formal statement endorsing the Lithuanian Federation of Poker (LSPF). And the good news mean that poker is now branching further into the world of sport, if it was only confined to casinos and trade event before.

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Evian Poker Open: Cyril André becomes the new champion

The fourth edition of the Evian Poker Open took place from March 15 to 21 in the Casino of Evian, a game room which gives a breathtaking view of the spectacular scenery of Lake Leman and the Alps. They were in total 128 players to register on the table of the Main Event with €2,200 entrance fee. After several days of competition, it was finally the French Cyril 'DonLimit' André, who was crowned king of Evian. The French player is a seasoned cash game on Internet devoted himself rarely to live poker tournaments. If considering chips, Cyril was always well off throughout the tournament. "DonLimit" has gone alone until the final table at which he was the player who had the biggest stack. There was a decrease in Cyril scheme before the last four stage when he decided to take the bull by the horns to resume ahead of the competition.

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Hold-up at EPT Berlin: The thugs were all arrested

Every crime must be punished. The four gangsters of the EPT Berlin will await their sentence in prison because effectively, the Berlin police finally arrested the quartet. Last Sunday, one of the two bandits on the run was arrested by the police down a flight from Istanbul, it is Ucarkus Mustafa, a 20 years old man with a criminal record. Indeed, this Turk of 20 years had just been released from prison for grievous bodily harm. And the final suspect, Jihad Chetwie was arrested 8 hours later down a flight from Beirut. According to a source from the Berlin police, the two bandits wanted to go to the police and have already sent their respective lawyers. A Berlin newspaper has reported Sunday that the actions perpetrated by these four bandits were planned under the orders of a criminal network because two Arab members of this family of criminals have been seen at the Grand Hyatt shortly before the burglary.

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Hollywood Poker Open WPT: Only 144 players in the Lawrenceburg tournament

Great poker players have certainly had some trouble to accept the fact that the WPT Hollywood Poker Open have been played in Kentucky, in the County of Lawrenceburg, rather than Hollywood. Indeed, it seems that there has not been as much fervor as in previous editions for participation in this meeting. Indeed, the organizers of this tournament have been a little disappointed because the championship registered a small field of 144 players characterized only by players from county residents and have some poker enthusiasts WPT. Despite this success somewhat disappointing, the Day 1 of the championship was still well past leaving Eric Froehlich instead of chip leader with a stack of 149,400 chips to some talented players and titled as Gavin Smith, Jonathan Little, the owner of a WSOP bracelet Brock Parker, the defending champion of NAPT Venetian Tom Marchese and many other enthusiasts of the game.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

EPT Snowfest: A successful Day 1A

After a good preparation by the organizers and responsible of the house hosting the European Poker Tour tournament in Austria, the first day of the competition took place peacefully. Thus, the 270 poker players took the start, which included Daniel Negreanu, Arnaud Mattern, Thomas Bichon, Julien Brécard, Marion Nedellec, Chad Brown, Alex Kravchenko and many other pros of the game who clashed with boldness in the Alpine Palace. Some of these famous players were however forced to leave the place after only a few hours after the starting of the meeting. Thus, Thomas Bichon, Jerome and Marion Bannier Nedellec have already packed up while Julien Brécart is propelled in the place of chip leader after demonstrating his performance.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

WPT Bucharest: Organizers have added two Side Event

If until now, the World Poker Tour were mostly concentrated on the USA for some time, it is becoming pervasive. Indeed, the brand wants to promote more and more tournaments in Europe. He announced the next stage of the World Poker Tour in Romania shortly before the announcement of the return to France of the World Poker Tour on the Champs Elysée and the unexpected arrival of the World Poker Tour Amneville. The Main Event of the Romanian trip will take place on March the 27th to April the 2nd at City Center Hotel Novotel Bucharest. In addition with the 400 places of €3,000 buy-in for the WPT, organizers have added a group of super satellites from €150 + €15 and two side events of respectively buy-in €500 and €1,000.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Morocco Poker Championship: Appointment on the 16th to the 18th of April 2010

Each month since the beginning of 2010, the Casino Es Saadi Marrakech comes alive with the rhythm of poker at the championships of Morocco. Hundreds of players go there every month not to visit the Medina, but to take part in two tournaments with the respective entry fee of €500 and €900. The number of participants continues to grow each month and that number should easily reach 300 players. Each monthly tournament generates a prize pool of €170,000. Another particularity of this Morocco Poker Championship, players do not run only for the prize pool, they also run after the points awarded to players who arrive in the money. Only the top 10 have the chance to participate in the grand final which will reveal the champion of Morocco.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Abramovitch: The Russian won his case against La Repubblica

The Russian Roman Abramovitch, has won the case against the Italian newspaper "La Repubblica", the Russian billionaire and owner of the famous English football club accused the newspaper of defamation and misrepresentation. Indeed according to the newspaper, the wealthy Russian businessman reportedly lost $ 500,000 in a poker game after seeing 3 of the 11 billion of his personal fortune evaporate with the financial crisis. The article also states that "The Passion of Mr Abramovitch for online poker has led to a crisis with his partner Dasha Zhukova. Counsel for the businessman said that these allegations are totally false and have caused to Abramovitch "distress and embarrassment." The owner of La Repubblica Gruppo Editoriale L'Espress, was forced after the trial to make a public apology and pay substantial damages, which will be donated to charity.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

United States: The projects of legalization of online poker seem to disappear

Several U.S. states are trying to establish a law that would legalize online poker. The expansion of the game was lively throughout the United States, some states had more success than others. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware had seen the biggest changes, but lawmakers from Iowa were stubborn. The expansion of the game had been discussed, but it was killed. Iowa would be the pioneer of online gambling and poker regulated. It now appears that the project is deadlocked because of the total clauses relating to online poker and casino games. Issues such as licenses have become a point of contention. In discussions, operators will not need to seek public approval for a new license every eight years, but would be allowed to keep their casinos without such notice.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

World Team Poker: France will not be represented

The poker tournament team is the poor child of professional poker, tournaments team had previously been usually reserved for amateur clubs. This kind of tournament was lacking in the professional poker circuit, but the World Team Poker has overcome this gap. The inaugural event of this innovative tournament will be held at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas next May 19. The 19 countries that will participate are: Germany, England, Armenia, Australia, Brazil, China, South Korea, Greece, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Turkey, USA, Vietnam. Do not search anymore, France is not on this list. The first stage at the Golden Nugget will feature 40 professional poker players. They will be divided into 8 teams of five players.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Steering EPT Berlin: End of the saga

A suspect confess his participation in the robbery of the poker tournament European Poker Tour in Berlin at the beginning of this month, during which four masked and gunmen stole more than ¤ 240,000 cash. The young man of 21 years, whose identity has not yet been revealed, surrendered to German authorities and handed over the names of his three other accomplices. The Berlin police circulated pictures of these three young people whose offending Ahmad el-Awayti, 20 years Jihad Chetwie, 19 years from Germany and Ucarkus Mustafa, a Turk who was 20 years too. Arrest warrants were issued against them. "Their homes in Berlin were raided Tuesday, but they were not there and we assume they have fled," said Stefan Teller, the head of the investigation of the police.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Land Casinos: Poker may be his savior

Terrestrial casinos are victim of crisis and new laws such as banning smoking in public places, the routine checks at the entrance to casinos and the emergence of many gaming sites on internet that are currently nibbling a significant market share, not improving the destiny of these land playrooms. Roulette and other traditional casino games are no longer really a recipe as before. But salvation may come from poker. If for some poker player, poker is like any other card game, for other players, it is a way to make money while indulging in his passion. Poker require very good physical and mental conditions, it is for some a real sport. It was this aspect which had charmed more than one player, the reputation it has conquered the world, especially since the proliferation of virtual gambling halls on the Internet.

Friday, 19 March 2010

ANZPT: Let's go for five days of exceptionnal tournament

For its return for the season 2, the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour has chosen as first step the city of Adelaide. The inaugural step with AUD 3000 entry fee had taken place on the 9th February in Skycity Casino. After Adelaide, it's Perth's turn to host the event on the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st March. The Day 1A Main Event had begun on March the 17th at 12:15 pm in Burswood Entertainment Complex, a complex which includes casinos, two hotels, theaters, bars, restaurants and a concert hall. Although retired from major cities of Australia like Sydney and Melbourne by more than 3,000 kilometers, Perth has not escaped the popularity of poker because this game is also played well in this city. And the Burswood casino had played a major rôle in this fact because during recent years, it has established a culture of poker with its Sapphire series and Annual Western Classic. The decision to add in the calendar Perth for season two of the Australian New Zealand Poker Tour comes from there.

Friday, 19 March 2010

Amateur Poker : Poker Club 05 winner of the CNEC

The city of Brest, in France had hosted this weekend the final of the National Team Club Championship (CNEC) of poker. In all, this qualification has brought together 120 regional clubs coming from all of the corner of France. After the first round, the Club of Charles, which is none other than the team of the Vice-Presidents of « Club of Clubs » realize a good party. But other clubs didn't let it go easily because each of them did not make the trip for nothing. It is finally another club originally from Gap called "Poker Club 05" which was crowned champion at the last round.

Friday, 19 March 2010

Phil Hellmuth : The next attraction in prop bet in the « Tournament of Champions »

Daniel Negreanu is always in the first lounge when it comes to talk about his friend Phil Hellmuth. He takes great pleasure in this little game. The "bad boy" of American poker recently received a nasty blow provocation by the Canadian player during the week of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 held in San Jose. The two friends found themselves on the same table during the announcement of the return of the $ 50,000 "tournament of champions" of the World Series of Poker. The All Stars Game WSOP, a freeroll tournament with a prize pool of one million dollars will include 27 major champions of poker. The event, which will replace the HORSE event of $ 50,000 which was introduced in 2006, will feature the variation HORSE, Hold'em No Limit, Pot Limit Hold'em, and 2-7 Triple Draw.

Friday, 19 March 2010

Poker tournament: The Canadian Poker Tour licensee seeks buyer

According to the rumors that have been broadcasted on CNN on Tuesday, March 16, Global Media Company Heads Up Entertainment is currently in negotiations to sell the Canadian Poker Tour, but the company would also accept a simple partnership. The Company believes that Canada has the second largest market of online poker in the world. A partnership not only attracts more attention to Canadian poker but HeadsUp Entertainment becomes a leader in the entertainment industry of poker. HeadsUp Entertainment seeks to attract more poker players, and Canada seems to be an anchor. HeadsUp is currently the owner of Canadian Poker Player Magazine and Canadian Poker Player Network. With these two brands in its credit, it brews 40,000,000 poker players in North America.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Live Poker : When football amateurs can battle LOSC pros

You like the club Lille Olympique Sporting Club (LOSC) and you like poker? On Sunday, April 4, 2010 you will have the opportunity to combine your two passions together. The Pasino, in France will set up a tournament, specifically tailored for those who love football and poker professional players because the LOSC will also in the game. But only downside to the genuine supporters, the event is subject to non-qualification of the LOSC in UEFA Europa League and non-modified date of the match VAFC / LOSC by the LFP. Winners 1-0 in the first match against Liverpool, Lille had every chance to knock a big European club. But carefulness in Anfield, English players will not want to give in easily. The objective of Lille is clear, after their elimination from the Champions League, it is essential for them to win the Europa League.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Online Tournament: Poker770 opens the doors of Las Vegas and the WSOP

Whose poker player has never dreamed to participate at least once in their life to an event of the World Series of Poker taking place in the kingdom of the gambling ? This dream is quite feasible and is not fantasy or illusion. The World Series of Poker and Las Vegas are no longer the preserve of few poker players sponsored and other wealthy people. Yes, it is entirely possible to take part in various competitions in this prestigious town and why not get the famous bracelet of World Champion without spending hundred and thousands of dollars. Last year dozens of players have received this opportunity with Poker770, they could live a unique moment in their lives.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

WSOP Tournament of Champions: The public can express their opinion

Harrah's has announced on Monday the resurrection of the "Tournament of Champions" in the schedule of the World Series of Poker 2010 after four long years of absence, to the delight of fans of poker. Now we know the eligibility requirements for this prestigious tournament. Only 27 players will have the chance to apply for the jackpot of $ 1,000,000 at the event to be held at Rio on June 27. Five seats will be assigned automatically. The 3 previous winners of the World Series of Poker ToC Annie Duke, Mike Matusow, and Mike Sexton will be present. They will be joined by the last two champions of the WSOP and WSOP Europe, Joe Cada and Barry Shulman.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

British Masters of Poker Tour: Back from the month of May

"We were very pleased that the 2009 Tour has been so popular and we are delighted to announce the dates for 2010. These events are fantastic and I love being a part of them” such was the statement by Mark O'Donnell at the announcement of the British Masters Of Poker Tour. The British Masters Of Poker Tour will be back this year for the second edition. The year 2010 includes six events that take place in Gala casinos across the United Kingdom. Gala Casino Bristol Harborside open the festivity of the British Masters Of Poker Tour 2010 on May 7, 2010. Then the tournament will go to Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, Stockton-on-Tees and Edinburgh. Each mini festival includes a main event which buy-in will be set at £ 500, but also two other events in conjunction with £ 200 and £ 100 buy-in.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Games: Estonia goes to war against illegal sites

A few tiles ago, Estonia had announced its willingness to fight against illegal gambling. In this context, Estonia has completed last Tuesday its list of illegal gambling operators who should be banned by the internet service providers in the country. To implement the new law adopted earlier this year, the council share the point of view that there is only one operator who has a permission from the State, so all others must be considered as an outlaw, it is quite legitimate to block them. This list includes some famous 150 domain name and among them there are big online poker names.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

Hold-up of EPT Berlin: A suspect arrested

On Friday, German police had arrested a 29 years man, he is suspected of taking part in the robbery at the European Poker Tour in Berlin. After investigation, police concluded there was no chance that he is implicated in the robbery and the young man was released. This man has already served a prison sentence after a similar robbery at a casino in 2004. The man was released after a day of police custody and no charges have been filed against him, leaving the German police at the beginning of the investigation. He seems like one of the gang members who robbed the poker tournament the other weekend. His previous involvement in similar theft led the investigative team at his door.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

WPT Bay 101: McLean Karr, the new king

The World Poker Tour Bay 101 vintage 2010 has come to end. They were 333 to register for this edition against 391 last year. The level was very high because many stars of poker like Gus Hansen, Steve Brecher, TJ Cloutier, Hoyt Corkins, Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, Freddy Deeb, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Jennifer Harman, Kathy Liebert, Mike Matusow, Jason Mercier, Greg Mueller, Gavin Smith and Yevgeniy Timoshenko were present at the competition. At the beginning of the final table, the list of great player was reduced in a very fast way, because among the stars Phil "Poker Brat" Hellmuth was the only survivor, Scotty Nguyen failed at the door of the final table. "The Master Men" had finished the tournament at the eighth place.

Thursday, 18 March 2010

WPT Bay 101: Phil Hellmuth was near the coronation

The tournament Bay 101 Shooting Star which is part of the World Poker Tour would be one of the most important tournaments in the rich career of Phil Hellmuth. This great player who has in his possession 11 bracelets of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and zero victory at the World Poker Tour. It's hard to believe. Hellmuth holds the record for the most bracelets won and made three final tables in WPT. However, there is a downside to this prize list, it is a WPT title. After a long two years waiting for a table, Hellmuth is ready to reverse the trend by leading the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star after four days of competition.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Justice : Marcus Bebb-Jones could be extradited next month

The British poker champion Marcus Bebb-Jones, who is suspected of murdering his wife will know if he will be extradited or not next month. This native of Kidderminster is actively searched by U.S. authorities. The former hotel manager has appeared in court in the city of Westminster for a full extradition hearing yesterday. The district Judge Howard Riddle will give his decision on April the 12th, after reviewing all the evidence. Aaron M. Watkins, for the U.S. government, told the court: "The facts demonstrate the premeditated sustained and the attempt to conceal the crime after commission." Ben Cooper, attorney for Bebb-Jones said that an extradition would only create a parody of justice and violate the rights of his client.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Face the Ace : The TV show is not a plagiarism

The Nevada court has just decided on the dispute between the creators of the show " Face the Ace" and the "All-Star Poker Challenge". According to the court, "Face the Ace" was not modeled on "All-Star Poker Challenge", a concept of V show created by Brandon Mc Smith some months earlier. Mc Smith, who has not receive the favor of the court of Nevada will intend to appeal the decision. The case began in 2007; Mc Smith had suggested to Poker Production a program similar to " Face the Ace”, but the production company has neglected this proposal. But two years later, " Face the Ace" makes its appearance, but as we might be expect, the show was produced by Production Poker. Mc Smith, has cried scandal and decides to complain.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Top 20 Poker Babes : An unpublished classification of poker players

The famous men's magazine Maxim has released its list of the sexiest women poker players of the moment in a way that cannot leave a man indifferent : it is the "Top 20 Poker Babes”. This unusual ranking coincides with the World Poker Tour of Los Angeles, a prestigious stage of the circuit which mixes confirmed poker players and celebrities in show business. Some of us may criticize the conditions of the rankings because they are not based on any performance of these goddesses of beauty on poker tables. Unsurprisingly, these are the pin-up of Hollywood that fulfill much of that famous list. Members of this classification were seen at least one minute in charity events such as Celebrity Poker Showdown, AEOM and some have participated in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker.

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Canal +: Broadcast of the best of WPT Season 7

To the delight of poker fanatics, the television channel which has amazed the community of poker Texas Hold'em No Limit will broadcast the "Best of Season 7 of the World Poker Tour. Indeed, since the Director of Canal + has announced it, poker enthusiasts eagerly awaiting the start of the program. Of course, they will not be disappointed because their favorite channel will transport them to the heart of the highlights of this tournament especially the effervescence of final tables in WPT Bellagio WPT Legends of Poker, Festa al Lago Foxwoods and Borgata Poker Open.

Monday, 15 March 2010

World Poker Tour, Season 8: Freddy Debb, chip leader of the Festa Al Lago

The final table of the eighth season of the tournament Festa Al Lago World Poker Tour is finally defined. Among the 280 starting field, it remains only 6 players to discuss the price of the event. With competitors vying, the final will be intriguing as the great ace of poker Freddy Deeb demarcated by positioning himself as the chip leader now with a stack of 3,840,000 chips. Despite this great honor, Deeb is not necessarily safe from a new challenge as his opponents table are real good players of poker as the wonderful Tommy Vedas owner of 2,990,000 chips. Vedes qualified in the 19th place of the last Main Event World Series of Poker and he also appears in the 17th position at the World Poker Tour in Cyprus.

Monday, 15 March 2010

Sky Poker Tour: Jarvis wins the Main Event

The Sky Poker Tour tournament has passed in the small British town of Luton this weekend. The competition, held at Casino G. attracted 150 players. Among them were a bunch of famous players like Pundit John McCririck, the glamorous Kitty Lea and former footballer Micky Hazard Spurs, who continued the adventure until the final table. But it was finally Ross Jarvis who was crowned at the end of the tournament. Jarvis approached the final table with the third largest carpet, after fighting to survive the bursting of the bubble. Phil Jenkins was the first victim of Jarvis, he was eliminated in the 4th place when he pushed his short stack to 7-8 against the two Queen of Jarvis. From there, Jarvis began to build a considerable lead over the competition.

Monday, 15 March 2010

Hold-up at the EPT Berlin: an error of organization according to Michel Abecassis

The professional poker player French Michel Abecassis was caught inside the incident which happened on Saturday at the Grand Hyatt Berlin. He witnessed the scene when criminals have tumbled during the competition of the European Poker Tour and fled with the money, the amount of damage is estimated at 240,000 Euro. According to his description of the scene, it began by din at the other end of the hall. Then there was the sound of hanging and when the doors were opened, he had seen people in full action. Then the only thing that he heard was "Lay down, it's an attack!". Those person present at the scene thought it was a terrorist attack which caused widespread panic in the poker room.

Monday, 15 March 2010

JOA Poker Tour: Back to the second edition

The first edition of the live poker tournament organized by the JOA group has not received be success expected by organizers because poker players were not scrambling to take part. But as the group shows a real interest in live poker tournaments and will not admit defeat, it will put it on the table. On Tuesday, the casino operator announced that its live poker tournament is back for the second season. The great news is that this tournament provides1,000,000 Euro non-guaranteed prize pool in perspective and the winner of the Main Event will receive a check of 300,000 Euro during the final to be held on August the 27th.

Friday, 12 March 2010

Marrakesh Poker Open: The Main Event will be held on the 13th and the 14th March

Since a few time, the city of Marrakesh become a very popular town for poker fans. They will be served once again because the tournament renowned "Marrakesh Poker Open” come back for the year 2010 in the magnificent property of Es Saadi Casino. This Moroccan poker event will be held from the 5th to the 14th March 2010. The imperial capital is the only African city to host a stage of the prestigious World Poker Tour in Africa. The Es Saadi Casino is an affectionate place for French players, because of this proximity, but mainly because of its excellent structure that is still very affordable.

Friday, 12 March 2010

Robbery at the EPT Berlin: Criminals will soon be arrested

The latest European Poker Tour in Berlin, held at Casino Spielbank was the scene of a spectacular robbery. Six masked men armed with knives and gun entered first in the Registration office, which is in a few meters from the tournament room in the Grand Hyatt Hotel. Then they broke into the poker room and seized Marina, wife of Thomas Kremser, who is none other than the tournament director of the event. They subsequently threatened to detonate a bomb hidden in the room if anyone want to give them the contents of the fees of the tournament. Players, spectators and dealers panicked, leaving behind coins and other goods. After that, the bandits got away with $ 224,000.

Friday, 12 March 2010

Durrr Challenge: Tom Dwan mauls Patrick Antonius

Last year, the young prodigy of poker Tom Dwan had shaken the poker world by issuing a challenge out of the ordinary. The challenge in question did not target a particular player, it was open to the entire poker community. Tom Dwan called the best poker players in the world to live a confrontation. His challenge is simple, sit at the table with $ 500,000 and the blinds is $500/ $1000. The player who challenge the confrontation must play at least 500 hands. Three players have taken up the challenge; Marcelo Miragliano, Sammy George, Ilari Sahami.

Friday, 12 March 2010

Budapest Open 2010: Won by a Dutchman

If the media had deserted the Bulgarian capital due to the European Poker Tour in Berlin which took place at about the same time, poker enthusiasts meanwhile came in droves. 460 players showed up at the start of day 1A and 1B. The tournament thanks to its affordable entry fee has attracted many French players because fifty-one of the 460 players at the event were French. Five French have managed to enter the money among them Michael Donteville, who was the best tricolor performance with a 24th place worth € 4029. At the end of 4 days of intense competition, it was ultimately the Dutchman Anthon-Pieter Wink who won the coronation after the face-to-face with the Swedish Peder Skaj, pocketing at the same time the 172.500 € price reserved for winner.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Mike Sexton: Many predictions about the future of poker

Mike Sexton is a player with an extraordinary prize list in poker. During his career, he has managed numerous final tables, he is one of those players who have nothing to prove, his results speak for themselves. He was also inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame last year, but beyond its impressive results in poker, he made numerous predictions about the laws of poker. If his omens are true, Americans will see enormous changes in the landscape of poker in 2010, according to an article he had just published.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

National Heads-Up Championship Poker: Annie Duke becomes the 1st woman to win it

Annie Duke has been basking in the sixth annual National Heads-Up Poker Championship held in Las Vegas, famous poker room at Caesars Palace. This tournament join together the best player of poker. Erik Seidel, who won eight Bracelets World Series of Poker and occupies the 9th place of prize money for tournaments of all time, was the last obstacle to the title for Annie Duke. This first place allows to the player to pocket the sum of $ 500,000 while Erik Seide just $ 250,000 for second place. She becomes the first woman to win an edition of NHUPC.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

EPT Berlin: A young player Breton pocketed half a million

After the memorable 3rd place has made the Briton Anthony Saout at the last Main Event World Series of Poker in Las Vegas and who has won at his passage 3.3 million Euros, that's another Breton illustrated in a poker tournament of international stature. It is the professional poker player originally from Quimper, Marc Inizan who has just finished in 3rd place at the European Poker Tour Berlin (EPT). For this performance, Quimper has pocketed the sum of 488,000 Euros. Despite of his young age (23 years), he has participated in many international poker tournaments, he could even climb up to the final but he was unable to do better than 3rd place.

Thursday, 11 March 2010

Roland de Wolfe: A new record at London Open

London has been the witness of a great poker tournament last week because the illustrious Mayfair was the host of the famous London Open Tournament held in the gorgeous circle game "The Ambassadors Club”. The field of this tournament has been composed of many professional players and great fans of the game that had access to the tournament through online qualifying. 111 participants were therefore present for the tournament start generating a prize pool of 222,000 pounds. The moments of the game were simply breathtaking as opponents have struggled hard and perspicacity. But despite the innumerable efforts which environmental pros like Joe Beevers, the Boatman brothers or Ram Vaswani showed on tables in the game, any player hadn't win the championship title of the Main Event of the Series A of the London Open except Roland Wolfe.

Tuesday, 09 March 2010

LAPT of Chile: The tournament canceled due to earthquake

Apparently, nobody can do anything against the law of nature because last Saturday, February the 27th, Chile has been struck by an earthquake reaching a magnitude of 8.8 on the Richter scale followed by a tsunami. These two natural disasters have caused extensive damage on both the inestimable human life and materials. In fact, according to the results issued by the Chilean government, this tragedy has caused the death of 795 person. Chile is in full shock. But the big poker tournament awaited by followers of the game entitled Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) was scheduled to take place at the Casino Enjoy Viña del Mar in Maule, the coastal area the most ravaged of the country.

Tuesday, 09 March 2010

Olympic sport: Poker seeks to achieve greater recognition

According to the latest news, it seems that poker is in the process of being considered as an Olympic sport in itself. A few years ago, supporters of games of skill such as chess and the ancient game of Go have argued that these games should be associated with the Olympics. And poker is taking the same path since that the discipline had known a second renaissance. The question of what games can be included in the Olympics is determined by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the decisions that they sometimes did in the past haven't been understood by observers. For example, games that are not allowed in the Olympics include rugby, squash while rhythmic gymnastics is permitted.

Tuesday, 09 March 2010

WPT LA Poker Classic: A Hungarian wins

Just after the World Series of Poker, the World Poker Tour LA. Poker Classic is probably the most important appointments that take place on the American soil. Unsurprisingly, poker enthusiasts were represented in a large numbers for this 2010 edition, because 745 players have registered for the $ 10,000 buy-in Main Event and the world big names of poker were legion in the lobby of the Commerce Casino. Big players like Daniel Negreanu were present, the Canadian moreover dominated the early days of the tournament before falling. After the elimination of Carlos Mortensen at the 9th position and that of Johnny Chan in the 12th place, the final table was composed of six players in modest ranking.

Tuesday, 09 March 2010

EPT 2010 Berlin: Tu Tuan To and Kfir Yamin lead the tournament

The Day 1A of the European Poker Tour in Berlin in 2010 attracted a large field of 387 players, but that number was nothing compared to what was to come on Day 1B of Thursday, March 4, as 557 players went in the room of Hyatt Hotel that day. The Main Event of the European Poker Tour of Berlin with its ¤ 5,000 buy-in is the largest poker tournament being held in Germany. This year, the 945 players in attendance generated a prize pool of ¤ 4,725,000 and the winner will receive the tidy sum of one million Euro. There were only 288 players after the nine levels of day 1B, these survivors have joined the 196 survivors of Day 1A. Tu Tuan To has until here accumulated the biggest pile of that day. The German player known by the nickname of "Little Buddha" has a huge stack of 212,600 chips. He has only 900 chips of gap on the chip leader of the Day 1A, the Israeli Kfir Yamin.

Friday, 05 March 2010

WPT LA Poker Classic: A boxer wins the Celebrity Invitational

The boxer Leron Washington was able to stand out at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Celebrity Invitational and he dominated the final table. Some of us may ask how a little-known boxer was able to recover from a beautiful field of poker celebrities and Hollywood stars ? Washington won his place by playing in one of the qualifying tournaments online. Despite the loss of some players at the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) in Las Vegas, the Invitational tournament has attracted a large field of 567 players. Some big names have come down to the final table, but others less fortunate like Ricki Lake (18th), Marlon Wayans (17th) and Matt Brady (16th) have failed at the door of that coveted table.

Friday, 05 March 2010

Schoenberg and Erick Lindgren: The famous couple of the moment

For fans and media, the linking between the two professional poker player Erica Schoenberg and Erick Lindgren was relationships that belong as part of their work. But other factors suggest that this relationship goes beyond the professional field. The two poker players were seen having dinner together in Las Vegas last week, which is not sufficient to make statements. But when Schoenberg continued her way in the LA Poker Classic, Lindgren has supported her until the end and the media worldwide have seen the two players at the table, kissing in the Commerce Casino. Erica Schoenberg is a professional model, she finished 16th in the Championship of the World Poker Tour 2006.

Friday, 05 March 2010

LAPC: The final table will not be studded with stars

The final table of the WPT LA Poker Classic is a little bleaker than expected because the names and familiar faces such as Carlos Mortensen, Annie Duke, Steve Sung, Mark Newhouse and Johnny Chan have been eliminated before this final meeting. What began as an event studded with stars has became a tournament where these big players were eliminated very soon. To judge, we should probably take a quick glance at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic. The day of Wednesday which brought together a group of 22 players in the Hall of the Commerce Casino, which fought to win their ticket to the final table was a carnage for celebrities. The action was at the heart of this day more memorable than it has been difficult to determine the last six and the process was very long.

Friday, 05 March 2010

Poker Magazines: Does paper version still have a future?

With the amount and the creation of new media like Internet, we ask the question "Is poker magazines on paper still relevant?". Speaking of poker magazines, it is difficult not to cite the reference in the field. "Card Player France" stands alone as such, poker players eager for new techniques and analysis swear on this magazine. But recently the magazine's name has been tainted in a dark history of emblezzement that ended with the dismissal of its director. Two other members of staff were also interviewed by the Financial Brigade of Marseille. Then, we ask the question if this case will affect the enthusiasm of readers for this type of magazine.

Friday, 05 March 2010

Achilleas Kallakis: A real estate tycoon and poker player eats into Irish banks

The poker pro Greek billionaire real estate tycoon Achilleas Kallakis was accused of having scammed the Alled Irish Bank (AIB) and Bank of Scotland £61 millions. He has been jailed since Monday, the 1st March 2010 and until next Tuesday, May the 4th. Kallakis, formerly known as Stefanos Kollakis, had build a huge real estate empire with loans from banks, but which eventually led to a loss of 56 millions pounds of AIB and a loss of 5 millions pounds to the Bank of Scotland. According to the allegations, Mr. Kallakis and his partner Alexander Williams, originally known as Martin Lewis, has managed to more than 700 millions pounds in loans from AIB for 5 years by providing false documents location.

Friday, 05 March 2010

Liberalization of online poker: The law does not make everyone happy

Besides being able to play with "legality", the application of the new law on the opening of the market of online gambling is not an advantage for online poker players. This law has its inconvenience for French poker player, some lovers of the sport who reside in the hexagon may see red. First inconvenience taxes. It will increase so palpable. The poker websites which have French licenses must bend to the French law. Certainly it is the operators who will pay it, but they will not wait for their turn and they will increase their price. "Today, we take 3% of the stake, capped at $3 per hand. The State tax will add a surcharge of 40%. We take responsibility on part by reducing our margins, but even so the offer will necessarily be more expensive for players", says Alexandre Dreyfus, founder and owner of a popular poker website.

Friday, 05 March 2010

WPT LA Poker Classic: Mark Newhouse still chip leader at the end of Day 3

The Commerce Casino in Los Angeles has known a great time playing on the third day of competition of the Main Event of the WPT LA Poker Classic 2010. Indeed, the tournament has started in recent days with a nice program in perspective because the meeting is designated as the second best U.S. poker tournament. The WPT LA Poker Classic will provide to fans of poker events like the brand of Label World Poker Tour and the famous Celebrity Invitational. At the beginning of Day 3, 186 participants were registered with Mark Newhouse who lead the competition, the defending champion of the Borgata Open in Atlantic City in 2006. After a long day of battle, there were only 72 competitors in the running and the chip leader has managed to maintain his position with a comfortable earning of 498,000 chips accumulated.

Friday, 05 March 2010

EPT 2010 Berlin: A long list of top players expected

From March the 2nd, 2010, the luxury resort Grand Hyat Berlin will be the scene of great effervescence because of the beginning of the poker tournament European Poker Tour Berlin 2010 (EPT). After spending three years in the city of Dortmund, EPT German will now make stops at the heart of the beautiful city of Berlin in this sumptuous palace. The tournament will include a Main Event of $ 5300 buy-in tournaments and numerous tournament appendices to the delight of fans of the game. So, players registered at this championship will participate in the tournament: NL Holdem of 1,000 Euro, 1,500 Euro and 2,000 Euro buy-in and the 1.000 Euro PL Omaha. A High Roller of 10,000 Euro will be offered to players who will do the travel.

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

NAPT: The Mohegan Sun program revealed

While the first phase of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) on U.S. soil recently lowered the curtain, organizers have announced the program for the next episode. Satellite qualifiers for the third stage of the North American Poker Tour will be lined up for March and April. This event will take place in the caverns of the Mohegan Sun from Saturday, the 27th of March until Tuesday, April the 13th and will include not less than 38 Events. The highlight of the show will be the Main Event and the $ 5,000 Bounty Event and $ 10,000 Shootout. The two events will be broadcast later on ESPN2 channel which will be hosted by Joanna Krupa of "Dancing with the Stars." Some poker players like Daniel Negreanu and Greg Raymer are expected as well as other local players and of course poker players from around the globe.

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

GUKPT Walsall: The champion has spent only £ 30 for the title

The Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour in Walsall (GUKPT) has just delivered its champion. Indeed, the Main Event No Limit Hold'em £ 1,000 buy-in has been won by Collin McTaggart. This young man 30 years old originating from Ormskirk, a town between Liverpool and Manchester has discarded a field composed of 206 players and win the check for £ 57,700. After knocking Alli Mallu, who were relegated in the 3rd place, the player born in Belfast has faced Anthony Crotty at the Head's Up for the title. In the last hand, McTaggart was facing a difficult decision after a re-raise all-in droppings. After several minutes of reflection, he paid his opponent, showed AK and had a straight which beat Crotty.

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

Online poker: Iowa could liberalize it

The State of Iowa is one of American States which think serious about allowing online poker. Recently, lawmakers in Iowa debated the issue of legalizing online poker, suggestions have emerged from this debate and suggest that Iowa could be in a near future the first U.S. state to legalize online poker. The republican Senator Doug Struyk said that if Iowa wants to take the lead in the introduction of online poker, it was time to make these changes. Struyk, who supports the idea of online play to be heard and succeed say that more than 50,000 Iowa citizens regularly play online poker and casino games on the internet. He also discusses the problems faced by these players in this industry, he believes that some online poker website steal some poker players.

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

French online gambling: Pre-scope statement visible on the new site of ARJEL

The bill on the opening of the French market of online gambling, poker and sports betting is on track even if it has not yet received full approval. A draft of the scope statement which the holders of the future licenses must comply with French has just been published. But meanwhile, that specification must be validated by a joint decree of the Minister of Interior, the Minister of Budget, the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Sports. These documents are visible to consultation on the website of the Regulatory Authority of online games (ARJEL). The 37 pages document lists the main conditions to fill and the process of the application for approval, information relating to the fight against the fraudulent or criminal activities as money laundering and diversion of these funds to other illegal purposes, those concerning the fight against compulsive gambling or pathological condition or description of the « architecture of information system » of each operator candidate.

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

Prop bet: Gavin Smith will not have tattoo

Launching bet as crazy as stupid has become one of the favourite hobbies of pro poker players. The last challenge of this kind which had attracted the attention of many people in the small world of poker was a prop bet between Gavin Smith, Jeff Madsen and Joe Sebok. The idea of this absurd side bet was to be the last longer on the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic taking place currently in the City of Angels. This time the money will not be the engine of the bet. The three companions have decided to push the prop bet of stupidity to the extreme. Indeed, the first eliminated from the Main Event will be tattooed the faces of the two other on the body, the second one will have to tattoo one face.

Wednesday, 03 March 2010

WPT LA Poker Classic: Daniel Negreanu still in good position

WPT LA Poker Classic touched yesterday its second day of the championship at the Commerce Casino. There were only 187 players in the race among the 463 of the starting field. Several big players of tpoker have been eliminated early from the tournament like the great Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson and Gus Hansen. But the talent of Daniel Negreanu has not deceived because he managed to win so far in being part of the trio head of the chip leader aof the moment. Salvatore Deluca in head and Paul Taylor in second place just ahead of, Negreanu appeared for his part in the third position with 316,500 chips in hand. Apparently, the poker pro will realize his desire to win another trophy and a new big gain for the year 2010 as during the Day 1 of the tournament, he showed again his great talent.

Tuesday, 02 March 2010

GUKPT Day 1a: 58 players were eliminated

The Day 1A of the Main Event of the £ 1,000 Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour has started this Wednesday, February 25 in the Casino of Walsall. 83 players showed up at this first day ended with the elimination of 58 players. At the end of Day 1, the Runner-Up World Head's-Up James Mitchell is at the top of the classification after amassing a huge stack of 160,000 chips. He has more than 60,000 chips more than Keys, his nearest rival. James Mitchell has more than three times the average of chips which is 49,800. The biggest names in poker who came at this English appointment did not do too badly because players like Michael Greco, Karl Mahrenholz, Marc Goodwin, Stephen Holden and the winner of last Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Wu Haitao all located at the head board.

Tuesday, 02 March 2010

Live Poker # 32: Out on kiosk since Saturday

Poker lovers of rushed in their favourite retailers since last Saturday to buy the new issue of Live Poker. The No. 32 is devoted to the winner of the first World Poker Tour in Cyprus none other than the French Bichon Thomas. Bichon is the new recruit of a big online poker website after a media operation that it has launched. The World Poker Tour champion gratifies us a flashback on its course player Cash Game, dissects his recent results and planned in the future after his important sponsoring worth €300,000. After Bichon, Live Poker takes its readers in a retrospective on the latest poker tournaments scale. Deauville in Paris, to Melbourne for the Aussie Millions, the French Open, the Euro Finals of Poker 2010 and the final of France Poker Tour.

Tuesday, 02 March 2010

Joa Deep Stack Day1: Amateur players at the top of the chipboard

The Joa Deep Stack poker tournament which held since February the 22th and end on February the 28th at the Joacasino Siesta in Antibes is in effervescence. The event includes several Side Events and satellites qualifiers for the highlight of the show: the Deep Stack Joa was held from the 25th to the 28th February 2010. The best French poker player of the year 2009 Roger "The Terminator" Hairabedian was moving in the Var for the main event of 1,000 Euro, which will offer to the winner the sum of 27,379 Euro, tapped on the 88,320 euros prizepool. But "Big Roger" Hairabedian is not the only reference to having made the trip, Dervaux Nicolas, Jean-Pierre Gleizes, Jean-Jacques Mars or Michael Carvin also came to the Joacasino Deep Stack tournament.

Tuesday, 02 March 2010

NAPT: A player from the internet champion

The second stage of the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) which took place in the prestigious casino Venetian between the 20th and the 24th of February has just delivered its champion. It is a young 22 years old player from the planet online poker who clinched the title. Until here, the phenomenon of online poker Tom 'Marchese kingsofcards' has never entered in the money in a big tournament of live poker. So now done, he went back even with a check for $827,648 and the gleaming trophy champion of the North American Poker Tour. This young professional poker player from Parsipity, New Jersey survived in a record field of 872 players. Marchese has delivered a quality poker against the runner-up Sam Stein who was in the way to win the first event of the NAPT on the American soil.

Monday, 01 March 2010

Facebook: Small malignant usurp names of big players of poker

Since the explosion of social networking sites, some malicious people have hijacked the first use of these networks to win illegally financial benefit. In this range of scam, many kinds are observed on the wide world web. This time, it is the poker fans on Facebook who are the targets of these malicious people. These unscrupulous people posing as others and use that usurped name to extract money. Recently, it was revealed that the name of the champion Willie Tann was used by impostors. The fraudster has done well to pass the English professional player Willie Tann, who is very popular in the world of poker.

Monday, 01 March 2010

App store: Some poker applications banned

The software platform of Apple "App Store" literally packed poker applications for iPhone. The App Store is an Ali Baba cavern for mobile gamers and apprentices gamblers. And publishers have more imagination for impress the barge. But recently, Apple company has decided to eliminate not less than 5,000 software that it believes submit overtly sexual content. According to Apple, the banning of "sexy" application was imposed in order to maintain the App Store in a place "family-friendly”, especially with children's interests in mind. But the decision to save this image hasn't make only happy inside the developer community who lose after it a real windfall.

Monday, 01 March 2010

Online Poker: Ontario could follow the example of Quebec

Quebec is now poised to regularize and regulate online poker and this decision of the province could affect other countries. Other Canadian provinces also want a share of the potential millions of dollars that this industry generates. The only reason that Quebec will benefit from the big cake of 50 millions dollars for itself gives ideas to the prime minister of Ontario Dalton McGuinty. Ontario is facing to a deficit of 24.7 billion dollars this year, the Government of Ontario through its prime minister Dalton McGuinty tries to find ways to offset this shortfall. McGuinty has already suggested increasing taxes on alcohol sales in the province, but he seems to have found other ways. This week, he suggested that his province would adopt a different position on online gambling in general and poker on the Internet in particular.

Monday, 01 March 2010