International Poker Open: The final table on November 26

The month of November will be a month full of live poker tournament and especially the best event of major tournaments because the race for the title of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) will be played during that period. Indeed, the final tables of these two major titles will be held during the month of November as well as that of the International Poker Open, the tournament's most popular among amateur players in Europe. This No Limit Texas Hold'em tournament of € 225 buy-in will be held as usual in Dublin (Ireland) and was attended by over 1,300 players for a guaranteed prize of € 273,600. Of the 1,388 players who started the tour, eight players were qualified for the final table scheduled for November 26.

Monday, 31 October 2011

ISOP 2011: The other big poker event of Italy began this Saturday

After the stage of the European Poker Tour San Remo (EPT), poker enthusiasts will meet again in Italy at the end of this month of October 2011 for the Italian Series of Poker (ISOP). From October 29 to November 7, Casino Perla in Nova Gorica will receive the ISOP 2011, the first step of the second edition of this Italian circuit. The program of this tournament is very busy and will certainly please to fans of Italian and European poker. The tournament will be opened by a Deep Event of € 360 which will take place over three days for levels of 40 to 60 minutes. This tournament is also different by its Cash Event of € 400, and numerous side events : Ladies Event, Six-Handed Events, No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Omaha... The € 1,100 main event will be the highly anticipated event where participants will compete during four days for the title of champion of the Italian Series of Poker 2011.

Monday, 31 October 2011

Poker Hall of Fame: Barry Greenstein and Linda Johnson qualified

The naming of a few players and personalities in the poker world for the Poker Hall of Fame is published annually in before the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This year, they were 10 to be selected. Finally, it's Barry Greenstein and Linda Johnson who will be admitted in this very select circle. Owner of three WSOP bracelets and two World Poker Tour trophy, Greenstein is also known by the public through his participation in televised tournaments cash game. Called "Robin Hood of Poker", Greenstein is also famous for his great generosity. He effectively gave all of his tournament winnings, about $ 7.5 million for charities. And finally, this professional of poker released the famous book “Ace On The River”. Moreover, he dedicated this book to all players who managed to eliminate him in the gaming tables.

Monday, 31 October 2011

Big One for One Drop: At least 22 players will attend the party

To recap, the Big One for One drop is announced as the largest charitable poker tournament in the world. According to the millionaire and the initiator of the project, the Quebecois Guy Laliberté, at least, 22 players will participate in this event. As part of the promoting of this charitable tournament, Guy Laliberté is indeed about to succeed his bet. Indeed, the poker enthusiast who travels actually the world to convince people to participate in it and have already persuaded 22 players because among them are some big names like Daniel Negreanu, Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius and Gus Hansen.

Friday, 28 October 2011

EPT San Remo: Qualification of Yorane Kerignard in the final

Already enjoying a good reputation as an excellent online poker player, Yoran "virusss" Kerignard may soon reach a new stage in his career if he can win at the final table of the Main Event of the European Poker Tour San Remo. Yoran"virusses" Kerignard's talent is accepted by many players in the online poker field. But he still lacks a first victory in a live tournament as reference, a performance which he nearly touched during the final of the EPT Copenhagen in 2010. This time could be the right one because he was qualified for the final table of the Main Event of the European Poker Tour San Remo 2011.

Friday, 28 October 2011

Full Tilt Poker: Between termination of employees and poll of former players

The Full Tilt Poker series continues to feed the headlines of poker press with new information about this case. On the one hand, the interest of the Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) for this gambling portal seems to know some evolution, even if the technique it used lead to ask some questions and on the other hand, the former home parent and its subsidiaries that no longer turn, continue to leave their team of yesteryear. Indeed, in Dublin, the company Pocket Kings Ltd, a subsidiary of Full Tilt Poker based in Ireland and which was in charge of technology with which the site was working, the entity responsible of providing the software and the customer service site had to pay off its 180 employees. The dismissal was made on October 19 but it was announced that the company will go up to say goodbye to 250 employees.

Friday, 28 October 2011

“Cartes sur table”: The strategies of the world champion 2010 compiled in a book

Less than a year after his success at the World Series of Poker 2010 (WSOP), a global recognition in this domain of poker with a reward of $ 8.9 million, Jonathan Duhamel has just published a book. "Cartes sur table” (which means “Showdown") is the title that the Quebecers chose to summarize some basic poker strategies and techniques he reveals and which enabled him to win this tournament. As a reminder, he win without too much difficulty during the final of the WSOP 2010 Main Event, a meeting during which he had to face Jonathan Racener and that was played on 43 hands. "A manual of basic poker strategies, sprinkled with anecdotes and slices of life," he sums up at the presentation of this book prefaced by his compatriot, Guy Laliberté.

Friday, 28 October 2011

EPT San Remo: Domination of McClung during the Day 4

On Tuesday, October 25, the fourth day of the European Poker Tour San Remo began with the 64 survivors from Day 3. After seven hours of play, many players have been ejected from the table and there were only 24 contenders for the EPT title. One of these 24 semi-finalists will then go with the bracelet and the prize of € 800,000 allocated for the winner. The Canadian Chris McClung is the chipleader at the entrance of Day 5 with a stack over 3 million chips (3,148,000) while the average is 1,046,000. This semi-final promises to be a day full of surprise and will see a great show as behind the Canadian, top players have been also qualified and can make a splash at the final table. The surprise of the fourth day's main event is the elimination of the November Nine Joseph Cheong, despite an impressive stack at the beginning of the game.

Friday, 28 October 2011

UKIPT Season 2: Sam Razavi as the best player of the season

The UK & Ireland Poker Tour is in Great Britain the tournament not to miss for professional players and those who follow poker tournaments. The organizers rewarded the best player of the season according to his classification and his performance during the season. For the UKIPT Season 2, Sam Razavi finished in the top of the standings with 240.35 points. A well deserved title for Razavi who made a remarkable performance during the season. Indeed, he won the UKIPT Cork by defeating a field of 602 players. At this stage, the British dominated the final table, pocketing € 71,000. The Irish David O'Connor and the German Martin Mulsow were ranked in the second and third place of the podium with gains of € 41,200 and € 25,200. During the stage in Manchester, Sam Razavi ended up in the 17th place against a 36th place in Edinburgh and 41st Nottingham.

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Dreamstack tournament: Steven Moreau victorious in Cercle Clichy Montmartre

Steven Moreau won the title of the Dreamstack tournament of € 500 buy-in of the French gambling circle, Cercle Clichy Montmartre. With this new victory and his magnificent ranking at the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe Cannes (WSOPE), this poker player from Paris has just proved that he has talent for this game. Note that Steven Moreau was one of the semi-finalists of the WSOPE. So last weekend, in the poker room of this Parisian gaming circle, Moreau prove that he's the best by winning face to a field of 127 participants including top players and regulars like Antoine Saout, Lucille Cailly, Ronan Montfort, Fred Brunet who won the title of the European Deepstack Poker Championship in Dublin in 2010 and who finished 7th during this tournament.

Thursday, 27 October 2011

WSOPC Hammond: Rob Chow won the title of Main Event

After four days of competition, the World Series of Poker Circuit Hammond (WSOPC) ended with the victory of Robert Chow. This stage of the tournament was an unprecedented success as its inaugural tournament, a No Limit Hold'em, gathered a record field of 3,001 players. During the main event, the success was also present because 1,615 participants paid the buy-in of $ 1,500 generating then a prize pool of $ 2.4 million. During the final day, 20 competitors were gathered in the poker room of Horseshoe Hammond casino with Eric Crain as chipleader. But after the final day, he had to settle for the 4th place with a prize of $ 139,815.

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Partouche Poker Deepstack: Yavuz Kaya won the stage of Forges-les-Eaux

The first step of the tournament Partouche Poker Deepstack held in the poker room of the casino of Forges-les-Eaux had just ended. The event brought together 232 poker enthusiasts generating a prizepool of € 100,000. And at the end of the competition that lasted 3 days and 4 hours, Yavuz Kaya was entitled as champion of the PPD Forges-les-Eaux. Note that a deal between the 7 remaining players was set during the final day. Thus, Jimmy Kebbach, Aissa Sebbarn, Bertrand Billard, Said Chalabi and Michael Thomas who ranked respectively at the 3rd to the 7th place was then entitled each to a reward of € 10,000.

Thursday, 27 October 2011

EPT San Remo: Christopher McClung as chipleader for the Day 4

The European Poker Tour San Remo (EPT) comes now in its fourth day of competition. It took only four levels of play of 75 minutes each for the 64 players who will compete on Day 4 to stand out during Day 3. The action and emotion were also present at that day of competition as the bubble burst. Note that the money list of the EPT San Remo 2011 has 128 players. And some poker pros and regulars of the circuit have been entitled to the reward like William Thorson, Toby Lewis or Shaun Deb who will no longer be part of the competitors for the title. But the list of survivors has also many renowned players.

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Florida Poker Tour: The appointment of poker enthusiasts

Earlier this week, European poker enthusiasts met in the city of Costa Brava, Santa Susana (Spain) for four days of poker tournament during the Florida Poker Tour season 3. This poker event is held specifically at the Hotel Florida Park from Monday, October 24 to Friday, October 28, during which, each day will be marked by an intensive tournament with on the program two Main Events and two Side Events. For this third meeting of poker enthusiasts the most exclusive in Europe, organizers expected to receive more than 400 participants but at the end, 342 players made the trip to compete in the first day of the Main Event with a starting stack of 20,000 chips and levels of 30 minutes each.

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Online poker: The taxation on gross gaming revenue abandoned in France

As already announced, the French deputy Jean-François Lamour presented his Amendment No. 363 for the Finance Act 2012 in front of the French National Assembly and the Budget Minister, Valérie Pécresse. This amendment, for recall, has as target to modify the taxation system for online gambling including poker, which currently occupy most of the French market of online gambling. It thus provides a new tax with the change of the current tax set on the bet by a tax on Gross Gaming revenue. During the presentation of the amendment, the government appeared to be favorable to the taxation on the Gross Gaming revenue, the Minister of Budget, however, wanted to highlight three conditions : a clearer definition of the Gross Gaming revenue : "Is it with or without subscriptions and bonus ? ", find consistency with the tax treaty of European Union countries to prevent tax evasion and finally find a solution to the problem of taxation between online betting and live betting.

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

WSOPC Hammond: 20 survivors for the final of the Main Event

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker Hammond (WSOPC) started as announced on Friday, October 21 at Horseshoe Hammond with the registration of 912 players for the Day 1A. During the opening of the Main event, Paul Bianchi was at the top of the ranking in terms of number of chips with 358,500. Tom Luce and Eric Crain completed the podium of the first day with respectively a number of chips of 263,500 and 251,500. Among the survivors of Day 1A, we also note the presence of Josh Brikis (147,500), Dwyte Pilgrim (137,000), Kenny Nguyen (125,000), Chad Brown (87,000) and Mohsin Charania (51,800). On the second day, 703 players joined the poker room of Horseshoe Hammond in order to qualify for the Day 2 of the Main Event. The number of participants in these two entries generated a prize pool of $ 2,349,825 of which $ 393,584 will be offered for the winner.

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Global Poker Index: Erik Seidel at the top of the ranking

The Global Poker Index (GPI) continues to inform, week by week, poker enthusiasts about the world rankings of the best poker players. And as after every major event, the list knows a significant change either in the top spot or in the the Top 300. Obviously, there are those who go back in this ranking and those experience an elimination from the rankings. After two weeks at the top of the ranking of the world's best players, Jason Mercier drop to fourth in the GPI standings, leaving the podium to Erik Seidel, Eugene Katchalov and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Indeed, Seidel is the current No. 1 of the world poker with a score of 2,586 while Jason Mercier has 2,390 points behind the French ElkY and his 2,477 points.

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

EPT San Remo: A real success once again

The main event of € 4,900 buy-in of the European Poker Tour San Remo (EPT) started effectively since a few days. Therefore, a field of 837 participants has been registered for this stage in Italy. Indeed, they were 359 players to take part in the Day 1A and 478 were registered for Day 1B. As it's a popular stop of the EPT, many top players were present in the starting field like Jennifer Harman, Victor Ramdim, Jason Mercier, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, John Duthie, Lex Veldhuis, Ludovic Lacay, Hugo Lemaire, Roger Hairabedian, Ilan Boujenah, Antony Lellouche and Arnaud Mattern. Unfortunately, most of these well known players have already left the game. Thus, among the 22 survivors of Day 1A, it's the local player Massimiliano Forti who is occupying the lead. However, some stars of the game have been able to resist including Marco Traniello, Kevin McPhee, Per Linde and Lex Veldhuis who managed to be in the top 10 of Day 1A.

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

WPT: In Mauritius from February 25 to March 4, 2012

The World Poker Tour (WPT) continues to conquer new destinations. Indeed, the tournament will stop for the first time in the Indian Ocean, Mauritius more precisely from February 25 to March 4, 2012. This exceptional step will take place in Ti Vegas Casino of Grand Bay. And as in various WPT events, a very interesting program will be offered during this poker festival in the Indian Ocean. As flagship tournament, there will be a Main Event of € 1,200 buy-in during which competitors will receive 20,000 starting chips for rounds of an hour. Well-known players, already charmed by the destination have already announced their participation at the event. This will be indeed an opportunity for them to play poker and enjoy a wonderful sunny stay in Mauritius. Thus, the WPT Mauritius promises to bring a lot of success.

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

WSOPE: Elio Fox won the € 1,400,000 prize of the Main event

After 6 days of competition in the poker room of the Hotel Majestic Barrière in Cannes as part of the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2011(WSOPE), Elio Fox triumphed and won the famous prize of € 1,400,000 and a WSOP bracelet. It's the biggest gain ever given in a poker tournament held on the French territory. Note that this 25-year-old American from New York, was the chipleader of the final table of eight players during which Fox faced formidable opponents such as Shawn Buchanan who finished 6th in the race for the big trophy and the holder of triple crown Jake Cody who finished 7th.

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Coupe des Nations: Members of the French team announced

The Coupe des Nations is a tournament having a Duplicate Poker format held during the World Championship of Poker, a new competition which will be held in London from November 17 to 20. As a reminder, 12 teams of 6 players will compete in this original championship. At this time, there remains only one month prior to the event. And it was announced that the Federation of Poker Players have already selected the players who will make up the French team. Thus, the Hexagon will be represented by five players, a woman player, Lucille Cailly who was newly crowned Champion of the Cercle Wagram Main Event and a substitute player who is none other than the young Clement Thumy, 23 years old.

Monday, 24 October 2011

WSOP Circuit Hammond: Already five rings distributed

The eighth season of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) was effectively launched with the first two stages held in Louisiana and Indiana. Last week, the WSOPC made a stop in Chicago (Indiana) at the Horseshoe Hammond for its third step. Like all steps in the framework of the Season 8, the WSOP Circuit Hammond has 12 events with gold rings to the champion to win. Since its opening, the WSOP Circuit Hammond beat the record of registered participants in one day especially with the Event 1 (No-Limit Hold'em). Indeed, over 3,000 players were registered for the No-Limit Hold'em tournament of $ 350 entry. Aaron Bieck pocketed $ 124,438 of earning by eliminating David Schonback ($ 76,911) and Jeffrey Manza ($ 58,982).

Monday, 24 October 2011

Dream Poker Tour: The final in November

For passionate of poker and great escape, "Casinos Créateurs d'Emotions," the federation of 19 casinos in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean will organize in next November the grand final of Dream Poker Tour. The Grand Casino Cercle of Aix-les-Bains, in France will host on next November 12 and 13 a deepstack poker tournament with a guaranteed prizepool of € 300,000. Taking place over two days, this event will be an opportunity for 300 players to compete for the title and pocket at the same time a prize of € 80,000 for the winner. Players qualified for the finals will have to pay € 1,100 entry fee and can join tables for levels of 60 minutes with a starting stack of 25,000 chips. In the program, the Grand Casino Cercle will receive from the afternoon of November 12 the first day of the event, the second day will be held on November 13 followed by the final also in the afternoon.

Monday, 24 October 2011

WSOP Europe Main Event: Elio Fox leading for the final table

The Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP) Main Event closed with the participation of the 25 players who remained in the title race after four days of competition. After levels of a few hours, eight players received their ticket to the final table with Elio Fox as chip leader. The final table is then composed of the U.S. in the head with 3.99 million chips followed by Jake Cody (2,685,000) and Dermot Blain (2,405,000) for the top three. At the fourth place of the chip count before the final, there is Chris Moorman (2.23 million) followed closely by Brian Roberts (2,000,000), Max Silver (1,825,000), Moritz Kranich (1.66 million) and Shawn Buchanan (1,015,000). These finalists will meet this Thursday, October 20 at the Hotel Majestic in Cannes for the final battle with a bracelet and a prize of € 1,400,000 at the end.

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Macau Poker Cup Championship: Raiden Kan won the title

The Grand Lisboa Casino welcomed last week the Macau Poker Cup Championship (MPCC). During the five days of the Main Event (October 12 to 16), 308 players were gathered at the Grand Lisboa Casino to compete for the title and a whopping $ 160,000 or HK $ 1.25 million. After the Day 3, 43 players were qualified for the next round to share the prize pool of HK $ 5,550,856. From this third day of the tournament, Raiden Kan took the lead in this poker tournament in terms of chip count and was well placed as the favorite of the tournament maintaining this leading position until the final table of the Main Event held during the afternoon of Sunday, October 16. At this final table, 9 players were qualified : Raiden Kan (1,237,000), Victor Chong (981,000), Sunny Jung (669,000), Seijiro Machi (616,000), Hung-sheng Lin (614,000), Yong Seng Lee (598,000), Richard Hu (566 000), Chang Huang Hau (466,000) and Charles Lam (360 000).

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Online Poker: Towards a new tax law for France

Since the regulation of online gambling provided by the Act of May 12, 2010, taxation became the subject that comes up frequently inside debate whatsoever on the part of operators, regulator or the parliament. The tax on gambling and online poker will be soon debated in the French National Assembly in the budget 2012 of the Finance Act following the submission of Amendment No. 363 by the deputy Jean-François Lamour. This amendment already adopted by the Committee of Finance aims to modify the Act of May 12, 2010 which covers the replacement of the tax recovery on the bet by the tax on the gross gaming revenue (GGR), which is as reminder based on the bet of players and their earnings.

Friday, 21 October 2011

Latvian Poker Championship 2012: From December 5 to 12, 2011

The Poker Sports Federation of Latvia announces the holding of the tournament Latvian Poker Championship 2012. The event will run from December 5 to 12, 2011 in the poker room of Royal Casino, Hotel and Spa. This luxury establishment is also elected as host of major tournaments such as the Russian Poker Series, the Norwegian Championship, the Grand Series of Poker live tournament, the European Masters of Poker and the Unibet Poker Open to be held in November and December. The decision to hold this tournament before the end of 2011 is due to the fact that the organizers want to crown the champion before the new law on online gambling in the country to be applicable from the beginning of January 2012. Indeed, the Ministry of Finance in Latvia is actually working to make changes in the law on the market for online gambling that is, distribution of licenses for online gambling and online poker operators and the improving of supervisory methods.

Friday, 21 October 2011

Caesars Cup 2011: The trophy won by Team USA

Defeated in 2009, the U.S. team led by the great Phil Hellmuth took its revenge at the Caesars Cup 2011. Indeed, this poker tournament between the European team and the U.S. team gave its verdict on October 19 and crowned American players as champion. Note that Daniel Negreanu, Johnny Chan, Ben Lamb and Jason Mercier were the members of the team that achieve this feat. The Americans did a good run as well, which allowed them to win the trophy. During the head's up held prior the 4th day of the WSOPE Main event, Jason Mercier and Ben Lamb managed to evict Jake Cody and Tony G. The players began the confrontation with the same stack and the same hands.

Friday, 21 October 2011

WSOP Europe Day 3: Max Silver and Chris Moorman got a good start

The WSOP Europe in Cannes is currently in its fourth day of the main event. Of the 115 survivors of Day 3, 25 players got their ticket to qualify for the final during which only 8 players will be selected. At the end of Day 3 held this Tuesday, Sept. 18 at the Majestic Hotel in Cannes, the British Max Silver collected the greatest number of chips with 1,780,000. Max Silver kept a low profile at the opening of this event but his experience on major tournaments opened him the door just before the final. Indeed, the Britain already won a Side Event of the EPT London and UKIPT Dublin. Chris Moorman is just behind him with 1,769,000 chips.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

EPT San Remo: The Italian event to begin this Friday

From October 21 to 27, 2011, the European Poker Tour (EPT) will stop at San Remo in Italy. The poker room of the Casino San Remo will welcome then many guests in the field of poker. The tournament brought together 988 players during the season 7 and the champion Rupert Elder pocketed a nice gain of € 93,000 for his triumph. This year, a similar success can be expected especially since the time that the city became a must great poker destination. The main event of € 4,600 + € 300 buy-in will then begin on Friday, October 21 from 2:00 p.m. It will be played on two days and qualifying satellite tournaments allowing players to win tickets to the event will take place on October 20 and October 21. They will be available for € 500 + € 50 and € 200 + € 20 buy-in. Note that apart from the title and prize, the champion will get a precious bracelet offered by Shamballa Jewels.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Caesars Palace Poker Classic: Kick off of the 5th edition this Friday

The start of the 5th edition of the annual tournament Caesars Palace Poker Classic will be held this Friday. According to the director of the poker room of Caesars Palace, Andrew Rich, the tournament will be a great poker festival composed of 31 events and 10 of them will feature guaranteed prize pool. The main event will be held from November 4 to 7. It will be available for a buy-in of $ 1,100 and will have two Day 1. Each participant in the Main event will be entitled to 40,000 starting chips and will compete on playing level of 40 minutes each. The final table is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 7 with a level-playing of 60 minutes. Note that satellite tournaments qualifiers for this championship will be held on Thursday, November 3 at noon, at 3:00 p.m, 5:00 p.m and 9:00 p.m with an entry fee of $ 130. This Main Event is part of tournaments with guaranteed prize and a minimum prizepool of $ 250,000 will be distributed to the best players in the game.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

LAPT Colombia: Menendez takes the title

After the Day 2 that was dominated by Stuart McDonald, the last day of the Latin American Poker Tour Columbia held in Medellin, in Allegre Casino ended with the victory of Julian Menendez. The $ 1,100 main event brought together 681 players during the day one. Participants were reduced to 330 players at the entrance of Day 2 during which we saw the leading of Stuart McDonald, winning more than 750,000 chips. But in the end, 9 players of the 28 survivals of Day 2 were qualified for the final : John Jairo, Stuart McDonald, Jonathan Monsalves, Julien Menendez, Victor Forero, Rafael Pardo, Jessica Bedoya, Alexis Gomez and Jonathan Markovitz, who respectively occupied the nine seats of the final table.

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Caesars Cup: Tony G to replace Dario Minieri

If everyone thought that the American and European teams were all ready for the Caesars Cup taking place this Wednesday, October 19th in Cannes during the WSOP Europe, the European selection conducted by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has seen a change in its membership. Indeed, the captain of the European team recruited Antanas Guoga aka Tony G following the withdrawal at the last minute of Dario Minieri. As the U.S. team, the European selection is therefore strengthened by a new player well known on the international circuit. Last week, Phil Hellmuth, the captain of the US was forced to recruit Jason Mercier and Ben Lamb to replace Doyle Brunson and Huck Seed following their withdrawal also.

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

GUKPT Coventry: A beautiful third title for Julian Thew

After his victory at Plymouth in September 2007, in Brighton during the month of January 2008, Julian Thew has just won his third trophy in the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT) circuit. Indeed, Julian Thew won the GUKPT Coventry last night. The champion managed to oust the leader of the main event, Richard Trigg, when facing him during the final head's up and won during this event a prize of £ 42,740. Note that the GUKPT Coventry brought together a field of 145 players, most of whom paid the buy-in of $ 1,000 and other qualified in online poker room satellites. The starting field was yet composed of formidable player among whom was the champion of last year, Stuart Rutter, who finished 5th at this stage in Coventry.

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

WSOPE: A bracelet for Michael Mizrachi and Philippe Boucher

The Event # 5, a No Limit Hold'em Split Format of € 10,400 which gathered 125 players had just crowned its champion in the person of Michael Mizrachi. This American poker player has thus gained his second bracelet with this victory in the poker room of the Casino Croisette of Cannes. His ascension to the throne was not at all easy because on his way, he clashed with top players such as Roger Hairabedian who finished third in this competition, Brian Hastings who ended up in the 9th place, Erik Seidel and Shawn Buchanan, his opponent in the final duel. With this new trophy, Mizrachi took home € 336,008, enough to embellish his account and climb to the 6th place in the world ranking of players with the largest gain of the All Time Money List.

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

LAPT Colombia Day 2: Stuart McDonald in the lead

The Colombian step of the Latin American Poker Tour Season 4 began last week at the famous Allegre casino of Medellin. At the opening day of this tournament, 681 participants joined the tables of Allegre Casino with only 101 survivors on Day 1A. Fredy Torres, Humberto Brenes, Alex Manzano and Daniel Ospina were among the survivors of the first day and had their ticket for Day 2. Alongside these 101 players, 108 players from Day 1B were also qualified, which reduced the number of qualified players for Day 2 to 209. We note the qualification of Andre Akkari, Leandro Csome, Leo Fernandez, Pablo Gonzalez, Oded Minond, Carlos Zapato, Jesus Bertoli, Gaston Catzman, Cesar Mejia Medina, James Honeybone, Julio Belluscio, Jorge Alvarado ...

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

WOSPE: 587 players registered for the Main Event

The start of the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2011 (WSOPE) took place this weekend. If during the last edition of London, the event attracted 346 participants, organizers managed to record a field of 587 players at this edition 2011. Indeed, 310 competitors made by several top players registered for the tournament in the poker room of Casino Barrière of Cannes to try to succeed James Edge, the winner of the previous edition on Day 1A. The day ended after six levels of play of 90 minutes each. And at the end of the competition, there were only 173 survivors for 2 days. Carlos Mortensen finished in the place of chipleader with 157,000 chips in hand. But all a team of great players are still part of the list of survivors like Johnny Chan, who is second with 150,000 chips in hand, Ben Lamb, John Duthie, Erik Seidel, Olivier Busquet, Phil Collins, Jennifer Harman, Jeff Lisandro and Scott Seiver. On the French side, Arnaud Mattern, Nicolas Levi and Quentin Ettlin are also well positioned for the rest of the tournament.

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

WSOPE Ladies Event: Victory of Barbara Martinez

During the WSOPE Ladies Event held this weekend in Cannes, poker players from all over France, Europe and even around the world agreed to meet at Casino Croisette of Cannes to compete for the title of the best woman poker player. This event of € 500 buy-in brought together 112 participants but in the end, it was the French Barbara Martinez who won. She got the victory over Eleanor Gudger and Magali Fabron. In all, Barbara Martinez won a gain of € 16,128. The Ladies Event of this French stage of the WSOPE was undoubtedly the one that received the best success if we consider the number of participants and the presence of big names in woman poker like Claire Renaut, Isabelle Mercier, Cathy Hong, Celine Bastian and Lucile Cailly.

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Cτtes d'Armor: A tournament organized by the 22 Poker-club this October 30

The 22 Poker-club is a club of poker that was founded in last May in Ploumagoar, in the Cotes d'Armor department, in France. The club currently has 40 members and after five months of existence, its members have already been able to improve their performance and some are even willing to try their luck in big tournaments according to its leaders. Last Saturday, a dozen members of this club signed up for an official tournament held in Perros-Guirec. Note that poker games involving members are also held in the multipurpose room located near the town hall of Ploumagoar every Tuesday from 8:00 p.m to 11:00 p.m. On Sunday, 30 October, 22 Poker-club will host for its part its first open tournament scheduled to take place in the Hant-Per room. The field for this meeting will be limited to 50 players and now, 36 participants registered for the event, most of which are not members of the club.

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

WSOPE: Michael Mizrachi and Tom Dwan in a good position for the title of the Event # 5

Poker fever continues to invade the poker room of Cannes Croisette casino during the World Series of Poker Europe 2011 (WSOPE). The Event # 5, a No Limit Hold'em (Split Format) of € 10,400 began and brought together a field of 125 players. This is the first tournament supposed to bring together top players and indeed, the big stars of poker such as Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Jason Mercier, Erik Seidel, Tony G, Carlos Mortensen and Viktor Blom participated in it. Note that the prize pool gathered for this tournament amounted to € 1.2 million and the top 16 competitors will have the opportunity to access the money list which minimum premium will amount € 26,831. The great lucky of the meeting will leave with a valuable bracelet and a prize of € 336,008.

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship: Cancellation of the tournament

After seven very successful editions, the edition 2012 of the tournament NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship will not happen. This news announced by the new communications director of the chain, Adam Frefeild will certainly disappoint fans of the circuit. Indeed, the NBC Heads'Up Championship is a popular television event series that took place in the poker room of Caesars Palace and every tournament brought together the best 64 players. Each edition of the tournament offers to viewer an unprecedented show because the tournament faced two players in duel. The inaugural stage won by Phil Hellmtuh took place in 2005. The event has always brought together top players and the winners of the various editions were always professional players like Ted Forrest, who won the victory in 2006, Paul Wasicka in 2007, Chris Ferguson in 2008, Juck Seed in 2009, Annie Duke in 2010 and Erik Seidel during the last edition.

Monday, 17 October 2011

Caesars Cup 2011: The two teams are ready

The WSOP Europe currently taking place in Cannes is the rendezvous of all the world's best players. Besides the main event and side events, the WSOPE Cannes will receive from Wednesday, October 19 the Caesars Cup that promises to be a real war of titans with the confrontation between the European and American teams. The poker event will begin with a No Limit Hold'em event during which each team will try to gather the maximum points. The day will continue with a series of Head's up and the team that accumulates the most points will win the title of the Caesars Cup 2011. To defend the color of the European poker, Bertrand Grospellier, the captain of the European team chose the Danish Gus Hansen, the British Jake Cody, the Russian Maxim Lykov and the Italian Dario Minieri.

Monday, 17 October 2011

WSOPE Event 4: Tristan Wade signed his first WSOPE victory

The WSOP Europe are now at mid-term with the first three events completed at the Casino Barrière of Cannes Croisette, meetings marked by the victory of Guillaume Humbert in the No Limit Hold'em 6-max (Event 1) and Andrew Hinchinsen at the No Limit Hold'em (Event 2). Currently, the sixth day of this annual event was marked by the excellent performance of the French Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in No Limit Hold'em Shootout of € 3,200. ElkY has just had his ticket to the final of the WSOP Europe and ranks among the best players in the running for a WSOPE title. The only thing missing in the French charts is effectively an European WSOP bracelet. Indeed, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier alreagy got the EPT, the WPT and the WSOP Las Vegas, which places him in the circle of "Triple Crown".

Monday, 17 October 2011

WSOPE: Steve Billirakis grants itself the title of the Event # 3

By defeating a field of 180 players during the tournament Pot Limit Omaha of € 5,300 buy-in of the World Series of Poker Europe Cannes (WSOPE), Steve Billirakis won his second bracelet and took home thanks to this victory the sum of € 238,140. The final table of the WSOPE Cannes Event # 3 received yet prominent players like Sam Trickett and Eoghan O'Dea but Billirakis led well his game and was able to dominate his opponents. Note that in 2007, Steve Billirakis was among the youngest players who won a WSOP bracelet as he triumphed in the tournament Mixed Hold'em Championship of $ 5,000 buy-in. And in the final, he won the trophy after only two hands. His runner up Michele Di Lauro was entitled to the second prize of € 147,171.

Saturday, 15 October 2011

Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza: The latest edition from October 27

The final step of the 4 th edition of the poker tournament Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza will be held from October 27 to November 22, 2011. Throughout this festival, poker enthusiasts who will be in the poker room of Venetian casino will be able to play deepstack poker tournaments of No Limit Hold'em $ 340 buy-in, tournaments of Pot Limit Omaha $ 340 buy-in, Omaha 8 / B and $ 340 HORSE, Ladies No-Limit tournament of $ 230, No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha of $ 550 NLH and the two NLH events of $ 1,070 and $ 2,500 buy-in. Deepstack events will begin every day at noon and they all have beautiful structures. The game won't stop until the time that the winner is known.

Friday, 14 October 2011

World Poker Tour: Already 10 years !

Poker has been highly publicized today with the presence of various live tournaments that are organized in the four corners of the globe. Among the must live tournaments currently on the international circuit, the World Poker Tour (WPT) is one of those tournaments that marked the poker world. Indeed, the World Poker Tour is the first poker tournament in the international level that is played in several stages throughout the world. Lauched early in the beginning of this new millennium, the WPT is currently in its tenth year and made the coronation of many professional players of different nationalities. Since 2002, the World Poker Tour Main Event were brodcast on Travel Channel in all countries of the world where online poker is legalized.

Friday, 14 October 2011

EPT San Remo: The fourth stage of the season to be held from October 21

After London, the next stage of the season 8 of the European Poker Tour will be a break of one week in Italy, at the Casino San Remo during the end of October. Scheduled from October 21 to 27, 2011, the EPT San Remo will have as usual several side events and a Main Event of € 4,900 buy-in. This Italian stage of the EPT Season 8 should, according to forecast, gather more participants than last season which brought together 988 participants. In last May, during the stage of the season 7 in Italy, the EPT San Remo recorded the victory of Rupert Elder after a head's up with Germany's Max Heinzelmann. The British won thankks to this purpose a prize of € 930,000 in addition to the title. For his part, Heinzelmann achieved an incredible journey by standing at the second position of the EPT Season 7 durig two consecutive steps.

Friday, 14 October 2011

WSOPE PLO Event 3: Sam Trickett took the lead at the entrance of Day 3

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) are currently in mid-term with the Event 3, which began on Monday, October 10 at the Barrière casino of Cannes Croisette. The Pot Limit Omaha event with a buy-in of € 5,300 brought together a field of 180 players. All specialists of PLO were present at this meeting but since the day one, many participants were eliminated one by one: Erik Seidel, Tony G, John Racener, Fabrice Soulier, Davidi Kitai, Patrick Antonius, Juha Helppi, Antony Lellouche, Ludovic Lacay, Sorel Mizzi, Jonathan Duhamel, Sami Kelopuro... Of the 180 players registered on Day 1, only 49 players were qualified for Day 2 with Shannon Shorr (166,400 chips) followed by Michele Di Lauro (159,100) and Jerome Bradpiece (128,500) who completed the podium. Among the survivors of Day 1, there are : Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand Grospellier, Jason Mercier, Sam Trickett, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Hellmuth, David Benyamine, Jeff Lisandro, Roger Hairabedian, Elie Payan…

Friday, 14 October 2011

WSOPE Event 2 NLH: Won by Andrew Hinrichsen

The No Limit Holdem, second Event of the WSOP Europe brought together 771 players at its opening. On the eve of the final of that event, the Italian Gianluca Speranza was estimated as the favorite by occupying the top of the chip count with 757,000 chips. After four days of play, nine players were qualified with Andrew Hinrichsen at the second place with 434,000 chips followed by Roberto Romanello (253,000), Eric Baudry (232,000), Bruno Tarcisio (153,500) and John Eames (106,500). Three French players were also qualified for the final: Nabil Nadjai (250,500), Gregory Lejolivet (95000) and Bernard Guigon (53,000). Roberto Romanello was a worthy opponent during Day 4 before falling at the third place in the chip count after the lost of stack of 450,000 chips before the end of the day.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

WSOP Circuit: A third bracelet for Robert Castoire

The World Series of Poker Europe are currently the event of the year for poker enthusiasts of the Old Continent. But on the other side of the Atlantic, the World Series of Poker Circuit is the major tournament of this October. Last weekend and early this week, the Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino Hotel hosted the WSOP-C for three days. 313 players responded to the call but at the end, it was Robert Castoire who emerged victorious face to the nine other finalists in this new stage : Aaron Massey, Mark Smith, Jacob Bazely, David Hengen, Thang Nguyen, Donovan Darland, Khang Luu and Sameer Al Dbhany. These two latter were the first eliminated from the final table followed by Bernard Lee in the eighth place. After having removed Bernard Lee, David Hengen were also defeated and Thang Nguyen follow him shortly after.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

Native American Casino Poker Tour: The new event of Card Player Media

Card Player Media announced the organization of a new American poker tournament called Native American Casino Poker Tour. Taking place at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant (Oklahoma), the first step of the NACPT will be an opportunity for U.S. poker enthusiasts to compete in a new framework different of the major tournament available today. The full tournament schedule will be published shortly according to the organizers but we know already that the first stage of the NACPT will be held from December 1, 2011 during eleven days of competition. And to let the public relive the events in live, the Main Events and the final table will be covered by Card Player TV and published on CardPlayer.com. For the winner of the various main events, the coverage of Card Player will be dedicated for him. In addition to the prize and the cover of this famous magazine, the winner will receive $ 1,600 for the WSOP Circuit Choctaw to be held in January 2012.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

WSOPE Cannes: A record field for the Event # 2

If the verdict of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Event # 1 was already known, the Event # 2 is still played. This tournament which is a € 1,090 buy-in NL Hold'em registered a record field of 771 participants. Yet last year, the event gathered 608 players. According to this turnout, the French edition of the WSOPE promises to register an unprecedented success. Indeed, on Day 1A, 381 players joined the poker room of La Croisette while on day 1B, 390 players were present in the playroom. Thus, the event generated a total prize pool of € 740,160 which will let to provide to the champion a prize of € 148,032 in addition to the precious bracelet. For the runner up, a prize of € 91,261 is to win while for the place of bronze, the prize will reach € 67,280.

Thursday, 13 October 2011

DeepStack Open Malta: Nicolai Kostakiss crowned champion

The poker tournament Open DeepStack Malta ended with the victory of Nicolai Kostakiss. This fourth stage of the edition 2011 brought together 343 participants. Note that the event offers to those who love playing deepstack poker the opportunity to participate in a quality tournament open with a modest buy-in of € 550. Players joined then the casino Portomaso to compete for the title of the tournament and a horde of French players made the trip to join the starting field. But ultimately, the victory was awarded to the Danish player Nicolai Kostakiss who managed to oust Benoit Legal in the final duel. Daniel Dankelmann, Nadege Thomas and Steven Van Zadelhoff were respectively the 3rd, 4th and 5th in the ranking. Note that cash game tournaments were held during the DSO Malta to the delight of eliminated players during the main event.

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Paradise Poker Tour Season 3: Andreas Zauner as winner during Vienna stage

The third season of the Paradise Poker Tour (PPT) was held last week (from October 7 to 9) at Concord Card Casino of Vienna. This first stage of the Paradise Poker Tour brought together 298 players for a guaranteed prize of € 125,000. Participants paid a buy-in of € 500 and subsequently shared the tables of the casino during the three days of competition. The Paradise Poker Tour Vienna saw the victory of the Czech Andreas Zauner who pocketed € 24,020 of gain on the final table. Andreas Zauner emerged victorious in the final against opponents like Milan Zaric, Imre Karpati, Alexander Hochreiter, Zoltan Kapitany, Ferenc Bartha, Marcin Mucha …

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

GUKPT Coventry: The poker appointment of this week

After the European Poker Tour London, England receives this week the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Coventry which takes place in G Casino Coventry. Having started since October 9 and will only end on October 16, the GUKPT Coventry which is in its fifth stage assess to gather more participants than the previous stage, which was held last August at G Casino Luton. For this new stage in the West Midlands region, the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour believe in the participation of 400 players at least during his eight-day competition. In the program of this GUKPT Coventry which opened its doors earlier this week, fans of poker in Great Britain can count on ten major events including 9 side events in addition to the Main Event.

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Jack Drake: The new ANZPT Darwin champion

The Season 3 of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) ended with the coronation of Jack Drake during the Darwin stage of this poker tournament, a meeting held last week at Skycity Casino Darwin. The 28 years Australian won during this Main Event final his first live tournament title and pocketed for the same time the sum of $ 36,480. After four days of poker, the final table numbered only the 9 surviving players. The coronation of Jack Drake emerged gradually after the removal of talented players like Danny Knight who is none other than the "ANZPT Player of the Year 2011" and Aaron Benton. By starting the Day 4 as chipleader, Drake immediately took this position at his advantage to win in front of his eight other opponents.

Wednesday, 12 October 2011

WSOPE: Guillaume Humbert won the first bracelet

The start of the World Series Of Poker Europe Cannes (WSOPE) was held last Friday, October 7. The big poker festival started with the Event 1, which is a 6-max No Limit Hold'em of € 2,680. The tournament attracted 360 players generating a prize pool of € 864,000. The result of this inaugural tournament is already known. The first bracelet distributed as part of the edition 2011 has been awarded to the 26 years Swiss player, Guillaume Humbert. As reminder, he is already known in the world of online poker. Note that many notable players were seen in the poker room of the Hotel Majestic to compete for the title of this tournament like David Benyamine, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Rousso, Freddy Deeb, Michel Abecassis, John Racener, Marvin Rettenmaier, Anton Wigg, Jason Mercier and Betrand Grospellier.

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

International Stadium Poker Tour: $ 10 million to pocket for the winner

Announced a few days ago, the big poker tournament having a guaranteed prize of $ 30 million, the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT) will really take place. Organizers unveiled some details about the tournament. Thus, the ISPT will be an annual tournament and will take place in many famous stadium. For the inaugural event, the new Wembley Stadium in London was elected as the place that will host it first. The estimated field for this event is between 20,000 and 30,000 players. They will be installed on the stands and will compete on PCs tablet. When it remains only 10% of the field in the race, the tournament will be continued on the lawn. Note that all players that will have the chance to qualify for this level of the tournament will be all part of the paid players.

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Macau Poker Cup Championship 2011: Calvin Tan takes the lead of the first day

The Macau Poker Cup Championship 2011 (MPCC) started last Friday, October 7 at the Grand Lisboa Casino, the capital of gambling of China and the Asian continent. The MPCC will be therefore held from October 7 to 16 and features apart from the main event many side event and the ceremony of Asia Player of the Year (APOY). This tournament is ranked as one of the major live poker competitions in Asia with the participation of the best players in the continent. Celina Lin, Raymond Wu, Devan Tang, Justin Chan, Lee Nelson and Bryan Huang are among the contenders for the title of the MPCC, won in 2010 by the German Julian Hasse.

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

EPT London: Benny Splinder's victory at the Main Event

The verdict finally fell at the main event of the European Poker Tour London (EPT). The title of this edition 2011 has been awarded to the German player Benny Splinder who had the privilege to go home with a gain of £ 750,000 thanks to his victory. After having defeated the final table's chipleader Martins Adeniyi at the 7 th place, Splinder dominated completely the game. He started the final duel between him and Steve O'Dwyer with a large advantage in number of chips because he detained a stack of 13.49 million chips against 7.145 million for his opponent. The battle was short and the German won without any problems the title of EPT London champion 2011. Note that Splinder already got good performances in the EPT circuit. He finished 12th duringt the edition 2009 and he was also ranked in the place of runner up at the € 25,000 High Roller of the EPT Grand Final.

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

WPT Marrakesh: The third edition will be held from November 24 to 27

This year 2011 is the third consecutive year that the World Poker Tour (WPT) will stop in Morocco. Indeed, the WPT Marrakesh will be held again from November 24 to 27 in the majestic Es Saadi Casino. A rich and attractive program will be offered to participants in the tournament. The flagship event is the main event of DH 33,000 equivalent to € 3,000 and will begin on November 24 at 2:00 p.m and will last about four days. As usual, the organizers hope to attract lovers of poker from France and the neighbouring countries. The godfather of Moroccan poker, Roger Hairabedian, will be certainly part of he field. On November 23, qualifying satellite tournaments for the main event will be held in the poker room of the casino. It will be open for a buy-in of € 320.

Monday, 10 October 2011

WSOP Europe: Start of two weeks of intense poker in Cannes

For the first time in four years, the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) make a stopover in France. Created in 2007, this tournament is known as the largest live poker tournament in Europe and about the place that host this tournament, it crossed the Channel to reach the city of Cannes for this season 2011. The Croisette Casino Barrière will therefore receive for the first time the French stage, which begins on Friday, October 7 and will only end n October 20. During these two weeks of competition are planned 9 events and WSOP bracelets can be won during 7 events of them. Players expected to attend this event will compete for the title of the Side Event (October 7 to 15) and the Main Event (October 15 to 20) on a total of 75 tables.

Monday, 10 October 2011

Global Poker Index: Jason Mercier at the top, Phil Ivey out!

After the European Poker Tour London (EPT) that has just closed its doors with the victory of Benny Splinder at the Main Event, the ranking of the Global Poker Index (GPI) knew a new change. Erik Seidel who held the pole position for a few weeks had just exchanged his place with the other American Jason Mercier. So, he has taken the top spot thanks to a good performance at a side event of the EPT London: the 8-game. Thus, the ten top poker players in the world aare Jason Mercier (2,584 points), Erik Seidel (2,578), Bertrand Grospellier (2,486), Eugene Katchalov (2,473), Sorel Mizzi (2,344), Fabrice Soulier (2,280), Tom Marchese (2,075), Scott Seiver (2,056), Juha Helppi (2,004) and Shawn Buchanan (1,986). It was the only major change in this ranking because the next change on the classification is the thirteenth position with David Baker who won a place. On the French side, Hugo Lemaire and David Benyamine are now ranked in the Top 100 by being positioned respectively in the 58th (six seats won) and 75th place.

Monday, 10 October 2011

Pasino Cup Season 3: In Saint-Amand-les-Eaux from October 28 to 30

From October 28 to 30, 2011, the Partouche Casino of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France will host the third edition of the Pasino Cup tournament. The event became a regular appointment of those who like playing deepstack poker. It will consist of various side events and a main event open for € 540 + € 60 buy-in with a guaranteed prizepool of € 100,000. About the structure of the tournament, competitors will receive 30,000 starting chips for game levels of 60 minutes. To enter the tournament, players can register directly and pay the buy-in announced. But qualifying satellite tournaments are laso held in the poker room of the casino this Saturday, October 8 from 10:00 p.m. and Sunday, October 9 in the evening. It is also possible to qualify via online satellites.

Friday, 07 October 2011

Bellagio Festa Al Lago: The main event will begin this October 11

The annual poker tournament of Bellagio casino, the Festa Al Lago, began on September 30. This great poker festival has 15 events. As inaugural tournament, there before there was the No Limit Hold'em of $ 330 buy-in. And the main event is scheduled to begin on October 11. This year, organizers made a major change. Indeed, they decided to reduce a half the buy-in of the tournaments. They hope to bring this time more participants in the field and record a more interesting prizepool. On the other hand, if the champion of last year, Randal Flowers, pocketed $ 831,500 by defeating the 335 players, the winner of this edition open for $ 5,180 can expect a prize as important. However, it is possible to earn a spot for the main event by taking part in qualifying satellite tournaments held in the Fontana poker room of Bellagio.

Friday, 07 October 2011

EPT London: Martins Adeniyi in a good position for the final table

After five days of competition at the Main Event of the European Poker Tour London (EPT), the final table competitors should be finally known. Of the 691 enrolled in the first day, only eight players are selected for the grand final which will take place this Thursday, October 6 at noon at the Hilton London Metropole. As reminder, this Main Event was played with an entry fee of £ 5,000 + £ 250. On Day 5 of last Wednesday, 24 players stayed in the race but after a few hours of play, Martins Adeniyi, Mattias Bergström, Benny Spindler, Andre Klebanov, Kevin Iacofano, Juan Manuel Pastor, Steve O'Dwyer and Miroslav Benes qualified for the final. Martins Adeniyi is the chip leader at the entrance of the final table with 4,736,000 chips.

Friday, 07 October 2011

ANZPT Darwin: Aaron Benton chipleader at the start of Day 2

After Melbourne, the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) continues its stage in the north of Australian with the step of Darwin. The tournament began on October 4 at Skycity Darwin Casino with a buy-in of $ 2,200. The Australian player Roy Hills dominated the Day 1A of this poker tournament by winning 61,850 chips. At the Main Event Day 1B, the champion 2009 of the APPT Sydney took the place of chipleader by winning 58,075 chips, note that 20,000 starting chips was offered to each player. He precedes Liam O'Rourke with about 14,000 chips. Ryan McKay is in the third place with 42,975 chips in the chip count followed closely by Jesse McKenzie (39,575), David Seccafien (33,975), Amir Heydapour (33,625), Julian Lange (33,025), Leo Boxell (29,525), Ricky Kroesen (25,300) and Luis Pampliega (24,300) who closes the Top 10.

Friday, 07 October 2011

Poker Hall Of Fame 2011: The nominees were announced

The organizers of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced the qualified personalities who can have the chance to enter in the prestigious poker association Hall Of Fame which gathered renowned players and women players in the poker industry. Note that these people must meet several criteria to have a chance to be among the nominees. He or she should be a player who played poker during major competitions and has earned good results, be aged of 40 years or more, having played in high stakes tournaments, won the respect of his peers or be a person who contributed largely in the development of poker.

Friday, 07 October 2011

EPT London: The side events reveal their first winners

If the main event of the European Poker Tour London (EPT) is currently in its fourth day of competition, most of the side events have already crowned their champions. During the £ 2,000 NL Hold'em event, the local player Pratik Ghatge won the victory over the Finn Joni Nenonen and pocketed the sum of $ 71,000. The tournament brought together 189 participants and the world champion 2010, Jonathan Dumahel was among the finalists. He ended up in the 6th place. During the NL Hold'em of £ 1,000 buy-in, it was the American Michael Benvenuti who was the best face to the field of 150 participants. The 5 Card PLO 8 or Better also delivered its result and it was Jonathan Roux who was crowned as winner. The champion was able to eliminate the professional player Victor Ramdim and was entitled to a gain of £ 22,795. Note that the tournament attracted 47 players.

Thursday, 06 October 2011

EPT London Ladies Event: Victory of Jan Combes

Last weekend, the EPT London hosted as usual the Ladies Event, which gathered the biggest women players of poker. After 14 hours of play in No-Limit Hold'em of £ 500 + £ 50 buy-in, the final table made up of nine players was finally known : Colette Murphy, Yuka Hiramura, Joanna Ray, Josefine Forssberg, Amanda Williams, Anna Grabek, Lynne Beaumont, Cathy Hong, Jan Combes, respectively occupied the seats of the nine final table. After 5 hours of play, the public at Grosvenor Victoria Casino has seen the coronation of Jan Combes. Thanks to this feat, the English won the sum of £ 8,700.

Thursday, 06 October 2011

EMOP Barcelona: Won by Andreas Hagen

The penultimate stage of the European Masters of Poker (EMOP) was held in Spain at the Gran Casino of Barcelona. Nearly 460 players joined the Catalan city to compete for the title but at the end, it was the Norwegian Andreas Hagen who won it and poket also the gain of € 90,310. Hagen triumphed face to Robin Appell who pocketed a gain of € 70,310. This new victory in the EMOP Season III enables Andreas Hagen to bring his tournament winnings to $ 441,929. He already pocketed $ 94,218 in 2007 after his second place during the EPT Prague. Andreas Hagen has been the best of this Spanish tournament followed by his runner-up Robin Appell (€ 70,310), Daniel Marin (€ 40,040), Mats Lundkvist (€ 24,570), Johan Berg (€ 19,570), Aleksi Hentunen (€ 15,020 ), Roland Rozel (€ 13,200), Tobias Stenberg (€ 11,380) and Paula Sanchez (€ 9,560).

Thursday, 06 October 2011

International Stadiums Poker Tour: An event of $ 30,000,000 prize pool

From May 10 to 12, 2012, a very big poker tournament named International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT) will be organized. This is a great poker event with a prize pool of $ 30,000,000. So far, no details about the tournament was unveiled. But what is certain is that the organizers are planning a festival that will bring together many players because they did not choose a poker room in a casino as host of the tournament. Indeed, the ISPT is scheduled to take place at Wembley Stadium, in Great Britain. It also remains whether it is a one-off circuit which will consist of several stages or if the prizepool will be offered at a single event or distributed at different stages of the circuit.

Thursday, 06 October 2011

Heartland Poker Tour: A prize pool of $ 1 million gathered

The Heartland Poker Tour circuit is the way to be enlarged because if it at its beginning in 2005, organizers brought together a prize pool of $ 100,000, at the event held in Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour of Black Hawk in Colorado, a prize pool of $ 1 million was recorded. In fact, 668 players registered for the $ 1,500 main event buy-in and generated a prize pool of $ 1,035,650. This is the first poker event which reached such a kitty and Craig Casino ended the event as champion after having ousted Mary Flurkey during the final duel, which earned him a prize of $ 293,270.

Wednesday, 05 October 2011

EPT London Day 3: James Mitchell took the lead

691 players were registered for the rest of the season of the European Poker Tour which began in London at Hilton London Metropole, on Friday, Sept. 30. It was during last weekend that the Day 1 and Day 2 of the tournament took place with a buy-in of £ 5,000 +250 during which the public saw the good performance of Benny Spindler. The German dominated the tournament since the Day 1B during which he finished as chip leader with 469,800 chips. The American Jamie Rosen follow him with 60,000 chips behind (405,000). And the French, Basile Yaiche also climbs on the podium with a total of 403,600 chips. At the end of Day 2, therefore, the EPT London numbered only 159 survivors on the 691 players who opened the tournament.

Wednesday, 05 October 2011

EPT Season 8: Shamballa Jewels bracelets of € 25,000 for the winner

Global Poker Tours Limited (GPTL), organizer of the European Poker Tour (EPT) signed a partnership with the jeweler Shamballa Jewels to reward the winners of the tournament Main Event. Winners of the EPT will be then awarded of gold bracelets. The agreement between the two parties began in the second half of Season 7, so the choice of Shamballa Jewels as the official sponsor of the European Poker Tour Season 8 is not a real surprise for poker enthusiasts. The winners of the eight steps that will form the next season will receive bracelets valued € 10,200 while the winner of the EPT Grand Final will inherit a bracelet of € 25,000. The Danish jeweler Shamballa Jewels will give its first creation to the next winner of London stage while the winners of the first two stages of the season (Tallinn and Barcelona) will also receive their bracelet later.

Wednesday, 05 October 2011

No-US poker sites: Poker 770 on the top according to PlayPokerOnline

PlayPokerOnline, one of the reference websites to learn about the different sites of online poker selected Poker770 as the best no-American online poker room. On the list of the best no-US poker sites on which everyone can play poker, Poker770 distinguishes in the industry of online poker, particularly in Europe. One of the reasons that affected this choice is the implementation of Poker770 in Britain, a country where online gambling is governed by a strict law. Indeed, the majority of online gambling sites in this country have an offshore license. But despite the notoriety of the site on the Old Continent, the website is not available in the United States especially in this time during which the regulation of online gambling is still a great debate between operators and the American authority.

Wednesday, 05 October 2011

Caesars Cup: The members of each team finally known

As announced a few weeks ago, the Caesars Cup tournament to be held during the World Series of Poker Europe 2012 (WSOPE) will face the team of Phil Hellmuth to that of Bertrand Grospellier. Everyone knows the talent of these two great stars of poker. And it is sure that this competition will provide an unprecedented show to the public of the Casino Barrière of Cannes Croisette poker room as the choice of players by the two captains is exceptional. Indeed, Hellmuth and Grospellier finally reveal to the public the members of their teams. So, for the French number one, he will count on the skills of the British player holder of Triple Crown Jake Cody, the Dane Gus Hansen, known by the poker community for his talent in poker cash game, the Italian Dario Minieri, and the European Poker Tour Kiev champion Maxim Lykov. With this squad, the European team is composed of young players with an average age of 27.

Tuesday, 04 October 2011

EPT London: A lower turnout observed

The main event of the European Poker Tour London (EPT) began a few days ago and in total, 691 players registered to attend the event. Thus, this edition 2011 decreased in attendance compared to that last year which brought together 848 participants. However, this participation rate generated a prize pool of £ 3,351,350 which will be shared between the 104 best players and for the champion, a nice prize of £ 750,000 wait him. On Day 1A, 280 players were registered for the tournament and at the end of the day, the player from Poland Lukasz Golzyt succeeded to climb to the lead with 211,600 chips in hand. Poker legend Doyle Brunson was also present in the poker room of the Hilton Metropole at the Day 1A. And he is still among the 170 players in the race for the rest of the competition.

Tuesday, 04 October 2011

Mini-IPT San Marino: Guido Pieraccini starts the Day 3 as chip leader

The EPT London is currently the flagship event of live poker tournaments to follow. In parallel with this major European tournament, Italy receives for its part the Mini-IPT San Marino Main Event of € 360 + € 40 buy-in that began last Friday. Despite the EPT London, which took place this weekend, the Mini-Italian Poker Tour San Marino brought together 494 participants including 200 players for Day 1A and 294 at Day 1B. The participation of these players brought together a prize pool of € 172,504 which€ 32,400 will be awarded to the winner. The Day 1A was marked by the domination of Mikhail Gangan with 145,000 chips. But at the end of Day 1B, Amedeo Chieregato took the control of the game by acceding to the place of chipleader with 152,000 chips. Of the players registered at the beginning of the first day, 186 participants had their ticket for the next round on Day 2. The first five places in the chip count was completed by Antonino Foschini, Ennio Massol, Federico Donofrio and Saverio Visconti.

Tuesday, 04 October 2011

PCA 2012: The Crazy Pineapple Poker as a novelty

It will be in Paradise Island that the ninth edition of the poker tournament Poker Carribbean Adventure (PCA) will be held from January 5 to 14, 2012. This new season promises a wonderful program because 41 events with buy-ins ranging between $ 300 and $ 100,000 will be on the program for poker players. Among the tournaments that are supposed to attract the most participants is the $ 10,000 Main Event won by Gelen Hall during the last edition and the $ 25,000 High Roller. But the Super High Roller of $ 100,000 during which competitors will compete on tables of No Limit Hold'em will be back at the PCA 2012 and it will be the opening event of the new season. It should be noted that the main event will be broadcast on television from the third day of competition to the final table.

Tuesday, 04 October 2011

FPC Main Event: To be held this October 1st in London

The Fox Poker Club (FPC) Main Event of £ 325 buy-in will take place again in the poker room of the Fox Poker Club. This is an event very appreciated by members of this poker club who are currently numbered 19,000. And the establishment became a great poker destination in the British capital where cash game tournaments are held daily. For the FPC Main event of this October, the tournament will start from 3:00 p.m .Competitors will receive 20,000 starting chips, but they can make a £ 5 rebuy to have the possibility to add 2,000 more chips. The blind levels will increase every 45 minutes.

Monday, 03 October 2011

Global Poker Index: A fantastic ascent for Will Failla

Each week the rankings of the Global Poker Index (GPI) is updated according to the performances of players in various tournaments on the professional circuit. After the WPT Borgata, Malta and the Partouche Poker Tour of the past three weeks, there's only a small change in the GPI's Top 10. The only significant changes in the 10 best poker players is the next coming of Juha Helppi in the 9th place, relegating Daniel Negreanu in the 11th place. The Finn realized a leap forward following his well-deserved 15th place in the Partouche Poker Tour. At the top of the table, there is always Erik Seidel (2,604.55 points) followed closely by Jason Mercier, Eugene Katchalov, Bertrand Grospellier, Sorel Mizzi, Fabrice Soulier, Tom Marchese, Scott Seiver, Juha Helppi and Shawn Buchanan who close the Top 10 of this week.

Monday, 03 October 2011

USA : Bank account freeze and migration make the headlines

Online poker in the United States continues to be in the headlines of the poker news in recent months. And by analysing the development of the situation, the regulation of poker and other online gambling as well as the Full Tilt Poker case will not be solved by earlier. Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a warrant against Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer and other investors who are Ray Bitar and Rafe Furst. The arrest warrant doesn't mean the imprisonment of the accused but only the freezing of their bank accounts. These last weeks were a nightmare for the two players, leaders of Full Tilt Poker! Indeed last week, Ferguson and Lederer were expelled from the Epic Poker League tournament. And now the DOJ had just frozen their accounts by about $ 42 million for Howard Lederer and 25 million for Chris Ferguson.

Monday, 03 October 2011

Big One for One Drop: Official launch of the $ 1 million buy-in tournament

Guy Laliberté announced in early June the emergence of a new poker tournament with a million dollar buy-in that is part of the WSOP 2012 in order to raise funds for the association One Drop. Earlier this week, the Canadian billionaire and Loto Quebec just opened at a press conference the launching of the "Big One for One Drop", which aims to be the biggest poker event ever organized in essence, a charitable objective. The Big One will run from July 1st and 3, 2012 in Las Vegas during the WSOP. Indeed, the Big One will be held at the World Series of Poker 2012 with particularity as buy-in : $ 1 million! As with other stages of the WSOP, the winner will walk away with the money prize but also the WSOP bracelet. But this time, the winner will pocket nearly $ 17 million and a unique bracelet in "platinum".

Saturday, 01 October 2011