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The Societe des Bains de Mer has abandoned the proposed renovation of the casino in Monte Carlo and its poker room that has been planned for a period of six months. The game room will benefit only at the end a few minor changes to the level of decoration to celebrate its 144 years. As part of the celebration of the anniversary of the Casino of Monte-Carlo, the Societe des Bains de Mer had planned to make huge work to bring the taste of the day all aspects of the institution. Thus, it was initially announced publicly that the casino will be closed for six months, the time that the work can be accomplished. The hotel group of Monaco has already then appealed to a specialist of facilities management games who is the American architect Paul Steelman. A facelift of the casino was the subject of the project.

The 41st edition of the World Series of Poker and had marked the end of last week of May 2010. It had like place of meeting the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. All variants of poker will take place there throughout the 57 events planned in the program of the festivities. These events are synonymous of many custom bracelets to distribute for the first time to future winners. But the main event of the WSOP is scheduled from July 5th to 17th and the grand finale in November 2010 with the November Nine final table.

Numerous fans of online poker in the United States had attended the sitting organized by the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) in front of the Supreme Court in Washington where they attended a long debate to overturn the new law Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act ( UIGEA). Each party has tried to defend its case in front of the members of the Court. Under the U.S. law, poker is a game played in casinos, not in the virtual world. Defenders of the UIGEA has therefore suggested that the Act was designed to protect citizens against addiction and organized crimes in the current online gaming industry. And while the state of Washington began studying the various arguments advanced by both sides in this debate, former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, leader of the PPP, has submitted the findings of the association on this day.

The third edition of the Doyle Brunson Beer Pong Invitational was held at Hogs & Heifers in downtown Las Vegas. Many stars of poker and personalities from the poker community have invaded the place to take part in this distractive game and to have a few hours little of fun before the World Series of Poker tournament. Among them, players like Erica Shoenberg, Erick Lindgren, Scott Seiver, Trichel Cannatella and Ty Stewart participated there. The event was composed of three parts. Teams of Doyle Brunson and Zachary Clark, Todd Brunson and Brett Jungblut were the strongest during the first round because they have shotted their targets. Other players have been awarded prizes such as Shaun Deeb and Allie Prescott for the "Best Trash Talkers", Andrew Lichtenberg for the "Biggest Crybaby”.

The emotion and joy filled the day of the talented poker player Phil Ivey at the opening ceremony of the inauguration of the room "Ivey Room" at the Casino Aria last Saturday. Illustrious poker players and members of his family have honored the event during this celebration. Aces of poker has even said that this High Stakes room in his name represents the finest victory of his career as a poker pro. Obviously, the event was celebrated with a unique tournament in which the legendary Doyle Brunson, David Benyamine champion and other big names such as Barry Greenstein, Daniel Alei, David Williams, Eli Elezra, Erick Lindgren, Jennifer Harman, Jennifer Tilly, Johnny Chan, Mike Sexton, Phil Laak, Sammy Farha, TJ Cloutier and Vanessa Rousso participated.

The organizers of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), which program will start soon in the big city of Las Vegas provided the final details of this event among the most expected by the poker community. During their presentation, they offered a brief overview of the program WSOP Europe (WSOPE). This year, events will be held at the Empire Casino in Leicester Square in London. Since this tournament will allow fans of poker to win a prestigious WSOP bracelets outside the famous world championship of poker in Vegas, many lovers of the game who are eagerly awaiting the launch of the tournament. They will be filled because the WSOPE 2010 will offer them 5 wonderful events that will be running from September 14th to 28th.

After the successful passage of the latest World Poker Tour, the circle of game Aviation Club de France continues to impress fans of card games. Indeed, the ACF is already preparing the coming of the festive summer in the French capital, and for a party, it will be all one. The prestigious circle concocts a new program of regular poker tournaments which will last throughout the summer holidays, more precisely until September 4th, 2010. There will be particularly and especially Hold'em Summer Series 2010 which will be held for a fortnight, that is to say June 19th to July 4th of this year. During the event, the program will be no fewer than 15 tournaments with entry prices for all kinds of categories of participants, ranging from € 100 to € 500 and also qualifications satellites that start at € 50.

The world of online poker does not cease to create new legends. After the famous poker players that we've known for years, now another lover of poker is talking about him. In parts of online poker High Stakes, Jungleman12 distinguished himself from the lot of all competitors, a player whose personal information is very poorly understood, he could be the new Isildur1, observers said. Note that this latter is connected for years and have repeatedly proved his miraculous technique and he has always an identity that no one knows with certainty. Jungleman12 frequent poker room will high limit for some months now but only recently, he was pointed out with his first place ranking in the weekly earnings.

The 2010 edition of the Baltic Festival will be held from the 6th to the 19th June 2010 in the remarkable hotel Swissotel Tallinn Estonia City. If the entry fee for the Main Event was € 1,100 during the previous edition, the ticket for the main event of this year will experience an increase of about € 400. This should increase the appetite of a large number of professional poker players and will perhaps help to ensure a new regional record. The first Baltic Festival held in October of last year brought together a field of 307 players from 24 countries which generate a prize pool of over € 300,000. It was the largest poker tournament in the history of the region. "It was a great event last year and I will recommend it to all players," said the professional player Peter Eastgate.

Exceptionally, the Rio casino of Las Vegas will be, this year, the scene of more than fifty tournaments during about two months, from 28th May to 17 July 2010, as part of the 41st edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The popular 8-game Players Championship of $ 50,000 entry where eight variants are played in succession will begin the tournament. The tournament series will appoint at its end the best of the best participants, a very closed club including only some players. Daniel Negreanu prepares to this event tactically and he will certainly adopt his super aggressive playing to get the most tokens and a lot of hands. To achieve this goal, the Canadian who already has four bracelets and two WPT titles in No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha will not think to other bet.

The Main Event of the Tournament California State Poker Championship ended with the victory well deserved of Patrick Karschamroon. The tournament held at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles recorded a field of 175 participants who have paid the buy-in of $ 3,085. The championship was very breathless, and the list of the nine finalists was full of talented players. The winner is a local player who played as a professional for 5 years. He started the game since his young age by family parties, which explains well the great skill he showed during the competition. Thus, Patrick Karschamroon has completely won ahead of his opponents during this final table while some big players as Gavin Griffin and Miami John Cernuto were eliminated respectively at the 3rd and 4th place.

During the day of Monday, May 24th, 2010, 114 players competed in the Casino de Trouville during the Main Event of the Barrière Poker Tour Trouville, a live poker tournament of € 1,650 buy-in for a prize pool of € 171,000. At the end of the Day 1, William Cescut, chip leader has maintained his status of owner of the biggest stack after having eliminated the player sponsored by Barrière, Bruno Benveniste at the 10th place with a gain of € 2,470. He finished fourth in the first stage and won € 12,300. What makes this competition unique is that the nine players who reached the final table have agreed to distribute the prize pool in equal shares, € 17,500.

The fever of poker never fails to extend its influence throughout France. The phenomenon has been installed for months in the town of Sarlat-la-Caneda thanks to the initiative of two associations dedicated to the most famous card games. Indeed, despite their young age, Perigord Poker Club just like Sarlat Holdem Poker Club can boast of being responsible for organizing numerous poker tournaments. Incidentally, people who attend the associations concerned recognize the vital role played by programs devoted to poker initiated by the renowned Patrick Bruel in the development of the discipline at home in France. Regarding the first association, strong of its 72 members, it invited no later than Thursday all poker enthusiasts at the bowling Osmoz.

Since its official launch by the French Minister François Baroin, the Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (French Regulatory Authority of online games or ARJEL) had shown more and more threatening to sites of poker and sports betting which operate illegally on the French soil. The entity responsible of ensuring the regulation of the French market at the moment of the big leap into the path of liberalization and the legalization of gambling industry, does not beat around the bush. Its very first tasks would be to purify the market. Through the Department of budget, the ARJEL proclaims loudly that it is time to put order into what has become a field of real networks which may give rise to money laundering and conducive to corruption. It is clear that the presence of some leading sites, for the most the biggest of the market of online sports betting operating illegally in France for many years are known by the public.

The last kick of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Barcelona was held at the Gran Casino of Barcelona on Sunday. This tournament was very successful because it brought together 326 players for the main event of € 3,200 + € 300 buy-in, generating a magnificent prize pool of € 1,043,200. The tidy sum of € 315,000 was devoted to the winner. The 9 finalists for this stage of the WPT had fought hard to clinch the first place. The battle was very hard so after two hours of play, three competitors including Manuel Cuberos Lopez Cozar, Bartolome Gomila Romero and Emil Per Mattsson had to leave the poker table. Despite a difficult start, the only representative of France on the final table, Tristan Clémençon had nevertheless done a magnificent feat because he finished in 6th place and has been awarded the nice bonus of € 51,000.

The Casino Viking in Bourbon l'Archambault, in Allier, France have received a phenomenal poker tournament. Indeed, the final of the Championnat National Individuel des Clubs (CNIC or National Individual Championship of Clubs) was held there last week-end. This great competition brought together 400 poker enthusiasts from various clubs of France. Competitors participated in the two qualifying days which began on Friday and survivors gathered on Sunday to fight for the championship title. Poker players who participated at the event had on their disposal 10,000 starting chips, an excellent structure that allowed them to display aggressive playing styles. Thus the battle was merciless. Each participant was struggling to defend the honor of his own club.

The most prestigious tournament by team in the world of poker was played at the Golden Nugget casino in Las Vegas. Last week, teams from England, Australia, Brazil, China, U.S.A, Greece, Israel, Vietnam clashed on the table of Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha at the opening tournament of the World Poker Team. Illustrious poker stars were present if we only mention players like David Benyamine, the great Doyle Brunson, Eli Elezra, Johnny Chan and Tony G. The eight team captains clashed on the game table and during the game, each team have the right to substitute players following their strategies. The competition was scheduled to last only one day but the battle was so fierce that starting around 1:30 in the afternoon, the championship continued until 8 a.m the next day.

One day or other, everyone feels the need to do something new in life and most of the time, it is discernible in the world of professionnal. The French brothers Jeannet confirm this reality. Fabrice and Jerome Jeannet are already thinking about the after the glory of practice of fencing, a domain where they are masters and champions with their twin gold medal at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008. In a few years, they will abandon permanently from the scene of professional fencers that they belong entirely today. Right now, the two brothers from Martinique are already doing their pastime, poker, and they play very seriously this card game that they consider as a sport of high quality.

Paul Zimber holds the record for the time of the longest poker session ever recorded : 74 hours 20 minutes and 21 seconds on a gaming table. Phil 'The Unabomber "Laak will try to beat him on next June the 2nd on a table at the Bellagio casino in Las Vegas to have the privilege of being listed in the Guinness Book World Records, a dream that is dear to him since his childhood. In eight years of practice, several attempts, over a dozen tries exactly, of play from 40-60 hours have already been carried out by "Mr. Jennifer Tilly", as his friends call him affectionately. Every year he asked a bit more effort but this did not discourage him and Phil would exceed his limits.

Before starting a trip to Las Vegas as part of the World Series of Poker, poker enthusiasts gave each other a last call on the European continent to play at the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Barcelona, a unique tournament that began since last Wednesday. 134 participants were registered during the Day 1A of the competition and the field includes a heavy French delegation. At the end of the day, there were only 50 competitors in the race and 10 of them are players from France. The Tricolour players has registered a great result at this early date because two of them have managed to appear in the top 10. It is Frederic Brunet and Antoine Saout, classified respectively in the 6th and 8th places. These two poker pros have already demonstrated their know-how during other events and their achievements during the WPT Spanish Championship were not due to chance.

And the World Poker Tour Europe is once again on the road after a few days of respite for the players. Indeed, after the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, the WPT Spanish Championship takes over at the Casino Barcelona from May 19th until May 23rd for a period of five days which will end during the day of Pentecost, day when the final table will be held. All this enter in the second phase of its new 2010/2011 season. The success is already pointing his nose for the second day of the World Poker Tour Spanish Championship when one considers the fact that during Day 1A of May 19th, the attendance rate is estimated at 78% of the total participants of 2009. The logic provides for a gradual growth in the number of participants as with the progress of the competition for the rest of the program.

Poker is an intellectual sport practiced by a growing number of people and its status as a sport in itself has been acquired only for a short time, it is normal that competitions are organized by various agencies concerned to seriously promote it. There are among these poker events or championship meeting which have regional level or a continental level. One of the most important in the world is the birth of the tournament World Team Poker (WTP). This meeting will thus start at the Golden Nugget Las Vegas, Texas, the capital of the world games.

The first working meeting of the members of the French Authority to regulate online gaming on Monday, May 16th, 2010 was quick to give the green light to the adoption of a final scope statement. Just one week after the approval of the Constitutional Council about the legislation giving access to the opening to competition and regulation of sports betting and online poker in France, the situation already evolve. Effectively, this 17 pages document about the legal and technical requirements of the future candidates for a license has been inserted in the French Official Gazette on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. Among the cases, officials of the ARJEL will have to discuss primarly and very quickly those on websites of sports betting in anticipation of the kickoff of the World Cup of football on June 11th, 2010.

A psychological preparation is a more than a simple formality for Luca Pagano and he takes this meeting as a duty to be done to better handle any situation that arises during a long game of cards playing, especially in poker. He recently delivered his thoughts on what exactly is the mental preparation. He receives in this practice a great advantage to implement various trials, to achieve results he is fixing, to win a knowledge of the game, to know the spirit to adopt. This player who is one of the most well-known Italian poker player in the world focuses on the difficult stages of a tournament that the player has to cross through the example of the bubble or doubts that inhibit the resoluteness to move forward. By the reasoning of this poker champion, a minimum of knowledge of the opponent in front of you, especially his "tells" is very helpful to have the appropriate behavior.

The Casino of Ibiza was the host of the Spanish poker festival since last May 14th. The 2010 edition of the Spanish Poker Tour (SPT) has recorded a field of 150 participants consisting of many poker aces. Some French players have rushed to pay the buy-in of 1,100 Euro in order to access this event, and we shall mention among them Antony Saout, David Colin, SPT Castellon champion, Christian Debeil, Fabien Perrot, Valentina Messina. Despite their reputation as good players of poker, they have not been efficient enough at this stage in Ibiza. The unique representative of French players that really shine was Leonard Truche who manages to sneak up to the thirteenth place in the paid listing.

The practice of online games like poker and sports betting in the United States is illegal. But supporters of this activity can do so on foreign websites. However, the law could not prevent operators from continuing their clandestine activities. Thus, to make their remittances in the country, operators cooperate in secret with private companies. U.S. officials describe these transactions as bank fraud and money laundering. The leader of the Australian company Intabill Daniel Tzvetkoff, was arrested for a similar case in April. Last week, authorities discovered another illegal maneuver performed by another operator of online payment.

Wall Street recruits today their traders based on the candidate's ability to play poker. Yes, this is not only a game now. Recruiters believe that poker skills are essential to become a good trader. According to Danon Robinson during an interview with Los Angeles Times, a person gifted in poker must also be in business. Indeed, the risk appetite of a poker player associated with a good playing technique is an interesting quality in investment banking. Usually, Toro Trading takes among its team people from major American and European universities. Leaders in the field of sports at the university or in university fraternities then were have more chance.

The French Championnat National Individuel des Clubs (CNIC or Individual National Championship of Clubs) will be held in one of the wonderful properties of the group Vikings in Bourbon l'Archambault, in Allier, France this weekend. This competition is organized by the Club of Clubs (CoC), an association created to develop poker and which groups many affiliates across France. The CNIC will face up to the 400 best poker players from various clubs in France affiliated to the CoC. To achieve this huge event, the club has reserved a budget of 35,000 Euro to the transport of participants. This means that as their usual, enthusiastic organizers do all the possible to reduce the costs of accommodation and food for participants.

The poker tournament for women, the € 300 Ladies of the Cercle Haussman, organized by the host of Poker Mission Caraïbes, Karine Nogueira marked the end of last week. Besides the jackpot promised to the best, there was a package for the World Series of Poker 2010 offered at the Ladies tournament. The 58 participants mostly belong to the community of the best poker player. Among these players present at this event, there was Alana Pariente, Amandine of the TV broadcast Direct Poker, Carole Namias, Caroline Diamant, Cathy Hongla, Elky's friend, Christelle Cherubini, Estelle Denis of the TV channel M6, Mercedes Osti, Lucille Cailly, Lucille Denos, Margaux Ponelle, Raquel Azran, Rebecca Gerin or Valerie Pignot.

What's more wonderful than to spend the summer in the city of dreams and film, which is Cannes. The Barriere Group provides a real opportunity for poker enthusiasts to fulfill this. Indeed in the 10th to 13th June 2010, nearly 200 competitors will be expected in Cannes for the tournament organized by the group. It is also possible for some players to enjoy the comfort and class of the Hotel Majestic. Cannes is the temple of cinema and showbiz. This is the city where all the celebrities never fail to go annually. This time, poker will not be outdone as it will be the theme of the event that Barriere group established. The lucky players will have the opportunity to be accommodated in one of the most prestigious hotels in Cannes.

On the sidelines of the World Poker Tour in Paris, one of the biggest British festivals of poker was also held at Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club in Nottingham. Thus, the United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Nottingham has registered an impressive field of 650 participants during the £ 5,250 Main Event. The many Irish and British fans of poker clashed on the tables of No-Limit Hold'em and it must be said that the tournament was sensational. On the eve of the final day, the Londoner Owen Robinson was leading. Despite his advantage, he failed to get the victory because the owner of the fourth largest carpet had been much louder and more fortunate than him. Indeed, Andrew Couldridge, a 44 years old Londoner passionate of poker has demonstrated a unique style of play that helped him to propel himself at the final head's up against Oliver Schaffmann.

If there is a poker club that move on the French scene for nearly 15 years, the Aviation Club de France is one, surely it is ranked in the head of the top list. It is a popular place for many poker players amateur and professional in France. Characterized by its reliability and recognized by its well known popularity, the ACF welcomes the world of players on the Champs Elysees, the most beautiful avenue in the world. A strong signal to those who doubt this fact. Its cash games tables are no longer to introduce, nor its daily tournaments, which give to the place its pride.

The last weekend, some poker stars to name only Bertrand "ElkY", Sorel Mizzi, Antony Lellouche Bruno Fitossi Jean Paul Pasqualini or Freddy Deeb took part in the High Roller € 20,000 buy-in at the Aviation Club de France, an event held on the sidelines of the World Poker Tour. It must be said that the field was full of players born in France. This poker tournament lasted only two days when it was scheduled to take place over three days and to the biggest disappointment of his fans and the French community of poker, the big ElkY was the first to leave the table of the game. The French champion has not done great things contrary to what he used to do during these few days of competition at the Aviation Club de France.

The F430 Spider of the Australian poker star Marcus Van was stolen during a regular evening at the casino of Melbourne while as usual, he offered there a few parties of game. Bad luck for the well-known Australian poker player who thought to live an ordinary day of playing as usual. His Ferrari F430 Spider volatilized from where it was guarded, the unaware valet who delivered the key give it to the wrong person, a thief. The misadventures of the poker champion and its prestigious cars continued to a demand of explanation at the spokesman of the casino about the procedure in such cases. He said that without a ticket claim, the victim must provide proof of identity such as a license to resolve the matter.

On the eve of the beginning of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, the public continues to vote on the selection of the 20 champions who will enter the Tournament of Champions (TOC). Until now, U.S. poker stars lead the head of the selection as the great Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, Jhonny Chan, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen and many others. The world championship of poker has experienced a wide participation of American players since its inception and they are likely to have already won the famous bracelet. Note that for the 20 competitors who will fight for the title of this competition, they must have at least one WSOP bracelet and if we take a look at the list of famous American players owner of this jewelry, the emergence of an European player on the tables of this competition is almost bizarre. The only players of other nationalities who are in the provisional top 20 are the Canadian Daniel Negreanu and Joe Hachem of Australia.

The stage of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in Paris has sacred its winner last week-end after a very exciting challenge. The competition began Saturday, May 15th at 3 p.m, during the afternoon. The first outsider of this final was Jimmy Ostensson. He was followed shortly afterwards by the French favorite Arnaud Mattern. Apparently, the French poker pro could not do the famous doubled done by Bertrand "ElkY" in 2008 because he was ejected from the competition too early. Nevertheless, he received a reward of 82,175 Euro for his performance. Two other French players were also out of the tournament due to their opponents who proved better. This was Michael Guenni and Fabrice Touil who finished respectively in the 4th and 5th place.

The Irish Winter Festival (€ 1500 + € 150) will return at the "Burlington Hotel” or Dublin from October 22th to 25th for its 2010 edition. This winter festive event has won over the years an important place in the agenda of every poker player who respects himself. The Irish Winter Festival, with its eldest, the Irish Poker Open is widely regarded as one of the largest poker tournaments in Europe. One thing is certain, Poker 770 offers every time to players the chance to warm up during the winter. Players can now take part in online qualifiers that allow access to the famous Irish Winter Festival in Ireland. The only fact of hearing the advertised prize pool of $ 1,000,000 is sufficient to give the fever to players in midwinter.

As one of the best sites of online poker community, MyBluff continues to give offers to its customers in order to retain them and to give them the best. Players like to talk to each other and share their knowledge, questions and answers. Regarding the group 770, its community is the most popular among the hundreds that exist on the web. Among the benefits for members, exchange of experiences are important, it is an opportunity to discuss with poker champions and ask them for tips to do well in tournaments. Information on championships are updated frequently and there are possibilities of transmitting in live the events of the moment on the site.

To strengthen the league of online poker websites, Riva also launches poker like the group 770. Indeed, the first online poker room Riva Poker of the group is born on the web. Since April 21st, 2010, Riva is no longer limited to casino and give the opportunity to poker enthusiasts to let them indulge in their favorite game. Like all online poker websites, registration is easy. As this poker room is still quite new, it offers various promotions to welcome all poker fans, whether beginners or advanced players. Bonuses are important to customers. Just to test, $ 10 are given to new players.

Poker 770 offers to its many loyal subscribers and new users to be part of this big family of the sixth edition of the European Championship of Online Poker (ECOOP VI). In this edition, two events will be offered to size players whose ECOOP Traditional promises a great reward of $ 4,500,000 and the Mini ECOOP with a bonus of $ 630,000. All variants of poker's most popular and appreciated by players will be present at this extraordinary of Poker 770 event like the No Limit Hold'em, Limit 7 Card Stud and Omaha PL Hi / Lo. ECOOP will consist of 13 traditional side events and the Main Event will invite to a NL Hold'em $ 1,500 + $ 80 buy-in with a prize pool of $ 1,500,000. The final major tournament will take place on Sunday, June 6th from 9 p.m and qualifiers are already available on the site.

A poker tournament to the benefit of the foundation Make-A-Wish will be held in the casino's Diamond Jim of California on next Saturday, May 22th, 2010. Participants will have the privilege to face the world champion of poker 2007 Jerry Yang on the table of No-Limit Hold'em. This is an event dedicated to the benefit of the children of Make-A-Wish Foundation which objective is to realize the dreams of many sick children. The main event of this tournament will begin at around 1:30 p.m and players wishing to participate must pay the buy-in of $ 50.00 + $ 15 with the opportunity to re-buy during the first 1 hour and 40 minutes of play.

The Grand Lisboa Casino in Macau will open the season 4 of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in the coming week, more specifically, on May 18th, 2010. Many players from different backgrounds will travel in this tourist city and are expected to attend this great gathering of poker in Asia. From Tuesday, the side events and more event like a high roller and charity competition are included in this agenda in Asia, which will continue successively in Auckland, New Zealand, in Cebu, Philippines, before landing finally in Sydney, Australia to complete the Asian poker tour in December 2010. To remind, Dermot Blain was the best player of the 429 participants who took the departure of the the tournament during the year 2009 and won a gain of 541,072 dollars.

The young English poker player Andrew Feldman was on the cover of many tabloids this weekend because of a judiciary case involving the player and a rabbi. The 22 years poker player, from Hertfordshire after having registered a loss of £ 700,000 during a poker party obviously wanted to fill the breach at any price. Then Rabbi Nissim Simon, a close friend of Feldman, would have given him a quick solution to repair it. The Rabbi proposed to Feldman to put some spreadbets on the Dow Jones and they will share the gains. Instead of earning profits, he received a negative bill of £ 140,000.

The World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris is coming at the end of its third day of competition. The Day 3 of the championship began on Tuesday at around 3 p.m at the Aviation Club de France and has emerged 27 players qualified for the list of paid places. 25 of them had received the ticket to the next day. The competition did not last long and during the Day 3, Jimmy Ostennson dominated the game. He has accumulated 719,000 chips at the end of the day, which made him ride at the head of the race. This benefit was acquired after a fierce battle with Tyron Krost, the champion of the Aussie Millions. Theo Jorgensen has also continued to shine for a stunning performance, he eliminated the British pro Stuart Rutter, which allowed him to appear in the list of paid players.

It's confirmed ! Emerald Resort and Casino in Johannesburg will have the privilege of receiving two WSOP events on October 24th to 31st as part of Emerald Poker Series. This time, they capture the holding of the next World Cup of football to popularize more poker. The two events are : a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament involving 200 players during three days with a buy-in of $ 1.100 and $ 300 rebuy and a four-day event involving 500 players of NLHE $ 5,000 buy-in.

One more event has been launched on Poker 770 through the annual Championship of Europe from the 1st May 2010 to April 30th, 2011 with as bonus a package to the WSOP each month. Each month, the 30 biggest winners will receive awards as follows : a package for the WSOP Side Events 2011 to the first player in the standings, € 600 cash for the second, € 300 cash for the third, €150 cash each for the fourth and to the 5th, and 6th to the 10th : € 100 cash. To the 11th to the 20th, there will be € 50 for each and to the 21st to the 30th, € 20. In addition, a player who won two packages WSOP will have a ticket to the $ 5,000 Side Event in Las Vegas. A player who has won three packages can try his luck at the $ 5,000 Side Event and the $ 1,500 Side Event. For a player who has won 4 packages, the Main Event awaits. Finally, if a player wins multiple packages, the amounts for hotel expenses and return transportation will be granted, but only once.

The Regional Final of Rennes of Sunday, May 9th, 2010 was won by Fabrice Matheu, a qualified poker player in the city of Tours. The champion managed to win before the other 49 qualified participants from other French cities such as Nantes, Brest, Tours and Rennes after a thrilling battle maps that lasted about 10 hours. The selected players fought with full force by deploying many tips and strategies to give themselves the first place. But despite the performance achieved by each player, luck was on the side of Matheu. During the final head's up which opposed him to Samuel Gauthier, a representative of the city of Rennes, Fabrice Matheu has demonstrated his charisma and his talent and eventually win. In addition to his winnings, he has the right to sit in the Grand Final in Monte Carlo next May 30th. At this big competition, he will meet with seven other very clever poker players.

The grand patriarch of poker, Doyle Brunson continues to amaze enthusiasts and fans of this game because not only he is a quality player but he likes challenges. This was perhaps what has prompted him to create the Doyle Brunson Beer Pong Challenge. This is a very entertaining event that brings together poker players around many jars of beer and a ping pong ball. It will be held on May 26th, 2010 at 14 a.m at Hogs & Heifers for its third edition. The last time, participants in this game have really lived a big fiesta. The Beer Pong Challenge is a very popular American feast, but this time, players will be members of the poker community.

The week of May the first to the 8th has not been easy for pokermen in high stakes. A week full of events marked by ups and downs of players who are always on the lookout for new challenges. In Saturday's final capped PLO 500/1000, Ziigmund has had a positive result of $ 387,000, Urindanger of $ 203,000 and TheAshman103 of $ 159.000. The evening was beneficial for them, especially for Gus Hansen, who has reached the pinnacle of earnings with more than one million dollars. Among the losers include exceptionally Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey with negative $ 540 k and $ 250k respectively.

The liberalization of online games (sports and horse betting, poker) in France implies that an operator holding a gaming license is allowed to promote its product on the French territory. This is easier to say than to do. As it will take two months to the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL or Autorité de Régulation des Jeux en Ligne) to investigate the claims, an operator who will advertise before will automatically dismiss for violations of rules and will therefore had bad press with regard to those who comply with the instructions but will then be very delayed in their marketing promotion.

Many women stars of poker have registered good results at major tournaments this year. Indeed, after the victory of Liv Boeree at the European Poker Tour San Remo, the women delegation was brilliantly represented by the beautiful Annie Duke at NBC Head's Up Championship without forgetting the feat of Vanessa Selbst at Mohegan Sun NAPT. Thus the Vice-President of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Ty Stewart, said that this year is the Year of Women. Stewart expects an invasion of women in the 41st edition of the WSOP. But this statement had awaked the demon of challenge of Mike Matusow.

The big festival of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris had begun in the famous French gambling club Aviation Club de France (ACF) on Saturday, May 8th. They were 106 poker enthusiasts to have stepped into the ACF to participate in this competition that deserted for some time the French ground. Competitors received each 30,000 starting chips for 90 minutes of play and at the end of this first day of battle, it remained only 53 players in contention. A galaxy of stars filled the field of 106 participants, but because of luck or skill, some of them have to abandon the party early. This was the case of Allan Baekke, Ludovic Lacay, Nicolas Levi and Oliver Busquet. However, few big players have been able to qualify for further competition as Antoine Saout, Antony Lellouche, Anton Wigg, Arnaud Mattern, Jim Collopy and Fabrice Touil who has particularly shined.

Everybody has widely heard the exploits performed by the young Norwegian poker star Annette Obrestad. Having started in online tournaments, she gradually rose through the ranks to finally appear in the big league and become a true professional poker player. Indeed, Obrestad started playing at the age of 15 years old and has perfected her style and talent in online tournaments. She has appeared on the plates of live tournaments at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOP) at the age of 18 years where she immediately made an extraordinary feat by winning the Main Event and by being crowned of the prestigious WSOP bracelet. This win also earned her a magnificent win of $ 1,874,700.

250 players who will generate a final prize pool of $ 1,000,000 or £ 625,000 are expected on next 7, 8 and 9 August in Alea Casino in Glasgow for the Scottish Poker Open 2010. Daily satellites accessible from € 1.10 to € 3.30 Freezeout rebuys could be already played online now to qualify. Players will then compete in Scotland for three days to snatch the first prize in the 2010 tournament in Scotland. Professionals like Andrew Feldman and Luke Schwartz are already among the participants and other players from Europe are expected for this major international event.

The World Poker Tour will make again an appearance in France after having gone beyond its borders since 2005. This is the sumptuous setting of the Aviation Club de France which sits on the prestigious Avenue of Paris that will be its host. French poker enthusiasts will therefore once again attend the extraordinary festival of poker they like so much. The starting of the tournament named WPT Grand Prix de Paris on the Champs Elysees with a Warm Up of € 1,000 buy-in has been a resounding success because it managed to gather 156 participants. The coronation of this opening event returned to Costa Battaille, a regular at the club. He will therefore receive a ticket to the major event in addition to the price of € 42,789.

He is an American, a native and resident of Florida, only 24 years old and was crowned champion at the NAPT High Roller Mohegan Sun last April. His name is Jason Mercier. He is a fond of poker who totaled throughout his career almost five million dollars in earnings. But what path he followed to reach so high ? At the age of fifteen years, Jason has discovered poker with friends and it was during attendance at Florida Atlantic University that he fell in love with this card game. To better live this passion, he dropped basketball which discipline he was a teacher. It is clear that this was a right decision for him.

While many French players of online poker (players and operator) are preparing for a revolution with the new law on the opening of the market to competition, their quoted experts in the discipline continue to constitute evidence to show that poker is not only a common card game in which chance intervenes very little and that poker should not obey laws that restrict numerous games of chance. Jean-Paul "Jupiter" Renoux, an important character of poker SNG in the French country, took part in the translation of a book published in the respected Two Plus Two Internet Magazine, the book is simply titled “Le poker est bon pour vous” (“Poker is good for you”).

The European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 6 is well and truly over. This was an issue more than successful and indeed the results posted by the organizers provide irrefutable proof of this unprecedented success. This result also demonstrates the very eloquent passion of players for this wonderful tournament. To quote only the review of the Main Events, the many stages of the tournaments of this season have gathered 8,912 players generating a total prize pool of 56,672,284 Euro, while during the previous season, 7,901 participants were registered, and the prize pool generated for this opportunity was a total of 52,273,024 Euro. Moreover, many poker enthusiasts were scrambling to take part in online qualifiers in this sixth edition. 2,133 players have managed to qualify, they numbered 1,873 during the season 5. Using this quick count, the poker community can already see the success of the event even the organizers had set additional tests.

Under an agreement signed during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 between the contractor Michael Karnjanaprakorn and Rafe Furst, the two major poker enthusiasts will strive to do an act of charity at the WSOP 2010. Karnjanaprakorn had the bright generous idea to offer 100% of his winnings at the WSOP to charities. With the famous slogan "World Series of Good”, he intends to meet with the collaboration of Furst $ 100,000 through the collection of buy-in of $ 10,000 paid by the players at the Main Event to fund this work. Some have said they wanted the game to lend a hand to this noble project like the wonderful Annie Duke and Ali Nejad. Through this initiative, Karnjanaprakorn intends to encourage poker players to become voluntary donors for the benefit of charities.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) will begin soon and the many poker players who wish to participate to this event are already preparing to join the magnificent Rio Casino in Las Vegas. This year's WSOP is also particular because it will see again the relaunch of the famous Tournament of Champions (TOC). This is a special competition because it will gather on the gaming tables poker players who have received the highest number of WSOP bracelets. Since the launch of the world championship of poker, many players have received many WSOP bracelets however the field for this TOC is limited to 27 participants. Thus, the organizers have allowed the public to choose the 20 players they consider as the best placed to take part in this elite competition.

Suspicious for several months for holding illegal poker games in the basement of the hotel Arax Tignieu-Jameysieu, in Isère, France, Bourgoin-Jallieu police have developed a plan to find the maneuvering. They have already made inquiries and have watched the place many times and finally their efforts were rewarded because they have discovered the actors in the act. Indeed, during the night of Monday midnight, watching carefully the hotel, the police spotted the first player who has left the place. Taking care not to allow the manager to warn the illegal players, they raided discreet in the basement and found seven poker players in full play. The place was perfectly accommodated to receive the parties. A very full fridge and drinks have been found. During this operation, customs officials, tax authorities and the prosecutor of Bourgoin Jailleu were with the police.

Beaulieu-sur-Mer has welcomed on the 1st and the 2nd May the France Poker Series during which Jose Barbero emerged victorious in front of a field mostly formed by French players. He won the large sum of € 40,123 against Philippe Zunino, whom for his part was at the most beautiful phase of his career with € 24,231 earnings. Although the buy-in was not too high, the event attracted a good number of quality players. Teammates like Arnaud Mattern, ElkY and Thomas Bichon were part of this poker tournament. Famous faces were also honored at this tournament like Alan Roberts, Antonin Teisseire, Fabrice Soulier, Roger Hairabedian and Tristan Clémençon.

Despite the reluctance of an expert, the Canadian province of New Brunswick opens its first casino. The specialist of gaming phenomenon has serious concerns that addiction to gambling will have devastating consequences on the society of the province. The new casino of the province is located near the tourist site of the Magnetic Hill. It will include 500 slot machines, 22 table games and a poker room of eight tables. The project fully funded by Sonco Gaming has $ 90 million cost. Although the Province of New Brunswick did not participate in its funding, it is guaranteed to receive 50% of profits from the agreement between the owner and the provincial government. According to estimates, the province will receive an annual profit of 25 million dollars.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) have always been a real success since its launch and many people make long journeys to attend it. This was the case of Raymond Rahme who has completed a major feat at the Main Event of the WSOP 2007. He finished in third place and went home in South Africa without the bracelet or the title but with the tidy sum of three million dollars. This journey of Rahme proves the popularity of poker. Soon, the lovers of the game will be filled because the WSOP will do an exceptional stopover in South Africa, specifically in the Emerald Casino Resort, in the south of Johannesburg from 24th to 31st October 2010. The organizers of this magnificent tournament await the arrival of 500 aces of poker to play with the Main Event of No-Limit Hold'em variant. To participate, competitors must pay the buy-in of € 5,000. From this main event, they will have 40,000 chips for a playing time of 60 minutes.

The young Russian player Maxim Lykov, winner of the European Poker Tour in Kiev at the beginning of the season 6 of the EPT has just been crowned Player of the Year during the EPT Gala in Monte Carlo. The ceremony was organized by Vicky Coren and the founder of the EPT, John Duthie, and took place in the elegant Club Karement, known as "Le Karé" to regulars. At the beginning of the final table of EPT Monaco, Lykov was already in a good position to be chosen as player of the year prior to the grand final. In addition to Kiev, he reached the paid places in two side events but finished 13th at the EPT Snowfest.

Most fans and poker enthusiasts have traditionally struggled to defend the quality of poker as an intellectually and strategically game and to say that they are the,selves sportsmen. Some leaders of the sector were gone until making representations in front of the authorities to claim a sport status for poker. Although the results have not yet been obtained, the poker community has still won a battle because the International Association of Sports Intellectuals (IMSA) has accepted the membership of the International Federation of Poker (IFP) in his big family. Game of Go, bridge and chess are part of this association. This decision of the IMSA was approved at its annual congress in Dubai after the submission of the IFP members of the association.

The European Poker Tour (EPT) held in the Salle des Etoiles of the Monte Carlo Sporting d'été ended with the High Roller of 25,500 Euro buy-in. This exceptional competition has brought together 113 poker ace eager to win the big prize of €956,000. They included Jason Mercier, the great "ElkY", Barry Greenstein and Vanessa Rousso. It is the largest field ever registered in High Roller for game with a buy-in as high. Some gamers who have made great achievements in the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) in Las Vegas were also present at the final table of this league, namely Michael Friedrich, Sorel Mizzi and Tom Marchese. But this was not one of them who won the final victory.

London's reputation for live poker is evident. There is a certain time that the magazine Bluff Europe, one of the biggest European poker magazine, has claimed London as the first poker destination in the Old Continent before the Irish capital. It is therefore not a coincidence if the World Poker Tour arrives in the United Kingdom. This first step in the English territory is called WPT Poker Classic, the tournament will run from August 30th to September 5th and will be held at Palm Beach, the casino of May Fair Hotel, located in London's West End. The main event of £ 5,300 entry fee will be opened to 400 players, qualifications to the Main Event via online and live satellites will be also opened for those who don't want to pay directly the buy-in of £ 5,300.

A study conducted by the General Delegate of Online Fair Games in France reveals an impressive number of illegal online gambling websites, including poker sites. They would be 2,700 to be operational on French territory. We understand the government's haste to put them on the path of legality. They represent provisionally several hundred million Euro of turnover to legalize in 2011 and a shortfall of 34 million Euro in tax revenues. And these figures are still likely to increase if the new offerings from liberalization of the market will not prove more attractive than those which currently exist.

Where were the players and their psychology during the eleventh episode of season 6 of High Stakes Poker ? How do they behave and what is their chance to climb the ladder ? The number of international heavyweights remain subjugated until this point. Are still in the race Daniel Negreanu, David Benyamine, Doyle Brunson, Bretrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Eli Elezra, Mike Matusow, Phil Galfond, Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. The games are becoming increasingly tight and aggression is at its peak for some players. The case of Daniel Negreanu seems to be the most phenomenal, unlike Tom Dwan, while Benyamine stands up to his pursuers and Grospellier maintains self-control.

The two French cities of Nantes and Brest have witnessed two exciting poker tournament organized to qualify players to compete in the North West Regional Final in Rennes on May 9th. About 200 competitors take part to the competition in both cities and after hours of battle, the 10 champions from each city have thrived. Dominique Blanchard was the big winner of the qualifying tournament of Brest. This 48 years player has completed this excellent performance only because he regularly read poker books. He has also stepped up testing in online tournaments. And having taken the risk of participating in this championship, his efforts were rewarded largely because he will be at the finals along with Erwan Kersulec, Cedric Poullaouec, Frederick Bohec, Gerard Traon, Gilles Realland, Jonathan Bavant, Michael Cao,Patrice Crochet and Sylvain Batany.

At the same time as the grand finale of the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo, the championship of poker France Poker Series began Saturday, May 1st at the Casino Beaulieu-Sur-Mer. There were 149 competitors who start the main event of 1,200 Euro buy-in garnering a prize pool of 157,344 Euro. The field recorded during the competition hasn't really satisfied the organizers, however, the tournament went very smoothly. Note that 22 players were able to access the paid places at this competition. The casino of Beaulieu-Sur-Mer was this weekend the meeting point of many poker enthusiasts, namely Arnaud Mattern, Bertrand "ElkY" Claire Renaut, Fabrice Soulier, Guillaume Darcourt, Thomas Bichon, Jeannet brothers and many others.

If the sixth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) is in its step last step, the organizers of the most famous European poker circuit give us already an overview of the route which will be follows during the Season 7. The capital of Estonia has been chosen to host the opening stage of the 2010-2011 tour to begin in the month of August, more specifically the 11th to 16th August. Otherwise, the circuit will follow the same route as the previous season with only slight shifts in dates. The choice of Tallinn consists of the fact that the city is one of the destinations of European poker players. The number of casinos abounds also there.

From a field of 413 players to 117 players, we can say that the eliminations of Day 1B of the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo have been rather severe. Americans monopolized five places in the top ten and the chip leader is none other than Nick Schulman who, no later than in San Remo, was still in 42 th place. Following him are his compatriots David Sesso in second place with 642,500 chips, Nathan Royce Tuthill seventh with 507,500, David Parades 9th with 466,500 and Chris Moneymaker 10th with 457,000. As regards the others, France is in the top three thanks to Jean-Francois Talbot, third with 635,000.

George Stephanopoulos had a full life, to not say he has a life of dream. He is a former television journalist, a political analyst and adviser of the U.S. President Bill Clinton. At this day, he is a co-host of the morning's program of the television network ABC Good Morning. Among his many achievements, this last gave him the opportunity to do what he wanted to do since the end of high school, "he wants to win and be a poker champion." "Living The Dream" is a weekly series on Good Morning America that crisscrosses the United States to fulfill the dreams of viewers.

The Armorican Land, in Britain, in France is preparing once again to host the Championnat de Bretagne de Poker ( Britain poker championship). The event will celebrate its fourth birthday. As its name suggests the Championnat de Bretagne de Poker is open to all Breton poker clubs. This year, the event became more mature, this maturity is characterized by a larger team than that of the previous editions. The 2010 championship will also set aside a lot of surprises as new partners, more professional players as well as more exciting prize. Another innovation of this fourth edition is the creation of a dedicated website with a forum, photos, videos, a live coverage and also the replay of the final table of the Championnat de Bretagne de Poker has also been put in place this season.
 
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