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It seems that the decision of the French administration to legalize online poker didn't affect to much French players. Full-time players give their views onthe long-awaited arrival of legal French poker sites. On the one hand, they see on this permission of the State of virtual version of the famous card game benefits such as comfort, safety and speed. Indeed, there are many positive sides of online poker because according to interlocutors, there is the feeling of being at ease away from the eyes of opponents, be safe to have played and to find satisfaction with the very fast service offered with the possibility of linking several virtual parts. Their opinions will converge to say that just getting used to the new vocabulary, the variety of game modes and especially the advantage of starting the game of poker online free or by small amounts.

Scott Montgomery was an English teacher who practiced his job very well in Japan before having been transported by the excitement of poker. Thus, the Canadian began in poker in 2004 and four years later, he had already accomplished feats which enabled him to rank among the most talented players in the world. Indeed, Montgomery finished 5th at the Los Angeles Poker Classic $ 9,900 buy-in, a stop of the World Poker Tour. For this magnificent performance, he pocketed the tidy sum of $ 290,000. Montgomery continued to impress the poker community by completing a very successful route to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008, where he finished in the 5th place in the Main Event. This is an excellent rating, which also pushed his tournament winnings to three million dollars. And this year, Scott Montgomery has won an outstanding victory in the $ 1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em tournament of the WSOP 2010.

Since recent years, poker became a must hobby. It had a meteoric rise and therefore very popular. And since the online gambling sites exist as well as TV game shows devoted to this card game, its reputation has yet increased tenfold. Poker has behind it many years of existence but its popularity did not take place until several years after its birth. It was in the middle of the nineteenth century that poker has seen its development on the American mainland and Europe. The first World Series of Poker held in 1970 and the European tournaments have emerged in 1990. With regard to online games and television, it was in 1999 they made their first step. And it was only in 2005 that France hosted the first major international championship, the European Poker Tour in the Casino Barrière of Deauville.

22 of the 27 former champions or holder of a World Series of Poker title are still in the competition after four levels of play for one hour each on the three tables gathering the elite of the world poker in the Tournament of Champions at the Rio Casino, in Las Vegas. Five holders of 18 WSOP and WSOPE bracelets were forced to leave the game during the Day 1. John Juanda was the first victim of Jennifer Harman during the first day of the tournament. Later, Greg Raymer, Barry Shulman, Sammy Farha and recently Phil Ivey, rejected by Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, have followed John Juanda.

The countdown began on the evening of June 27th, 2010 for the 27 best poker players in the world in the Tournament of Champions (TOC). The competition began with a set of four levels of 60 minutes on Sunday 27th and Monday, June 28th, 2010 for the poker aces. To remind, the tournament will determine the nine first winners who are allowed to sit again at the final table and to designate the champion of champions on July 4th, 2010. The Tournament of Champions of this year will be decided in the NLHE tournament for a prize pool of $ 1,000,000 for the 9 finalists including $ 500,000 for the winner who will also receive a trophy. $ 250,000 reward for the second, the third will receive $ 100,000 and the finalists ranked from the 4th to the 9th place will each have $ 25,000.

The Women Poker Hall of Fame is an association founded in May 2007 by the Ladies International Poker Series. The association meets on a single platform elements of woman population who have accumulated great exploits in the poker world and aims to promote women's poker. On next Friday, September 3rd, the organization will nominate two players who will be part of this association during a ceremony at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas. The selection will cover seven women players who are chosen by a vote of the public as deserving such appointments. Among the candidates are Annie Duke, Betty Carey, Jennifer Harman, JJ Liu, Kathy Liebert, Nani Dollison and Phyllis Caro. Currently, JJ Liu and Harman are the best placed.

Who does not dream one day to be one of these superstars of poker and become a celebrity thanks to this card game so popular around the world ? It is true that it seems so easy to win millions at this game and many players plan to do poker as their daily job. But even if the Internet makes the dream palpable, anyone can't deny that there is also dangers for online players. Many poker fans envy great players who earn money thanks to this passion and who have created personal websites to earn more jackpot. But before reaching this stage, these players have gone through countless steps during which they have revealed their talent. Before embarking on a career as a poker player and drop everything, a player must first know his own level of play. For a beginner or a fan of the game, it is better not to risk everything.

In a few hours, online poker players in France will enjoy the joy to play freely on the Internet. Exactly three weeks after the first issuance of licenses and opening of the French market of sports and horse betting, the decree from the Ministry of Interior authorizing card online games is expected shortly, probably in the Official Gazette of Tuesday, June 29th, 2010. This postponement is due to the objection of Malta on May 27th, 2010 according to EU rules vis-à-vis the draft legislation on online gambling that the French government had submitted to the European Commission in 2009, in particular about the provision of French law that forces players to choose only an operator having a French license of online poker. Members of the European Union were given a period of three months to answer to these comments. As for France, it a priori should answer from the Maltese opposition within thirty days.

Who will succeed to Jeff Lisandro for the title of Player of the Year 2010 ? The answer is not immediate even if some of contenders dream of having their names engraved alongside those of Allen Cunningham, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, Jeff Madsen, Tom Schneider and of course Jeff Lisandro. Among the contenders, there is Annette Obrestad who has realized a very good record over the past two years and aims to win the WSOP Circuit in 2010, but the time for the coronation, may not be for this year for the young Norwegian. There is also Tom Dwan who until now has only pocketed $ 400,000 and a 2nd place in the event 11. In the same standing is the challenger Phil Ivey who has in his credit this year $ 350,000. Provisionally, Michael Mizrachi is ranked 5th with a considerable sum of $ 1,600,000 and the title of Poker Player's Championship.

Who does not remember the hot appearance of this beautiful young actress in the first part of the film American Pie ? Shannon Elizabeth, originally from Texas, who is now 37, lives under the spotlight since her childhood. She began to dance and tap and then develop a passion for tennis. After a passage of few years at the top model agency Elite, in New York, she decided to opt for a career as an actress. So far, she continued to hold important roles in various television series and feature films. On the other hand, she became an avid player of poker and even organize poker parts in her house.

Steven Kelly won the victory in the event No-Limit Hold'em Shootout of $ 1,500 buy-in in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010. This young prodigy of poker has made an incredible journey in this tournament because this variant of poker requires uncommon talent. While most players let themselves be overwhelmed by pressure and stress, Steven Kelly in his side has been stronger and more durable than ever and has finally won the title ahead of 14 other participants. Thus, without any difficulty, Steven Kelly was part of the list of 14 finalists. Ousting the fiercest player of the game as JC Tran, Annette Obrestad and Jeff King, his opponent in the final head's up, has not been very difficult for him.

Who are the best Francophone players in live tournaments in the four main communities that are France, Switzerland, Quebec and Belgium? To answer this question, online columnists of poker referred to the results achieved by competitors in live competition. This time, the analysis has focused on the earnings received by the Belgian poker players. Above all, it is good to pinpoint that there is already the TOP 10 Belgian ranking pointing Antonio Guida, Fabian Gantile, Xavier Charlier, but also the experienced Daniel Dodet, ranked fifth.

To accommodate the summer pleasantly, what do you think about a short stay on the Adriatic Sea side ? While relaxing in the sun, you will have the opportunity to participate in a major poker tournament. Croatia became a favorite haunt of tourists in recent years, with the nice weather there, and the countless activities that can be discovered. This year, poker enthusiasts will be satisfied because in addition to beautiful holiday, they will have the chance to be part of the players of the Croatian Poker Series and having the opportunity to return home with a nice little jackpot. In the month of August, from 20th to 28th at the Meridien Lav 5 Luxury Resort of Podstrana will take place this poker festival.

The Indonesian poker pro John Juanda is going from success to success during the 2010 edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Early in the tournament, he has done wonderful performance. Indeed, on June 1st, Juanda finished in the 4th place of the tournament Players Championship of $ 50,000 buy-in in front of a field of 116 participants. An excellent performance which earned him a gain of $ 436,865. A week later, he came in the 5th place in the $ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi / Lo with 116 players who were facing. Juanda has pocketed $ 97,989 for the occasion. On June 11th, he reiterated the same feats as being the 4th runner on the Event No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship, during which he received a premium of $ 78,088. His most recent success on the poker tables date to last Monday during which he finished in 3rd place in the HORSE tournament. It was an outstanding competition won by Phil Ivey but which let Juanda pocketed $ 129,553.

Phil Laak has broken the endurance record at poker during his extraordinary feat in Las Vegas during which he managed to stay on a poker table during 115 hours. Currently, seven enthusiasts of poker will try to beat that record. This group of seven players named as "The Magnificent Seven" get together around a card table in a hotel in Kufstein, a city in Tyrol in Austria under the direction of the star of German cinema Kruckl Max. This latter announced that his group's intention is to perform 150 hours of play to dismiss on his throne Phil "The Unabomber". Such challenge requires nevertheless a lot of preparation both physically and morally. To this end, members of "The Magnificent Seven" receive adequate medical care to face the situation. It will however not be easy to resist the pressure because they will then play poker for six days and six nights.

The program for the 2010-2011 season, the ninth edition of the World Poker Tour is now known. It includes a total of 12 events. Chronologically, this season 9 will begin as usual with another edition of the Bellagio Cup in Las Vegas in parallel with the Main Event of the World Series of Poker which Day 1A will begin 24 hours during the break at the WSOP. This will allow a massive registration of players, especially professionals. After this first event, players will take the direction of the Bicycle Casino in California, then to London before Atlantic City and to go back on the west coast at the Bellagio after. This ninth season of the WPT 2010-2011 will take place successively in Mashantucket, in Amnéville, Las Vegas, Biloxi, and then at the Commerce Casino in San Jose.

Lacey Jones is one of ladies enthusiasts of poker in recent years. She is far from being a blonde with anything in the head. Hers, she has filled up. She combines the job of presenter, a model and professional poker player. This means that she is a very active girl like all the others coming from Manhattan Beach. With her passion for poker, she managed to find work in which she excels and which is well worth. Professional poker player since at least 2006, she has accumulated during her career gain which amounts around 17,543 dollars. From mid-July, she will become the host of the television show "Doubles Championship Poker" on GSN, a program that will soon become unmissable on television.

HORSE is a variant of poker that requires great skill and a high level of play from the player. Apparently, Phil Ivey is one who has these qualities because he was able to win the HORSE $ 3,000 buy-in World Series of Poker. Ivey who is no longer to introduce in the poker world because of his many previous successful exploits prove once again his great kill. On the third day of competition at the WSOP HORSE event, there were only 25 competitors to start the tournament. The field was full of illustrious players who already have numerous bracelets. But ultimately, it's Ivey who won the title for the occasion and won his eighth bracelet.

In Quebec, poker becomes more and more the favorite intellectual sports of the public, including youth under 25 years. The table games on the internet that are familiar to them facilitate their task in online transactions. A recent study by the Department of Public Health of Montreal with ten young composed of eight boys and two girls between 18-25 years in the Quebec region has let know their normal behaviors and their perception of poker. Earning money and realizing a common hobby among friends are the reasons given by a player of poker who become an enthusiast, Guillaume Turgeon, student at the Laboratory of Research in Sociology from Laval University. Two of the ten young people interviewed were also adamant in claiming to be professional players who play up to 20 hours per week to the game.

If the poker community was accustomed to see the magnificent feats of the legendary Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament, his fans are a little disappointed this year because until here, he has not registered a single Pay up among the 37 events already played. The illustrious 76 years player has even admitted that he is going through a dark passage and should perhaps take a break to discover the reasons for this lack of enthusiasm. But if the great man did not have much inspiration on poker tables of the WSOP, he has been rather dynamic in other circumstances.

Recently, the famous Casino Theatre Barriere of Toulouse, in France had the privilege to host the second part of the Barriere Poker Tour 2010. It was the rendezvous-vous eagerly awaited by poker enthusiasts in the region but especially members of the newly established team of Barriere. We also noticed the presence of other persons among the 124 participants, such as Roger Hairabedian who was crowned Player of the Year in 2009 and Jean-Jacques Mars, known as the man with cigar. Unfortunately, they didn't arrive to pick up any paid place and the prize pool of € 100,000. For recall, there was a dozen paid places in that tournament. And for this second edition, Ludovic Lacay had a successor in the person of Cedric Demoren a player coming from the region.

The management of online games is a national issue in Vietnam. Within this framework, the Ministry of Information and Communication of the country recently convened a seminar to collect different opinions on a draft regulation to promote and build thriving administration of online gaming. For professionals, they spread the positive impacts of online games such as creating jobs, increasing the number of Internet users and not forgetting the increase of budget revenues. This vision has been corrected by the Deputy Minister of Information and Communication, Do Quy Doan, supported by the chief of management of radio, television and electronic information. Indeed, he accentuated the importance of accompanying measures for effective management to enhance the quality of the expertise of the game content as well as inspections and audits within the companies concerned.

It must be said that the World Series of Poker 2010 is full of events designed to delight all fans of poker. In the Event # 34, seniors were honored because this is a special tournament for them. Indeed, poker lovers aged 50 and over competed in the tables of Seniors NL Hold'em $ 1,000 buy-in tournament. This event has met a huge success as it enjoyed a field of 3,142 participants. They were nine players who reach the final table and each of them was implementing unique styles of play to take the title. But luck was on the side of Harold Angle, a 78 years old man who stood out in front of this broad field.

At the beginning of the 41st World Series of Poker, the press community was convinced that 2010 would bring luck to descendants of Eve and not less than three WSOP bracelets will fall into their hands. At the moment, at the 4th week of the tournament, these odds are all false because any woman player has yet won a single trophy until here. For example, there is Jennifer Harman who achieved until here the best woman performance by taking the third place in the $ 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 event, and Christine Pietsch, who finished second in the Event # 21 $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud for a gain of $ 86,756, and also JJ Liu ranked third in an event of Pot Limit Hold'em $ 1,500 buy-in.

While the World Series of Poker 2010 in Las Vegas scored four victories of British players and 35 bracelets awarded on the evening of June 20th, 2010 on the 57 expected until mid-July of this year, many other international poker events are not far behind. There were among others the first coronation of the young Swede of 27 years, William Thorson at the Baltic Festival. Indeed, in the Main Event tournament held in Tallinn, Estonia from last 16th to 19th June, in the final duel, which has clashed him with Dominykas Karmazin, Thorson managed to win the title. With this victory, he won the € 80,823 dedicated to the winner, which represents just over 1.2 million Estonian kroons, the first major victory of the young player.

Everyone knows the decline that the World Poker Tour (WPT) has experienced recently. To enhance its image, the CEO of the tournament, Steve Huller, called the great talent and innovative ideas of Matt Savage and named him to the post of Executive Director of the tournament. This decision has been revealed to the public last Wednesday, June 16th in a press release. In fact, Matt Savage has earned a strong reputation in the poker world. He has been widely recognized through his position as presenter of the show "Inside Poker" and his presence attracted considerable attention in the Warner Bros. film entitled "Lucky You". He also demonstrated his serious involvement in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star as the founder of the Association of Directors of the tournaments. And these numerous achievements were rewarded when he received the first Award Benny Binion.

The 23rd day of the World Series of Poker 2010 in Las Vegas saw the attribution of two more bracelets in the Events # 32 and 33. It took four hours to count before the audience see to emerge the final victory in the Event # 32 of Papola Jeffrey. He faced Men Ngyuen, seven times champion, including during the Event # 10 Seven Card Stud World Championship of $ 10,000 buy-in of this year, and becomes first player alongside Michael Mizrachi and James Dempsey at the classification Player of the Year 2010 of the WSOP. Note that these two players both have 180 points each. No doubt, they will not let themselves be beaten easily in this title race.

French players accumulate more and more exploits at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010. In the $ 10,000 buy-in Heads'up event, a poker player from France has indeed finished in the 5th place and won, thanks to this ranking a wonderful prize of $ 92,580. It is Ludovic Lacay aka "Sir Cuts”. Indeed, last Sunday, the 25 years player form Toulouse was eliminated by the Russian player Alexander Kostritsyn. Despite his competence and the level of play he has shown, Lacay hadn't resist the attacks of the Russian player. Thus, he had to leave the tournament to rank in the 5th place. It's still a magnificent achievement and we can say that the French poker community was widely represented at this tournament.

A record turnout of players marked this year the tournament $ 1,500 Seven Card Stud High Low of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). 644 competitors were present at this competition against 466 last year with an attendance rate of 38% more. This even collected then a prize pool of $ 869,400, which amount has been distributed to the 64 players of the top ranking. It has also been marked by the solid performance of players who already have a place inside poker community as John D'Agostino ranked 62nd, Phil Ivey 52nd, Scott Clements 41st, Brandon Cantu 17th and Blair Rodman who moved up to the 14th place.

For ten years now, the association created by Marie-Line Davène, “Vivre son enfance” (Living his childhood), helps children who have difficulty to go to school in India. This year, to reach its goal to build four additional classrooms, this philanthropist is organizing a small charity poker tournament. Her association has its headquarters in Pau, France and sponsors already sixty little Indians. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the founder decided to launch the challenge to build four new classrooms. The association is trying as best it can to fulfill the maximum needs of these young pupils. In collaboration with the sisters of the congregation, Marie-Line Davène has purchased three cows and three calves last year to supply milk to children in each school it sponsors. On average, the association dedicated annually € 3,000 for the assistance it gives to these schools.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) continues to crown of talented players. Some champions are well known by the poker community while others are young prodigies or newcomers in the game. Jeff Tebbens is concerned by this second case. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri in 1994, and sells medical devices in Overland Park, Kansas. He participated in the $ 1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship event of the WSOP 2010. This nerd from Kansas has been absent from work last Monday to try his luck. He never imagined to reach the final stage, but ultimately, he proved he was powerful enough to dominate the broad field of 3,289 players and be on the table among the final nine players most deserving of the event. Tebbens told that the game was actually very stressful and this global tournament saw the participation of famous players who have gained considerable experience like Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Harman, Men Nguyen and Phil Hellmuth.

At the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Circuit of this summer, Dwyte Pilgrim, a former loan officer in Brooklyn, New York, proved that he is the best player. He is well known in the poker community thanks to his great exploits in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit. Pilgrim began his professional career in poker in 2006 and then followed with online tournaments. He said he has always wanted to be his own boss, and this prompted him to quit his job to get into the gaming world. At first, he faced difficulties to live his passion as he was unable to expand his competence in Brooklyn. Thus, he migrated to Atlantic City to familiarize more with poker and he participated in cash games tournaments at the Casino Taj Mahal. His first participation in a major tournament came in 2008 at the Borgata Poker Open and since then he broke into the professional world by joining the WSOP Circuit, where his performances have been greatly rewarded.

Nikita still can't believe that she has the chance to attend on this 27th June to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. During this tournament, she will abandon her usual routine and shellfish and seafood will have to remain well behaved. Her poker club of Soulac, in France will not fail to support here and members will be glued on their screens on next June 27th. Recall that in her club, they put no money but only chips and the players just pay the sum of 30 € per year. They give appointments every Monday evening for small internal tournaments. They are therefore eager to see the performance of Muriel Kops who proudly represent their club and will have their support as was done for Olive 33, leader of the club Dame de Coeur.

Admittedly, poker is a very popular game and there are those who let themselves be carried away by their passion and are sometimes participating in illegal tournaments. Moreover, seeing the enthusiasm of people for this card game, many people went to trespass the law to play illegal poker tournament. In Pierrelaye, in the department of Val d'Oise, in France, the police of Cergy nad discovered such event on the night of June 10th to 11th, 2010. The police have already investigated about the holding of a poker tournament in the club restaurant located on the Boulevard du Havre, Pierrelaye since March. It appears that the managers have even made commercials promising beautiful prizes for winners to attract the attention of players. So that night, police raided there and they surprised the players in full play, they were beginning a game of Texas Hold'em.

The public has given its decision on the names of 20 players among the 27 taking part in the Tournament of Champions (TOC) of the WSOP which will take place in Hotel Rio All-Suite Casino in June 27th, 2010. The verdict of this decisive choice was unveiled Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 at midnight. Of more than 350,000 votes received from voters, Phil Ivey has won the most votes, 16,267, followed closely by Daniel Negreanu, 16,239, that is to say, 28 votes less. In the third place is the godfather of poker Doyle Brunson, who was elected by 13,796 voters. With 12,673 votes, Phil Hellmuth is fourth. Then come respectively from 5th to 20th elected by fans of poker Chris Ferguson (11,585 votes), Allen Cunningham (10,486), Johnny Chan (10,434), Scotty Ngyuen (9,834), Barry Greenstein (9,806), John Juanda (8,835), Erik Seidel (8,802), Jennifer Harman (8,206), Huck Seed (8,108), Dan Harrington (7,342), TJ Cloutier (6,281), Sammy Farha (6,085), Howard Lederer (5,596), Craig Raymer (5,404), Joe Hachem (5,272) and Antonio Esfandiari with 5,129 voters.

To the delight of poker enthusiasts in Los Angeles, the North American Poker Tour (NAPT) will stop in this city from the 12th to the 17th November 2010. It is a monumental event. This poker tournament has always had great success if we only talk about 700 to 1,500 participants in the Main Event. This year, the Bicycle Casino will host the prestige of this wonderful tournament especially since the casino has gained a reputation as an institution of lately game. It was already the host of many major tournaments and its exceptional and sumptuous structure has always delighted the poker community to participate in the various events hold there.

Two Events of the World Series of Poker have been marked by the return of Shawn Deeb after six months of break on the poker circuit. He reached the 164th spot with a gain of $ 3,163 in the $ 1,500 NLHE won by Praz Bansi and earned a sum of $ 3,750 for his 86th place in the $ 1,000 NLHE won by Steve Gee. The American player has been noted among others during his participation in the Ladies Event contest, masked and dressed as a woman for the occasion. In addition, Shaun Deeb, who explained the reasons of his decision to come back on poker tables, including a better approach of the game, acquiring a more relaxed attitude and a new vision of reality, has unveiled his calendar after the WSOP. He plans, inter alia, participation in the European Poker Tour Tallinn, in Europe in order to stay there a long month.

Last Sunday, Antoine Saout has been part of participants in the € 200 side events held at the Casino Barrière of Cannes. Under the preparation for the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, this player had chosen this tournament to train before he had to face the greats of this card game. That Sunday, three tournaments were held in parallel with the final of the € 1,500 Main Event. Antoine Saout had also participated in another side event of € 210. Remember that he is not a player like another but a player who arrived in the third place at the WSOP Main Event 2009. He was last year the pride of France, thanks to his performance, a first in the history of French poker. Saout has maintained throughout this tournament his aggressive technique that let him to reach this rank. Although the amount earned that tournament of Sunday was not worth the millions at stake in the main event but he still used this event in order to properly prepare for the WSOP.

Vanessa Hellebuyck is the first poker star to have successfully defended the honor of French players at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010, by winning the victory in the Ladies Event. But before being a poker superstar, Vanessa is a mother filled and loved by her family. She lives in happiness in Paris alongside her husband who is also a fan of poker and their two daughters. She focuses much on her family and to be able to take good care of them, Vanessa decided to work at home as a graphic designer. She discovered her passion for poker thanks to her brother and she started in online tournaments 4 years ago. She choose low buy-in tournaments because she is not a real big fan of betting. And it turns out that she has already experienced great success because she managed to accumulate a bankroll of $ 5,000.

27 of the 212 players present at the Event # 25 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better World Championship of $ 10,000 buy-in of the World Series of Poker shared the prize pool of $ 1,992,800. An event won by Sam Farha, a player with 4.3 million chips at the beginning of the head's up final against the defending champion James Dempsey, who, for his part had 2.1 million chips. However, the route before reaching this stage was strewn with obstacles with the presence of big name of poker like Yueqi Zhu, winner of the World Team Poker, Eugene Kachalov, Sergey Altbregin, Steve Wong and Tony Merksick are all four serious competitors, and there were also Abe Mosseri 2009 champion and Michael Chow. For his success, the new title holder pocketed the tidy sum of $ 488,237 plus a third bracelet after his previous wins in Pot Limit Omaha $ 2,500 in 1996 and Omaha Hi / Lo in 2006.

Only poker sites located on French territory are subject to taxation and control of the French State at the moment with as unique imposition tax 2% of all stake on each gaming table. The fact that is problematic to the new Regulatory Authority of online games or ARJEL is the definition of the extent of the perimeter leaving the field open to fraud and tax evasion to which control is supported by strict rules of the OECD in March 2010. In the other hand, the new French draft law in its Article 21 concerning online games clearly states that only operators having an agreement containing an administrative assistance clause in the fight against fraud and tax evasion have the right to apply for registration as gaming operator. This is also in contradiction with the principle of free movement of goods, services and people of countries member of the European Union.

A new way of playing poker is beginning to have more and more usefulness nowadays. In online poker, the robot poker is another craftiness to play. Many persons consider it as cheating because this machine plays in place of the player and it is sometimes unidentified by a simple participant. The robot poker is nothing else than a software as the other one. The difference is situated in the fact that it replaces its owner. It is the more or less autonomous IT program which has the capacity to play online poker as a human can do. There are two types of robot poker : the downloadable and configurable, and those who are created by players who know computer programming.

Even if almost all the community of poker had eyes riveted on the events of the World Series of poker, fascinating poker tournaments also took place out of the big city of Las Vegas as the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour ( ANZPT) which was held in the casino of Canberra, in the Australian capital. This magnificent competition attracted numerous poker players as everyone expect it, the battle during the championship was of such a ferocity as the 9 players who rose in finale gained hard their places. Nevertheless, 21 participants were awarded for their performances and Selina Bodel was a member of it because she managed to appear in the 10th position. She pocketed for the occasion $ 6,878.

Two Events of the World Series of Poker indicated their champions. First of all, the Event #18 saw finally the victory of the runner-up of a $ 1,500 Limit Hold' em in 2006 and 10th of the world championship of the same variant in 2008, Eric Buchman, in front of Brent Courson at the final table. He collected after this coronation $ 203.607 as well as his first WSOP bracelet. In the Event # 19, David Baker, one from the pretenders to the " WSOP Player of the year " gained easily the Deuce to Seven Draw Lowball, a tournament of $10.000 buy-in face to 101 participants, with Eric Cloutier as opponent during the final heads'up. The prizepool amounted to $ 949.400. The American collected $ 294.314 making him an earnings in live tournament of more than one million dollars.

We can say that the World Series of Poker 2010 in Las Vegas did not succumb to the financial crisis in Europe and will not worry too much with another recession in the United States. That's what Seth Palansky, the communications director of the WSOP said to the Californian daily newspaper Los Angeles Times. According to the figures recorded during the first ten days of the 57 competitions planned until July 17, 2010 at Rio Casino, the number of registered participants is rising compared to 2009 with a growth rate of 5% compared to the last edition in three tournaments : 421 players were enrolled at the $ 10,000 buy-in tournament and 792 players at the first tournament of $ 5,000. The turnout at No-Limit Hold'em has risen by 21%.

If some months before, the name of Vladimir Schmelev was virtually unknown to the poker community, now it has gained a good reputation thanks to the exploits that the Russian player has done recently. The World Series of Poker tournament has just begun and has already seen Schmelev great success as a place as runner up at the $ 50,000 Players Championship Event, ranking seventh in a seven-card stud championship of $ 10,000 buy-in and seven-card stud eight-or-better championship of $ 10,000. And last Saturday, he again tried to appear on the final table of an event with a very high buy-in. This was in the $ 10,000 buy-in Omaha eight-or-better.

A new name will become known in the poker world through the Pot-Limit Omaha of the WSOP in Las Vegas. France can be proud of Thibaut Klinghammer who, for a first performance had stood up face to great names of poker and get to the second place. He thus gives his country the honor of having one of the finest feats of the moment. This young man live of poker for two years now after having worked in Finance sector in Luxembourg. He is a player who is virtually unknown to the public although he is mostly in casinos in Austria, but this good ranking will boost his career.

The Ladies Event tournament of the World Series of Poker 2010 (WSOP) has seen an invasion of male players. This situation had somewhat annoyed women stars, who led tournament officials to send them their sincere apologies and promise them a ladies tournament as they are waiting for in the next edition. But despite this fact, this event of the WSOP had experienced a staggering battle because queens of poker have demonstrated their great skill during the tournament. The final table of this poker event have faced nine women whose Allison Whalen, Bonnie Overfield, Holly Hodge, Kami Chisholm, La Sengphet, Loren Watterworth, Sidsel Boesen, Timmi Derosa and Vanessa Hellebuyck.

Given the scope of work that is the responsibility of the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) in France after the validation of the opening of the French gambling online market, some advice from highly qualified people in the world of online poker would prove essential. This is especially true as the content of legislation on this deal is vague on some points. These fervent advisers of ARJEL should have perfect knowledge of the virtual world of this game very popular so they can provide appropriate advice to resolve problems that might occur during the transit time. And already, the ARJEL has received the application of a known entity. Indeed, the Club of Clubs (CDC) has filed its candidacy to the Prime Minister Francois Fillon last week for its eligibility for the post.

27 players of whom 25 are former winners of the World Series of Poker will meet on June 27th, 2010 in the Tournament of Champions (TOC) for a freeroll event with $ 1,000,000 guaranteed. During the second week of June, an indication was given on the candidate who will occupy the last seat missing for this great event, not later than the 10th of this month, a Sit'n Go 9 players held for the nine best players who hadn't yet won a bracelet in the World Series has designated the French Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier among the 27 who will be entitled to participate in the TOC.

Steven Gee was the player ranked at the first place during the $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament of the WSOP whose final was played last Thursday, June 10th. He managed to get his first bracelet face to Matthew Vance with the tidy sum of 472,479 dollars. This new winner frequent the world of poker since this last thirty years, not as a player but as an employee in poker rooms of California. Now aged 54 years, Steven has managed to beat big names in poker like Matthew Vance and David Baker who ranked second and third in the final table. He can be very proud of his performance since he managed to rise above the fray of 3,042 participants. This tournament he won is part of the second part of the $ 1,000 tournament among the busiest in the series.

After a superb victory at the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Barcelona, the young prodigy of poker Carter Phillips has won his first bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Indeed, this young 21 years old passionate of poker has won the title of the No Limit Hold'em / Six Handed $ tournament of $ 1,500 buy-in. This Event # 16 of the WSOP has registered a huge field of 1,663 participants composed of many famous young players. This championship was a meeting point for young talent in the world of poker because the average age of competitors was 22.8 years. Thus, the final table had seen the facing of eight young poker players most of whom were Americans.

This is no longer a dream but a reality. The first meeting of the Inter-club "Croc All in" club belonging to a community of poker players of the department of Gard, in France will finally take place next July 4th. A dozen clubs in the region with over one hundred players will participate in this great regional event concocted since a few times by a dynamic team that seeks to organize an important event. They chose a spacious place to contain the crowd of Gard players, according to the words of Rachel aka "Chouche" of “Croc All in” and confirmed also by Pierre Alexandre aka "Boby" creator and founder president of the club with Jean-Philippe aka "the Muz".

In order to give full satisfaction to poker enthusiasts who can't attend or participate in the WSOP in Las Vegas, this weekend, that is to say from next June 10th to 13th, the Casino Barrière hosts a poker festival. During these few days, a live Main Event € 1,500 Deepstack tournament will be one of the highlights of the festival. To get there, players can choose from several satellites that offer tickets to participate in this Event. Two side-events shouldn't be forgotten during this stage of the Barrière Poker Tour which take place on La Croisette. During this Deepstack Main Event held on June 11th at 9 hours p.m, 30,000 tokens will be offered. Two hundred players are expected to attend this event that Barrière organizes on a game room totally renovated.

After the great success experienced at the Australian Deaf Poker Championship tournament in 2009 in Sydney, a tournament dedicated to deaf, which attracted 88 poker enthusiasts, another appointment is coming and it is planned for October 8th and 9th, 2010 in Melbourne. Indeed, the next competition will be held at Local Hotel in Port Melbourne. For this step, the organizers expect the participation of 100 poker players suffering of deafness. In partnership with a company that works to promote the poker industry, the event will feature competitors a Deepstack tournament for the first time, dealers will be on the gaming tables to offer to the competition a much more official event and to allow players to experience the sensation and experience of a real exciting tournament.

The Events of World Series of Poker are in full swing and spectators go from surprise to surprise. After his first final table missed in the $ 2,500 PLO tournament of the WSOP in 2005, Frank Kassela have given the best of himself face to the eight other heavyweights invited to the final table in the Event # 15 Seven Card Hi-Low Split 8 or Better. The new world champion had ejected one by one Dario Minieri, Gary Benson, Jennifer Harman, John Juanda, Kirill Rabtsov, Steve Zolotow and Vladimir Schemelev, before eliminating during the last duel of the end Allen Kessler who received his first WSOP bracelet with a gain of $ 447,446.

James Collopy alias Mr_BigQueso, a newcomer in the arena of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), is still in the race for a bracelet in the Event # 16 $ 1,500' Short-Handed' no-limit Hold'em. For this first attempt, the young student of economics has a big target, for that he will take part in many tournaments as possible in Las Vegas including the 'mixed events' low buy-in. Indeed, over the previous two years, he had only fund poker players and just watched the parties. Until now, Collopy has only played in competitions 'live' outside the U.S. because the legal age of 21 years to play in casino in America, against 18 in the Old Continent, obstructed his participation. Until here, he was able to accumulate a little more than one million dollars in winnings pocketed during the European Poker Tour Barcelona 2009, the EPT Vilamoura, EPT Snowfest, and the WPT Marrakech. He was 21 years old since last March 21st.

After the publishing of the first list of legal sites established in France where to play online is now authorized, a list published in the Official Gazette of last Tuesday, June 8th, 2010, the Regulatory Authority of Online Gambling (ARJEL) concocts already the fterpart. If a total of 17 licenses for sports betting and poker has in fact already been unveiled, several operators have also deposited their demands and are still get impatient on the outcome of their application. Indeed, a total of 35 license applications have been received by the authority but a few criteria for compliance of certain candidates and the analysis of their records have not yet allowed to deliver the sesame.

An unfortunate tragedy has descended upon the poker community. The 55 years Texas Hold'em player, Paul Kitsos aka “Smalls” died aboard a flight of the United Airlines Flight 863 which left JFK airport to San Francisco on last Monday at 5 : 25 p.m. The poker player's intention was to reach Las Vegas to participate in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament. After 20 minutes of flight, this man of 1m 80 and weighing 159 kg complained of being sick according to the information gathered. When a manager of the flight approached him, Kitsos was sweating and had a huge difficulty in breathing. After a few seconds, the manager of the flight had difficulty to detect a pulse and the doctor on board the aircraft reported his death at 6 : 23 p.m.

Last week-end, poker fever has invaded the Casino Es Saadi Marrakesh, in Morocco. Indeed, the final tournament Marrakesh Poker Open (MPO) was held in this sumptuous Moroccan casino on last Sunday, June 6th. A field of 200 participants consisting of many talented players like Ludovic Lacay, Benjamin Pollak, Pierre Canali, Antoine Saout but also the king of Moroccan poker Roger Hairabedian attended this magnificent event of 4,500 Euro buy-in. Despite the skill of all competitors, only nine players have won the access to the final table. It was Jean-Jacques Mars, Peter Roche, Dimitri Levillain, Wassim Bennis, Yannick Auta, Patrice Chamarre, Anwar Mehltl, Jean-Pierre Gleize who was the chip leader of the day and Christophe Savary.

The Head's up of the Event # 11 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been marked by the victory of the champion of the APPT Auckland Main Event 2009, Simon Watt, who face the legendary cash-game player Tom Dwan. This last was yet on the brink of his first WSOP bracelet and was on the verge of winning tens of millions of dollars which belong to bettors involved in the proposed challenge associated with his performance during this great worldwide event. There was indeed bets on the trophy and 2 million dollars were supposed to be the value of a bracelet according to the opinion of Durrr. Tom Dwan, supported and cheered by his fans and supporters in every move of big blind had well managed the tournament throughout the meeting by moving up gradually to the head of the 2,561 players participating in the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em until his final duel against the former software developer, the Australian Simon Watt.

A new opportunity to perform an act of generosity is once again offered to the poker community. Indeed, the charity organization “ Vivre son enfance ” (Living childhood) which works for the sponsorship of unfortunate child in the world including those of India organized a big poker festival. This wonderful event will be held in the ballroom of the town of Abère, near Pau, in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques, in France. Poker enthusiasts are invited to attend this exceptional tournament offering a free Deepstack part. Those wishing to attend the event could enroll while paying the entrance fee of 40 Euro.

The tournament Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) 2010 ended last Saturday, June 5th at Atlantic City casino in Lima, Peru's capital, with an outstanding achievement done by the Argentine player Jose Barbero. Indeed, Barbero won the LAPT Lima 2010 and collected thus the handsome sum of $ 250,000 promised to the champion of the Latin American event. Admittedly, this hero has accomplished an extraordinary performance in his career because he currently holds two LAPT trophies. Effectively, Barbero is the winner of the stage Punta del Este in Uruguay of this same poker tournament in February during which he pocketed a handsome reward of $ 279,330.

The work of the French new Regulatory Authority on online gambling (Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne or ARJEL) is moving forward as we approach the starting of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. This is actually the final straight of a process that began there a few months ago. The final validation of the law relating to online gambling, poker and online sports betting are completed last month, the publication of licenses was expected and have just been published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010. According to this approval, seventeen sites which belong to 11 companies now called "operators" such as the PMU, La Française des Jeux, Sajoo, BES SAS, Bwin Interactive Entertainment AG, SPS Betting France, France Pari ... will be the first to offer this kind of business over the Internet.

The sad story of the robbery at the European Poker Tour in Berlin, occurred three months ago is still in the heads. Since then, many perpetrators of the attack are behind bars of prison. Recently, the Associated Press has revealed that the German police has arrested another suspect who is closely linked to the incident in Berlin. He is not a simple draftsman because that man would be the brain and the initiator of the attack of the tournament. The man, whose nationality has not yet been disclosed had himself taken part in the EPT Berlin, carefully scrutinizing the strategic places where the revenues of the casinos were stored. He then furnish to the thieves the information he has collected on the scene, said the spokesman of Berlin Public Prosecutor, Martin Steltner.

Since recent years, it appears that most French terrestrial casinos are faltering and some have even lost all their feathers. By analyzing the reasons of this fact, assumptions do not fail to catch the eye of observers. But on whom should we throw stones ? Casino and poker are in the world since very very long time and has never ceased to entertain fans of gambling, but the evolution of technology and the legislation seems to have had a detrimental impact on the survival of these institutions. Today, there are online gaming casinos, which is an alternative to terrestrial gaming room. One of the advantages put forward by the operators of these sites is time saving. In fact, playing on the web requires no travel. The player just needs a computer, a modem and an Internet connection and that's all. Do not forget also the facilities they offer to attract customers : bonuses, the opportunity to play and even win bonus without doing any deposit.

A new chart is added to the exploits performed by the Vietnamese, Men Nguyen. Indeed, this illustrates poker player has won face to a field of 150 participants the title of the $ 10,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud tournament. His competitors during this event of the World Series of Poker were all major players like Michael Mizrachi, Schmelev Vladimir, Steve Billirakis or Joe Cassidy but they did not stop him from a victory. In other words, these poker enthusiasts who were part of the final table despite their skill and great ability have failed to thwart the plan of victory of the Vietnamese.

Now, the name of Phil Laak will be entered in the Guinness Book of Records with his new record for the longest game of poker played. Indeed, the American star of poker has reached his goal of beating simultaneously official and unofficial records in playing poker with more than 79 hours playing without interruption in a casino table, in Las Vegas as planned. First, officially, the 37 years old player has exceeded the best time of 72 hours and 2 minutes done by his compatriot Larry Olmsted 6 years ago, in 2004 in a casino in the northeast of the U.S.A, in Connecticut. Similarly, Phil Laak beat also a few minutes to Paul Zimbler's unofficially record of 78 hours and 45 minutes realized in a poker table in London, in September 2009.

If on schedule, the decrees implementing the new French legislation on online poker should be enacted within days, i.e on next June 11th, has been postponed to the end of June. Indeed, Malta has objected to one concept of the new regulations, which is for recall should opens the door to competition. On May 13th, the draft law on the introduction of competition and industry regulation of gambling and online gambling has been voted by the French deputies. And the Autorité de Régulation des Jeux En Ligne (ARJEL or Regulatory Authority of Online Gambling) has a target to issue a certain number of licenses for various sites from next Tuesday. This new law affects three main areas : sports betting, the horse betting and poker.

Most professional poker players use performance-enhancing drugs to keep their shape, according to a study by the Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Florida. Products range from one player to another, there are those who directly provide drugs like marijuana, cocaine or amphetamines, others prefer drugs like Valium or energy drinks or other products containing of caffeine and guarana. According to Kevin Clauson professor at the Pharmaceutical Section of NSU, "illegal" drug intake improves stamina and concentration for players, but cause adverse consequences and bad effects in the short and medium term on the player.

The Swiss Federal Tribunal has released a decree that prohibits the holding of poker tournament outside of legal gambling establishment, meaning casinos. One of the organizers of these private tournaments protested against this decision because he is the big loser in the case. Leo or Luke Angeloz is organizing private Texas Hold'em poker tournaments and also owner of a private poker room. He has already recorded more than twenty tournaments of Texas Hold'em, the form of poker the most popular. He complains of the investment he already realized in his establishment, with more than 15,000 francs committed in terms of infrastructure. To this end, he found incomprehensible the decision of the Court of Mon-Repos, which described the poker as a game of chance. He has entirely a different view and said that "there is certainly some chance, but this is far from dominant," and he said if the champions of poker in the world are always the same, that is because of their know-how and their technics.

Some 358 players showed up for the $ 5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout during the two days of competition in the World Series of Poker 2010 (WSOP). A tournament highly anticipated by poker fans who saw the coronation of the young Joshua Tieman face to the competitors invited at the final table. One after one, he put off the French Nicolas Levi rank No. 5, the American professional Joseph Elpayaa ranked fourth and the British expert Stuart Rutter lying in the third place to overcome the other British Neil Channing during the final head's up. Thus, he won for the first time in his career his first gold bracelet after three attempts at the WSOP final table including one last year in the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em with a ninth place and he also finished third in 1,500 $ No Limit Hold'em 2006 WSOP.

The beautiful city of Lima, Peru's capital, host since Wednesday the third season of the prestigious poker tournament of South America, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT). The championship takes place at Atlantic City Casino in Lima and the participants will enjoy unforgettable game at the heart of a city rich in historical monuments which have attracted tourists for many years such as the University of San Marcos, the Municipal Theatre, the Cathedral of Lima and the Torre Tagle Palace. Moreover, the capital of Peru has received the privilege of being one of the world heritage following the declaration of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1991.

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), the law on online games transactions considering as illegal this kind of transfer came was applied since June the 1st, 2010 in the United States. This U.S. law has created a huge discontent within the community of online gaming sites and poker room in the land of Uncle Sam since his proposal four years ago until that fateful day, continues to create polemics. Even if all measures have been taken, via internet, poker sites still drain a lot of people and reach more than 60,000 daily players.

The American poker star, Michael Mizrachi has just won his first bracelet in the World Series of Poker as being the champion of the $ 50,000 Player Poker Championship event of the WSOP 2010. The tournament has attracted many enthusiasts of the game like the Mizrachi brother who holds a WSOP bracelet in 2007 in part. Moreover, the two brothers (Michael and Robert) have all managed to reach the final table of this staggering championship. Michael Mizrachi has not registered a huge success since 2007 despite his talent. But then he has done an outstanding achievement at this event at the WSOP and took over the Chip Reese trophy.

Poker enthusiasts around the world are since last weekend completely in the atmosphere of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). About sixty tournaments await enthusiasts of this game that attracts players from around the globe. Las Vegas will be for French players the land of revenge. They really want to be in the head of the list this year and win some bracelets against their poor performance of last year. This is why France is present in these WSOP 2010 with major players, these are indeed "biggest" French poker players of the circuit who are there. Like the French David Benyamine who lives in Las Vegas for several years now, he is in the lot of the best poker players in the world. At 38 years old, he is known as the most powerful of French players. Having behind him five years of games, he has already won the Omaha Hi / Lo tournament in 2008 with 535,687 dollars.

Since Saturday, May 29th, 2010, poker fans could flip through the number 35 of the magazine Live Poker. On the cover of the magazine, there is the former member of the famous French rap group NTM, Kool Shen. He who comes to stand in the latest World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour delivers during an exclusive interview his love for poker. Live Poker devotes six pages to this famous artist who is also an outstanding poker player. Also in the register of interviews, Antoine Amourette talks about his WPT Grand Prix de Paris in the category express interview. The magazine also reviews the current vogue in June in a post dedicated to the opening of the French market of online poker and sports betting and the recent major competitions, including the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo, the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris and the World Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio.

While the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas attracted particular attention of fans of poker, the online cash game player from New Jersey, Tom Dwan "durrrr" makes the tournament even more exciting by putting his know-how value. Indeed, Tom Dwan offers a challenge and a bet on his performance during this great event in the global field for participants who could bring big on success. From $ 5,000 bet, "Durrrr" by winning a bracelet would pick up a large sum of money of at least two million dollars. Tom Dwan offers then the following bids, a rating of 3.25 for a gain against a WSOP bracelet this year and 2 against 1 for two bracelets win during the next 36 months including in London. In addition, the talented player from New Jersey also spices up the challenge by integrating the probable success of contenders like Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu.

The biggest event for poker players is currently underway at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas. To this end, various poker tournaments on the 57 meetings scheduled until the end of this series are already played. If the tournament reserved for casino employees has already a winner, Pham, in the Event# 2, the Mizrachi brothers have both advanced to the final table together, a situation not very common but does exist well. The woes of Michael Mizrachi with the U.S. government and the Tax administration seem well behind him now and he leads merrily the tournament. His brother Robert is following him and ranks near Michael for the best seats. For the Event #4, Sasha Rosewood maintain his lead and Drew Crawford ahead the 41 players who survived during the previous day. For the fifth stage of this tournament, there remain only 223 players on the 2,092 who took the start.

The fourth stage of the season 2 of the European Masters of Poker Tournament (EMOP) has to close. This edition was held in a charming town of Italy, in the Casino di Campione. Several poker stars have participated in this exceptional championship and after two days of battles, the competitors for the final stood out. Thus, the final table of this Italian EMOP had seen the qualifying of three local players who are Fabio Percopo, Giacomo Caci and Giovanni Sutera, including two Finns Janne Pitko and Atte Koskivirta, two Swedes Matz Svensen and Kally Ly and two Slovaks Primoz Tomaz and Ureka Kogovsek.

Just after the starting of the WSOP, organizers were faced with what appeared to be a first attempt of cheating. When distributing the cards at the Orange table 323 during the first day, one player has stopped the gesture of the dealer who gave the cards. John D'Agostino had noticed that one playing card looked marked. When we looked closely at the card in question, we see that a corner had been torn. Participants at the table and the casino staff were surprised about the identity and the thought of the author of this marking. Indeed, the torn corner of the card was too visible for it to be described as voluntary. The player who discovered the incident has also highlighted that there are better ways to mark a card.

The world of online poker has once again recorded a regrettable incident that could damage its image. Indeed, Blair Robertson, a young man of 21 years-old from Gourock, in Scotland has forged the signature of his father in order to cash a check of £ 24,450 for taking holidays, buying a car and opening an online game account. In an interview with Greenock Telegraph, Robertson said he had access to the account of the firm of his father and began stealing checks to satisfy his passion for online games. He has 17 cards casino and he often play online poker. He also revealed he banked £ 1,000 to each party.

The Main Event of the tournament Melbourne Poker Championship closed its final day of competition on Monday at the majestic Crown Casino of Melbourne, Australia. The battle was very animated. After the draw for seats, the 10 finalists began the final. The first elimination took place after three hours of play when Jarred Graham hadn't resist the unstoppable attacks of Minh Nguyen. The runner-up of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) 2010 tournament, Andrew Skarf, then followed after a defeat by Mark Iskander. After the departure of Skarf, disposals have increased in speed, leaving only the heads'up final. Thus, a final head's up look like a tennis match was played between the chip leader of the final day, Brendon Rubie and Minh Nguyen.

Last week-end, 142 poker players took part in the tournament which is part of the NLHE Morocco Poker Championship. At the end of this event, Jeremy Palvini was the winner with a gain of € 16,060. This tournament is important because it serves as an introduction to the 15th Marrakesh Poker Open to be held at the beginning of June at the Es Saadi Casino. Players who often frequent the establishment have not missed the appointment. There was, for example, the involvement of Ange-François Cucchi, David Fisher or Olivier Chaignard. During this tournament, a French player Patrick Sacrispeyre who became a regular of Marrakesh managed to win the second place with € 10,501 of prize.

And they're off to the World Series of Poker 2010! The eyes of poker fans are turning at Rio casino in Las Vegas. All the big names of the poker world are attending this event which kick off was given on Friday, May 28th. Sixty tournaments will be played during one month. The Rio will host for the last time this championship because organizers had planned to produce the future editions of the tournament in their own home. 27 bracelets will be offered to winners of the 2010 edition. Having started with a tournament reserved for casino employees, the place was then given to the Poker Player's Championship worth $ 50,000, a very expensive tournament which only great famous and very wealthy players had access. They were 116 in all.

208 players battled for two days at the Super Satellite Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) in Forges-les-Eaux. The record time ever beaten at the PPT in terms of playing time at a final table has been registered. The tournament was effectively held in just 120 minutes. For this final, 20 players competed for the qualifying ticket and this game was very fast because the player of the French capital, Kalfon Frank was almost unpredictable and with high strategy. In summary, the Parisian had done a second day without fail after a long route marked by a stack continuously in grow while other participants took turns the output path.

The month of May 2010 ends with the first edition of the BMW Poker Tour on the island of La Reunion after 30 days of competition with the six qualifying tournaments. During the final table which took place at the Casino de Saint-Gilles during the day of Sunday, May 30th, the eight finalists players gave their best for six hours of play to clinch the ticket to the annual world championship in Las Vegas with an all inclusive package. After 360 minutes of match, Loïc Virapin-Apu was the winner of these tournaments and therefore will represent the small island of the Indian Ocean.

The finals of the first Coupe de France de Poker (France Poker Cup) has indeed closed in Monte Carlo with the victory of Nicolas Villemin. 2,500 poker enthusiasts of France were involved in the qualifying tournaments that were held in different regions of France to be among the competitors in this grand final in Monaco. The route of this young poker player was remarkable for having been ranked 6th in the selection of Versailles, he has performed an extraordinary feat in the final championship. Villemin had played a very good game at this tournament and despite the fact that he was the youngest of the final table, he managed to win all his opponents. Initially, Villemin has hit bottom and he was nearly oust but his determination finally allowed to remain on the table game for much longer.
 
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