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The 6th edition of the World Open in London will take place between September 6th and 10th, 2010 at Palm Beach Casino. This is a poker event that will bring together a very exciting field of 48 participants for its $ 10,000 buy-in Main Event. Competitors will have 30,000 starting chips. They compete over 6 tables of 8 players to define the list of finalists who will be composed of the seven best players in the competition. Last year, Phil Laak was the champion of the event. He ousted the German Jan Veit at the final head's up. Already, the Unabomber said he is prepared to defend his honor during the 6th edition. Since the World Open Tournament is scheduled just after the World Poker Tour Classic, Laak said he hopes to win these two tournaments.

The famous bill of the Republican Barney Frank, HR 2267, also known as the Internet Gambling Regulation Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act entered the House Financial Services Committee after a stormy debate between supporters and opponents. Several amendments were added to the bill to liberalize online poker after the markup of Wednesday as the ban for players to make a deposit with a credit card so that online poker rooms will be able to establish a limit of loss of players and also the refusal to grant license to those who have already committed illegal acts. Note that the objective of the legality of this law is to allow the opening of the market for online gaming in the U.S. and apparently it is on the right way to be enacted.

Cuong 'Soi' Nguyen, a poker enthusiast from Vietnam aged 37, is among the favorites who are entering the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010. Cuang Soi Nguyen is not yet a pro poker player like all the other competitors of the November Nine. However, he has the necessary talent and skills to take the title. Indeed, before venturing into this great poker tournament, Soi Nguyen has only played in three live tournaments and it is also his first entry at the WSOP. He works as a manager for medical supplies company but because of his real passion for this popular game in the U.S., actually, Soi Nguyen is an American citizen who lives in California. Even though he is a beginner at the WSOP, Soi Nguyen did not have too much difficulty to reach the final table, a feat that many poker players covet.

The Casino of Montreal in collaboration with Vincent Lecavalier Foundation will organize a charitable poker tournament on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010. This is an event designed to help young students who are in a precarious financial situation which may force them to abandon their studies. Many famous personalities in sports and arts will participate in this charity tournament to be held under the patronage of the famous striker of Lightning of Tampa Bay. The field to participate will be limited to 200 players and those poker fans will pay a buy-in of $ 350 and they will do a re-buy of $ 150 during the competition.

A big festival of poker wait for enthusiasts of the game from August 20th to 28th, 2010. This is the Croatian Poker Series, a poker tournament composed of many very attractive events and takes place in the city of Split in Croatia, a tourist paradise that will impress visitors with its landscapes and historic heritage. Indeed, the city of Split is full of wonderful sights to mention the cascade of Lake Emerald. This getaway in Croatia would not only allow poker players to participate in a wonderful tournament but also spend a dream holiday. The competitors will be staying at the majestic hotel "Le Meridien Lav”, a luxury residence where players can spend real moments of relaxation with its swimming pool, casino, bar, restaurant, a spa, gym and jacuzzi.

Last week, just after the WSOP, poker fans gave an appointment at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles. It is the Million Dollar Guaranteed Trade Championship, a $ 335 buy-in tournament with the particularity as losers can replay by paying a new buy-in. The tournament has recorded unprecedented success with a wide field of 3,300 participants. At first, Matt Savage, tournament director, won his challenge of organizing a poker event with a moderate buy-in but with high jackpot. Many pro players were part of this broad field such as John Pan, Shannon Elizabeth, Maria Ho, Eric Mizrachi, John Cernuto, Nam on Al Barbieri and Phi Nguyen. Some of them were qualified for the paid list. After five days of battle breathtaking, there was more that 315 players in the race. The field was reduced to 135 survivors after two days of competition.

The route of the Norwegian poker player celebrity Annette Obrestad duing the World Series of Poker 2010 has been followed closely by the poker community. Indeed, after her great feat in WSOP Europe, Obrestad has attracted the attention of poker fans and at her first WSOP in Las Vegas, her followers expected from her to accumulate successes. Unfortunately, Obrestad was unable to win a WSOP bracelet this summer. However, she certainly has an enormous talent for the game because she was qualified for four paid places what earned her a magnificent win of $ 40,000. In an interview she gave to Dave McCarthy of Bluff Magazine, Annette said she was a little disappointed with the outcome because she hoped to get at least a final table. But as any professional player, she remains confident in her future.

In collaboration with the Société des Bains de Mer of Monaco, the International Poker Players Association (IPPA) concocts for big fans of High Roller a wonderful tournament for the month of December. This is an outstanding competition as if competitors were accustomed to participate in $ 25,000 buy-in events during this trip to Monte Carlo, they will pay a colossal sum of $ 250,000 this time. Apparently, the year 2010 will end in beauty for poker enthusiasts through this Monte Carlo IPPA Championship. The field for this event will be limited to 48 players and great adventurers can participate in qualifying tournaments to be held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles from August 23rd to 27th.

American people have been long overwhelmed by the excitement of poker. But as a game of chance, poker can’t be played freely outside casinos especially when money is put. But at Portsmouth city located in the State of Virginia, playing poker is legal. Thus, many "poker halls" were opened in the city to satisfy the many fans of the game. But police in Portsmouth has decided to close all institutions in the coming months. Effectively, the police will begin a raid to "poker halls" and will require that their owners cease their activities. The owners of those establishments and players will join then the rank of poker enthusiasts who will be fighting for the legalization of gambling outside casinos.

Filippo Candio is part of the November Nine competitors. The 26-year-old from Calgiari in Sardinia, Italy, has already received like the other players the sum of $ 811,823 as a finalist in the World Series of Poker (WSOP). But in November, he will try to convert his 16 million chips in 8.9 million dollars in real money. Besides his success in the Italian Poker Tour circuit, Candio's still new in North America's tournament and his style of play is still indescribable. However, he has immense talent. Candio studied Greek and Latin at the university and intended to start a career as a lawyer like his father who is also a very famous lawyer in Sardinia. But his passion for the game led him to abandon his studies. He started playing in cash games where he gained his first experience. And like all the other poker players, Candio hopes to win the prestigious title of the WSOP.

Ante Up Magazine has officially crowned Michael 'The Grinder "Mizrachi as poker player of the year. The magazine's editor Chris Cosenza explained that several factors were taken into account in this choice. Many poker players deserve better this price than Mizrachi but Ante Up Magazine has decided to award him for his exceptional courage. Indeed, despite the fact that he has gone through a difficult situation financially these days, Mizrachi has made a great deal this summer. The last two years is still negative period in the career of Mizrachi. But this summer, he showed immense talent and has managed to do many exploits. Among his awards at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) are his qualifying for the November Nine, his victory at the Players Championship of $ 50,000, his 6th place in the Seven-Card Stud $ 10,000 buy-in, his 8th place in Limit Hold'em Championship of $ 10,000 buy-in and his placement at the 26th place in the Mixed Event tournament with $ 25,000 buy-in.

The tournament Sky Poker Tour held at Aspers Casino in Swansea, Wales has crowned its champion who was Mark 'Ratboy71' Brittain. The tournament registered a field of 125 participants. Famous personalities such as the former boxing champion Nicky Piper, James Dempsey who holds a bracelet at the World Series of Poker and the presenter of Sky Poker Ed Giddins participated in the championship. The final took place on Saturday, July 24, 2010 and the final table was composed by Mark Brittain, Chris Blaynee John Yesterday, Tommy Dyer, Steve Luke, Alan Thomas, James Limmer, Carl Williams and William Taylor. Brittain started the final with a short stack but little by little, he finished to get on one's feet again. So, after the elimination of the local player John Heir, Brittain started the final heads'up against Chris Blaynee alias Diggerman.

Doyle Brunson has received in the poker world the reputation of being a living legend. During his career, he continued to amaze his fans and the poker community with his enormous talent. He was named 10 times world champion of poker and so far he continues to pursue a very successful career. But Brunson has had to face many difficulties before obtaining such a merit because at his beginning, the poker world was not highly respectable. In collaboration with the retired of Associated Press, Mike Cochran, Brunson says in his autobiography entitled "Godfather of Poker" his career as a professional poker. He therefore illustrates in this book his past before becoming the ace of poker known by the public.

Each French poker players have good talent and classifying them seems to be a difficult task to accomplish. Nevertheless, the French Federation of Poker Players make an income taking into account the achievements made by players since 2007. Thus, three players topped the list with Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, David Benyamine and Antonio Saout. They were chosen according to their gain in poker tournaments, but the community knows too their talent for the game. In fourth place, there is Anthonny Lellouche with a total gain of over 2.22 million dollars. He is followed closely by Bruno Fitoussi with a gain of 2 million. Bruno Fitoussi therefore could dethrone Lellouche of his classification especially if he won't record any results this summer. But during the past two years, other players have also seen a rise in the exemplary professional world of French poker.

At the fourth and last day of the tournament Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) Queenstown, there were only 15 participants in the race. After the elimination of Andrew Scarf for the 15th position, Vesko Zmukic recorded a lot of advantages in chips. We can say that the battleship was really amazing. So, a few hours later, Scarf, Serge Wazza, Robert Wang, Jie Gao, Campbell and Tim Melville Macbeth also left the game. The nine finalists differentiate themselves but it was the Asian player Bryan Huang, who won the 9th place, winning a prize of $ 8,030. John Makhlouf also left early. Indeed, he won the 8th place at this ANZPT Queenstown. Nevertheless, he accumulated a large feat in this circuit because he is the only player who gained three consecutive final tables in the ANZPT tournament.

Until the final day of the tournament World Series of Poker 2010, poker enthusiasts who could not attend the 41st edition of the WSOP will be happy because they will have the chance to follow the highlights of the tournament on the American TV channel ESPN from Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Today evening, then, fans of this game can review sulphurous actions at the $ 50,000 buy-in Players Championship Poker event, that sacred Michael Mizrachi aka 'The Grinder'. The tournament field consisted of many great poker players to mention Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey and their fans will see them at work during this broadcast. The show is divided into two parts. The first hour will repeat the "best of" of the first four days of competition and the second hour will be devoted exclusively to the final table.

Although the performance of ladies were not really well during the World Series of Poker 2010, we must still pay tribute to the ladies who dare to confront men on the poker tables. Jennifer Harman is and continues to shine in tournament. Her father introduced her to poker at the age of 8 years and she has already begun to accumulate a great experience by looking him playing. It was during her 21 years as her career as a poker pro has really started. Originally from Reno, Harman was able to learn the game by participating in many tournaments. And in 1996, she made her first entry to the WSOP in Las Vegas. We must say that she has great skill as she finished at the 6th place of the $ 2,500 buy-in Pot-Limit Hold'em Event and was part of the paid list in 1999 at the $ 1,500 buy-in Limit Hold'em. Since this period, she connects promising results. In year 2000, she won her first WSOP bracelet. This victory made her famous in the poker world and in 2002, she won her second bracelet, which let her ranked in the list of the best woman poker players.

The Skycity Casino of Queenstown, a charming town that attracts many tourists in Australia, currently houses the magnificent poker tournament Australia New Zealand Poker Tour(ANZPT). The championship began last July 20th and 134 players participated in the Day 1 of the event. The days of qualifying was tough and there were more than 91 players competing for the title of the tournament. The main event features a guaranteed prize pool of $ 200,000 and the champion will receive an excellent bonus of $ 58,000. Many well known poker players were part of of field as Lee Nelson, Aaron Benton, Simon Watt, Jason Gray, Tony Hachem and Michael Spilkin. Chris Levick, the winner of the last ANZPT Melbourne who sits at the head of the general classification of the ANZPT was also present but unfortunately, he could not impose the same performance that he showed in Melbourne in this ANZPT Queenstown. Thus, Levick had to leave the party at the Day 1C.

The 8th edition of the tournament Irish Classic Poker Festival will take place from August 12th to 22nd, 2010 in the city of Cork, Ireland. This city has been called the European Capital of Culture in 2005 with the gaiety of its people and their passion for partying and good atmosphere. It is also full of wonderful sights and it is also the city of the well-known beer breweries Murphy. Passionate of poker will then attend a unique poker festival in the heart of a an exceptional city and they will stay at the majestic Macau Sporting Club during the competition. The Irish Classic Poker Festival has always offered a lot of satisfaction to its participants through its magnificent program and modest buy-in tournament to allow an entire class of players to participate. This year, fans of the game will be entitled to four side events and Supersatellite allowing them to win tickets for the Main Event.

John Dolan aka JRD312, a competitor at the November nine of the 2010 edition, is known by fans of poker thanks to his many exploits in online poker rooms in the United States. This young American of 24 years old from Florida, dropped out of school to go into the world of professional poker, a decision that his family did not really approved. However, he managed to launch his pro poker career despite a slow start during which it was difficult to juggle between tournaments and small jobs. Currently, he lives only of his winnings in tournaments. Note that he has accumulated a total gain of 1.2 million dollars in online tournaments.

Like every year, some poker whiz kids made their first entry at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 in Las Vegas if we only mention players like Carter Phillips, Jim Collopy, Annette Obrestad, Jeff Sarwer, Ashton Griffin, Luke Schwartz, Dan Kelly and Tom Marchese. Most of them have recorded a good result and despite the fact that they didn't accessed in the Main Event final table, the poker community has been able to appreciate their talent and great ability in this tournament. Dan Kelly and Carter Phillips are the young players who made great achievements in the WSOP because they were part of four paid places while each one won a WSOP bracelet. Kelly, champion of the $ 25,000 No-Limit Hold'em recorded a gain of $ 1,338,609 during this summer. And Phillips, as the winner of No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed of $ 1,500 buy-in has won with his first bracelet a total win of $ 560,498.

The French poker community see on Valentin Messina aka "Valvegas" a future very high level star. Indeed, his enormous achievement in becoming champion of France Poker in 2009 improved his career as a poker pro. Messina started in online tournaments like many other major players in 2007. He made his rise gradually and eventually become a teacher in a site of coaching. Messina has had many glories in online tournaments with a considerable number of final tables. He has a style of play semi-loose-aggressive, a strategy that has earned him huge success on gaming tables after an excellent track record in online tournaments, Messina made some tests in live tournaments as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the Spanish Poker Tour (SPT) before making a remarkable entry to the finals of France Poker Tour (FPT) 2009.

From August 19th to 22nd, 2010, the casino Life del Valle of Mexico will receive a special poker tournament. This is the First National Poker Tournament, a new brand of poker festival ever seen in the country. The tournament will gather a maximum field of 300 participants who will compete for the first title of this new event. Only the 90 best players will compete in the semi-final to select the 10 finalists who will discuss the title in the Grand Final on August 22th. Competitors in this tournament will receive 10,000 starting chips for a level-playing of 30 minutes. A priori, the duration of competition seems short, but competitors will play on electronic tables, which will make the game faster. These electronic poker tables are very convenient because no error could occur. The poker star Angel Guillen will be part of the participants.

The presentation of the draft law on online poker by the Republican Barney Frank on Wednesday in front of the U.S. Congress has been marked by a stormy debate. The House Financial Services Committee has gathered around a very animated discussion Barney Frank author of the bill, the poker star Annie Duke, who represented the Poker Players Alliance, Lynn Malerba of the Mohegan Tribe, Ed Williams representing Credit Union National Association, Tom Malkasian from Commerce Casino's California and Michael Fagan, a consultant on the application of the law. The meeting was marked by a debate with sometimes outrageous as when Bacchus compared poker players to addicted to heroin. In the frustrating, Annie Duke has compared the arguments of the opposition as the views of Chinese and Iranian tyrants.

Phil Ivey like Phil Hellmuth are two players who have gained significant reputations in the poker world. The fact that they both bear the same surname has not helped them to build a bond of friendship, contrariwise, both players have launched verbal attacks. Ivey that everybody knows, ranked as the best player in the world has declared on June 19th, 2010 he plans to win 30 bracelets during his career as a poker pro. It is a goal achievable for the Tiger Woods, taking into account his age and his current ranking. But Hellmuth who considers himself as the biggest star of all time has announced that what Ivey said is impossible. He even said Ivey will not beat him in the next 5 years. Note that both players didn't have yet the opportunity to face each other on gaming tables but only in the TV show High Stakes Poker. And most of the time, it was Ivey who was the winner and Hellmuth went back ruined.

Poker enthusiasts amateurs and professionals will have the chance to participate again in the Marrakesh Poker Open tournament at the 16th edition of the tournament which will start from September 10th to 19th, 2010. This is a destination not to be miss, where competitors will be received in the majestic Casino El Saadi. There will be a good atmosphere as participants can enjoy a good living by taking full advantage of the pleasant moments at the edge of the pool with a constant temperature of 28° C, revitalizing spa and exceptional cuisine of Morocco. But many poker events that would amaze poker fans will also be available during this particular edition of the side event at € 500, € 900 and € 1,800 without forgetting the Main Event of 4,500 euro buy-in through a guaranteed prize pools of 3 million dirhams, equivalent to € 270,000.

Decidedly, poker players do not tire of distrust between them. The poker community has long attended to the challenge launched by Tom Dwan in online High Stakes poker games. Tom Dwan, among players enthusiasts of this game faces Patrick Antonius. But he has already prompted the fury of Daniel Cates aka "Jungleman 12" during a chat after that " jungleman 12 "has accumulated a great advantage in the NL Hold'em $ 100 / $ 200. In fact, Dwan has proposed to confront him in the Durrrr Challenge while Brian Townsend should be the next player in the list. Apparently, the desire to beat the young prodigy is itching Dwan so he proposed a meeting in two weeks.

While most poker enthusiasts see Michael Mizrachi as the future world champion of poker, Duhamel Jonathan aims at the triumph as he is in a very good position to win thanks to his great advantage in number of chips. Indeed, the young Quebecois of 22 years old hopes as all other competitors in the November Nine to win the prestigious title of this tournament. But before getting ready for this big challenge, Duhamel prefers now to take a rest because it is obvious that fatigue assailed him after spending so much time around poker tables. Moreover, thanks to the guarantee fee which worths $ 811,823 he received for his magnificent performance, he might take a little trip under the sun. However, Duhamel told that apart from the gifts he will give to his family, he will retain his wealth because many tournaments are waiting him.

The poker community has been repeatedly witness of the excellent performance of the Australian man Joe Hachem around poker tables throughout his career. His unprecedented success in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in 2005 made him a true legend of poker because after crossing a wide field of 5,619 participants, Hachem completed an exceptional final which was lasting about 14 hours. And despite this long battleship, he was still able to face Steve Danneman during the final head's up. After six hands only, Hachem won the world championship of poker. His tenacity and strength have greatly impressed the audience who followed this game. At the time of this victory, Hachem wore the Australian flag while thanking the American public, a simple sign which largely affected the heart of many fans of poker in the world.

Dave Ulliot aka “Devil Fish” tells his fans in a manner entirely relevant his long journey before being famous in the professional poker world, in his autobiographical book entitled «Devilfish - The Life and Times of a Poker Legend ". A priori, Devil Fish had an extraordinary beginning because before becoming the current poker player publicly known for his incredible talent and his many achievements, Ulliot had experienced a difficult past. Having left school early, he borrowed a very bad way to survive. This led him into difficult situations filled with violence and crimes. Ulliot illustrate this passage of dark life that has marked him much because at that time, he even had to spend some time in prison.

The Deepstack Poker Tournament which was held at Pasino Partouche in Aix-en-Provence last week-end attracted a huge field of poker enthusiasts. Indeed, they were 408 registered to attend this event of € 550 buy-in. This kind of competition has gained an important place in the poker players community due to its magnificent structure that allows players to refine their strategies and tips on gaming tables. Competitors were entitled to 50,000 starting chips and everyone tried every way possible to be finalists. After a battleship lasting several hours, the 10 best players of the competition were known like Philippe Villa, Ali Rahmouni, Abderazak Zaghdoud, Mohammed Bourhil Geoffrey, Izquierdo, Mickael Arnau, Julien Cesarini, Ali Fernides, Hisham Zaakour and Christophe Keopraseuth.

While great poker players taking part at the November Nine are preparing themselves for this big confrontation which will take place within three months, Breeze Zuckerman is still relishing her great success. Zuckerman is a great fan of poker native of Israel who has done a magnificent feat during the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). While all women poker players had to leave the party early, Breeze reached the 121st rank among 7,319 players registered for the event, a performance with $ 57,102 of reward. Zuckerman is a reporter and becoming a professional poker player was not included in her plans. Nevertheless, she has an unspeakable talent allowing her to win this title of "Last Woman Standing".

On the sidelines of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup IV recorded a tremendous success with a field of 353 participants. It was a very exciting tournament because many big stars of poker unlucky at the WSOP Main Event attended the event. On July 15th, the finalists of the WPT Bellagio who were Kranich Moritz, Justin Smith, Phil Ivey, Robert Akery and Eric Afriat started the final table to fight for the title and the price of this prestigious tournament. Any French players were part of this final table and the hope of Francophone spectators was thus on the Canadian Eric Afriat. Unfortunately, he was the first to leave the table and won the 6th prize of $ 118,950.

The nine players who will fill the list of the November Nine of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 are finally known. Some well-known players such as Johnny Lodden, William Thorson, Scott Clements, David Baker, Matt Affleck, Adam Levy and Hasan Habib won't access this prestigious list despite their immutable talent. When there was only 11 players in the race, it took a long time before a player has been eliminated. Each competitor at any price would remain on the table game and we can say that the battle was fierce. Indeed, it took at least two hours of waiting before the Canadian Pascal Le Francois, holder of a bracelet at the 41st stage of the WSOP finally left the party. And about 5 hours 30 later, Brandon Steven was also forced to leave the table. And finally, the lucky players who will be part of the final table was finally known.

The fever of poker will soon spread throughout London. Indeed, the British capital will host three major tournaments that have in every edition attracted many participants. From August 27th, 2010, the Palm Beach casino in Mayfair will receive the World Poker Tour (WPT) London. The Main Event of this tournament will greet a field of 400 players who will have to pay the buy-in of £ 5,300 to be able to participate. Apparently, the casino is a host of privilege because it will also host the English Poker Open 2010 which will take place from September 11th to 14th. The main tournament will await the participation of many poker ace with an entry fee of £ 3,500 + £ 250. There are two competitions that will allow exceptional poker enthusiasts to improve their ranking.

The United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) Brighton has just concluded and was marked by a victory of the British player Jamie Burland. This player, even not well known has already accumulated a very good result in the poker world. Burland was indeed at the 4th place of the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour on last June 12th. In Brighton, he was qualified for the final table of this tournament at the Main Event of £ 1,000 + £ 100 buy-in, a meeting held at Rendezvous Casino in this city. The UKIPT Brighton attracted 259 players and 8 of them were qualified for the final table, who included Jonathan Campbell who finished in 8th place, Andrew Youens (7th), Waseem Ahmed (6th), Jonathan Spinks (5th), William Beauchamp (4th) and Bill Seber (3rd) who bagged for this magnificent performance a nice price of £ 24,600.

After France, it's time for the U.S.A to clean up gradually liberalizing poker. In fact, in this country, online poker existed since many years but the websites were operating illegally which led to its prohibition in 2006, enacted by a federal law called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Despite this law, which prohibits online poker, it nevertheless allows some states to legalize online poker intrastate. One idea that has taken its way since for these states banded together to propose a bill that could be likened to what happened in France. The strongest supporters of this game grouped in Poker Players Alliance are on the frontlines to pressure the government to alter the law. In short, a lobbying work is done.

Johnny Chan is a great poker player known for his talent and his extraordinary track record. Originally from Guangzhou, China, Chan and his family emigrated to the United States when he was 16 years to grow the family business in the field of restoration. As any poker player, Chan started on poker tables with $ 500 in hand and sometimes he came home with $ 20,000 in hand and sometimes ruined. At the age of 18 years, Chan joined the University of Houston to continue his studies in restaurants and hotels. But with his passion for poker which continued to plague his mind, he decided to abandon his studies at the age of 21 years to begin a career of professional in poker. To do this, Chan decided to move to Las Vegas.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 was a very successful tournament for the Mizrachi brothers. Indeed, these two brothers have achieved a feat at the Main Event for being part of the paid list. But Eric Mizrachi has been eliminated after the bursting of the bubble while Danny was able to stay until the fifth day of competition. Robert and Michael have so far been able to defend the family honor by being part of the competitors on Day 6. And while Robert had to settle for a small stack, Michael Mizrachi has gained a huge advantage by being the chip leader at the mid-day of the Day 6. Indeed, he accumulated 6 million chips in hand.

Competitors in the final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio are finally known. Indeed, among the 353 initially enrolled, only 6 were able to reach the final table. French players have registered a stinging defeat in the tournament because if the French poker community expected on the talent of Guillaume Darcourt, this player did not even access the paid list. As for Patrick Sacrispeyre, he finished in the 13th place. This is a beautiful performance that earned him a great reward of $ 33,986. But the favorite of this tournament was none other than Phil Ivey, considered as the best player in the world. After winning his eighth bracelet at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, he is on the way to win a WPT title again because actually, Ivey is one of the finalists with 1.45 million chips in hand.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) continues to amaze the world community of poker with battles quite exceptional. It remains only 235 participants in the race and at the end of the fourth day of competition, Matt Aflleck took the place of chip leader of the momente. This is a major feat accomplished by a player who lives from his earnings in online tournaments in recent years. However, he already took part in live tournaments since 2008 and has recorded a total profit up to $ 282,285. Some former world champions of poker are also part of these survivors including Johnny Chan, who holds two WSOP titles. Chan is at the 24 th place with a stack of 1,750,000, the Mizrachi brothers are still in the race for the title with Michael Mizrachi at the 41st position.

Spain made talk about itself recently, winning the title of the FIFA World Cup 2010 and the men's tennis championship at Wimbledon. The poker tournament Estrellas Poker Tour Madrid was also won by the Spaniard Marc Colome. This young champion of 22 years, from Barcelona, started the final table with the third largest stack. It was his first final table in a live tournament. The competition brought together a quite big field of 291 participants despite the fact that it took place on the sidelines with the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. And many have poker players were part of the field including Juan Manuel Pastor, Alvaro Ballesteros and Sergio Garcia.

The poker community is maybe used to the crazy bet of Mike Matusow. Indeed, Matusow aka "The Mouth" is aptly named because many times, he reveals incredible things. On last May 5th, he proposed a challenge worth two million dollars or 90,909 dollars per kilogram to Ted Forrest if he succeeds in losing 22 kg until July 15th, 2010. And last July 13th, Ted Forrest demonstrated to Matusow on the scene of the Rio Pavilion room that he won his bet. During the weighing, Forrest has lost more than 22 kg because he weighed 62.73 kg. Forrest then won the promised sum. However, he said he has not been motivated by money at stake but he wanted to prove the relation that anything is impossible, a very good cause which earned him anyway the great prize of two million dollars.

The great talent of Phil Ivey has once again distinguished himself at the World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup IV. This wonderful tournament brought together 353 players and the organizers have taken measures to allow unlucky of the main event of the World Series of Poker to try their luck at the WPT Bellagio by accepting registrations at the beginning of the third day of competition. Thus, some big players of poker made late entry but spectacular into the competition as Phil Hellmuth, Tom Dwan, Daniel Negreanu, Chris Ferguson and Phil Ivey. The latter made an outstanding achievement in this championship because after the day 3, he won the 9th place while the third day saw the elimination of several major players. Note that players like Men Nguyen, Annette Obrestad, Todd Brunson remain in the race.

As expected, the liberalization of online games in France accompanied by a return to legality for some sites was painless and presented more than satisfactory one month after. The statistics speak for themselves : 1.2 million active accounts were recorded and the World Cup is something which boost this dynamism. A real catalyst for this game! The police of sports betting and online poker namely the Regulatory Authority of online games or ARJEL talk about a statistic of more than 9 million bets have been recorded with a turnover of 83 million Euro. This is the double of what La Française des Jeux (FDJ) realized in the year 2009. The end of the monopoly or opening last month was the result of pressure from Brussels since 2005. Sports betting and games including online poker now take a leadership role.

While the world's best players try to attain the famous gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker, others have opted for the Main Event of the Mega Stack Series, which takes place at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the same city. The competition brought together poker fans who paid 1,060 dollars buy-in. 773 poker fans have been in the field of the tournament with French celebrities. Now that the first two days of this battle ended, the number of players remaining is more than 310 players. As prices, the best player in this battle win $ 142,000. The Breton Regis Burlot is still in the race. He is the one who showed the better performance, he has 255,000 chips.

The dream of all poker enthusiasts is at least to participate in a final of a major tournament, the most prestigious is the WSOP Main Event. For Nicolas Babel, a French professional player, an unknown even in the battalion, it is his second appearance at a Main Vent after that of 2009. Powered by a crazy impulse to go forward, the man lives his passion since two years now. Good luck, he has because it was in the last moment that he won his package in a satellite with 200 guaranteed tickets. Now, everything could happen to Nicolas Babel. Indeed, he negotiated his departure with bad shots that daring enough, however, that led him to a flop because his opponents are better armed than him.

After two days of competition, 112 players are still trying to win the title of the $ 10,000 event of the World Poker Tour Bellagio. Until now, French players are in good position in the tournament. A chance to win the international title could be possible thanks to the performance of Guillaume Darcourt, Patrick Sacrispeyre, Paul Benichou and Alain Roy, who are still in the race. Additionally, these players are likely to win this title. Indeed, besides the place of chip leader after the second day of the competition, Guillaume Darcourt already holds a World Poker Tour title because he won the title in Bucharest step held at the beginning of the year 2010.

Several companies are on the lookout of opportunisty since the liberalization of gaming, a real lucrative market for them. We learned recently that companies offer now bad beat insurance for poker players. And they think it's a loophole that needs to be exploited. But for players, it is another matter because the conditions to fulfill to benefit the prime and the price to pay are bristling hair. These offers seem attractive and appealing as these insurers are supposed to say they will reimburse up to 74% of the stake in case of loss but by analyzing the eligibility conditions, it amounts to a scam.

In the long list of applications of the famous Google site, it could soon add the most famous card game in the world : poker. Since its inception in 1998, Google never stopped providing services as convenient and pleasant to visitors. Beginning with its search engine through Google map, its mail courier gmail, instant messaging gtalk, wave ... But the giant of the web also plans to set up google games. This information was announced by the website TechCrunch. According to this portal, Google project will be achieved through its collaboration with Zynga, which is the developer of the poker application for the social network Facebook. Zynga and Google are associated since a few time. The big company even invested a considerable amount in the share capital of this game supplier, between $ 100 million to 200 million dollars.

As expected, with the liberalization of online games in France, the result is overwhelmingly positive with regard to the statistics recorded by sites of sports betting and poker. In just one month, according to Jean-Francois Vilotte, chairman of the Regulatory Authority of Online Games or ARJEL, more than € 80 million in bets have been registered and more than one million accounts created from approved websites. To recap, the ARJEL is an entity whose mission is to issue operating licenses to operators, to control the framework of the system and finally to fight against online gambling sites that are not in good standing vis-à-vis the administration. Note that with the opening of online market, the ARJEL has already received 44 applications for licenses including sports betting, horse betting and poker. 23 licenses were issued to 15 operators, with two to three licenses acquired by a few operators.

Once again, women players mark the poker history. Indeed, during the Bellagio Cup VI, above the famous World Poker Tour (WPT), Jennifer Tilly, emerged in front of 90 poker players wanting to take a share of the prize pool of the 5,000 $ NLHE event. With her victory, she pocketed the sum of $ 124,455. Jennifer Tilly is an actress, Violet in the film of James Bound, but also the companion of the pro player Phil Laak. She is also a talented poker player because she is the first woman who won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In total, this actress achieved a gain of $ 650,000 in tournaments.

China warns online gambling sites including poker sites, casino and sports betting that they should moderate their advertisements and strengthen the verification of players. According to the government newspaper China Daily, fans of online games either poker, or horse betting of sports betting have a responsibility to identify and have a justified identity before accessing sites of gambling. So, minors shouldn't in any way have access to these online gambling services sites, a measure to fight against the problems associated with games such dependence. As operators, they must follow certain rules for the proper functioning of the market of online games.

We know that taking part and especially to win the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the most prestigious poker tournament in the world that exists, is the dream of all poker professionals, in short, the culmination of a career for poker lover. In each edition of the WSOP, before the Main Event, the title of Player of the Year is awarded to the best player of the different series of tournaments that have been completed. He is designated before that great event and the criterion for doing this is simple: performance of participants during the year on all open tournaments (except Casino employees event, Ladies Event, Senior Event and the Main Event). For the 2010 season, this prestigious title was awarded to Frank Kassel. A 42-years-old American confirmed player from Chicago, he succeeds to the Italo-Australian Jeff Lisandro holder of three bracelets last year.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2010 in Las Vegas continues its merry way. During the second day of the Main Event 2B on last Saturday and after few hours of fratricidal conflict, the verdict declared 1,359 survivors among the 2,734 players on the list. The results were surprising because many favorite players are now out, among them are the legendary Doyle Brunson, player who enjoyed a standing ovation as he left the table, the favorite Phil Ivey who was unable to repeat his feat of last year, or Roland De Wolfe, Hevad Khan, Andy Bloch, Dan Kelly, etc. A sad day for these players, who in the past have been able to raise the standard and reputation of this famous card game.

The poker rally on boats or "Poker Run" held annually in Canada took place last Saturday. The number of competitors decreased considerably compared to previous years. If we speak only of the race of last year, the number of vessels decreased by 50% which means ten vessels only if there were twenty in 2009. The decline in attendance is explained by various reasons according to Dave Bodner, representing the Lions Club of Rockland, partner of the American Association Poker Runs, organizer of the event. Indeed, on one hand, he argued that this was due to a bad choice of date, this 2010 edition of Poker Run was held a month earlier than usual. On the other hand, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), which still stand at this moment have also drawn many players. Bodner has not also failed to mention the economic crisis as a factor decreasing the number of participants in this poker boat adventure.

Everyone knows that poker either online or in terrestrial casino land is entering now propitious period and that, despite the crisis. The famous magazine “Poker VIP”, a monthly which as its name suggests is specialized for this card game, devotes its latest issue in various articles on news from the poker world without forgetting the various interviews and especially on topics the various tricks of live poker. Note that online poker is widely reported in the pages of this new publishing. A legitimate context insofar as France decided recently a liberalization of online gambling, so online poker is experiencing a certain infatuation with the increasing number of players, explained by the proliferation of advertisements and number of poker websites.

Many online poker players have been victims of fraud from hackers from South Korea. The robbers led by two men, Yu 30 years old and Kim aged of 29 years who used high-tech tools to access over 700 online poker rooms. It was with the software called Netbot Attacker with which the pirates introduced a virus into various machines of cybercafe, letting them to see their opponents hand in poker. The criminals were using 11,000 PCs robot to scam their victims. With this scam, they managed to extort more than 55 million Won player payouts, an amount equivalent to $ 45,265. They were doing this fraud in virtual poker rooms in China.

The Day 1C of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 concluded last week. This competition saw a field of 2,300 participants. Some big players have been eliminated as the great Phil Hellmuth who did as always a remarkable entry at the Casino Rio, Dario Minieri, Tom Dwan, James Van Alstyne, the world champion of poker in 2007 Jerry Yang, Steven Begleiter, Huck Seed and the husband of Vanessa Rousso, Chad Brown. But this day was auspicious for the Canadian Mathieu Sauriol because he managed to win in front of this broad field by reaching to the place of chip leader with 169,900 chips in hand. He is still far from the victory because he is closely followed by the former champion of the Main Event of the WSOP, Johnny Chan who holds the second biggest stack of 163,700.

Most poker enthusiasts want to enter in major tournaments to get a reputation. Unfortunately, these tournaments sometimes require expensive admission fees which do not allow all those poker fans to participate because of lack of money. To satisfy players having a fairly tight budget, the Association Bearn, in collaboration with the president of Association Paloise de Poker and the Ligue Gascogne du poker associatif prepare a tournament named Florida Amateur Poker Tour in Santa Susana, a little charming town on the Costa Brava, in Spain. To participate in this event, just pay the entrance fee of 330 Euro, meals and accommodation at the Hotel Florida Park included in the registration which will be closed on August 30th, 2010. For spectators, they will pay only 160 Euro and free admission for children under 13 years.

The day of Wednesday, July 7th was marked by the entry into the arena of the best poker players in the world. With over 2,000 registered players in the second Day 1 of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker, tenors like Johnny Chan, twice time titled in 1987 and 1988, Phil Hellmuth, titled in 1989, not to mention Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen and Tom Dwan, beast of poker scene, Joe Cada, current title holder ... were all present. The Rio in the world capital of gambling, Las Vegas, honored to host this cloud of stars from around the world to compete to win the famous world poker championship 2010. French delegation too joined the tournament with an armada of people led, inter alia, by the couple Fabrice Soulier and Claire Renaut, Alexia Portal or the movie star Alain Roy. The godfather of French poker, Patrick Bruel never miss a great event like this. He was there, fit and feel at home.

Despite the liberalization of most of online games in early July 2010, illegal online poker sites still exist in France and they operate with impunity and illegality. Aware of this fact which certainly would affect the system recently created, the Regulatory Authority of Online Games or ARJEL quickly stepped into the breach, it displays its commitment to clean up the environment. It stated this in a press release dated on Wednesday, July 7th. Behind these illegal online poker rooms are hiding legal operators. Faced with these illegal activities, the ARJEL already sent 19 warnings to them to cease their activities in France. For now, the names of offending have been kept confidential but they will be published in a short time because the hearings in front of the judges to "order the blocking of these sites" will be done at the end of the month.

The poker community knows very well known and the wonderful talent of Daniel Negreanu, a poker player now aged of 35 years and is among the best of his generation. With the latter stages of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010, which is currently entering the Main Event, this player may return home with a rather disappointing performance compared to his previous achievements. But all hope is not lost yet this year, despite the fact he didn't won a first place at the various events of the WSOP 2010, he may create the surprise at the Main Event. Indeed, the "Kid Poker" is always one of the greatest poker players of all time.

The Main Event of $ 10,000 buy-in of the World Series of Poker 2010 (WSOP) began on last July 5th. Like every year, this event always registered as a huge number of participants. Many players from France were part of this broad list, but unfortunately, some of them could not go far in the competition. Since the Day 1A, we saw the gradually elimination of French players like Nicolas Ragot aka “arctarus", followed by Rui Cao, Manu Bevand, Cyril Andre, Julien Labussiere and Antonin Teisseire. Among those who stayed in the race include Thomas Bichon, Adrian Allain, Marc Barillier to name a few. The player leading in the race after the end of the Day 1A was James Mitchell followed by Michael Mizrachi at the 4th place.

Poker continues its merry way because other various major tournaments will be organized around the world. After Africa, which will have its first World Series of Poker (WSOP) in October, France too, a must country for this game is not ignored with several WSOP Events planned in the coming months. According to Mitch Garber, CEO of the online branch of Harrah's and owner of the copyright of the WSOP, the rapid development of the game now will have as immediate result the holding of the events outside traditional countries like the United States and Great Britain. Other countries will be in the program. This is probably the case of France and Italy, two countries where poker quickly become customary. But nothing is certain at the moment because he said that "for now, it is not sure if these two states will become part of the WSOP Europe, or whether they will be connected to a broader events series”.

Long time before the legalization of online games in France, online sports betting and horse racing but also poker have already attracted many users. The recently enacted opening to the competition of this game only amplifies the number of sites offering online gambling and therefore the game enthusiasts keep pace. Currently, there is a significant fringe of them who became irreducible passionate. Psychiatrists ascend to protest the abuses. The figures are alarming, the reference center on gambling based in Nantes, France has identified a number of 600,000 problem gamblers in France. And among them, there are a lot of fragile online poker players. And this only, a few time after this liberalization.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) crowned the two last champions of its events before the Main Event. At the $ 1,000 buy-in No Limit Hold'em tournament, the victory returned to the Dutchman Marcel Vonk, becoming the first Dutchman to win a no-limit hold'em event at the WSOP. Right now, in football like in poker, Holland realize great feats. Indeed, this player from Holland beat a wide field of 3,884 participants and ousted in an unparalleled battle the American David Peters in the final head's up because at the beginning of this duel, the Dutchman had fewer chips than his opponent. Vonk pocketed for this victory the price of $ 570,960 while Peters went off with the second prize of $ 350,803. Fifteen French players attained the list of paid places like Thomas Pascal, Gregory Dartois or Benoit Rossignon. Note that this tournament rewarded the 396 best players.

Born on December 3rd, 1985, Peter Eastgate is a talented poker player from Dalum, Denmark. He had a passion for poker and he managed to pocket a lot of gain in various tournaments. Having won so much money prompted him to leave his studies because he was a former student in economics. During his career as a poker pro, Eastgate continued to perform great feats. He was among the finalists of the Irish Poker Open tournament and part of players having reached the paid places of the European Poker Tour Scandinavian Open. But his success was revealed in 2008 when he was crowned world champion of poker by winning the title of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2008. It was an extraordinary triumph because at the time, Eastgate was only 22 and he managed to oust great players who made up the broad field of 6,483 players. This great victory earned him a WSOP bracelet and a grand prize of $ 9,152,416. Since then, he continue to win various titles in major tournaments.

The Barrière Poker Tour 2010 continues its merry way by organizing tournaments, taking place all over France. At the Tour of Nice, 78 players participated to designate the person who will represent the color of the city during the final phase. During two days of fierce fighting, fracticidal bluffs and deployment of various useful techniques of card playing, a name removed from the batch in the person of Yves Hallague. This man will represent his city. Note that the Barrière Poker Tour is a prestigious tournament for European poker professionals. By observing carefully the event, this victory is not trivial because the man in question is not a new face in poker.

While French hope rested on the poker player from Toulouse Ludovic Lacay at the event Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) of $ 10,000 buy-in of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), luck was against him. Indeed, this young poker player began the final table with the second largest stack and everyone knows his talent for the game. He managed to differentiate between a wide field of 346 players made up of famous poker stars such as Tom Dwan, Phil Hellmuth or Jason Mercier. Thus, French spectators hoped to sing again the French national anthem after the magnificent victory of Vanessa Hellebuyck but unfortunately, the coronation of the event returned to Alaei after the final duel, which opposed him to the Quebecois Miguel Proulx. This last is then the runner up of the tournament and left with a gain of $ 482,265 while the champion Daniel Alaei pocketed a wonderful bonus of $ 780,599 and for the occasion won his third WSOP bracelet.

Shortly after the legalization of online poker and sports betting in France, many operators have already experienced a significant influx of their customers, which probably involves an increase in their turnover. On the one hand, the French players have therefore terminated their subscriptions on gaming sites not approved in France and rushed to the allowed sites. In the list of these sites having a French license is the operator of horse betting PMU. As a reminder, this company have received three gaming licenses, a license on sports betting, horse betting license and poker license. In a statement published last Monday, the operator says that the number of its customers quadrupled.

The Tournament of Champions event (TOC) of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 crowned its winner after a battle quite exemplary. Note that this tournament competed the 27 best poker players holding at least one WSOP bracelet. The 20 competitors were allowed to compete after a public vote. Thus, these elected players from a field of poker's most talented in the world have struggled to get the price of this wonderful tournament. And this year, the coronation came back to Huck Seed, a poker pro who recorded great achievements during his 15 years career and who finished 13th in the public voting. Indeed, this shark of the game managed to stand in front of the many players who completed the final table with Johnny Chan, Joe Hachem, Barry Greenstein, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Harman, Annie Duke, Howard Lederer and TJ Cloutier.

As we know, the opening to competition of online games in France is an achievement that is no more to debate. But all is not rosy because there is already an outcry, this time from some French players. They claim about the percentage of rake taken by poker rooms which is considered as too high for them. A step has been done for them but this did not satisfy players, they raise the pressure on the government. Note that without the rake, the system is not sustainable. As the players are at the base of the phenomenon, it is quite normal if they protest by looking for the most effective way that would satisfy both sides, the middle somehow.

The young 24 years French player from Toulouse, Ludovic Lacay, has acquired a broad expertise in the poker world. He achieved great success in various major tournaments including the World Poker Tour of Barcelona in 2007 during which he finished as runner up and the Main Event of the European Poker Tour Dublin, where he ranked at the 11th place. And in the World Series of Poker Circuit 2009, Lacay finished 16th at the Main Event. This year, again in Las Vegas, he hopes to win a WSOP bracelet. Exploit feasible, given his talent and his performance in the event No-Limit Hold'em Championship Head's Up of $ 10,000 buy-in during which he managed to rank at the 8th place. Arrived on June 15th in Las Vegas, the young French player currently resides at the Wynn, the luxurious hotel on the Strip Boulevard and is preparing for the final table of the Pot Limit Omaha $ 10,000 buy-in.

Sites of gambling in France and the French Government reinforces their strategy to master the problems of pathological gambling. According to the National Health and Medical Research (INSERM), on over 200 surveys and studies on gambling online, it show that 1% to 2% of European online players suffer of addiction problems. To fight to this, sites of poker and sports betting approved by the Authority for Regulation of Online Games (ARJEL) in France will contain banners leading players to the site-info-service, an advice site placed by the Department of Health and posted by the authority of the National Institute for Prevention and Health Education (INPES). Online gaming sites have an annual duty to acquaint their members about the money they have spent so they can exercise self-discipline and better manage of their budgets.

In a very convivial atmosphere, 83 players started the charity tournament Ante Up For Africa of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010. The event of $ 5,000 buy-in attended many celebrities which included Hollywood stars like Ben Affleck, the actor of "Everybody loves Raymond” Brad Garrett, the woman poker player particularly interested in charities Jennifer Harman, Shannon Elizabeth, Jerome Bettis, David Allan Grier, Montel Williams, Andy Bloch, Greg Raymer, Rafe Furst, Chris because Affleck removed from the tournament due to a headache. Tournament organizers, Don Cheadle and Annie Duke were the first to walk on the red carpet under the camera of the media attending the event.

The French online poker world is entering a new starting phase and this, after the opening of the market of online gambling, a few weeks ago. It is a very special date for the milieu, especially for operators of online gaming. The former operators as the new ones are impatient and wonder if they have been selected to be able to operate freely online. We knew that during the first licensing, there has been no particular problems. Everyone was patiently awaiting the second wave. But the list of operators in the second round on June 25th, a typographical error has been the source of misinterpretation, it raised many questions from the public but also the operators. This has involved the famous ACT Poker.fr!

With the new legalization and the opening of the market of online games, online poker in France is in turmoil. It let a few range of people dreaming, especially the operators, both old and new entrants in the arena are on the warpath. But the questions that arises now are : which is the poker room that will take advantage in this battle ? Which will be the most famous in long term? Will the French market be viable, large enough for all these people? Here are some answers that can let foresee the future of this environment of poker in a positive view for the newcomers.

Shawn Busse just attained the rank of a poker star by winning his first bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Event No Limit Hold'em $ 1,000 buy-in. So far, Busse has not been very publicly known. However, he accumulated numerous successes in online tournaments. During this competition, therefore, Shawn Busse stood out amid a wide field of 3,128 participants. And we must also say that the finalists of the event were players with great reputations. But apparently, the experience gained by Busse in online tournaments allowed him to win and therefore the handsome sum of $ 487,791 increasing his career earnings with a value of $ 650,108. Like any player who won his first WSOP bracelet, Busse did not hide his joy.

The $ 25,000 buy-in Short Handed tournament of the WSOP attended a large number of poker professionals because effectively, the tournament structure was very attractive. It was a magnificent competition in which each member is entitled of 75,000 starting chips but given the cost of buy-in rather high, it recorded only a field of 191 players garnering a prize pool of $ 4,536,250 . Among the famous players who participated in the Day 1 of this tournament are Yevgenjy Timoshenko, Tom Dwan, Thomas Bichon, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, David Kitay, Antoine Saout, Joe Cada, Gavin Smith, Antonio Esfandiari, Eli Ezra and the godfather of French poker Patrick Bruel. Despite their great experience and competence in poker, anyone of them managed to surpass the stage of the Day 1.

The very anticipated big day finally arrived in France. A sigh of relief to the countless online French poker players. The formalization of the decree concerning the categories of licensed online gambling is now effective since last Wednesday. By getting back in this authorization, it is the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) who granted seven licenses to seven operators which are Unibet, Bwin, Eurosportbet.fr, Everestpoker, PMU, Sajoo and Winamax followed by Other recently Reel with pokerstars.fr Malta Limited, SAS Electraworks partypoker.fr, and acfpoker.fr, luckyjeux.fr, Iliad Gaming SAS chilipoker.fr and finally Partouche Gaming France SAS with partouche.fr. A nice range of operators who will contend on the market with two variants of poker. Texas hold'em poker first, a variant in which players have two private closed cards and 5 hole cards open on the board. Then, Omaha 4 with which lovers of the game have respectively 4 hole cards and 5 cards open.

80% of poker players take drugs to improve their performance. This surprising figure was obtained by the Nova Southern University in a survey of poker players, a revelation that surprised more than one. This study began during the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas last year and was continued in the four corners of the world. According to the study, each player has a way to improve his or her performance in the game and most players older than twenty years surveyed, admitted they take this king of substances. Is defined here as drugs : marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, guarana (like energy drinks), caffeine ... They are used by these players to let them "awakened" on a poker table especially to have a natural resistance during tournaments. It appears that these substances help to increase their expertise and their concentration.

Gavin Smith is known for his eccentric character, his great passion for parties and prop bet. In the event of No-Limit Hold'em Championship of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit 2006- of $ 10,000 buy-in held at Harrah's Casino New Orleans, he made a crazy bet with Allie Prescott that he would win the tournament. Unfortunately, he lost against Peter Feldman. In recent years, Gavin Smith has recorded huge success but this year he achieved a major feat by winning the mixed hold'em event of $ 2,500 buy-in of the WSOP 2010. This competition saw a field of 570 participants and his magnificent victory allowed him to pocket a gain of $ 268,238. It is his second cash in the WSOP of this year because actually, he finished in the 9th place of no-limit hold'em heads'up of $ 10,000 buy-in during which he collected $ 38,424. This year 2010 is a good period for Smith because in January, he was awarded of a gain of $ 188,743 in the Fallsview Poker Classic tournament held at Casino Fallsview of Ontario.

While most sharks of poker fight in Las Vegas to win trophies of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), others have frequented the rooms of the Cercle Wagram in Paris to participate in its Deepstack tournaments. It is a main event esteemed by all poker enthusiasts and despite the fact that the tournament is on the sidelines of the WSOP, some famous players have been seen among the field of 56 participants who were present in the circle game including Jean Paul Pasqualini, champion of the Partouche Poker Tour 2009, Nicolas Delvaux, Frank Kalfon, finalist of the World Poker Tour Barcelona 2009, Xavier Detournel and the finalist of the last stage of the Main Event of the WSOP Europe, Fabien Dunlop. Despite their proven experience in major tournaments, they didn't realize a good performance. Indeed, the final table of the € 2,000 Main Event sax as qualifiers Rami Okasha, Jimmy Atime, Ocacha Bendjebbour, Nadim Medledge, Gilles Smadja and Sebastien Grenotton, and they were the only paid players.

After a transit in the French capital a few months ago, the U.S. poker circuit World Poker Tour (WPT) is never weary of French cities and decides to spend some of next summer in Amneville. All this can only please French poker players who felt cheated for more since the opening in competition of online poker. The new legislation has allowed the sites of poker based in France to have more place than the two operators who previously held the monopoly. However, this has led to the fact that players can't play as much as before on foreign sites in the company of opponents around the world and with large sums of money. To return to WPT Amneville, the event will be an opportunity to celebrate the opening of the Municipal Casino of Amneville and the appointment is set for the month of November.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 saw a major invasion of British players. Since the tournament began, representatives of Great Britain took possession of five bracelets. Praz Bansi was the first to win in the British side during the $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em tournament when he pocketed a great prize of $ 515,000. Bansi therefore holds two WSOP bracelets, recorded eight paid places and $ 1.4 million gain in the WSOP Circuit. His compatriot James Dempsey has also made a great achievement this year as he triumphed at the $ 1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em and received $ 197,000 for the occasion. He also finished as runner up in Omaha Hi-Lo Split-8 $ 10,000 buy-in, which allowed him to cash the sum of $ 301,000. His earnings at the WSOP totaled $ 522,000 and he managed to be part of the paid list 4 times.

Frank Kassela is a big business man from Memphis who has a passion for poker. He grew up in Chicago and has already played card games since he had 11 or 12 years old. After completing his studies at the age of 25, Kassela moved to Memphis to begin his career as an entrepreneur. At the time, he began to play poker only sometimes. In 2000, he entered for the fist time in the competition at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) on an unplanned decision. He returned without any success but since then, he regularly takes part in the championship. He also played frequently while winning cash games in Tunica. According to Kassela, a successful businessman and a talented poker player are quite similar, for both, the goal is to lose money to win even more. His success in business enabled him to participate in much higher level tournaments and winning a WSOP bracelet was one of his dearest wishes.

The serial Tournament of Champions of the World Series of Poker at the Rio, in Las Vegas continues to surprise the public but especially the major players. At the end of Day 2, the provisional classification of the 17 surviving elite players was completely different from the final result on Day 1 with the elimination of five other champions even if there should be only 9 remaining players, which somewhat messed up the pre-established program. The 17 remaining poker ace will therefore have to decide between July 3rd, 2010 to be among the nine finalists who will compete for the trophy and the considerable sum of $ 500,000 on July 4th, 2010. It is on the table games that they will celebrate the independence day.
 
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