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The poker world is still changing every day in terms of players. In recent weeks, the circuit game was marked by a name virtually unknown, but that is in the highlight of media today, it is about Lauren Kling. This beautiful blonde, a young woman of 23 years, graduated in engineering and business at the University of Berkeley recently decided to give all her time to poker. She is quite gifted and defended well when we refer to her first step in card game at the age of 18 years only. To explain her quick rise in the discipline, the American engineer won her experience by reading many books and playing as much as possible online. Lauren Kling does not hide her admiration for Vanessa Rousso ans her intelligence leading her to success.

After a third day of hectic competition where a lot of great poker players such as Barry Shulman, John Racener, Filippo Candio, Daniel Negreanu or Huck Seed had to leave the gaming table of the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2010 (WSOPE), 22 survivors have started the Day 4 in order to qualify for the final of the event. With Ronald Lee in the first place, a multitude of poker stars including Phil Ivey, Hoyt Corkins or Andrew Pantling filled the field of the Day 4. in the French side, Nicolas Levi, Thomas Bichon, Marc Inizan and Arnaud Mattern were also in the race to represent the French community of poker in this tournament.

After a successful trial in the United States and a considerable success in the British capital, Poker Food, which already has an important place in the trendy restaurants of Paris, this type of tournament will also be available in Toulouse. The restaurant "Fabuleux Festins " of this city is back on its traditional passion of 2007 and propose a new poker tournament No Limit Texas Hold'em in the evening of Wednesday, September 29th, 2010. This concept is very innovative, far from the green carpet of casinos or poker evenings with friends, it find its basis in the opportunity to compete on a field defined at the beginning and in a friendly atmosphere.

The Gran Casino of Barcelona, in Spain lived in a festive atmosphere during the tournament European Masters of Poker (EMOP) last weekend. This is the last stage of the second season of this championship. EMOP Barcelona was a great success story with a field of 431 participants for the Main Event of € 1,000 buy-in. The prize pool amounted € 431,000 which is the equivalent of $ 580,000. Then, last Saturday, the field reduced to 9 players who completed the final table of the event with the Danes Damir Horozic as chip leader. But the Ukrainian Oleksandr Sharov and the Finn Matias Knaapinen followed him closely. The Ukrainian was the first to know defeat, finishing in 9th place despite his advantages in chips. The Irishman Dermot Blain, Swede Viktor Olsson, local player Carlos Egea, the chip leader Horozic and Finland's Matti Konttinen have also followed them and placed respectively at the 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th and 4th place.

It’s the end for the second stage of France Poker Series (FPS) Divonne-les-Bains which has been a real success. That was the first tournament held in France since the legalization of online gambling on French territory. Thus, the two long days of last weekend with tournaments consisting of 32 levels of 40 minutes were witness of Serge Didishei’s victory. The few other 399 participants of this second edition have accepted the supremacy of the new champion who eliminated Yann Pelletier, his main opponent in the Heads-up who had to bow down at the third hand of the final duel. Besides the tidy sum of € 108,894, the Alsatian Serge Didisheim also won as reward a package for the EPT Season 7, the buy-in and accommodation for all FPS Season 2 and a sponsorship contract promised by the organizer for the entirety of Season 2 of France Poker Series.

The High Roller $ 10,350 buy-in of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has crowned Gus Hansen as winner. He deserves this victory after a grueling duel between him and Jim Collopy. The two opponents have actually had the privilege of discussing the title of the event after eliminating Andrew Feldman and Ram Vaswani. Note that the head's up nearly takes place in November, but organizers decided to keep the appointment as expected by poker enthusiasts. And indeed, the public of the Casino at The Empire London was a witness of a fantastic tournament for two days. At the final heads-up, emotion and a unique show were at present.

The super rendezvous Marrakesh High Roller tournament of $ 100,000 will actually take place at the famous casino Es Saadi from October 8th to 10th, 2010. To honor this prestigious event, the Parisian circle Haussmann will host soon more precisely from October 4 to 6, 2010 a series of qualifying satellites for poker players who want to participate without paying the dreadful buy-in. These qualifying tournaments will consist of two rounded-step in which Steps 1 will take place on Monday 4 and Tuesday, October 5 from 8:30 pm with €500 Freezeout qualifier for the test of Wednesday, October 6 of € 3,000 buy-in at 7 pm which is the Step 2 of which winner or winners will be rewarded a prize package of $ 100,000 including travel and luxury hotel offered to reach Morocco, where will be held the "The Poker Cup."

The great final of the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Argentina was held at City Center Casino of Rosario. The Latin American tournament gathered a field of 254 participants that allowed to collect a prize pool that totaled $ 1,176,200, a nice sum that allowed the winner to pocket $ 322,280. With such an award, the competition was eventful and consisted benefits from each competitor. Among the 254 registered, the 8 finalists at the final table were composed by Martin Sansour, Bolivar Palacios, Daniel Ades, William Ross, Roberto Bianchi, Matthias Habernig Ivan Saul and Nico Fierro. Nico Fierro and Ivan Saul were the first competitors eliminated. And after elimination, the attention of the poker community present at this championship focused towards the Australian Mathias Habernig who already holds a title at this tournament of LAPT Florianopolis. Unfortunately, he left the game early and ended at the 6th position.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has begun. A plethora of poker stars have invaded the casino At The Empire London to attend the first day of competition. Note that participants must pay a buy-in of £ 10,350 in order to be part of competitors. Among the 137 registered players in Day 1A, illustrious French poker players have represented France as Michel Abecassis, Bruno Fitoussi, Arnaud Mattern, Nicolas Levi, Thomas Canali and Pierre Bichon. However, but they faced an extremely tough battle because poker players at international level as Michael Mizrachi, Jason Mercier, Jeff Lisandro, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu and the young Norwegian Annette Obrestad will give the best of them to capture the prestigious title.

More than a few hours and this will be the final table of the World Poker Tour in Borgata Casino of Atlantic City. A surprising final since the six players qualified for this final phase are all qualified for the first time at this stage of the game. What is certain is that the six finalists who will battle to win the first place are already assured of winning more than $ 100,000 and about $ 733,000 for the champion. The last stage of the tournament for Kia Mohajeri with 4,225,000 chips, Klier Benjamin 6,125,000 chips, Ofir Mor 7,300,000 chips, Brandon Novena, the executioner of the last champion with 5,125,000 chips, Dwyte Pilgrim, one of the best player of the WSOP tour in the USA with 4.8 million chips and Daniel Makowsky with 3,300,000 chips has come. Which of them will succeed to Oliver Busquet, the last champion of the WPT Borgata Poker Open last season ?

Poker enthusiasts will attend a charity event as part of the European Poker Tour (EPT) London which runs from September 28th to October 5th, 2010. This is a charity poker tournament organized to subsidize research by the Association Cancer Research UK. This association brings together researchers, doctors and various people who work to find cures for more effective fight against this disease. Millions of life were saved thanks to the existence of this association that conducts awareness campaigns and preventive against cancer. And many people have also been treated in time through early detection supported by the association. Organizers of the EPT London, known for their willingness to contribute to the implementation of the charitable activities of any kind, so they decided to organize this event to be held next October 2nd in the Hilton Metropole Hotel for their support in this humble mission.

The bill of 48 pages of Barney Frank, Democrat Congressman, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Consumer Protection Enforcement Act, to regulate and legalize online poker in the United States may spend some more time in the drawer. The defender of the project himself is not sure that this bill will pass in front of the House of Representatives before the U.S. Senate elections in November that occupy the political arena in the United States for some time. An effort in vain for the advocates of this bill that aims to establish a system of regulation at the federal level and structure of implementation through which the operators of online gambling could obtain a government license giving them permission to offer their services to U.S. citizens.

London, the British capital is arguably the city that hosts the largest poker tournaments on the European continent. The English capital is thus considered to be the first city of poker in Europe before respectively Dublin Ireland, Tallinn Estonia, Barcelona Spain, Catalonia and Monte Carlo. Motivated also by the flexibility of the regulations on gambling thanks to the Gambling Act which is applied since 2007, London has accelerated the construction of casinos and clubs which are actually twenty-four, where the very famous is The Empire located near Leicester Square and tons of specializing clubs such as The Western, which allow British people to have fun while they play.

The High Roller of $ 10,350 buy-in of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2010 has indeed started and delighted those who are fond of this kind of championship. A number of 103 competitors will compete on tables of Texas Hold'em No Limit. This field has far exceeded the number estimated by the organizers of the tournament. Indeed, it was expected that the High Roller should record a field of 64 players. The jackpot is enormous in this competition but note that the champion should attend seven successive confrontations before being crowned. In addition, the field consists of professional and well-known poker players as Praz Bansi, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Hellmuth, Jeff Lisandro, Vanessa Rousso, Jason Mercier, Howard Lederer Daniel Negreanu.

After a timid first step in Beaulieu-sur-Mer in May which gathered 149 players only, the France Poker Series is back with a better weekend in Divonne-les-Bains. With over 200 players already qualified for the second stage which will take place on September 25th and 26th, 2010, an influx of participants is expected and could surpass 300 competitors, according to latest estimates. For the tournament itself, there will be an event at € 1,200 buy-in with structure relatively slow which consists of 25,000 chips and the progressive steps which increase the blinds every 40 minutes. Besides the main event, two side tournaments will also mark the program this weekend that are a short-handed of € 600 and a € 300 knockout where each player able to eliminate an opponent will earn a money, in addition to the standard prize pool.

The association California Retirement Management Account (CARMA) held its third annual charity poker tournament "Poker in Paradise." This is an event organized to ensure a well deserved retirement to racehorses in California. Indeed, each year, jockeys, trainers and fans of horse race gather to play poker to raise fund. The profit is used to provide appropriate care for retired racehorses as long as they are alive. The variant played is Texas Hold'em and this year, 234 poker players answered to the invitation, which allowed CARMA to collect a profit of $ 70,000. About 115 people also attended the event and have contributed.

One good news, it is one. The next edition of the World Head's Up Poker Championship will take place almost simultaneously with the final of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) in the Victoria Casino in London this year. Thus, as each year, the best players of head's up in the world will be in the British capital this autumn, specifically from November 19th to 24th, 2010. 128 candidates are expected to compete in this famous race with a buy-in of € 2,000 + € 200 for the Up World event. Last year, the Cypriot Bambos Xanthos won the last edition in 2009 after having defeated the Irishman James Mitchell, champion of the 2009 final. He earned that day some £ 65,000 for his performance and as a bonus, the title of best player in the discipline.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata currently taking place at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City receives its third day of competition. The event will display an unprecedented success with a wide field of 1,042 participants for the Day 1A and 1B. With a buy-in of $ 3,500, the organizers have assembled a huge prize pool of $ 3,438,600 that let to the champion of the event to go home with a reward of $ 733,802. On Day 2, the 641 survivors in the first two qualifying days have yet competed to be among the competitors on Day 3. Towards the end of the day of the second day of competition, several players have been eliminated, including major figures such as Gavin Smith, Chris Bell, Nancy Todd Tyner, Maria Ho, Beth Shak, Tyffany Michelle, Kathy Liebert and Lisa Hamilton.

The last press conference held at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas was the opportunity for officials from the World Poker Tour (WPT) to announce the latest innovations in this circuit and news in the new edition. At first, there are new destinations such as Slovakia, Vienna and Paris. In addition, other events are being finalized and will probably be organized in Italy and Denmark in 2011. The WPT wants to expand further to new countries in order to reach a certain status worthy of a true international tournament which will be available to poker players worldwide.

The course of the British John Paul Kelly was closely followed by the poker community during the Event 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). Indeed, this young poker pro of 24 years has already recorded two WSOP bracelets and during the final day of the No Limit Hold'em of £ 1,075 buy-in, JP Kelly was on the way to win his third bracelet. Note that JP Kelly has already won the victory of the same event last year. Unfortunately, JP Kelly's double will not happen this year because he has just been ousted by his compatriot Scott Shelley during the final duel after a confrontation that lasted more than an hour.

200 pounds is the price of entry into the nightclub Stringfellows Covent Garden to participate in the Baller Strip Poker Championship which will take place on the evening of Tuesday, September 21st, 2010. This amount includes a cocktail but especially a seat for the tournament. The Baller Strip Poker as its name suggests is part of the family of strip poker being played in the same way as Texas Hold'em is one difference that the card game is played in two rounds. The particularity of this event lies in the fact that exotic dancers are present to provide entertainment to players who will have the nice task to designate the one who will accomplish this work.

The last weekend, the poker community in Dublin and Bordeaux attended two major poker tournaments which were the Poker Open in Dublin and the Barriere Poker Tour (BPT) of Bordeaux. Thus, the Ballsbridge Inn Dublin was invaded by 313 players who came to compete for the title and the reward of this event of € 550 buy-in. This second edition of the tournament was played with a magnificent structure, which certainly explains this success. The final table saw to qualifying of major poker players as the finalist of the France Poker Tour 2010 Stéphane De Sieter, Cyril Calestroupat, Nicolas Vallée, Stephane Di Crescenzo and the two final competitors of the heads'up Romain Mahot, the fourth finalist of Deepstack of Namur and the Irishman Alan Trueick. After three hours of confrontation, the Irish grabbed the victory and the price of € 40,142. This is one of his best achievements after a 22th place in the tournament Irish Open 2010 and a final table at the Irish Poker Tour 2006.

Danny “Brotha D” Leaoasavaii has just won the title of the tournament Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Auckland. The co-founder of Dawn Raid Entertainment and number of hip-hop record label in the South Pacific region demonstrated great skill by making once again talking about him. Indeed, Brotha D took over the trophy of the Main Event of NZD $ 3,000 buy-in of the APPT Auckland tournament last Sunday. He imposed his game to the 218 participants of the competition. On the eve of the final day, Brotha D has already a large advantage as chip leader. At the final table, players with the lowest stack with Leo Boxell, Danny Silk, Noah Vogelman, Soriano Ramos and Santi Ropati Toleafoa were the first to leave the table and ranked respectively in the 9th, 8th, 7th and 6 th place. Tamas Lendvai, Danny Silk and Srdjan Mitrovic respectively finished in the 5th, 4th and 3rd place, and the final duel was played between Brotha D and Tom Grigg.

The way of playing but also how to behave in front of the public are two criteria that attract people in a poker player. The public, especially TV viewers are always happy to see their favorite players on television. Generally, they are young players under 25 years age that we list as follow the top 5 of this ranking. At No. 5 ranking is Annette Oberstad who already recorded a lot of TV programs. In addition to her results acquired from an early age, this young player who likes to talk has a tremendous asset on the circuit but more importantly is that she an outstanding host for television producers. Ranked 4th, Bill Reynolds, who bears the nickname of " Altum Altrus" is described as a moderately talkative kid and a talented player who know how to animate a poker game.

The player of the year during the World Series of Poker 2009 (WSOP), Jeffrey Lisandro, get his fifth bracelet after seizing the victory in Event # 2 Pot Limit Omaha of £ 5,250 buy-in during the WSOP Europe. It is a feat that will improve more the reputation of a player who continues to impose his style of play because Lisandro eliminated one by one his opponents even though there were great players among them as including four former WSOP champions and the qualified for the next November nine John Racener on the final table. On the other hand, among the 120 players registered, Joe Serock, Willie Tann, Jeff Madsen, John Racener, Karl Mahrenholz, Felipe Ramos, Jeff Kimber and Chris Bjorin had a seat around the final table of the tournament.

About forty major players and amateurs mixed will be at the appointment of the Poker Cup which will take place from October 8th to 10th, 2010 at the Casino Es Saadi of Marrakesh. This tournament which will be played during three days will have as buy-in a huge sum of $ 100,000, it is to say that the event is not for every players. For this, 5 tables of 8 competitors each will be available to professional players and non-professionals mixed with at least two known players on each table. No Limit Hold'em is the variant to play of the 8 circuits that will have to deliver two winners when the 10 survivors will be around the final table with four million dollars to win. Each hour from the final, each player can recover the initial $ 100,000. In return, the finalists who have withdrawn money at the end of game will be among the last four players ruled out for the grand final to be held in Monte Carlo in 2011.

The Day 1A of the WPT Borgata Poker Open Stage, in Atlantic City registered the participation of some 311 poker players, with big names like Tyffany Michelle, Maria Ho, the Levy brothers, Michael Binger, Thomas Manning, but especially the French and winner of last year Olivier Busquet, coming back to defend his title and he was qualified for the Day 2. The American Mike Sexton coming back this season for his first WPT is also part and has accumulated 70,400 chips at this meeting with an average of 48,300 chips for qualifiers. This first day was dominated by the holder of a WSOP bracelet Jeff Papola. The young American player who held the position of chipleader for a while is qualified for the second starting day of Monday with a stack of 156,200 chips. The WPT Borgata Poker Open being held at the same time as the World Series of Poker Europe in London will have to do a big effort if participation is concerned but will certainly receive players used to play the circuit as Gavin Smith, Kathy Liebert and Chris Bell for more.

On Wednesday, November 3rd, a charity poker tournament will be held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California. This is a charity event organized to the benefit of the Child Rescue Association which is fighting against the sale of children into the sex trade. Indeed, many children are victims of such injustice in the United States and Canada. The organization of this tournament is the result of a unique alliance between the International Media Mogul Sumner Redstone and the two stars of poker Annie Duke and Howard Lederer. We have to say that the two pro poker players take to heart their efforts to eliminate this scourge that afflicted young children.

The first gold bracelet during the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) has been awarded to Phil Laak. The “Unabomber” was close to the title of world champion of poker five years ago, during which party he was beaten by Johnny Chan. And after a defeat in Las Vegas this summer, he finally wins the only trophy missing from his collection. Indeed, Phil Laak recorded numerous victories in big tournaments and several paid places, an endurance record on cash game tables characterized by 137 hours of nonstop play. By winning the event NL Hold'em 6-Max of £ 2,650 buy-in, which took place from September 14th to 16th, 2010 at the Casino At The Empire London, so his first WSOP bracelet was awarded to him.

Belgium is the new European country that legalized online gambling in its territory after a few nations predecessors in the Old World. This new legislation affecting poker, sports betting and casino games is the same as that of France with a small difference that would surely have a big effect because only owners of physical casino will be entitled to licenses. In a few months from now, Belgian players will have to limit their appetites on online poker sites having no license. So after a lot of noise for some time, the Belgian authority has taken decision by offering to those who are fond of online gambling the effectiveness of the law from the beginning of 2011.

The Main Event of the Poker Open Marrakesh XVI tournament began last Wednesday, September 15th at the casino Es Saadi. 71 players have been registered by paying the buy-in of € 4,500 to be part of competitors of this main event. And after an emotionally charged Day where the best participants were able to qualify for the final table, only 22 survivors remained. Some celebrities gave up before this last phase as David Benyamine, Leo Margets who was the only woman in this competition, the World Poker Tour champion Christophe Savary, Erik Hugo Lemaire and Clement Thumy. The prize pool collected amounts to € 280,000 and organizers have decided to award the nine finalists.

The sixth edition of the Belgium Open Poker Championships will take place from October 9th to 17th, 2010 at Casino de Namur. This new competition 2010 will have several events in the program from €100 to €1,700 for the Main Event. Thus, the Main Event will be played during nine days with 4 days of elimination rounds. This will usually be parts with slow structured plays with 250BB and rounds of an hour. In addition, the qualifying rounds at a lower buy-in of € 100 will be held at the same Casino de Namur from October 9th to 11th. Similarly, a Ladies tournament of €110 is also included in the program for this sporting event of the BOPC. Note that inclusive packages of €2,500 will be offered by organizers during the tournament which is also one of the most attractive in Europe.

At his greatest joy, Fabian Quoss, the runner-up of the No Limit Hold'em $ 5,000 buy-in of the World Series of Poker 2009 finally won a title during the English Poker Open tournament. This great poker enthusiast from Nuremberg, in Germany managed to win face to the 193 other competitors for the £ 3,500 Main Event buy-in. On the final table, Quoss faced players like Mathew Frankland who finished at the 3rd position, Felipe Ramos (4th), Andrew Brennan (5th), Brent Lehring (6th), Mark Norman (7th), Salman Behbehani (8th) and Stepen Chimelski (9th). During the final heads-up, Fabian Quoss faced Sebastian Crul and by beating him, he won the title of champion of the English Poker Open 2010 and earned thus the nice bonus of £ 220,650.

The icing on the cake of the London Poker Festival, the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker Europe took place on the night of September 13th, 2010 at the Hotel Kensington. Indeed, the British Poker Awards 2010 were presented that night in the presence of a multitude of British poker players. The evening was led by the duo of Antonio Esfandiari and Michael Caselli. In addition to the 11 awards that have been assigned to each player of his class, assistance was also invited to a 50 pounds NL Hold'em tournament. Thus, for this 2010 edition of the British Poker Awards, Neil Channing was named best player in cash games. As for James Akenhead, he was named best player of the tournament.

The third stage of the Three Länder Poker Tour which is scheduled to take place in Spielbank of Hamburg from October 21st to 25th, 2010 has been banned by German authorities of Innenbehörde Hamburg. Local authorities have in fact warned organizers of this event to not work with any online poker school. Thus, following discontinuation of sponsorship deal with online poker school in question, the main sponsor of the event, initiators of this 3 Länder Tour Poker with the persons in charge of the casino have decided to cancel this stage. Thus, this passage of 3LPT in Hamburg foreseen for the end of October will be canceled.

After the coronation of Sarah Herzali during the € 900 buy-in tournament, the € 1,800 buy-in tournament of the Marrakesh Poker Open XVI has also crowned a woman who is Barbara Martinez. The French woman was the only woman in the field of 68 participants and has done a magnificent run. Indeed, the final table of this tournament of €1,800 buy-in was surrounded by many young players with very aggressive style. The Romanian Petre Bogdan Ionescu had the biggest stack of the game and he managed to keep his advantage until the final heads'up. Moreover, many competitors were among his victims. Thus, after the departure of low stack players including Didier Muscat, Cedric Rossi, Alain Roy, the French man Julien Leonard, Norway's Andreas Hagen, the French player Simon Faure, Morocco's Omar Lakhdari, the Irish Heather Nicolas respectively left the game at the 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd place.

The first edition of the France Poker Series will take place during the three-day weekend of September 24th to 26th, 2010. The spa town of Divonne-les-Bains will have the privilege to host the season 1 of the FPS. A total of 6 tournaments will mark the program of this new tournament : for the day of September 24th at 8 pm, there will be a satellite of € 175 + € 25 buy-in for the Main Event with a maximum of 300 players. At 11:55 pm, another satellite of € 175 + € 25 buy-in for the Main Event with a maximum of 200 players will be played. On September 25th at 2 :00 pm, it will be the beginning of the Main Event of € 1100 + € 100 buy-in limited to 400 players maximum. At 8 :00 pm, Freezeout tournament with an entry fee of € 550 + € 50 open to 120 players at the maximum including the eliminated on Day 1 is opened.

The nine players who will start the final table of the tournament English Poker Open being held at Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair, in London are finally known. The event attracted a field of 194 participants and 93 of them were qualified to be part of the competitors for the Day 2. During the second day of competition, the eyes of the poker community were focused on Phil Laak and Liv Boeree especially since both owned the biggest stack even after the bursting of the bubble with the elimination of Philip Oehmke as bubble boy of the party. However, spectators were disappointed because Laak was eliminated a few times after and settled for the 18th place with a gain of £ 6,800 while Boeree finished in the 12th place and cashed a price of £ 9,500. With a buy-in of £ 3,500, organizers of the English Poker Open brought together a prize pool of £ 675,000 and the lucky winner of this final table will pocket a handsome reward of £ 219,550.

In a period of one year, the number of online players in the UK registered an increase of over 40%, according to a study by Nielsen Media Research. In numbers, this increase means about 3 million new players who are added to the bettors, poker and online casino players already identified. Taking the example of Camelot, the operator of online lottery, it identified from July 2009 to July 2010 about 5 million more visitors. Indeed, from 4.4 million in the 7th month of the year 2009, the visitors of the website of this company rise to 9.4 million 12 months later, an increase of 88%. According to analysis by Steven Schwartz, the number of players on online poker sites has also exploded over the last decade. He further explains that poker via internet became more attractive to customers than live poker.

The fourth edition of the tournament World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2010 has just started yesterday. A field of 244 participants were registered for the first event, the Six Handed NL Hold'em of £ 2,650 buy-in. Some notable players looking for a bracelet have already tasted defeat at this first event like Sorel Mizzi, Annette Obrestad, Frank Kassel, Barry Greenstein, Mike Matusow and Tom Dwan. The two Phil, Ivey and Hellmuth but also Allen Cunningham, Chad Brown and James Akenhead were also ousted early in this event. After the Day 1, it remains more than 31 competitors in the race. Chris Bjorin and Chris Moorman led the tournament at the moment but Andrew Pantling is still a big opponent for them. Jeffrey Lisandro, the champion of the European Poker Tour San Remo Liv Boerre, Phil Laak and the third finalist of the WSOP Europe 2009 Praz Bansi are among the favorites still in contest for the title.

Who will join the group of poker legends composed by Phil Hellmuth, Stu Ungar, Benny Binion, Doyle Brunson, or the latest Mike Sexton? The answer is not immediate. We must await the verdict of the 33 board members who will have the difficult task of designating the happy person who will incorporate the closed club of prestigious players of the Hall of Fame. Each of the 33 voters have in his possession 10 points that he will have to award to one of the 10 nominees who are Dan Harrington, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Linda Johnson, Tom McEvoy, Jennifer Harman Traniello, Erik Seidel and Scotty Nguyen based on their personal effort to the development of the discipline. It will be at the end of the scores counting of the 10 competitors that Seth Palansky, the head of communications of the WSOP, will have to add the points and the two lucky winners among the ten selected will be announced.

OK, it's official! Greece followed the lead of other European countries, notably Italy and France in legalizing poker, only offline for the moment. A new variety of games will be available to the Greek players in casino rooms, including among others, Omaha and Texas Hold'em. Several tournaments will also be at the rendezvous of lovers of this card game. Following this great news as expected, the Greek media are already talking about an explosion of poker in the country, referring to what happened in Italy after the government took the same decision. The case of horse betting and online casino games with rumors of a possible liberalization are also debated in the country.

The fourth round of the tournament World Poker Showdown will be back this year. This new autumn of very fun poker in Costa Rica, reserved for amateurs will be held at Casino Jazz in Jaco Beach from November 5th to 14th, 2010. The WPS will be different from other major professional tournament circuit in Europe and in the whole world by its pleasant events course consisting of poker with sun and relaxation on one of the most beautiful beaches of the Pacific. The tournaments are also open for even less rich players with an interesting prize pool. The new season 2010-2011 of the WPS will consist of three main steps.

The Regulatory Authority of Online games (ARJEL) has given approval to three new legal operators of online poker. After another meeting this weekend of the members of the ARJEL to see some recent approvals, 38 casinos that belong to three groups will be added to those already operational. These three groups newly approved are those of Joa that has 20 casinos, the Tranchant Group which owns 16 and the Société du Golfe with its two casinos. In other words, 30 French and foreign operators are now holders of 38 licenses including 21 licenses of poker, 12 of sports betting and 5 for horse betting.

The World Open Tournament VI brought together 48 poker players and closed with a beautiful triumph of the British Sam Trickett. During four days of competition during which many famous poker players competed to win the prestigious title, the Palm Beach Casino in Mayfair, in London was very animated. Dale Hoy, Andrew Robl, John Duthie, Yevgenjy Timoshenko, Juha Helppi, Toby Lewis and Sam Trickett were the happy qualified for the final table. After five hours of outstanding game, Trickett grabbed the victory by ousting the Ukraine Timoshenko during the final confrontation. Indeed, despite the talent of the Ukrainian and the quality of his game, he unfortunately inclined to the second place after having largely defended his honor on this duel. This strong performance allowed him to pocket a gain of $ 110,000 which will increase his bankroll especially since he has already accomplished many feats in various major events.

After four days of intense poker during which 363 players participated, the tournament Sydney Poker Championships 2010 ended and the event has crowned its new champion in the person of Andrew Capelin. Competitors for the Main Event of this tournament have paid an entrance fee of $ 1,650 which allowed the organizers to bring together a prize pool of $ 544,500. Several players from around the world came to participate in this poker event but they were eliminated early on like the last champion Jarred Graham, Grant Levy, Brendon Rubie, Daniel Neilson and Tony Hachem. Others have been part of the paid places like San Dunwoodie, Michael O'Grady, Ricky Kroesen, Stephen Lindeblad and Daniel Kochan.

A multitude of poker players like Mesbah Guerfi, Chistophe Savary, Jean-Jacques Mars, Hugo Lemaire, Alain Roy but also Big Roger participated in the tournament of € 900 buy-in held at Casino Es Saadi of Morocco last Sunday, September 12th. It is one of the best events in the poker festival of Morocco. Renowned international stars like David Benyamine were present at this event. However, none of these illustrious players were able to capture the title. Indeed, the victory in this competition has been won by the lovely Sarah Herzali. This Frenchwoman passionate of poker is therefore facing a huge challenge because despite the competence and reputation of her opponents, she imposed her style of play.

If artists have always enjoyed the service of an agent, now poker players can also use such luxury as a management agency for poker players in France has just been created. This is "The Korporation”, an agency who will defend the interests of players throughout their careers. Thus, The Korporation will handle the negotiation of various contracts for their clients, organizing their appearance in various events, manage the blogs and sites of players and perform all juridical operations, tax or legal. Thus, with the arrival of the agency, poker players will be able to concentrate on their careers, far from everyday worries sometimes causing considerable stress during their participation in tournaments.

The majestic City Casino Center in Rosario, Argentina will receive from September, 23rd to 26th the Latin America Poker Tour (LAPT) tournament. The poker enthusiasts who will participate in this tournament will be invited to a welcome reception before the start of this grand finale. So they will celebrate the traditional LAPT festival be held from 9 pm. Several Side Eventare organized during this championship like the No Limit Hold'em Deepstack of $ 500 buy-in, No Limit Hold'em of $ 2,000 buy-in or the $ 200 buy-in Ladies Event. To sum up, all categories of players will find a game that suit them and every participants in the Latin American tournament will be satisfied of the beautiful setting.

The verdict were officially known on Wednesday, September 8th, 2010, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which has its headquarters in Luxembourg disavow the German monopoly on online gambling. This monopoly dictated by the Interstate Gambling Treaty and operative since January 2008, expressly forbids in the whole 16 Lander of the Federal Republic of online casino games and poker. The ECJ also urges German lawmakers to comply with EU law stipulated by the treaty. This recent decision also contradicts the jurisprudence of two earlier decisions of the Court which accepted the Dutch and Portuguese monopoly. The ECJ clarify its argument on the fact that the German public monopoly goes far beyond its mission by engaging more advertisements for huge profits. The Court specify that monopoly should only be applicable if it concerns consumer protection and the fight against fraud.

The main event of the Sydney Poker Championships 2010 tournament currently taking place at Star City casino in Sydney started yesterday. If twelve months ago, organizers estimated to gather a field of 324 participants for this event, this turnout could reach 400 participants according to the influx of players for the Day 1 of the competition. In fact, 149 players registered to attend the first day of competition at the Main Event of the meeting and many famous poker players were there like Martin Corner, Emmanuel Seat, Billy Argyros, Andrew Hinrichsen, Tom Rafferty, the champion of the High Roller Daniel Neilson but Aaron Benton. After 10 hours of play, none of them could be among the 50 survivors who will be able to attend the second day of competition.

Being a poker star is not always obvious, there is the good side of things but there are also the bad. That's what happen to the American player Michael Mizrachi "The Grinder" who were convoked by the federal court in Texas where a poker company sued him. According to the complaint, Michael Mizrachi contracted with that company in July 2009 with a clause stipulating that the player should wore caps and badges bearing the image of the company for about twenty tournament in exchange of a sum of $ 150,000, 1.75% stake of the company and the support of expenses on tournaments. Everything was normal until the day when "The Grinder" signed another contract with another poker company. That's where the conflict begun when the first contracting company complaint to court due to breach of the agreement signed with it. Michael Mizrachi and the second company of poker has not yet reacted against this trial.

The poker room of Star City Casino in Sydney is currently hosting the tournament Sydney Poker Championships, an event that meets at each edition many famous poker players under the Australian sky. Last night, Daniel Neilson reiterated once again the feat he accomplished last year at the High Roller event during this tournament. Indeed, he once again seize the throne and the first prize of $ 103,500 of this event. The buy-in of this high roller increased substantially from $ 5,200 in 2009 to $ 10,200 this year, which probably explains the weak field compared to last year. Thus, only 23 players including Grant Levy, Sam Youssef, Aaron Benton and Billy Jourdanou participated in the tournament.

Just a few more days to wait and the UK will be the international meeting place of European poker. Indeed, the biggest names in this discipline will go to the British capital for the fourth annual World Series of Poker Europe. If live satellites events including £ 30 to £ 750 qualifiers for the Main Event tournaments with annexes are currently underway for a period of one week and this since Sept. 6th, the WSOPE 2010 tournament will consist of five tournaments to be played in Leicester Square from September 14th to 28th 2010.

The tournament World Open VI currently held at the Palm Beach casino in Mayfair, London revealed the first results of the four rounds of the competition. The qualifiers for the finals of this exceptional event has indeed begun and four players have their place for the final table. After ousting Marty Smith, James Akenhead, Ian Frazer, Petter Jetten, Lee Atherton, Dan Fleyshman and Neil Channing, Sam Trickett will have the chance to continue this poker adventure and Andrew Robl also joined him after a very exciting party against Brandon Cantu, Felipe Ramos, Dragan Galic, Roland de Wolfe, James Mitchell, Tom Dwan and Josh Gould. Note that this is a televised competition in shootout mode and the winner will win the reward of $ 200,000.

After the ending of the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker Europe, which currently take place in London, the British capital will again be honored to host the European Poker Tour, which will be played from September 28th to October 5th, 2010. This is also the most anticipated EPT of the season with a festival of 24 tournaments. In addition, organizers expect this year a crowd beyond the number of 730 players of last year at the Hilton Metropole with check of more than one million Euro for the winner of this European competition. Who will then succeed to the winner of last year 2009, the young American Aaron Gustavson who pocketed € 923,500 ? The answer will be known in the evening of Tuesday, October 5th, 2010.

As usual, London, one of the major cities of European poker, will be at center of interests throughout the month of September. Indeed, with the new editions of the English Poker Open, the World Series of Poker Europe and eventually the European Poker Tour, London Poker Festival will be like any other event an appointment not to be missed during the 9th month of the year 2010. The first trophy of British poker will be awarded there. This ceremony called British Poker Awards will be an opportunity for the UK to reward its best poker players. Scheduled for Monday, September 13th in the evening, the celebration of the first edition will have as masters of ceremony Antonio 'The Magician' Esfandiari and Michael Caselli.

Last Tuesday, September 7th, inside the majestic Palm Beach Casino in Cannes, the 9 players who will compete in the final table of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) tournament were known. This event showed tremendous success because 3,346 players in total have participated in the various championships qualifiers organized during the PPT. During the main event, the 746 registrants attended a prize pool of € 5,684,160, a real record for this circuit which kept its promise as the greatest poker tournament of the Hexagon and of the whole Europe. Moreover, among the competitors on their way to the November Nine of the PPT, three of them are French players as Fabrice Soulier, holder of the second largest stack 3,652,000, Raphael Kroll (2,390,000 chips) and Cyril Andre who have the lowest stack of the party whose 600,000. France therefore have a hope of winning the cup. Note that the price for the champion is € 1.3 million.

Once again, the poker community will show the world that it is full of men and women with noble and generous heart. Close collaboration between poker players and an online poker website will enable the association Vinny Lecavalier to help lead the fight against pediatric cancer. Indeed, the charity poker tournament for the benefit of Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Discorders Center, a Florida-based center research, will be held next September 10th and an online tournament in the same framework will be played on September 12th, 2010. The goal is to raise funds for research into new technologies or drugs adequate to foreclose forever the scourge that causes the suffering of many children and parents.

The new tournament announced for the month of October 2010 will certainly fill with joy poker players just waiting to be served. After the completion of the European Poker Tour, the World Poker Tour and in the near future the European Master of Poker planned for the end of September, a new competition called the International Series of Poker (ISOP) will expand the schedule of poker tournaments of October of this year. For this first appointment, the famous Grand Casino Barcelona, in the Catalan capital, is honored to receive the first edition of the ISOP from October 1st to 3rd 2010.

The high roller with a buy-in worth $ 15,000 of the World Poker Tour London (WPT) crowned as champion Jack Cody. This event attracted 17 players among others are a few known players like Freddy Deeb, Luke Schwartz, Andrew Robl, Frank Kassel and Bruno Fitoussi. This kind of championship promise excellent bonus to the winner and everyone did their best to be part of the paid list. Freddy Deeb managed to rank in the third position. Even if he missed the title and the jackpot, he still pocketed a tidy sum of £ 56,400 for his magnificent performance. The final duel was facing Tony G and Justin Smith.

Victories, awards or style of play, it is usually the criteria that show the celebrity of poker players. Moreover, another significant parameter can measure this success nearby the public : appearances on the TV. Without considering the performance, here is the list of 10 players the most mediated of the world. At the 10th place, there is Howard Lederer who is the founder, co-owner and CEO of a poker company. Antonio Esfandiari ranked No. 9 with WSOP and WPT titles but is he is best known for his sense of animation. In eighth place is Gavin Smith with his first WSOP bracelet in 2010 but this player has a lot of TV shows. Annie Duke is one of the women to expose herself more often in the media and she is ranked seventh. Tony G, ranked number six continues to make talking about him in the media like his recent proposal to Ulsain Bolt.

A new competition that will surely attract the poker community has just started yesterday at the Palm Beach Casino, in Mayfair, in London. This is the World Poker Open VI, an event that will face the 48 best poker players in the world around tables of Sit'n Go. The 48 participants in this tournament have paid the buy-in of $ 10,000 generating a prize pool of $ 480,000 of which $ 200,000 will be awarded to the winner. Note that the World Poker Open VI is composed of six sit'n go of 8 players and the competition will be held from September 6th to 9th, 2010. The winners of each table will complete the list of finalists.

The Swiss Federal Council decision concerning the prohibition to hold poker tournaments outside of casinos has been stringent. It decided to not consider the two requests of Jacqueline Fehr (PS / ZH) and Jean-Pierre Grin (UDC / VD) who demanded a revision of the law. The Federal Council explains that it is unthinkable to bend on the principles at the base of the law on gambling to outweigh the arguments of social protection. The Council to continue that it is not possible to validate legal provisions allowing the practice of gambling and games of chance outside of casinos throughout the Swiss Community. The government noted for its part that adopting it will conduct to a dysfunction in case of an exemption granted to poker but not for other games.

Almost unknown in the discipline one year ago, the young British poker player Jake Cody continues to astonish the world of card game and this, since his victory at the European Poker Tour Deauville. The young prodigy of online poker of 21 years has indeed relapsed winning £ 273,783 at the World Poker Tour in London last week. That shows he is good by performing in a space of a few months what a lot of poker professionals achieve after several years. The question now is, is Jake Cody the third man who will follow in the footsteps of Gavin Griffin and Roland de Wolfe who are currently the only two players to have won a title in each of the three most prestigious circuit competitions ? The future will tell us the answer.

The tournament Partouche Poker Tour (PPT), which began last Thursday, September 3rd assembled a broad field of 764 participants consisting of many simple and professional poker players. The organizers have assembled a huge prize pool valued at € 5,684,160 which will be shared between the 81 best players in the game. A priori, this third season of PPT announces huge success. The 343 survivors have begun the second day of competition yesterday at the majestic Palm Beach Casino in Cannes. Some stars of poker which is part of the field, however, experienced a defeat early as Phil Ivey, Michael Mizrachi, Gus Hansen, Fabien Perrot, Valentin Messina, Francis Balmigère and Pedro Canali. While some will still continue the race just like Phil Laak, Vanessa Selbst, Anthony Roux, Nicolas Levi, Arnaud Mattern, Nicolas Delvaux, Tristan Clémençon, Jean Robert Bellande, Fabrice Soulier and Antoine Saout.

The latest World Poker Tour in London was a total failure in terms of number of participants, even if is considered as an essential circuit in the world of poker. It was nos that players have shunned the London event but players were thinking over the gain they can have face to two big tournaments occuring almost simultaneously. Poker enthusiasts are also obliged to take a crucial decision in choosing what is best in terms of gain for themselves what explain the thin attendance of participants at the recent World Poker Tour held in the English capital, and almost a rush in the Partouche Poker Tour in the Partouche casino of Palm Beach.

For the first time, the tournament World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOP) will be making another stop at the Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. The event will run from January 6th to 25th 2011. This is the first appointment that will not happen in one of Harrah's properties, but will certainly delight fans of poker in the region. It must be said that the owners of Harrah's were impressed by the quality of Choctaw Casino in organizing a poker tournament, which helped them to choose it as a guest of honor of a stage of the WSOP Circuit. Moreover, the casino is located in an area close to major cities including the city of Dallas and Tulsa. For all these reasons, poker players of these cities will surely make the trip to Oklahoma for this prestigious tournament.

Antanas Guoga aka Tony G who ever cease to talk about him is back once again. After a recent attempt to invite Isildur1 to play live cards with him, the largest Trash Talker's in the poker world and undisputed champion of buzz offers another invitation as crazy as the previous for the Jamaican athlete, Usain Bolt, specialist of sprint and holder of three world records, in a race of 100 meters in Lithuania. The principle of the new bet is that Tony G, convinced of the performance of the champion during these two last years, suggests to Usain Bolt to give him an advance of 50 meters. In the end, whoever reaches the finish line first will pay $ 50,000 to a charity of his choice.

The final day of the European Poker Tour Vilamoura (EPT) was held last Thursday, September 2nd. This is the biggest poker festival held under the sky of Portugal. The local poker community relied on the talent of their unique native representative on the final table, Sergio Coutinho. Unfortunately, he failed to reach the victory. He was the first to be eliminated from the game table and received the eighth prize money of € 37,248. The former champion of the EPT Monte Carlo, Rob Hollink, Frederik Jensen and the famous former footballer Teddy Sheringham have also been excluded from the top of the list and placed respectively at the 7th, 6th and 5th place. Sheringham has therefore done a very good performance in the world of poker while cashing the handsome sum of € 93 121, twice what he received at the World Series of Poker Europe.

The World Poker Tour London (WPT) currently held at Palm Beach casino in Mayfair will soon end because there are only 38 players in the race to begin the third day of competition. Illustrious poker players composed the field of 171 participants of this event and the public hope an outstanding achievement from their part. However, some of them were beaten early and left the game without winning as Erik Seidel, Phil Ivey, Tony G, Freddy Deeb and two French players Bruno Fitoussi and Gerome Gitteau. They were eliminated on the second day of competition. Their fans will view them in work in other circumstances as the poker festival in London will last a long time.

The International Poker Players Association Championship (IPPAC) of November 29th to December 2nd, 2010 will be one of the first most expensive poker tournament ever played in the world. The amounts announced are enormous : a buy-in of $ 250,000, a huge prize pool of $ 12 million with $ 5 million to give to the winner. Audacious players who will take part in this unique event will be known as "Elite 48". A new format satellite called Equity Shootout Rebuy of $ 1,000 in maximum is available for participants to qualify for this mammoth meeting. The aim of the International Poker Players Association, or IPPA is to set up a tournament with deep base to try to find the best players in the world, according to Nanoko, manager of the Bicycle Casino.

The tournament 3 Länder Poker Tour Beach of Warnemünde in Germany, which brought together 133 players just ended. Some French pro joined the Spielbank casino located on the edge of the Baltic Sea to participate in the € 2,200 Main Event buy-in for this tournament, like Valentine Messina, Leonardo Truche, Gael Seydoux but also Mathieu Le Montagner. Unfortunately, they have all experienced defeat and the hope of French players sat on the only French in the list of finalists in the person of Cedric Hiblot. Yesterday, the three finalists of the Länder Poker Tour clashed on game table to determine the winner of the event. After a surprising exit of Stephan Klam in the 9th place, it was the turn of players having the lowest stack to leave one to one the table. Thus, Guenther Bauer took the 8th place and Cedric Hiblot followed him at the 7th place after suffering an attack of the Italian Salassa. For his performance, he pocketed a bonus of € 10,800.

A poker tournament for amateurs was held at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham, Britain. This is the Amateur Poker Association & Tour World Amateur Poker Championships (APAT). The event attracted a field of 425 players who each paid an entry fee of £ 100 generating a prize pool of £ 42,500. During the Day 1A, 212 players competed, and after this first day of competition, there were only 27 competitors in the race with Neil Lukins as chip leader. During the Day 1B, it remained 30 survivors. Thus, the Day 2 brought together 57 players and 44 of them were among the winners. Ben Young led the game completely during the second day of competition. Indeed, he demonstrated great skill and led the battle until the nine finalists were demarcated.

Poker tournaments are organized at an unbridled rhythm but enthusiasts of this sport from all sides do not miss an opportunity to participate in each appointment. Everyone also knows that this game attracts diverse personalities as stars of showbiz, movie stars, athletes even if they are still working or are retired. Regarding the European Poker Tour Vilamoura in Portugal, the presence of Teddy Sheringham has not gone unnoticed. The man did the heyday of the English Premier League during his career and having now more than 40 years, the man converted to poker. On this side, we conclude that he is a good player according to his benefits, his gains after multiple tournaments with more than €100,000 benefits. A good start which only encourage him to move forward in order to share his passion, his dreams with others.

Poker is not the favorite pastimes of Canadians. It is far behind ice hockey or other sports. However, card game, like Texas hold em poker and Omaha, marks the daily life of this country which has the advantage of having a market large enough in spite of restrictions on governmental level. We should also refer to the law passed in 2009 to take cognizance about the reality of poker in Canada. This law stipulates that revenues from card games are considered as normal income source, therefore subject to taxes for poker pro and semi-pros who live and earn money with it. As a result, Canada has famous players who choose home outside their country, like Daniel Negreanu 'Kid Poker' who lives in Nevada, Las Vegas, El Dorado of live poker where the stakes is estimated in hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Kickoff for one of the major events of poker on the European continent, the third final of the Partouche Poker Tour, which started this September 2nd to 7th, 2010. A grand final hosted by the Palm Beach Casino in Cannes with a guaranteed prize pool of at least € 3 million, of which one third will be awarded to the winner. If the Main Event of Day 1A and B of September 2nd and 3rd was played for € 8,500 buy-in, with 30,000 starting chips and blinds every 90 minutes, a more solid structure formed by levels every 2 hours marked the rest of the tournament from Day 2. At the end of Day 5 in September 7th, the name of the successor of Jean Paul Pasqualini, winner of the Partouche Poker Tour of last year will be unveiled.

The public did his share of voting for the ten nominees of Poker Hall of Fame mixed version 2010 during the period of two months fixed. It is the turn of the 16 committee members with 17 poker media to designate the single winner with the nominated person for the voting for 2011. Which of the 10 nominees including two women players Jennifer Harman Traniello and Linda Johnson, Chris Ferguson, Barry Greenstein, Dan Harrington, Phil Ivey, Tom McEvoy, Daniel Negreanu, Scotty Nguyen and Erik Seidel who received the most votes from the public will be the new member of the Poker Hall of Fame and will succeed in to Mike Sexton, the last player voted in 2009 ?

Four glorious days of competitions happened in Vilamoura, Portugal at the European Poker Tour (EPT). At the end of this 4 th day, an online player, Briton Toby Lewis found himself leading the tournament with the biggest stack. The first success of Lewis in a live tournament back in 2009 during a tournament of £ 200 of buy-ins held in Brighton. Since then he accumulated a gain of $ 171,669 including two cash in the EPT circuit. The second player in good position for a British victory is in the name of Sam Trickett, who holds the second biggest stack. Trickett is also known in the poker world through his many live tournaments cash received during the last three years reaching $ 1.33 million.

The World Poker Tour London (WPT) didn't registered a big success. Organized at the margins of the European Poker Tour Vilamoura and the Partouche Poker Tour Cannes, the tournament brought together a field of 166 participants. During the first day of competition, organizers counted 72 inscribed and in the Day 1B, the participation rate increased slightly with 94 participants. Note that these 166 players have paid a buy-in of £ 5,000. But despite this low field, the tournament attracted many famous players such as Richard Ashby, Neil Channing, Frank Kassel, Chris Moorman, Michael Greco, Tony G, Freddy Deeb, Surinder Sunar, Ross Boatman, Bruno Fitoussi, Steven Zan Zadelhoff and many others. They came to show their love for the London stage of the WPT.

The lucky competitors who will compose the final table of the tournament 3 Länder Poker Tour (3LT) Warnemünde Beach are now known. On the third day of competition, the 20 survivors among the 133 participants initially fought to be part of the final runners. Some well-known players like Mark Van Der Voorden, Tobias Wagner, Kai Rocholl, Stephano Luchetti and Stephan Rotach were eliminated early. And after the bursting of the bubble, the Spaniard Pablo Ubierna, Holger Lindemann and one of two French representatives, Roman Cojean, suffered the same fate. Cojean finished in the 11th place and received a prize of € 3.900. And France is counting on Cedric Hiblot to defend the honor of the French poker community.

The fifth stage of the Barrière Poker Tour 2010 took place during the last week-end of August at the Casino of Dinard. Three days which knew a very weak turnout of only 68 players at the kick off of the € 1,500 + € 150 Main Event for a guaranteed prize pool of € 100,000. Some regular players of the French circuit as Michael Cohen, Willy Korchia, Stephane Bazin, Mercedes Osti, the winner of the WSOP Ladies 2010, Vanessa Perdigon Hellebuyck were part of the game and it was also the first time in poker tournament of the skater Philippe Candeloro. During the first two days, 10 players already guaranteed their participation in the final table dominated by Victor Delmas after a fairly ordinary start to reach the final duel that lead him in the final head's up with Paul Ribaud. A first ever victory which earned him € 30,000 with a ticket for the final.

The second day of competition of the European Poker Tour Vilamoura (EPT) has just terminated. It remains 69 competitors in the race. The last champion of the event Matias Antonio could not defend his title and left the game without reaching the paid places. Other famous players have also surrendered as Vicky Coren, Liv Boeree, Dario Minieri, Ludovic Lacay, Michel Abecassis, Antony Lellouche, Antonio Esfandiari, David Williams and John Duthie, the holder of a bracelet of the World Series of Poker, James Dempsey and the EPT Snowfest champion Allen Baekke.

After the recent success of Andrew Frankenberger in Los Angeles, the World Poker Tour London Poker Classic takes place now in Palm Beach Casino, precisely from August 30th to September 5th, 2010 in the exclusive area of Mayfair for a first European stage in London. The Day 1A has already been played by announcing the color test with a buy-in of £ 5,300 and will end on Saturday, September 4th as part of the final table. The £ 15,000 buy-in High Roller Event will for its part close the United Kingdom WPT. A lot of poker players from all around the world, predominantly European, have already taken rendezvous in the British capital for this new tournament. The presence of Phil Ivey, Tony G, Dave Ulliot, Erik Seidel, James Akenhead and Annette Obrestad are also noted.

Cannes prepares itself for one of the last great summer poker circuit event in the European calendar. This is the third edition of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) of € 8,500 entrance ticket and € 3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, which will take place at the Palm Beach Casino on September 2nd to 7th, 2010. As usual, the final table of the Main Event will take place on November 6th and 7th 2010. In addition, qualifying events for the Main Even will be offered on Wednesday 1st and Thursday, September 2nd at Cannes with three super-satellite of € 900. The season 3 of Cannes PPT's will have a big step to do to break the record of the season 2 in terms of participants which knew the presence of some 523 players last year. Indeed, between EPT Vilamoura ending on September 2nd and the WPT London which is played from August 30th to September 4th, the heart of players balance among these international events.

The participation of woman players is more than requested after the end of summer holidays 2010 with a schedule of live poker tournament which was concocted for the occasion. Four large appointments, ones than the others will mark the beginning of competition for women in principle. The last result of women players during the world championship 2010 and the few turnout of women in ladies event but also their performance was still filled by the first place, a WSOP bracelet and $ 192,132 won by the French player Vanessa Hellebuyck from Team770 during the Ladies Event of World Series of Poker 2010, on last June 13th.

The tournament Joa Poker Tour, which gathered a hundred enthusiasts of poker just-concluded by crowning the best candidate of the party in the person of Fabrice Gouget on Friday, August 27th, 2010. The final of this competition lasted 9 hours and after a confrontation with Florent Leprovost, the tournament runner up, Gouget win the title with an excellent bonus of € 75,000. The Joa Poker Tour was a deepstack tournament which allowed competitors to demonstrate their style of play and patience was also at the appointment. Note that among the 100 players who participated in the grand finale of Joa Poker Tour, 46 have paid the entrance fee of € 2,500 and the 54 remaining players won their seats by participating in their super satellite qualifiers tournaments.

Compared to the stage of last year, the 2010 edition of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Vilamoura has been marked by an enormous success, as evidenced by an increase to 20% of the number of participants, equivalent of a total of 384 players. It is certainly the biggest poker event in Portugal, and there were 203 competitors who started the second day of competition. The field is composed of several leading players to name Sorel Mizzi, Tristan Clémençon, Liv Boeree, David Williams, William Reynolds, Luca Pagano, Bertrand ElkY, Lex Veldhuis, William Thorson, Daniel Negreanu, Thomas Bichon, Michael Binger but also David Kitay. Obviously, there were many French players at this stage of EPT. This large influx of poker enthusiasts at EPT Vilamoura allowed organizers to bring together a magnificent prize pool of € 1,862,400 to be distributed to the top competitors.
 
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