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Among the various existing major tournaments in the poker world, the European Poker Tour (EPT) circuit is one of the favorite for players. Organizers programmed for each editing different stages that take place in several European cities. It passage in the Catalan city always amazed fans of the game because in 2009; the tournament was a success with 468 players registered for the Main Event. EPT Barcelona 2010 is at its third day of competition. With 263 registered players for Day 1A and 495 for Day 1B, the Main Event field register a record attendance of 758 participants. These competitors come from 53 different countries with 121 of them local players eager to defend the colors of their country. Major countries of poker such as France, Italy, Germany and the United States are predominantly represented.

Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City hosted on the past weekend the U.S. Poker Championship 2010. Just fewer than 100 participants lined up at the main event of the American championship. The buy-in of the tournament was set at $ 5,000, which included among others some 30,000 chips at the beginning and 75 minute rounds. The latest U.S. Poker Championship for 2010, played during the end of last week at the Casino Taj Mahal, has been marked by a low entrance fee but enough for most consistent players, numbering 96. However, this meeting saw the U.S. national presence of some renowned professionals in the territory as Jamie Gold, Christian Harder, Brock Parker, Carter Gill, Eugene Katchalov and the newcomer of live tournament, the young Daniel "jungleman12" Cates coming to pass the milestone of 21 years.

To the delight of enthusiasts and fans of poker, the Poker Club Clairvaux in France will propose this weekend the tournament Clairvaux Poker Open 2010. During this big event, the ballroom of the Champagne Ardenne Clairvaux will accommodate more than 150 poker players from 14 clubs in the region. Note that the club gather many followers of the game and will celebrate its third anniversary in January 2011. Members pay an annual fee of € 25 allowing the association to organize 6 tournaments per year, with a grand finale at the end for the 10 best players. And to let members improve their poker strategy, parts of Head's Up, Knockout, 6-Max or 8-Handed is held every Friday evening. The Clairvaux Poker Open 2010 is the 18th event that the poker club organized. In theory, everything should be conducted to perfection in this tournament because the club has already acquired a lot of experience.

The first two weeks of February 2011 should not be forgotten by poker enthusiasts. Indeed, for over a fortnight, the Euro Finals of Poker (EFOP) will again give appointment to poker enthusiasts at the Aviation Club de France in various tournaments and championships included in this framework. A program very rich in competition is waiting the followers of this card game. In conjunction with the European Award ceremony scheduled for the second month of 2011, a series of tournaments under the Euro Finals of Poker will take place from February 1st to 16th, in this mythical Parisian circle.

The contribution of Roger Hairabedian to promote poker in Africa is not a novelty for the poker community. He has already successfully launched two superb poker events in Morocco, which are the Morroccan Open Championship started since the beginning of 2010 and the Marrakesh Poker Cup, a High Stakes tournament with very high buy-in, making the Es Saadi Casino as host of privilege tournament in this small paradise in Africa. Both tournaments have won very good success. International players that are French in majority have enthusiastically participated. For the year 2011, Roger Hairabedian intends to maintain his objective and thus decided to organize a new poker circuit on African soil.

The DeepStack Marrakesh which saw the participation of 421 poker players had just ended. The intensive three days of play on Moroccan territory allowed the followers of the discipline to demonstrate once again their way to play. Players were thus distinguished like the 9 finalists and this final ended with the coronation of Sweden's Henrik Granlund before the 8 other contenders. With levels lasting one hour each, 50,000 chips and 500 big blind to start, players were able to establish their own games throughout the three days of competition at the Open Deepstack Marrakesh.

Despite some problems during certain stages of the World Poker Tour (WPT) circuit, the tournament has always acquired a prominent place in the world of poker. By creating the Regional Series and National Series, the organizers wanted to bring more passion for the game and provide more satisfaction. For the season 9, the WPT is still expanding. Indeed, the organizers decided to add two additional steps in the tournament including the step of Venice and Vienna stage. The city of romance of Rome has already hosted a WPT event last year and the success was in the appointment because 400 poker enthusiasts invaded the city to participate.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino had the privilege of hosting the first World Poker Tour Regional Series on last weekend. 239 participants were present at this tournament of $ 5,000 buy-in among whom a multitude of professional players as the last finalist of the NAPT Los Angeles, Jason Mercier, Jeff Madsen, Josh Arieh, Shannon Shorr, Allie Prescott or Joe Serock. As expected, the first step of the WPT Regional Series Hard Rock Fall Poker Open hosted fans of this circuit with joy. The competition was not gone unnoticed by the 239 followers of the discipline who were present to compete for this new regional circuit.

The penultimate stage of the European Masters of Poker tournament Malta (EMOP) crowned a champion in the person of Simone Lombardo. It was a great event of poker that brought together 240 enthusiasts of the game. It should be noted that the Main Event tournament offered an entrance fee of € 1,500 + €150. To win access to the throne, the champion had to challenge many talented players and especially those of the final table. After a fairly exhausting course, he managed to find himself face to the German Matthias Fricke at the final heads' up during which he emerged to win the crown. However, after a deal, the runner up took home the top prize of € 81,590.

Available everywhere and for all, poker can be played online on the internet, in a playroom and even settling comfortably at home. And now that the announcement of the beginning of the 7th season of Poker After Dark has been formally done, it is certain that fans of poker whether he or she is a simple amateur, professional and even a beginner will not afford to miss this TV show at every moment of release. At the announce of the season 7 program, it was also stated that this fascinating TV show will exist at least until 2014.

In total, 28 players embarked on a bold stroke in order to win the biggest poker event of head's up : the World Poker Championships Heads'up. It is a challenge held in conjuction with the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Grand Final (GUKPT) tournament being held from November 18 at Victoria Casino. Each participant paid a sum of £ 2,000 in this tournament, most of whom are renowned poker player pros in live and online tournaments. Thus, Nik Persaud, a local player, Leon Louis, Toby Lewis and Jeff Klimbie were among the semifinalists in the championship. Their meetings were resolved by the elimination of the European Poker Tour champion Toby Lewis at the 3rd place and Jeff Klimbie at the 4th place.

If the French public was hoping a first victory of Claire Renaut at the Grand Final of the tournament Spanish Poker Tour (SPT) held at the Gran Casino of Lloret de Mar from November 18 to 21, the luck turned towards to the German Marvin Rettenmaier. Chipleader at the beginning of the final table, he knew how to use his advantage in number of chips which permit him to have the honor of champion of the event, a title that earned him a profit of € 111,000. Note that this is his first success in a live tournament. The French delegation largely represented at this final stage of the biggest Iberian tournament saw four of them to access into the money as Alain Roy (15th), Claude Julien Pierre (11th) and Ismael Hassan (5th).

Success and satisfaction, these are the only words that can summarize what happened this weekend in the local of Congress of Vierzon, France. In fact, 25 clubs responded to the invitation for the Vierzon I-deal Poker (VIP) tournament and 230 poker players including amateurs and professionals like Julien Précart. These players from the center of the Hexagon, regions of Saumur and Clermont have all had fun and were well applauded by the audience. The last fashion of poker players such as sunglasses and earpieces gave to all those present there the impression of being in a major international tournament. The comfort of the room where this poker tournament took place also helped participants to have fun and sharing a fun time with so many other people.

Held in conjunction with the DSO Marrakesh and the Main Event of the Wagram Masters Series, the 4th edition of the Deepstack Club Poker of the Aviation Club de France gathered only 213 competitors. However, it was a tournament full of interesting actions during which every part was full of suspense and rich in emotion. A win at this meeting could indeed be rewarded by a prize of € 9,650. Rajiv Akbaraly, Christophe Le Carpentier and André Métras, all accustomed players completed the final table of the tournament and were respectively ranked in the 4th, 6th and 7th place. Oualid Petitjean finished 5th while Thomas Albertini unfortunately had a bad route and got eliminated in the 8th place. Note that the 28 best players from this league were able to access the list of paid players.

French poker fans are about to share hope for a feat of the famous woman poker player Claire Renaut in the Spanish Poker Tour (SPT) Lloret de Mar. After having been part of the top 10 in the first two days of competition of this Grand Final, she is qualaified in the top 3 in the list of finalists. Indeed, the star of cash game has the third largest stack at the final table and is on track to win the first major trophy of her career. Note that the final table of SPT Lloret de Mar started on Sunday, November 21 around 4 :00 p.m. The German Marvin Rettenmaier ranks as chip leader with 823,000 chips in his possession. His competence in the poker world is not unknown to the public because he already accumulated several good results in various major tournaments to name his 11 th place at the World Poker Tour Amnéville.

Highly anticipated by poker enthusiasts, the program of the second edition of the tournament « Trophées Haussman » in Haussmann poker circle in Paris expected to take place from December 4th, 2010 has been revealed. In the first edition, a multitude of known players to mention that Roger Hairabedian, Erik Haik or JP Pasqualini were present in the field of 103 participants for the Main Event. And the Cercle Haussmann crowned Benjamin Pollak as champion of the edition of June. For the next edition, the Main Event will be played for € 3,000 buy-in and will last 3 days.

While poker pros play unparalleled challenge with wealthy Chinese businessmen, the tournament Asian Poker Tour (APT) crowned its champion. For this first Asian tournament, since its launch, the success was always present. The tournament was held at City of Dreams of Macau from November 6 to 14 and poker enthusiasts who joined the new capital of gambling have has the joy to attend a high roller of € 14,000 buy-in, side event tournament having an entrance fee of € 200 and €1,000 and the Main Event of €3,250. After Yevgenjy Timoshenko and Adrian Allain, champions of 2008 and 2009, Dan Zhang Peng, a 18 years poker player native of Guangzhou grab the win and the enormous gain of $ 215,000.

After ten days of respite, a new Spanish appointment will mark the weekend. It's the Grand Final of the Spanish Poker Tour (SPT) which will close the circuit considered as one of the most popular on the European continent. For this final Iberian step, 4 days are given to players to show their performance in this discipline that begins to have its place. From November 18 to 21, 2010, the Gran Casino Costa Brava will be the scene of several confrontations between big names and amateurs of poker.

45 agreements for 32 operators including 32 for poker, 15 for sports betting and 8 for horse betting. These are the statistics put forward by the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) in France during the first five months of the effective operating of the system. During these 40 weeks of existence, the Authority recorded € 350 million in bets for the only sports betting sector. Another highlight of this assessment given by the president of the new regulator of the sector, Jean-François Vilotte is in the accounts open by players presently reaching 2.5 million and only 1.3 million of them are definitive, synonyms of controlled and verified identity cards. In addition, 1.7 million of these accounts have been active more than once while 500,000 accounts are moving in a week.

Since its first organization in 2001, the World Poker Tour is one of the leading tournaments on the world circuit of poker. This longevity is due to its all-out policy that attracts more and more players from different backgrounds. If at the beginning, this tournament was simply reserved to U.S. participants, today, all possible improvements are realized to keep true its motto that is “easy participation for players in the competition”. During those nine years of existence, the World Poker Tour withstood various challenges posed by the creation of other competitions such as the APPT tournaments, the BPT, the LAPT, the PPT, the UPO, the Aussie Millions, the EPT, the NAPT, the France Poker Tour, the FPS, or the WSOPE accompanied by more important means that are the media channels.

The World Poker Tour Circuit (WPT) is one of the most popular majors of poker inside enthusiasts. Eager to satisfy fans of the game, tournament organizers decided to organize two additional events including the WPT Regional series that will take place on American soil and the National WPT series that focuses on European territory. A priori, the two circuits have the same formula as the World Series of Poker Circuit. With these two championships, players of any side, amateurs or professionals will have the opportunity to improve their performance on the gaming tables with renowned tournaments and modest entry fees. But the trophies obtained in these two circuits will not allow players to win a prize in the various classifications of the WPT as the ranking of the best player of the year, for example.

Less than a week after his decision to sell his bracelet obtained during the Main Event of the WSOP 2008, a lot of bids are currently in possession of Peter Eastgate, who never gave particular importance to jewelry. For proof, this bracelet decorated his wrist only one time. The suspense will still last for some time and bidders will have to wait to hear the new owner of this jewel in white gold set with 291 diamonds. Starting price at $ 16,000, the bracelet of the former and the youngest Main Event champion of his era has seen until today 32 offers from interested parties with the highest offering proposing the sum of $ 41,100.

The new edition of the World Head's Up Poker Championship will make its comeback this weekend, specifically for 4 consecutive days for those who are lucky enough to reach the final stage. For this new stage, participants will compete in the final part of the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, which will be played at the Victoria Casino for the days of November19th to 24th, 2010 in the British capital. So, a new appointment is given from this November 19th, for the 128 participants of the new head's up competition of the World Head's Up Poker Championship, which will take place until November 22nd for the lucky ones to show their expertise to deserve to win this popular event of € 2,200 entry fee.

The public coming at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles hoped to see a new exploit of the poker player Jason Mercier, who already holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) trophy and a title at the European Poker Tour (EPT). Unfortunately, he just missed a prestigious title that could further embellish his record besides the grand prize of $ 725,000 pledged for the occasion. Indeed, after having reached the second position at the starting of the the finalof this North American Poker Tour (NAPT) tournament after the chip leader Chris Demaci, he wasn't able to accede to the throne because eliminated in the 7th place. So this time, luck was on the side of Joe Tehan. The champion began the final table as 5th in number of chips. But perseverance, talent and luck worked together to enable Tehan to get the trophy.

The American Jason Mercier has a lot of trophies in his career as a poker pro to mention the bracelet in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and his victory at the European Poker Tour (EPT). He currently has $ 5 million in prize money. After facing many poker players during the four days of competition at the North American Poker Tour tournament (NAPT) Los Angeles, which takes place at the Bicycle Casino, he just join the list of eight finalists for the event. Camped in second position as the holder of the second biggest stack and as the best qualified player to the final table, so he started to get a new ranking. Note that the NAPT Los Angeles attracted 701 participants who allowed organizers to collect a prize pool of 3.2 million.

A very special attention will be given to the second edition of the Tournament Sultaness will take place on Friday 19 and Saturday 20, November, 2010 in Marrakesh. This charitable poker tournament exclusively for women will be played on the sidelines of the World Poker Tour (WPT) which is currently held in the Moroccan capital for 4 days. Despite the absence of the defending champion and the winner of 2008, Alice Taglioni, the new edition of the Tournament of Sultaness will indeed see the confrontation of 10 known players in the discipline at the Casino Es Saadi in Marrakesh.

The new annual gathering of the Brittany Championship of poker is one of the events which will mark the eleventh month of the year. For this 4th edition, 300 players from 21 Breton clubs members will be present at the start of this famous Armorican amateur poker competition during the last two weekends of November 2010. A weekend of play, which will take place at Cosec in Dinard. Some 300 players from 21 clubs of Brittany, France are currently at the stage of preparation until the big event of November 27 and 28, 2010 which is the fourth annual poker championship of Brittany. A new title is to win for the player at this major tournament of associations.

During its first four years of existence, the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) always crowned male competitors. Moreover, the field of participants was predominantly filled by men. For the first time, therefore, a poker player in the person of Young-Shin Im, succeed to win the trophy at the APPT edition of Cebu in the Philippines held at the Shangri-La Mactan Resort & Spa from November 12 to 16, 2010. By finishing 15th in the APPT Macau two years ago, the champion achieved a major step forward in here career as poker player. She reached the podium in ousting the tournament's runner-up Michael Fabiano in the final head's up. Note that I Young-Shin Im acquired a sizable number of chips before the duel. But it was still a pretty thrilling confrontation and we must say she deserved her victory.

The North American Poker Tour (NAPT) Los Angeles is increasingly approaching the day of coronation of the winner. After three days of competition at the Main Event tournament, more than 19 competitors will be returning at Bicycle Casino to play the final day. At the end of Day2, Jimmie Guinther found himself at the head of the 81 survivors. Note that competitors will fight for the title of this tournament that is about to become an inescapable poker circuit on American soil and for the first prize of $ 725,000. At the fourth day of battle, a decisive day for discovering the 8 finalists and the defending champion, the field was reduced to 19 competitors. They continued the game since Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. So far, the tournament was actually held and the public can expect a series of very exciting competition.

The Barrière Poker Tour 2010 (BPT) closed its doors during the middle of November. In all, 7 regional stages were played and a final straight line which has been more than promising to get started with the new 2011 edition. In addition to some 329 players who graced with their presence this big final of three days of competition that took place at the Casino of Enghien, the offered tournament was rather special because meeting of size of € 2,000 + € 200 buy-in and € 400,000 guaranteed prizepool marked this step. In addition, a multitude of talented players from all around France participated in this competition this year.

Asian casinos became a corner for wealthy businessmen in search of an adrenaline rush. Instead of wasting their money by betting on games such as baccarat, several of them are now engaged in poker. During the Asian Poker Tour in Macau, a challenge of $ 2,500 cash game buy-in was held at the Hard Rock Poker Room in Macau, where a few poker pros including Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, John Juanda and Chau Chiang and wealthy businessmen actively participated. The tournament director Matt Savage revealed that the competition ended in a series of cash games with huge stakes. According to information provided by Tom Hall on a forum, the meeting is mad because the game lasts 20 to 30 hours with breaks of six hours and it appears that some players have even come to stay on the gaming tables 8 hours a row without food, drink or toilet.

Known as host of major poker events, the Sun Casino of Monte Carlo, a gaming room of the Société des Bains de Mer, offered to poker enthusiasts from November 11 to 14, 2010 a series of attractive tournaments in conjunction withe the Monaco International Clubbing Show. After attending the fiesta animated by famous DJ's at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, poker fans have been invited to participate in the Poker Night Fever in the poker room of the Sun Casino. Deepstack enthusiasts were filled as many events of this kind took place during these nights. Moreover, the famous Isabelle No Mercy completed a very successful course during this tournament as she were qualified in two paid seats.

Achieving its fourth stage, the France Poker Series (FPS) circuit is actually making a name in the poker world because it has just recorded a success during its passage through the city of Lyon. A priori, the field of 300 participants estimated by the organizers has been reached, 324 poker enthusiasts invaded the Lyon Vert casino last weekend to compete for the title of FPS Lyon. Note that the grand finale of Barrière Poker Tour d'Enghien-les-Bains was held in conjunction with the tournament. What has most marked the fourth stage of the France Poker Series is the rise of amateurs and semi-professionals on the final table. Most of the time, the pros of the game monopolize the best rankings in tournaments but this time they knew early eliminations and did not even have the chance to be part of the winning players.

In conjunction with the grand finale of the Barrière Poker Tour 2010 (BPT) held at Enghien-les-Bains and won by the former footballer Vikash Dhorasso this weekend, the jury of the casting of the Barrière Poker Player 2011 for his part, delivered the verdict by appointing Adrien Allain as deserving player for the year 2011. Sensed since the beginning by tipsters, the jury responsible for casting of the Barrière Poker Player 2011 has not failed in his duty and consistently named Adrien "Zlatan" Allain to honor the contract of € 120,000 for the coming year 2011 in addition to be an ex officio member of the team.

Since its launch, the U.S. circuit North American Poker Tour (NAPT) recorded a real success with large crowds of fans at each tournaments in the image of 716 participants at the Mohegan Sun NAPT, 872 at the NAPT Venetian and 1529 in the Caribbean Adventure. The organizers can already be proud because the tournament is becoming a must circuit for poker fans. The last stage of the season 1 is currently underway at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles and in total, 701 poker enthusiasts including 330 registered for Day 1A and 373 registered for Day 1 B participated in the tournament. During these first two days of competition started since last Friday, November 12th, a lot of stars walked the floor of the Bicycle Casino. If some of them have had bad turns, others have managed to be part of the 320 survivors for the second day of competition.

Within five weeks, the poker world has only heard of the feat of Marcel Bjerkmann. This Norwegian player won major tournaments hold in the northern part of Europe during this month. Not later than during the end of last week, he again distinguished by winning the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam, a prestigious event of four days of € 6,000 entry fee. After his recent success with a gain of € 200,000 at the Belgian Championship in Namur, a month ago and a second place in the € 1,000 side-event of the World Series of Poker Europe just a week ago which earned him a prize of € 58,334, Marcel Bjerkmann has yet to speak about him at the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam.

For some time, the poker community has shown to the world that poker can be a means of supporting humanitarian work through the various charity tournaments to benefit charities. On November 18th, 2010, the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond which was the guest of honor at a stage of the World Series of Poker Circuit will host a Texas Hold'em poker tournament organized to support the Chicago Police Memmorial Foundation for its activities. Note that the foundation provides financial assistance to families of officers who died or are severely physically abused by doing their work. Since 2007, the foundation awarded more than $ 1.2 million to the families of victims, including a large share of aid allocated to subsidize the education of children.

The doubt is now raised about the next place that will host the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP). During all the year 2010, all observers and enthusiats of poker did not stop to ask about the place to host this competition which has its reknown all around the world. Thus, after official confirmation of Seth Palansky, communications director of the WSOP, which announced the return of the tournament at the Rio Hotel and Casino for the next year, all possible assumptions that have accrued are now closed. Devoted to the place that marked some of its history and above all to not disappoint the many fans of poker, the organizers of the World Series of Poker has taken the wise decision to hold at the same place since 2005 the WSOP 2011.

The snapshot of the recent victory of the American Vanessa Selbst in Cannes during the final of the season 3 of the Partouche Poker Tour is still in memory. A triumph of the fairer sex that may mark a new era in the poker world. In any case, this great performance of a player of the New World shows how this discipline is not the prerogative of males only, but it is indeed reserved to all players. It was in this same idea that the organizers of the PPT have already set the tone for the next season in even more improved version.

The Moroccan capital will be once again the top meeting place for poker enthusiasts during the last two weeks of November. Indeed, the eyes will again be riveted for over ten days at the Casino Es Saadi Marrakesh, where the Festival will be held from November 20th to 30th, 2010. Besides the super satellites which have already begun, there will be various tournaments that will be held on the site throughout this new appointment in Morocco. Starting first with the DeepStack Open for a buy-in € 550, a tournament with 50,000 starting chips and blind levels of one hour starting at 50-100, which will run from November 20th to 30th 2010.

Another event marked the final table of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2010 at the Casino Rio in Las Vegas on the night of November 8th. Apart from the coronation of the Quebecers Jonathan Duhamel, the evening was an opportunity to induct two new players this year, distinguished as the new full and official members of the Poker Hall of Fame. Thus, the world champions Erik Seidel and Dan Harrington are the 39th and 40th persons to join the circle of legends of this game sport. To recap, the two friends have been chosen by the public and the Hall of Fame's jury among a group of players and reknowned candidates like Chris Ferguson, Tom McEvoy, Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, Jennifer Harman, Phil Ivey, Scotty Nguyen and Linda Johnson.

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) continue to delight fans of poker during various stages. After the success of the Regional Championship of Hammond, the WSOPC also stopped at IP Casino Resort & Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi. Note that the major advantage of this circuit is to let participants to qualify and to be part of the National Championship. Thus, the 270 players registered for the $ 1,600 buy-inMain Event clashed for three days in search for a victory and a qualification at this event. On the gaming tables, the audience could appreciate the talents of local professional poker players and regulars of the circuit who completed the field. However, only 9 players were allowed to return during the third day of competition with Travis Lutes and Farid Nasserazad as leader.

If the dates of last November 5, 6 and 7 were the dates originally set for the first holding of the poker room and sports and horse betting in France, it will finally take place early in the second quarter of next year. The reason given for the postponement of this great festival of poker and betting is the growing demand from stakeholders, including operators of online games who want to have more time to prepare for this great event scale. Moreover, this period would be sufficient for other operators still seeking their licenses from the French Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL).

Supporting the Children's Medical Center of Dallas is one of the priorities of the Brad Richards foundation. Children's Medical Center is a pediatric hospital specializing in treating blood diseases and cancer. With the increasing of the number of children requiring care issued by the center, it became inevitable to construct new spaces in order to receive patients in good condition and in a more suitable environment. To achieve this objective, the hospital requires a sum of $ 18.7 million. Thanks to the goodwill of many organizations and the generosity of some people, a sum of $ 12 million has already been collected. If the hospital comes to collect $ 4.7 million by the end of the year, the foundation JE and LE Mabee promises to provide the remaining $ 2 million for the project. What prompted the foundation Brad Richards to organize a charity poker tournament to raise funds to support the hospital.

Five weeks, that's the period that will last the many online free poker tournaments for lovers of sport but especially fans of the football team Olympique de Marseille. After which, a final week for the lucky ones will be provided in the program every Sunday when the top 5 ranking will have the opportunity to spread their know-how in this area during a live event which will take place on the Stade Velodrome in City on the sidelines of the meeting in a football match between the two club Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais. The many free tournaments in the Poker Cup OM organized for poker enthusiasts and supporters of Olympique de Marseille began on November 8th and won't end until December 12th, 2010. 35 days to play, but mostly keep to the 25 winners of the 5 weekly finalists.

The Barrière Poker Tour will begin its final tournament for this year 2010 with the eighth and final stage in the town of Enghien-les-Bains which will be played during the four days of this week. In any case, there is still a long way ahead for many competitors. This 2010 edition of Barrière Poker Tour d'Enghien-les-Bains will take place from November 11st to 14th. On the program, there will, of course, a main event of three days of € 2,200 entry fee with a guaranteed prize pool of € 400,000. Tons of satellites will be played from the first day of Thursday, namely a € 150 rebuy, a € 230 rebuy, a double add-on, a € 400 freezeout and a turbo rebuy satellite of € 340 for the high roller event.

Every year for 10 years, the poker community attended the awards presentation of the best players in the poker world at the event “European Poker Awards”. During these recent years, the majestic circle game Aviation Club de France which is on the Champs Elysées in Paris is the guest of honor at the ceremony. Prices distributed there are classified into several categories and for the next edition, the organizers will award the best performance in tournament of the year, the revelation of the year, the casino employee of the year, the Rob Gardner Award of the personality of poker of the year, the reward for an outstanding career and the best online player.

During the last two months of 2010, fans and enthusiasts of poker will have rights to magnificent tournament to be held in Parisian game circles. From November 13rd to 21st, the Cercle Wagram program for example the Wagram Masters consisting of various events such as poker tournament deepstack of € 500, the € 200 ladies tournament, the Heads'up tournament of € 500, the satellite tournaments to qualify for the European Poker Tour Deauville, the Main Event of € 2,000 buy-in starting on November 20th and will crown the winner next Sunday, November 21st. The Cercle Gaillon also expects players to participate in Warm Up Tournament. A series of tournaments to qualify for the Grand Final of Saturday, November 20th at 6 p.m, will be held every night from November 15th to 19th. The 9 finalists will compete in the Super Final. Note that the winner will win a Play Station 3 and a Gran Turismo 5 game.

The Moroccan poker event Mazagan Poker Million seems to be successful to poker professionals from France. In its ninth year that had just ended and during which a field of 67 players has been observed, this new adventure was won by the French Samlane Phomveha. The tournament of € 2,000 buy-in played for two days collected a prize pool of 1.3 million dirhams and saw the participation of some players who were present at the last World Poker Tour Amnéville. The two days tournament held in the complex of Mazagan Beach Resort in Morocco, with the same standing as hotel casinos in Las Vegas awarded the € 40,000 for the winner, a player known by the nickname 'Sacre' after a fast head's up with Hugo Lemaire.

The Season 1 of the France Poker Series is currently in halfway of its course. It will effectively organise this weekend the fourth step of the tournament after those of Beaulieu, Divonne-les-Bains and Saint-Amand-les-Eaux. The first three steps have been all successful, the next tournament held in the city of Lyon will not certainly be outdone this weekend. The eyes will be glued on this city capital of the Rhone-Alpes region during the 4th stage of FPS. At the two-day program of November 13 and 14, 2010, there will be of course the main with € 1,200 event buy-in. During these two days, a maximum of 400 players can participate in the event where they will start the game with a stack of 25,000 chips. The structure will be slow and gradual acceleration on day 2.

The penultimate stage of the Spanish Poker Tour tournament (SPT) made a stop at the Grand Casino Aljarafe Seville since November 5th. Some 198 poker enthusiasts consisting of several renowned players such as Leonard Truche, Javier Martinez, Mikael Johansson or Catarina Santos joined the casino in order to participate in the Main Event. tournament. The director of the tournament Thomas Kremser and Marina Rado were also part of the starting field. Note that organizers have guaranteed a prize pool of € 200,000 for the Main Event and the title finally returned to Alvaro Santamaria after Sunday's game on November 7th. Several players have also participated in tournaments schedules during the SPT Seville, and in the side event of € 330 buy-in, two French players have accomplished great results who are Romain Cojean who finished 6th and Olivier Chubilleau 8th.

He wanted and he got it. Indeed, after months of preparation and waiting, and after a grueling final table, the 23 years old Quebecers, Jonathan Duhamel filled Canadian poker fans by winning the prestigious title of world championship of poker in Las Vegas. Apart from the big prize at stake, Duhamel also defend the honor of his country in the final. And during this final phase of the WSOP 2010, he faced the best in the discipline of this year, those who were qualified for the November Nine. Despite his advantage in chips, Duhamel nevertheless fought hard during the final heads'up who opposed him to John Racener. He managed to capture a portion of the stack of his opponent in the first time but also had a difficult time in the meantime. But in the end, the Quebecers finally win.

For its first passage at Seven Casino Amnéville in Lorraine region, in France, the World Poker Tour (WPT) has generally been a great success despite a few incidents throughout the competition. The starting field composed by 543 players was finally reduced to 9 competitors for the final table. On Sunday, November 7 at 5 p.m so, the finalists began the final battle, a final straight with a very high level of play. The field of this final was largely dominated by French players like Frank Pepe, Ilan Boujenah, Nesrin Kourdouli William Bresson, Jean-Paul Pasqualini, Julien Robert and Georges Chehade.

The dies are cast for the finale of the Season 3 of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) organized in the town of Cannes, France. This finale marked among other things by the exclusion of the Ninth German player Ali Tekintamgac for fraud. Besides that, this ultimate test of € 7,750 + € 750 buy-in at Palm Beach Casino, which saw the participation of some 764 players for a prize pool of € 5,683,460 has been dominated by the American Vanessa Selbst. The finale of the season 3 of the Partouche Poker Tour of Sunday, November 7, 2010 has seen the distinction of a woman player with the victory of the champion of the Pot-Limit Omaha $ 1,500 of the World Series of Poker 2008. Indeed, the American Vanessa Selbst won this final of € 7,750 + € 750 having seen some 764 players participating.

Cercle Cadet, a poker circle in France, will never cease to amaze its customers. While the last € 30,000 guaranteed tournament on October 9 and 10, 2010 was a real success and remains memorable, the busiest club in the French capital already announced the color for its new edition of poker tournament which is a tournament of €150 buy-in named "Stars On Fire", scheduled to take place under two weeks. On the menu of this event, poker fans will attempt to defy on gaming tables of this circle all a range of renowned players of the discipline of this twenty-first century.

The November Nine has finally taken place at the legendary Rio casino in Las Vegas on last Saturday and has yet to begin the last head's up. The 9 finalists of this year therefore faced during 12 hours to qualify for the title. The amateur of the final table, Soi Nguyen, holding the lowest stack at the start was logically the first eliminated. However, he can be proud of having been part of this great adventure of poker 2010. This has also allowed him winning a nice sum of $ 811,823. The Canadian Matthew Jarvis and the two American Jason Senti and John Dolan also followed his example and placed respectively at the 8th, 7th and 6th place.

While poker tournaments worldwide occupy more and more newspaper headings with all its possible merits, other promotions come from everywhere to further highlight this discipline. One way to honor this card game is the motivation of filmmakers to produce films as main theme is poker. The last production date is the product of director Andrew Dominik with the title "Cogan's Trade". To give life to this new film, Andrew Dominik called the talent of the Hollywood star Brad Pitt to play this comedy that will spread poker games in a high level. In fact, this film has its roots in the detective novel by George V. Higgins that portrays a professional player named Jackie Cogan, played by Angelina Jolie's companion.

The second first day of competition at the World Poker Amneville (WPT) recorded a success as remarkable as the Day 1A. In fact, 283 other players came to register at Seven Casino Amnéville to participate in this poker tournament among the most anticipated of the year across France. With these new entrants, the total field of this phase of the WPT in Europe attained thus 543 participants, a real record, generating a colossal prizepool of € 1,637,000. On Day 1B, many famous poker players with a strong French delegation were present. But unfortunately, they were all excluded early from the meeting like the champion of France Valentin Messina, Ludovic Lacay David Kitai, Tristan Clémençon Hugo Lemaire, Bruno Fitoussi, Antoine Amourette, the great "ElkY" and the beautiful Isabelle Mercier.

British players had another opportunity to savor the joys and festivities of the tournament Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour (GUKPT). This was possible last November 6th at the G Casino in Blackpool which hosted this meeting. This event will run for eight days during which poker enthusiasts can take part in 9 tournaments schedules programmed for the occasion and the Main Event of £ 1,000 buy-in. Last year, the tournament attracted 287 players and Priyan de Mel grabbed the victory and the first prize of £ 84,900. Starting from last Saturday then, everything can happen at G Casino in Blackpool.

And let's go for the fifth stage of the Spanish Poker Tour season in Seville (SPT). This tournament was played last weekend during 3 days from November 5 to 7, 2010 in the south-western of Spain, specifically in the Grand Casino Aljarafe with a guaranteed jackpot of € 150,000. With its last success in the city of Valencia, the Spanish Poker of Seville Tour is currently in effervescence to accommodate the final stop of this poker tournament among the most prominent on the European continent. Not only because it takes place in one of the most beautiful Iberian cities but mainly because the tournament itself is enticing.

Just 24 hours after the conclusion of the World Poker Finals, all the predictions of experts have fallen into the water. If Thomas Marchese was seen as the favorite of the final table of the World Poker Tour Foxwoods, it was the unexpected American Jeff Forrest who distinguished himself in the final duel that faced him to Dave Inselberg. Foxwoods Casino was once again the scene of another surprise in the final stage of the World Poker Tour. Initially, 242 players rushed to pay the buy-in of $ 10,000 to build a prize pool of $ 2,300,000. Gradually, the final table was known and let the 6 remaining players compete to add another victory at their previous achievements.

Predictions are going well with the approach of the Main Event Final of the World Series of Poker 2010 (WSOP) to be held at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas this weekend. The 9 remaining players all have effectively a chance to win the $ 9 million at stake and the prestigious title and the coveted bracelet of World Champion 2010. Nevertheless, even for the first removed from this final and placed at the ninth place, he can still smile because he can always pocket some $ 812,000. While awaiting the fateful day of November 6, 2010, the probability of winning this tournament for the 9 contenders is not the same. According to the latest surveys, three players stand in the head who are the Canadian Jonathan Duhamel who will begin with a stack of 65,975,000 chips, who has the better odd between 2.25-1 and 3.75-1 for this final. He will be also in the position of chip leader.

For its first pass through the city of Moselle region, in France, Amnéville, the prestigious circuit World Poker Tour (WPT) is currently recording a great success. In fact, 262 participants were present at Seven Casino to participate in Day 1A. Note that the buy-in for the WPT Amnéville was € 3,500, and as forecast, the organizers estimated a field of 500 participants and providing a prize pool of around € 1.5 million. For the first qualifying day, competitors received each 30,000 starting chips for an hour of play. At the end of day 1A, the Lebanese Georges Chehade was at the top of the list with 230,900 chips in hand. But the French Jean-Paul Pasqualini also well defended the honor of France by accumulating the second biggest stack of the event. After a short appearance, even if there were still some 110 survivors for Day 2, some players and celebrities have already said good bye to the WPT Amnéville stage as David Jaoui, Bruno Launais, Jeff Williams, Vikash Dhorasoo, Jake Cody, Leo Truche, Arnaud Mattern and Pedro Canali.

The annual charity tournament Off Strip Poker Tournament organized by the rocker Vince Neil will be held once again on November 7 at the Rio Hotel Casino of Las Vegas. This is a tournament organized to the benefit of the Skylar Neil Foundation Association which takes part in the subsidy and support of research to fight against cancer, AIDS and many incurable diseases. This association was created to honor the daughter of Vince Neil, Skylar Neil, died of a cancer. For the appointment of November 7, the tournament will begin at 8:00 pm with the variant No-Limit Texas Hold'em. The number of participants will be limited at 200 and they must pay a buy-in of $ 500 plus the registration fee of $ 50. They can make rebuys during the game.

After the breathtaking Main Event final of three days of the ACF Hold'em Series in the last week of October, there is already emerging another prestigious final which is the Partouche Poker Tour Edition 3 (PPT). A tournament that promises a very beautiful show during which the nine qualified players for this last straight line will face up and who are not unknown to the public if we refer to their course in that discipline which is poker. Another event not to be missed is therefore expected during the days of November 6 and 7, 2010 at Palm Beach Casino in Cannes. For this new competition and third of the Partouche Poker Tour 2010, the final table is attractive, composed of veterans of major international tournaments with the exception of a less experienced and newcomer on the European circuit, the Finn Tommi Etelapera.

A new place will house the next and seventh season of the European Poker Tour of this autumn. This is the Arts Hotel which is the annex of the Gran Casino, the usual meeting place for poker players in the city of Barcelona. From November 21 to 27, 2010, a larger circuit will be available to players for a tournament program of about 20 events entering the in this new European event. Besides the main event for an entry price of € 5,300, the European Poker Tour Barcelona will have a schedule consisting of 20 tournaments including the Spanish circuit of the Estrellas Poker Tour having the same structure as the France Poker Series with a buy-in of € 330 and a total prize pool amounted to € 50,000.

As Kool Shen and Patrick Bruel in France, New Zealand also have its famous singer that shines at poker. The icon of New Zealand Hip Hop "Brotha D" has indeed seized the victory in the stage of the tournament New Zealand Australia Poker Tour (ANZPT) in Darwin. The title for the Main Event of the event held at Sky City Casino in Darwin, which began on October 25 was indeed played among the 100 registered participants. Thus, the public attended an excellent tournament. On the final table, he faced with talented players including Jie Gao (3rd), Chris Levick (4th), Tim English (5th), Anthony Flanagan (6th), Billy Argyros (7th), Trevor Potts (8th ), Bruno Portaro (9th) and his opponent in the final heads'up Luke Edwards.

The World Series of Poker Africa had just crown its two winners at the $ 1,000 buy-in event Pot Limit Omaha and the $ 5,000 buy-in Main Event. In general, the tournament was not successful despite its name because the attendance has been lackluster. The main event for example attracted only 188 participants and at the Pot Limit Omaha, there was a small field of 37 players. However, like all WSOP of its kind, this meeting was still outstanding. With an opportunity to rebuy during the first three hours of play, the side event led organizers to collect a prize pool of $ 93,688 and let the champion pocket a prize of $ 36,786. And it was the Brazilian Felipe Ramos who was the best at this meeting. He outdistanced three players at the final ranking who were Jarred Solomon (2nd), Chris Convery (3rd) and Gareth Kalil (4th).

As expected, the Main Event of the Hold'em Series of Aviation Club de France took place throughout the weekend of All Saints. Three fateful days that saw the participation of some 145 players. Worthy of a big tournament, the event had even registered the presence of renowned poker players who were there for this French part since Saturday, October 30 until Monday, November 1, 2010. With a buy-in of € 3,000, 20,000 chips of all colors as well as rounds of 60 minutes, the Hold'em Series Aviation Club de France Main Event was the icing on the cake of 10 days of tournament marked by the victory of Paul Pires-Trigo after a battle with the runner-up Stephen Benadiba who distinguished himself during the heads'up with his prestige as a great poker player during his career.

After four days of tournament, they are only 12 players to take the starting point of the World Poker Tour Foxwoods World Poker Finals scheduled for the fifth day. The leading of this new step is conducted by the American Tom Marchese none other than the winner of the North American Poker Tour Venetian and 7th in the European Poker Tour London. Tom "kingsofcards" largely leads the race with 1,832,000 chips, a stack which is almost twice of that of his nearest rival. What is certain is that the six finalists of the World Poker Tour Foxwoods will be known after this fateful day five and will receive a prize superior to $ 100.000 and a reward of $ 500,000 will be awarded to the winner.

The stage of the European Poker Tour (EPT) held at Kursalon casino Vienna from October 26 to 31 was marked by a great success. Indeed, the total field for the Main Event reached 578 participants, which allowed organizers to amass a prize pool of € 3 million letting the winner to go back home with a bonus of € 700,000. The final table of the competition faced illustrious poker players like Daniel Negreanu and Bruno Launais. Although the public expected a big performance of these two players, they failed to win, they even left the game early. Indeed, in search of a victory in EPT tournament, Bruno Launais had to leave the part at the 8th place while the Canadian Negreanu who started the final day as chip leader finished in 4th place ahead of Italy's Luca Cainelli (5th) and two Germans Andreas Wiese (6th) and Matthias Lotze (7th). Among the French players that have finished in the money are Jacques Zaicik (21th), Pierre Elie (30th) and Anthony Roux (58th).

Month before the last of the year 2010, November still promises many great moments and several marvellous poker tournament. Several events held around the world are effectively to monitor during this month. To start the month, since November 2, the Casino Amnéville in France already receive poker fans to compete for the World Poker Tour (WPT), which will end on November 6. From November 3 to 21, the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles also invites fans to the Los Angeles Poker Open. At the other hand, the Master Classics of Poker will take place at Holland Casino Amsterdam from November 5 to 13 and the World Poker Showdown will do a come back at the Jazz Casino Hotel Amapola, Costa Rica from November 5 to 21. For those who want to do a small weekend getaway, the Heartland Poker Tour will be an adequate choice. The tournament will be held on November 6 and 7 at Meswaki Casino in Iowa with a buy-in of $ 1,000.

A recent study looked at underground parties often found in the Charente region, in France. Typically, these illegal poker games are common in bars and restaurants where gamers are used in tournaments and cash games. At the top of the list of cities that are organizing this kind of prohibited tournaments are Angouleme and Cognac with buy-in quite exorbitant. The establishment managers surveyed in those cities said that poker games held there are certainly illegal, however, these owners of bars and restaurants prefer to talk about their rights in reference to European law. They feel sorry that this authorization conferred by this European legislation is not allowed in France.

The tournament No Limit Hold'em-Regional Championship of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Hammond, Indiana brought together 226 players who paid a buy-in of $ 10,000. The organizers have put together a prize pool of $ 2,101,800. The final table of the event was interesting and exciting because players of all levels have been qualified for the final round, with some familiar of victories in the WSOP and the World Poker Tour. Jim Anderson finally dominated the game and clinched the victory. Prior to his participation in the WSOP Circuit Championship Regional, Jim Anderson only registered some cashes in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.

More than half of the path is already covered for the Hold'em Series at the Aviation Club de France. Of the ten days of scheduled tournaments, it is currently entering the final straight line with the Main Event that will stand out this weekend of All Saints for a period of three days and will start this Saturday, October 30 and will not finish until Monday November 1, 2010. The winner of this main event of poker will be known after these three fateful days. After seven days of tournaments in the ACF Hold'em Series marked especially by the victory of Mathieu "Mama913" Sustrac during the € 1,000 tournament, serious confrontation will start getting with the three-day weekend devoted to open meeting for a buy-in of € 3,000, 20,000 chips of all colors as well as rounds of 60 minutes.

Among the 278 competitors who played on Day 2 of the European Poker Tour Vienna (EPT) currently taking place at Kursalon casino, there remain only 80 survivors on Day 3. And at the head of the list is the famous Canadian poker pro Daniel Negreanu who accumulated until here 893,000 chips in hand. He is followed at some 200,000 chips least by the Italian Antonio Buonanno. The Main Event of this field is filled with French players, some of them have managed to be among the competitors for the third day of competition as Anthony Roux who has acquired 347,500 tokens, Bruno Launais (195,500), Pierre-Elie de Oliveira (169,000) and Jacques Zaicick (191,500).

Having started on October 25, 2010 at Horseshoe Casino Hammond in Indiana, the World Series of Poker Circuit Regional Championships reaches its final day. With a buy-in of $ 10,000, an enormous prize pool of around $ 2,100,000, the tournament has a field of 226 starting participants. At the third day of competition, it stayed only 24 players vying for the title. And at the end of this Day 3, the nine finalists who will fight for the title will be known. Note that this final table will be broadcast on Versus network next year. And it is certain that the nine competitors remaining on the game board will offer to the public an extraordinary confrontation in order to grant themselves the title and grand prize of $ 525,000 promised to the winner.

The grand finale of the French National Championship Individual Clubs (CNIC) will be held for three days during the first quarter of 2011. To be eligible to participate in this final appointment and be selected among the 400 competitors in this race, all participants must be a member of one of the 170 poker clubs affiliated to the “Club des Clubs”. In addition, online qualifiers and live championships organized by the participating clubs will be the only valid tickets for a seat in this final tournament. 40 tickets are offered on online satellite qualifiers for this great final of poker amateur of the new year 2011. The remaining 360 places can be acquired during the live championship organized by the participating clubs.

The Main Event of € 5,300 buy-in of the European Poker Tour Vienna (EPT) held at Kursalon casino was a very interesting battle. On Day 1A, 234 players showed up and registered for the poker tournament and on Day 1B, the field increased significantly with 353 registered players. In all therefore, the tournament attracted 587 players which allowed organizers to save a prize pool of about € 3 million. With these beautiful people who came to attend the Viennese stage of the EPT, illustrious well known players have been seen there as John Juanda, Bertrand ElkY, David Benyamine, Rob Hollink, Marcel Luske and Dario Minieri. Unfortunately, they have all already been eliminated. With the end of Day 1B, the verdict was in favor to 161 players who will still attend the rest of the competition with Laurence Houghton alias Rivermanl at the head of the race. Among the best in online poker, the beautiful Houghton comes to mark her presence at EPT Vienna garnering the largest stack of the moment (190,300 chips), which will surely give her a big advantage at the Day2.

Four stages have been completed during the Spanish Poker Tour circuit (SPT). In less than a week , the last and fifth stage of the season 3 will invite gamblers to another tournament in another Spanish city, namely the capital of Andalusia, Sevilla. This fifth round of the SPT 2010 will be held at the Gran Casino Aljarafe for three days from November 5 to 7 of this year and will be preceded by a live super satellite at the same Gran Casino Aljarafe. The full program of this Hispanic circuit is quite consistent like the Super Sat SPT Seville of € 110 consisting in a rebuy and an unlimited add-on of € 50 for November 4, 2010, the Main Event SPT Seville of € 1,100 from November 5, 6 and 7 followed by the final, Side Events of € 330 of the SPT Seville on November 6 and 7 with the final.
 
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