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Poker tournaments know no borders. Indeed, the organizers are still trying to discover new destinations to make the course of the circuit more interesting. Thus, for the World Poker Tour (WPT) for example, the initiators of the competition had just chosen a new city on the Old Continent to house a new step that is part of the season 11 which will run from the New Year 2012. Therefore, after the European cities of Barcelona, Portorose, Paris, Portomaso, Amnéville and Prague, there will be soon an Irish step of the WPT to be played in the capital, Dublin.

The Italian Poker Tour (IPT) is the biggest poker festival in Italy. And if during the first season, the result was not entirely satisfactory, the second season registered for its part a huge success especially with the holding of new steps. Note that the third season started a few months ago and the IPT already stopped at Cassin, Portomaso and Nova Gorcia. From July 28 to August 1st, it will be the turn of the city of San Remo to host this great event. The poker room of Casino San Remo will be the meeting point for Italian fans of poker, but amateur and professional of the game around the world are also welcome.

Poker players are not limited only to participation in many tournaments that are held throughout the four corners of the world or to run for bracelets and trophies from tournament to tournament. They also have a job, privacy, and especially a love life. Moreover, poker tables of major international competitions have been meeting places that permitted to form many couples. This time it's not the case but the person marked and continues to be very active in this card game. The recent news that makes the buzz this summer in this field is indeed the formation of the new couple Natalia Vodianova and Antoine Arnault. If the first is known as a top model, the second is seen as a great French businessman but also is a passionate of poker.

The start of the eighth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) will take place in Estonia, specifically in the city of Tallinn from August 2 to 7. This Baltic step of the EPT gathered 420 competitors last year and as a reminder, the French Arnaud Mattern came close to the first place after having faced Kevin Stani on the final duel. Unfortunately, the title went to the Norwegian player. This year's event will take place in the poker room of the Olympic Poker Club Swissôtel. The Main event of the tournament will begin on Aug. 2 and it will be available for a buy-in of € 4,250. There will be first two qualifying days and the competitors will receive 30,000 starting chips with blinds of 50/100, which will rise every hour.

The verdict of the episode of illegal poker games played by the American actor Tobey Maguire will be certainly known early next year. Indeed, the U.S. court has set a date for his trial for Monday, January 30, 2012. Thus, the Hollywood star of the seventh art should defend himself face to the charges alleged against him. Moreover, this passionate of poker had already had the opportunity to demonstrate his integrity and at the same time he categorically denied the facts that are blamed. Effectively, from the Texas Prison where he is confined, he found the opportunity to broadcast on the website TMZ.com copies of three checks entering the sum of $ 168,500 he paid on behalf of Brad Ruderman, the initiator of poker table High Stakes during the period 2007-2009.

The famous qualifying tournament for the Grand Finale of the tournament Partouche Poker Tour 2011 (PPT) continues its tour. Next weekend, the Summer Sat of the PPT will stop in Languedoc-Roussillon. Fans of the circuit who want to earn a place for the big event in Cannes, scheduled to take place on September 12 to 17, could therefore join the casino of La Grande Motte from July 30 to 31. Note that from this Thursday, July 27, satellite tournaments available for € 170 that can let win a spot in the Summer Sat of Saturday will be held each day.

A small last minute change was operated in the calendar of the year-end of the World Poker Tour season 10. Generally, the circuit will maintain the nine tournaments already scheduled but another step was added which is that of the WPT Malta. The first in the program will be meeting at the Legends of Poker tournament to be played at Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens California from August 25 to 30 for a buy-in of $ 3,700. For the month of September, there will be three events including the WPT Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club de France for an entrance fee of € 7,500 from September 5 to 10, the Borgata Poker Open of $ 3,500 buy-in at Borgata Atlantic City from 18 to 22 and the WPT Casino Portomaso Malta from 20 to 24 for a buy-in, set at € 3,500.

All that remains is two trips to fill in the Ante Up Poker Cruise. And the closest is scheduled from August 29 to September 2, 2011. As usual, the Ante Up Poker Cruise offers various multi-table tournaments, cash games as well as the main event of the Ante Up Poker Tour. And participants can play poker no limit hold'em, limit hold'em, pot-limit Omaha, HORSE or HORSE limit during this Summer Cruise. It will be the conference room of the ship Royal Caribbean's Monarch of the Seas that will be converted this time into a poker room. And note that a leading player will be also part of the adventure, it's the player Lee Childs.

On last Friday 22 to Sunday, July 24, was held at the Casino of Enghien-les-Bains the Barriere Poker Tour tournament before the latest of the circuit which will take place during the first weekend of August at Trouville, France. This poker appointment of BPT 2011 is part of the season 3 of the competition with as incentive the participation of nine finalists in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes, this October. Thus, this event of last weekend saw the gathering of 179 players during the main tournament of € 1,500 buy-in. Confrontation between the registered players haven't been soft then because many French big names in poker took part in this event.

Last weekend, the final of the fifth stage of the Sky Poker Tour was held at the casino Les Croupiers of Cardiff. Note that the event brought together 160 competitors made up of a horde of renowned players as the champion of Dusk Till Dawn of Monte Carlo, Julian Thew, or Tony Kendall. The journalist and poker commentator James Hartigan was also present. But finally, the competition ended with a victory by Jamie Hurst, a young amateur of the game from Yorkshire. It is the second participation of Hurst in live tournaments. But despite his lack of experience, he managed to meet the challenge and won the first place on the podium of the poker room.

The legal dispute between the Quebec Poker tournament League (LTPQ) and Loto-Quebec, which began since July 14 cause some disruption inside LTPQ partners. Among them, there's the Poker Arena of Repentigny where every tournament it organized in its establishment are currently suspended, which makes uncomfortable officials. So, Gina Landry, public relations officer and wife of the owner of Shivas and Poker Arena, in the person of Mario Doucet, did not stay her hands crossed to let poker players loyal to visit this place during the seven days of the week to have their friendly weekly poker tournaments.

Parx casino, located in the city of Bensalem, Pennsylvania will host on August 10 to 24 a festival of poker. This is the first edition of Parx Open Poker Classic. Note that Parx Casino has a large and luxurious poker room featuring 91 tables. Thus, the place can accommodate many competitors. Otherwise, the program of the tournament promises to be very interesting. As inaugural event, there will be a No-limit Hold'em of $ 340 buy-in with a guaranteed prize of $ 100,000. No-limit hold'em tournaments ranging from $ 340 to $ 1100 will be also offered every day.

As expected, the results obtained by poker players at the famous circuit organized throughout the year 2011 changed the results in the world rankings. The last and the 42nd edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) effectively revealed the good talent of some players. Thus, for the classification of the "WSOP 2011 Money List" for example, we see the American Poker Player Ben Lamb at the top of the podium while he was in the 338th place in the ranking of All Time WSOP Cashes. Moreover, in the classification "2011 Money List," his compatriot Erik Seidel leads the way with a gain of $ 5,676,739 before another poker U.S. player Gallen Hall for his win of 3,051,778 dollars.

The second edition of the Winamax Poker Open (WPO) is scheduled to take place from September 22 to 25. And as usual, the event will be held at Ballsbridge Inn, Dublin. Note that the first edition of the WPO was a huge success with a field of 313 participants creating thus a prize pool of € 156,500 and the largest share of € 40,142 was won by Alan Trueick, the champion 2010. This year, the number of participants can be more important as the poker room of Ballsbridge Inn can now accommodate up to 720 competitors. In addition, new events that will make the festival more interesting and attractive were designed. In the program of the WPO 2011, there will be the main event of € 500 buy-in. The tournament will be spread over 4 days during which competitors will play poker short handed. There will be two Day 1 and the unlucky of Day 1A can retry their luck on Day 1B.

Having been in the shadow of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker played at Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the second stage of the season 10 of the World Poker Tour held in Slovenia was finally an very interesting event. Hot confrontation have indeed been held between the players who came expressly to honor this edition held in Slovenian soil. In fact, the appointment of poker enthusiasts that took place during the five days of Sunday 17 to Thursday, July 21, 2011 saw a low turnout of 141 players, which meant that only the first nine players have been paid at the end of the competition.

As one of the biggest poker event held in France, the grand final of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) will again give appointment to fans of poker from September 11, 2011. And once again, it will be the majestic Palm Beach casino in Cannes which will be the host of the tournament. The organizers of the event finally unveiled the program of this poker festival of and according to this schedule, satisfaction is guaranteed. The flagship event which is the main event of € 8500 will start on September 12. There will be two qualifying days and the Day 2 is scheduled for September 14 from 1:00 p.m. The public of the poker room will know the elected for the final table to be held in November 2011. Note that a guaranteed prize of € 4 million will be awarded during the main event, which will allow the champion to win at least € 1 million.

The Bellagio Cup VII tournament finally delivered its verdict, despite the presence of many poker pros in the field, the victory was finally won by the young Californian Elio Fox. Indeed, the event held at the Bellagio Casino & Resort attracted 224 players including the top players eliminated early during the main event of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP). With an buy-in of $ 10,000, therefore, the organizers booked a prize pool of $ 2.3 million. At the end of Day 3, most well known players present in the field was eliminated, but they still got the bonus as Brandon Cantu, Nenad Madic, Justin Young, Bertrand Grospellier, Nick Schulman, Tom Marchese, David William, David Benyamine, Isaac Haxton, or Vitaly Lunkin.

Waiting for the big day of battle between the qualified players for the November Nine of the World Series of Poker of this year 2011, the poker tournament program of this weekend in France still continue and will be marked by two events which are the fifth stage of the Barrière Poker Tour that will be played from Friday 22 to Sunday, July 24 at Enghien-les-Bains, with as reward eight packages for the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe of Cannes in this October. But this weekend will be also the time of holding of the Poker Open that is held since Thursday at Gujan Mestras Casino and will finish this Sunday, July 24.

The Talkling Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona will host the seventh edition of the annual tournament Arizona State Poker Championship. This is the biggest event held in the city and last year, the tournament was a huge success because it brought together a wide field of 900 players creating a prize pool of $ 1 million. For this new edition, the organizers hope to gather a field more important, about 975 competitors. According to the tournament director, Kent Odekirk, the State Poker Championship is a really good opportunity to play poker professionally in a very friendly atmosphere. The start of the main event will be held on August 12. The event will has as program three qualifying days. Thus, the Day 2 will be launched on August 15 and the final is scheduled to take place on August 16 from 9:00 p.m. The champion of the sixth edition, Ted Godstein, who cashed the great prize of $ 336,368 will be probably back to defend his title.

Who thought that Belize, a tiny Central American state, with neighboring nations as Mexico in the north, Guatemala in the south, the Caribbean Sea on the east side has also very good poker players ? Well, it's obvious now that poker is not limited by borders. Indeed, the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the qualifying phase for the November Nine has just proved that there is anywhere in the world, amateur and professional players, but above all passionate of this card game who has talent.

The Barrière Poker Tour circuit 2011 will be back in France during the last three days of the week. Indeed, after the first four calls played successively in the cities of Toulouse, Nice, Lille and Dinard, the fifth tournament will take place in the town of Enghien-les-Bains from July 22 to 24. For this new poker event, the organizers will not fail in their habits by offering as usual, a dozen tests, specific features of the circuit. In addition to this appointment of the week-end, the initiators of the competition will continue to note the performance of each player for the possible selection of the Barrière Poker Player 2012.

The second day of competition of the World Poker Tour Slovenia (WPT) has to close. In total, therefore, this new stage of the circuit gathered 141 players and 84 of them were able to join the poker room of the Casino Portoroz to play the Day 2. At the start of the day, the German Dominik Nitsche who has a WPT final table and a trophy of the Latin American Poker Tour del Plata 2009 in his record was in the place of chipleader. At the end of the day, there were only 26 survivors on Day 3 with Gianluca Sperenza leading the pack. Note that the chipleader of the day eliminated many players including the champion of the European Poker Tour Vilamoura Toby Lewis, the champion of the WPT Barcelona 2011 Lukas Berglund and the top of the list of the previous day, Dominik Nitsche.

The demand for the return of 20 rough diamonds or at least a financial compensation, by the American professional poker player, Steve Zolotow, captured 11 years ago that by the customs of Pearson Airport in Toronto, was finally rejected by the Canadian court, the high court. In fact, the player who won twice the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tried repeatedly to claim the stones he had forgotten to declare the existence in his boarding during a flight in April 2000. According to the Canadian legislation, the mustachioed, the most famous poker player of this time had a period of 30 days to appeal the seizure, an act that he completely forgot.

After 12 days of competition full of action, the field of 6,856 players of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP) main event was finally narrowed to nine players. Thus, members of the November Nine 2011 are finally known and this time, European players accomplished a great feat as they will be five to have the privilege to sit on the table in the poker room of Rio in November to compete the next title of world champion of poker 2011. Among them, there is the native of Czech Republic, Martin Staszko, who already has four WSOP final tables and he will start the battle as chip leader with 40,175,000 chips in hand. There is also the 22 years German, Puis Heinz, known in the world of online poker. The UK will be also represented by the young player of 22 years, Sam Holden known by the nickname "SamDMND" on the Internet.

A new tournament of Marrakech Poker Open, the 22nd edition will be held for five days from Wednesday 21 to Sunday 25 of September, 2011. Despite a light program compared to the other editions, this meeting in Moroccan territory will have in all six major poker tournaments open to any player, in addition to the many satellite qualifiers. And more, the organizers of this new event find judicious to provide two packs to choose for participants who are willing to make the trip in Morocco which is the Liberty pack of € 1,950 including a ticket for the Deepstack tournament of € 500 and another of € 1,090 buy-in for all the tournaments and a Pro pack of € 2,200 including a ticket to the Deepstack tournament of € 500 entry fee and a ticket for the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event of € 1,350.

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) is a popular poker circuit, taking place throughout the year until the annual meeting in Las Vegas. If the previous steps recorded huge success, the next edition could register a much better result. Indeed, organizers had just unveiled the program of the WSOPC 2011-2012. This eighth edition will take place from September 2011 and will not end until May 2012. The first stop will be in Horseshoe Casino's poker room in Bossier City, Louisiana from September 8 to 19. As in previous editions, the WSOPC season 8 will be broadcast on TV and the top 100 players during the various stages will be qualified for the famous National Championship. Note that the event will host this time a field of 200 participants, half of which will be completed by the champions of the WSOP 2010-2011 and WSOP Europe.

We approach slowly to the 58th and last tournament of the 42nd edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) of this year 2011 at Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Moreover, this race of the Main Event is reported live on ESPN2 for the followers of the discipline who couldn't move in this place. Among the commentators of this final phase, there is the great poker player Phil Hellmuth, who didn't get a good results during this new edition of the famous circuit. Thus, this lack of victory for this edition 2011 let him only win a second place at the World Series.

The lavish poker room of Grosvenor Victoria Casino "The Vic", in London welcomed since Monday, July 18, 2011 a big poker event which is the London Poker Championship (LPC). The organizers prepared seven very attractive events in the program of this edition 2011. The inaugural tournament was a freezeout of £ 220 buy-in and on Tuesday, July 19, fans of poker who joined "The Vic" had the privilege to participate in the Deep & Steep Freezeout of £ 165. On Wednesday, those who like playing poker pot limit Omaha will be well served feature as an event of this kind accessible for £ 220 entry fee is scheduled for this day. On Thursday, July 21, a six-max Freezeout will be on the menu.

The new stage of the World Poker Tour (WPT) which is the WPT Slovenia began last Sunday, July 17 in the poker room of the famous Grand Casino Portorož. Unfortunately, this first day of competition was a complete failure because the event met only 46 players. Effectively, the holding of the main event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas is the reason of this low attendance. However, WPT Slovenia is an opportunity to play poker in a professional tournament and inside an idyllic casino is located in the heart of the most beautiful resort of Slovenia.

The usual monthly poker tournament at Casino Barrière of Cannes has been played at the end of last week. As usual, the deepstack event of € 1,000 buy-in was composed by an interesting structure with 30,000 starting stack chips and several rounds of 45 minutes each. The Main Event of the latest edition of July, held during two days, on July 16 and 17 gathered of a field of 59 players. In addition, the 48 hours of competition between the fifty participants let organizers to collect a prize pool of € 51,000.

Relations between the State company Loto-Québec and Quebec Poker Tournament League (LTPQ) are in a tense situation. Worse, the two entities thought necessary to refer the problem in front of the Superior Court of the country. As origin, the dispute between the two partners found its basis on the fact that LTPQ denounced on its website the failure of payment that the State company has to pay in exchange of the work provided by the League in promoting its online poker division, Espace Jeux of Loto-Quebec. For its part, Quebec Poker Tournament League decided to suspend its activities pending the outcome of the legal dispute that pitted it against Loto-Quebec.

Although most eyes of the poker community are glued to Las Vegas where the World Series of Poker Main Event 2011 takes place, the United Kingdom got also the poker fever, last weekend. In fact, the United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) tournament took place in Brighton and it was a real success. This event with £ 500 buy-in gathered a wide field of 603 participants. Note that a prizepool of £ 292,455 was collected during this event and the winner thus, pocketed £ 71,100 as first prize.

The next World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris of 12 days, from September 1 to 11, 2011 at the Aviation Club de France will mark the inaugural come back of poker events in France. In less than a year and a half, then, the French capital will host for the third time this prestigious circuit. Moreover, the passage of this famous European poker tournament in Paris will be accompanied by many tournaments. Thus, there will be the Triple chance tournament, an Omaha of € 5,000 buy-in. Similarly, the high-roller tournament of € 15,000 entry fee will be also part of the event. But the most anticipated tournament of all will be obviously the main event of six days with € 7,500 buy-in that will take place from September 5 to10, 2011.

The series of clandestine poker games involving Hollywood celebrities who are Tobey Maguire, Dan Bilzerian and Gabe Kaplan continues today to feed the news on websites. In fact, they were dragged to court for having played and won great sums of money against Brad Ruderman, himself, should pay a lot of money to others. As judicial verdict, the court decided to confine the three accomplices in a prison in Texas until 2018.

The league of Annie Duke established a system of ranking of the best poker players who will be among the competitors for the Epic Poker League, it's named Global Poker Index. This is a ranking based on the counting results achieved by the some 300 selected players, during the last 36 months. Several criteria were considered in this ranking during the selection of players who have the privilege to appear in this list as the buy-in, the number of field present in the poker room where they played, the amount of earnings and the final result. Note that a weekly ranking will be issued and to this end, the Global Poker Index or GPI will work with the famous USA Today which will publish the results every week.

The main event of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP) currently reaches its sixth day of competition. The bust took place on Day 4. Thus, competitors for Day 5 were all part of players that will be rewarded. Note that there were more than 378 players who joined the poker room of the Rio on Day 5. At the end of the day, the field has narrowed to 142 competitors vying for Day 6. Thus, this fifth day of competition hurt many players like the chipleader of the day Manoj Viwanathan, Roger Hairabedian, Gabriel Nassif and Ilan Boubli. Luck however smile for some top players such as Tony Hachem, Allen Cunningham, Joseph Cheong, David Sands, Sorel Mizzi, Eli Elezra, Erick Lindgren, JP Kelly and David Barter.

After the first 4 steps of the Barriere Poker Tour 2011 who have already been played successively in the cities of Toulouse from April 15 to 17, Nice on May 20 to 22, Lille on June 3 to 5, Dinard on June 24 to 26 and soon the fifth tournament in Enghien from 22 to 24 July, the town of Trouville, also in France is already preparing to host the sixth stage of the BPT in 2011. The meeting place for followers of the discipline in this city in Calvados is set for three days from Friday 5, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August. As usual, each stage of the circuit will have a guaranteed prize pool of € 200,000.

Three years passed without anyone having heard about Brad Booth. Today, 34 years old, he marked his come back in competition with the World Series of Poker 2011 circuit. As a reminder, this Canadian poker player has been seen a few years ago as a player with a bright future in this card game. For his discreet comeback, this player known previously as a "big winner" in-game cash was involved in the $ 10,000 WSOP Main Event at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Unfortunately, this first attempt to ascend the slope failed after the day 2B, but it's only a beginning. Indeed, the 36-month absence on the poker circuit is more than sufficient to Brad Booth to reconnect with success in tournament he wants to play.

The majestic poker room of the Fox Poker Club in London will host on August 24 to 29 a great event which is the London Calling Festival. This gaming room was founded in September 2010 but it has already became a popular meeting place by enthusiasts of the game. Many tournaments are held at Fox Poker Club each month and last Friday, the regulars attended an unprecedented show performed by Matthew Scott during the final table of the main event organized by the institution that brought together 114 players. During the next event, there will be various tournaments in the program. From August 24 to 27, there will be satellite tournament qualifiers for the main event available for a buy-in of 35 pounds with a possible rebuy of £ 85. The inaugural tournament will be held on August 27 and it will be a Six-Max No Limit Hold'em of £ 215. Competitors will receive 15,000 starting chips for a level of play of 30 minutes.

The biggest European poker festival, London's Poker in the Park, will be held once again in London on September 2 and 3, 2011. Last year, the event took place in Leicester Square and attracted more than 20,000 fans of the discipline. So it was a huge success and poker enthusiasts were able to get great benefit by participating in tournaments organized in the Dome Poker, by being present at conference during which leading players such as Neil Channing, Dave Ulliot or Liv Boeree unveiled various strategies and tips to improve the skill level of participants. Various other very entertaining activities were also proposed by the organizers.

After its first four successful steps, the tournament United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) call in Brighton and poker enthusiasts have already participated in three exciting events since yesterday. The lavish poker room of Metropole Hilton Hotel was elected as the host of the event. On Wednesday, July 13, the UKIPT Brighton was officially opened by a Six Max No-Limit Freezeout. At around 10:00 pm, a satellite tournament qualifier for the main event took place. And around midnight, another side event, a no-limit Turbo took place. Brighton is a great poker destination, which explains the fact that last year the event attracted 258 participants including renowned players such as Neil Channing, Liam Flood, Rupionder Bedi and Jonathan Spinks. Again this year, organizers hope to record such success.

India, the country that have over one billion people, is now becoming a country that likes poker. After the holding of the India Poker Open in last May, another great event awaits poker enthusiasts in the country of Indira Gandhi which is the India Poker Legend. The tournament will be held from August 18 to 21 in the poker room of the Casino Royale in Goa, on the south west. The organizers planned a very enticing discover during the 4 days of tournament. On the menu so, there will be a no-limit hold'em rebuy of INR 5,000 equivalent to $ 275, a no-limit hold'em Freeezout of INR 10,000 or $ 230 and a no-limit hold'em bounty of INR 12,000 equivalent to $ 275.

The 42nd edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will end soon. It took about two months of games for the followers of this card game to finish the 58 tournaments of this World Series of Poker 2011. It is no longer to precise that the WSOP 2011 was a success on all levels not to mention that this latest edition breaks all records of all those that precede it. But this new appointment in Las Vegas of this year is also to mark a milestone for the French poker community.

While the circuit of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) played in Las Vegas is nearing its end, other poker appointments announced their program. European poker destinations that will surely attract players are once again in the first line after several weeks during which the American continent was at the center of the concerns of players. Starting with the closest tournament schedule which is the fifth of the seven stages of the Barrière Poker Tour 2011 that will be played this weekend at the Casino of Enghien-les-Bains. Thus, this regional satellite of € 1,500 buy-in will reward the top 8 players in the competition with packages of € 12,000 to win for the WSOP Europe Main Event added by the share of prize pool.

With the internationally excellent image of poker, the French poker world is also in perfect health. Indeed, according to figures released by the membership campaign of the Club des Clubs 2011, alongside its four years of existence, this French national association has seen a sharp increase. Thus, from only 20 poker clubs in its beginning in 2007, the CDC now has 212 clubs as official members by respectively recording 50, 110 and 160 legal membership in previous years 2008, 2009 and 2010. For this year 2011, the national association of French poker associative lists some 12,000 players in addition to 85,000 fans of the discipline.

The three founders of Phoenix Poker-club are determined to develop poker in Britain and carry it high as possible. These founders of the poker club who are Franck Mobihan, president, Jean-François Perros vice-president and Serge Pronost, Honorary President and initiator of the Pokerton intend to make poker a game of “reflexion, patience, discipline and fair play”. Besides, in accordance with the actual rules, this new folgoatian poker club aims as objective “the practice, organization and poker coaching”.

The United Kingdom noticed all the different events of the Black Friday that happened to online poker operators in the USA and the recent poor facts that struck the gambling industry in France. Bad effects of the Black Friday affect also British online gambling world, indeed and especially, British players. It is because Alderney and Man islands belong to this country. In this way, British authorities think seriously about developing another bill to better govern online poker and online poker rooms.

After the big poker events held during this first half of this year, the beginning of the second semester was mostly dedicated to the World Series of Poker circuits (WSOP) that will designate the names of players who will participate in the November nine in the next days. However, poker adepts will have to note in their agenda that another poker tournament will take place on August. Poker players tired of many non stop tournaments will take advantage of it to take rest at the seaside and under the beautiful sun during this summer season. Moreover, they have time to do so, attending this Spanish poker tournament at the same time.

As everyone knows, Full Tilt Poker can not operate now. Its license was withdrawn two weeks ago by the authority empowered to do so, the AGCC in Alderney Australia or the authority of regulation of onlline gambling. As a result, the access to the site is blocked with all that this have as consequences : those who want to withdraw their funds have not been able to do. Obviously, this has many bad results especially on the part of users. On this thorny question about Full Tilt Poker, the noises heard here and there only make public understanding even more blurred. After research, information arriving in dribs and drabs. The reality is quite different for Full Tilt Poker contrary to the information conveyed by Los Angeles Times which published an article announcing the acquisition of the operator by an investor or a group of European investors.

Jonathan Duhamel, the Quebecers player of 23 years is no longer in contention. The main event of the World Series of Poker 2011 has not given to this former holder of the world champion title a chance to retain his trophy of last year, a time during which he was the best. As a reminder, Duhamel won the Main Event 2010 with a nice bonus of $ 8.9 million dollars, he demonstrated his performance in poker by eliminating one by one the 7,318 competitors. Namely, for this year, the winner, who unfortunately will not be the Quebecers, will receive a total gain of $ 8.71 million. Duhamel informed his fans of his elimination at the World Series via his Twitter account on the night of Monday. The young man wisely said that there will be "a lot of events" to come. So he will continue de play.

Paul Pierce is still running in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2011 which began on July 9. His good techniques led him to the main event attended by several personalities. This is the final stage of the event and will determine who among the contenders will win the gain worth more than $ 8 million. As a reminder, the buy-in of this final phase is $ 10 000. Paul Pierce is one of poker players whose talent fascinated fans during the WSOP 2011. In parallel with this performance in poker, it's mostly his talent in the world of basketball that makes him particularly famous.

If we only refers to numbers, this edition 2011 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is once again that of all records. Whether in terms of number of participants or about the money shared to players, this 42nd edition is far behind the previous editions with statistics that are unbelievable. Such a result means that poker continues to dominate other disciplines and it's a great value. 75,672 players participated in the 58 tournaments in the program, an increase of 3.7% compared to the edition of 2010. About the total prize pool, the organizers paid almost $ 200 million and as we speak about record, the accumulated prize pool exceeded $ 100 million and that in seven successive editions.

The start of Season 2 of Grand Series of Poker Live will begin in August of this year 2011 and will only end on April of next year 2012. In fact, this live poker tournament circuit reserved primarily for amateurs and semi-professional in this card game will have five major steps including the final phase as the grand finale of the competition. During each call to be held in five tourist destinations, organizers of the event will offer a Main Event of $ 2,000 buy-in tournaments in addition to side events.

After the release of the original poker book "Winning Poker Tournaments, One Hand at a Time" co-written by professional players Eric "Rizen" Lynch, Jon "Apestyles" VanFleet and Jon "Pearjammer" Turner in 2008, the French translation of the book with the title "Gagnez en tournoi Online et Live" is now available on the market. In fact, this work is divided into two volumes. The volume 1 is now available in bookstores since Tuesday, May 24, 2011 while the last second volume is on sale recently.

The World Series of Poker 2011 circuit will be completed shortly. The fifty tournaments planned in the program of this new edition is almost played except the main event No Limit Texas Hold'em of $ 10,000 buy-in. Moreover, it's the event the most coveted of all players, amateur and professional poker. Among them are the reigning world champion Jonathan Duhamel who will put into play his victory of last year from this Saturday, July 9, unlike other players who already register to begin the competition on Wednesday, the main event first day.

The misadventures of four American cinema stars in illicit poker games that took place recently in the State of California continues to feed the world's news. Indeed, despite recent court cases about not allowed cash games, which involved Tobey Maguire, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ben Affleck in the period from 2003 to 2009 that local press estimate as may be insufficient, other revelations about one of the most prominent actors today, who is Ben Affleck have just been released by a daily newspaper there.

These recent months were not tender to the billionaire businessman from Texas Andrew Beal, according to the New York Post. According to this daily newspaper, the Texan tycoon would have lots a big sum of money during the high-stakes poker parties because there was no rake. In fact, each of the three buy-in cash games that Andy Beal was involved was a million dollars like the first of which that took place four months ago at the same time as the Superbowl and the latest was played a few weeks ago.

The bracelet of the world champion of poker, Brad Daugherty, who won the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1991 was again sold on eBay during the period from June 29 to July 9. A useful starting price for a good cause. According to the latest information, 44 bids were made and the best current offer is $ 11,100. In fact, the 14 carats gold bracelet of the winner of the main event of the year 1991 has already been auctioned on the same website in December 2010 but because of the lowest cost that had not been reached, Daugherty preferred to keep the precious jewel.

The ultimate event of the last preliminary round of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP) held at Rio Casino in Las Vegas was interesting. Indeed, it took several extra hours to find the penultimate WSOP bracelet winner of this year. Previously, 12 hours were also required to designate the two last survivors of the 25 best players in a field of 352 participants during this pot-limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better tournament of $ 5,000 in buy- in. Moreover, the final table received nine players who competed and were paid according to their order of merit.

The Pasino of Aix-en-Provence, in France was the scene of a new great poker event on the last weekend in conjunction with the fourth stop of the Partouche Poker Deepstack circuit. This was also the last tournament of this new series of deep structure tournament of € 500 buy-in with levels of 60 minutes and a starting stack of 50,000 chips. As a reminder, this trip started in February at St. Armand-les-Eaux. As usual, the meeting lasted three days and the competition began on Friday, July 8 and ended only on Sunday, July 10, 2011. The competition brought together a field of 500 players whose last 50 participants competed during the last day.

If before, the Everest Poker International Cup (EPIC) was organized for poker enthusiasts on European soil only, the event is currently conquering international players. Indeed, the Grand Finale of the EPIC will be held from September 9 to 11, 2011 in the beautiful city of Spain, Alicante. Throughout the summer, online qualifiers are available to all those who want to get a ticket for this exceptional tournament and benefit a few days of relaxation under the sun, in Spain. The Grand Finale of the EPIC is open to all those who love playing poker deepstack whether amateur or professional. In addition, the organizers will award a bankroll of € 50,000 and many packages to offer to the top 50 players and they engage to undertake a very well preparation to ensure to participants a quality tournament.

While the attention of poker enthusiasts is looking towards the prestigious circuit of the World Series of Poker at Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, which is quite normal, the new Poker Magazine release of this month of July 2011 preferred to choose another topic in its editorial. Of course, it writes a few articles on this international event as the another success of Bertrand ElkY Grospellier and the regular pages about technical sections of the magazine, including knowledge of the value bet, the art of turn in poker and the tips and tricks to start a cash game.

The new poker tour of Partouche group which was born during the beginning of 2011 is currently recording a huge hit inside poker enthusiasts. Indeed, the first 4 stages of the tournament that took place in Saint Amand-les-Eaux, Lyon and Forges-les-Eaux have been popular meeting points for those who like playing deepstack poker. Note that the Partouche Poker Deepstack (PPD) is a tournament with attractive and accessible structure with a moderate buy-in. As a result, it allowed the event to attract not only gamers but also fans who want to have a name in the poker world.

Created eighteen months ago, Oloron Poker Club, a French Poker Club which was founded by a group of friends and lovers of the game at the beginning which has about twenty members today, wants to mark a milestone the first poker tournament it plans to hold this weekend. Indeed, the president Cyril Leroi and his association want to take the plunge into offering this Saturday, July 9, 2011 at Espace Laulhere an inaugural tournament of "No Limit Hold'em", available for the general public that loves poker.

On the sidelines of the 42nd edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) currently held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, the vote by the public of new members of the Poker Hall of Fame is also opening. Moreover, this election on behalf of this year 2011, which started since last Monday, July 4 will remain open until next Sunday, August 14. To nominate a player or person who contributed to the growth of poker, voters can access at the website www.wsop.com/phof/. Effectively, any person affiliated to poker and its development is eligible.

The sumptuous liner "Grand Holiday" will carry poker enthusiasts for a thrilling adventure in the grand final of the Land Sea Poker Tour Season I from October 23 to 30, 2011. By preparing a budget of € 499, lovers of the game will receive a dream trip as the "Grand Holiday" will cross the Mediterranean Sea, via Rome, Monaco and Sardinia but they could also play poker and win great prizes. To enable participants to enjoy the trip, the organizers decided to schedule tournaments in the late afternoon. On the menu for the final of the first season of the LPT, there will be the main event whose field will be limited to 300 players maximum. Competitors will receive 50,000 starting chips with game levels of an hour. Note that the winner of this tournament will get a sponsorship package that can let him participate in the various stages of the Deepstack Open (DSO).

The end of the second week of July 2011 will be marked particularly by the return of the poker tournament of € 500 buy-in which is the Dreamstack of the Cercle Clichy-Montmartre, in Paris. Indeed, the second edition of this event to be held in the heart of the French capital want to be more innovative as the the first completed in the month of January. Thus, unlike the three days of the first edition of the beginning of the year, this new tournament will be played during the weekend, on Saturday 9 and Sunday, July 10.

It remains only 29 competitors at the start of Event # 55 final day of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP), which is none other than the Poker Player's Championship of $ 50,000. Note that this event was attended by several stars of poker and now, the American player Josh Arieh holder of two WSOP bracelets and a member of the November Nine 2004 throne in place of chipleader. He is followed by the champion of the Event # 15 Brian Rast at the second position and the runner-up in of the Event # 13 George Lind at the third place. And numerous poker elite are also in the field of survivors like Gus Hansen, Phil Hellmuth, Barry Greenstein, or Jeffrey Lisandro. As for French players, Alex Luneau and Sébastien Sabic are also still part of the adventure.

After having been the number one and best player among the 1,055 participants of the Ladies Event No Limit Hold'em Championship of $ 1,000, Marsha Pollack succeeded to the French poker star Vanessa Hellebuyck. She therefore win her first gold bracelet by becoming the world champion of poker and her triumph let her also earned a gain of $ 192,344. Note that she eliminated her compatriot Karina Jett at the final duel and this last pocket thanks to her ranking as runner-up the second prize of $ 119,010. The only man present at the gaming tables, Jonathan Espein had to settle for the 9th place.

The casino Manchester235 became a meeting place of choice for poker enthusiasts in this part of Britain. On August 7, a new event will be held in this new brand luxurious poker room and casino. This is another edition of the Confidential Poker tournament. This great event of Manchester235 casino is open to all kind of players whether amateur or professional and offers a modest buy-in amount 25 pounds without any possibility of rebuy. In carrying out this sum, the player is entitled to his place for the freezeout tournament, a free drink, an access to the hot buffet and a free parking ticket.

The first twelve months of opening of the market of online gambling and poker in France have already passed. This first anniversary is marked by a very mixed result for the three sectors that are the French sports betting, horse racing and online poker. In general, the Groupement des Éditeurs de Services en Ligne (Group of Online Services operators) reported a revenue of € 9.5 billion of stake made by French players during the first year of the three combined operators. The online poker market in France had the biggest share of turnover with € 8 billion accumulated over a period of one year, in cash games and entry fee to participate in poker tournaments on approved websites.

Rugby is not the only the passion of the French national team player Sebastien Chabal. He also loves poker. His love for this card game will be shown during his participation in the second season of the reality TV show "La Maison du Bluff" which will be scheduled on the channel NRJ12 in October. Moreover, the star of the oval ball won't be alone because he will have in front of him other competitors who also play poker well, selected for the event. To have the privilege to compete with the rugby player, the great Sébastien Chabal, internet users will have to qualify on the many freerolls offered on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday or participants should have to invest one Euro every night to be part of the event.

The famous French magazine Poker 52 released a special edition World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP). With this new edition, poker fans will have detailed information about the exploits of their favorite players in this international competition. This new issue will then focus on the famous Triple Crown of Bertrand Grospellier, the great triumph of Elie Payan who just completed his ascension in the professional world of poker by winning his first bracelet and the results of other French players present in Las Vegas for the 42 th edition of the WSOP. There is Hairabedian, Nicolas Levi and Jean-Philippe Léandri as guest, and there's also the section highlighting the meeting with Antoine Arnault. In the technical sections and chronic pages, the magazine chose to talk about the career of Clement Thumy and Adrian Allain and the strategies deployed by Bruno Fitoussi and Lucille Cailly on tables of game.

Three years was more than enough to the American poker player Jason Mercier to rank among the best in this card game. The current international circuit World Series of Poker 2011 is more than convincing to demonstrate the performance of this prestigious native of Hollywood, Florida. Indeed, he has just won his second WSOP bracelet in addition to that he already won in the same World Series in 2009. Moreover, it is not the only positive outcome of the player who carries the nickname "treysfull21" from his career which started at Florida Atlantic University where he was a student of mathematics in this American university.

After the triumphs of Bertrand Grospellier, Elie Payan and Fabrice Soulier, Antonin Teisseire won the French fourth gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) by winning the Event # 50, Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em. Ranked at the 20 th place at the beginning of Day 3, Teisseire succeeded in winning his first major title with a bonus of $ 825,604. In the event # 48, the trophy was awarded to the American player of Greek origin Athanasios Polychronopoulos. His passion for poker let him won $ 650,223 and the gold bracelet. And in the other poker room of Rio where was played the Event # 51, a Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better of $ 1,500 which brought together 946 players, the young student of 21 years old, David Singontiko, won the victory after having faced Michael Lee during the final heads'up. So he pocketed the first prize of $ 268,235. Antony Lellouche and Pascal Perrault were part of France representatives who acceded to the money list during this championship.

The Summer Series edition 2011 of the Aviation Club de France ended its ten-day poker tournament on Sunday, July 3. The more than twenty events that has been planned in the program of the poker tournament ended with the Main Event of € 1,000 buy-in. The main event of the summer series has seen the presence of 190 participants who compete for the title and the prize pool collected thanks to the entry fees of all participants. Once again, the Parisian gambling establishment brought luck to a woman player.

If French spectators present in the Rio poker room hoped a second bracelet won by their favorite player Bertrand Grospellier at the Event # 46, a No-Limit Hold'em 6-max championship of $ 10,000, Elky was unable to reach the place of honor because of an attack of Joe Ebanks. Despite the disappointment that has been marked on his face, the French still made a magnificent performance that earned him a stunning $ 447,074 gain. This new final table also allowed Bertrand ElkY to throne in the second place in the standings of the 'Player Of The Year. Elky also recorded $ 8 million in tournament winnings. The final Heads'up was then played by Joe Ebanks and Chris Moorman. While Chris Moorman had a large advantage in number of chips, the coronation came back to Joe Ebanks. The UK player won his first gold bracelet and a staggering $ 1,158,481.

The future of online poker was the focus of discussion at the French online gambling debate which took place on June 29, in Paris. Most of operators having a license said that the benefits are poor and the market is far from flourishing. This balance is also negative due to the tax base that does not allow operators to collect the profits that should rightfully theirs. Faced with such complaints, Senator François Trucy said that he is for a change of taxation like operators. Indeed, it is the only way that could significantly improve the results of the online poker market. He also mentioned the project to improve offers to make the French market more attractive to curb the enthusiasm of players to illegal sites.

For the second consecutive year, the Commerce Casino Million Dollar poker tournament was organized and the event took place from June 20 to 26. Participants was composed of amateur and professional players from different countries who competed on No Limit Hold'em tables available for a buy-in of $ 335. Last year, the tournament attracted 3,300 players and the retired fisherman from San Pedro, Rick Bakovic, won the victory. In this 2011 edition, the coronation returned to a pro of cash game, regular of the poker room of Commerce casino. Indeed, Aaron Motoyama was elected champion of the Million Dollar Tournament second edition after a deal of the 9 finalists. Note that he started the final table as chip leader. Holder of the largest stack of 2.3 million chips, he richly deserved the title because throughout the competition, he revealed his talent to play poker, which allowed him to amass a as wide stack.

The World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP) have begun one month ago. This 2011 version was a huge success if we consider the influx of participants in the various tournaments offered. As in previous editions, the public of the Rio poker rooms has seen amateur players climbing to victory. But many poker stars also shone and had access to the podium like the case of the French number 1, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who just get his famous "Triple Crown". Apart from this prestigious title, he recently participated in a new final table. Poker Brat also accumulated very well results even though he hasn't yet win his 12th bracelet. So far, he has already grazed twice to victory and he confirms once again his status as a player with the most WSOP bracelet.

Those who were unable to reach Las Vegas this summer will be very lucky because other interesting poker tournaments wait them. To begin the month, there is the ACF Summer Series that will continue to amaze fans of the game in the poker room of the Aviation Club de France. Its main event begins on Friday, a pleasant appointment for those who like playing poker deepstack. In Cannes, the Summer Sat of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) is in the program. After its visit in Ostend, the tournament will call at Cannes and the beginning of the event is scheduled for Saturday, July 2 from 2;00 p.m. Note that the best players in the tournament of € 1,100 + € 150 buy-in will receive packages for the grand finale of the PPT. Those who can not pay such a buy-in will have the chance to qualify in the qualifying tournaments available at € 170 which will take place on Friday July 1st from 9:00 p.m.

Casino robbery continues to multiply on the French territory. Already victim of an act of banditry in the month of April, Aix-en-Provence Pasino has been attacked again by criminals who dared to rob their guns to police officers. Indeed, in the night of Saturday to Sunday, about 1:00 a.m, five gunmen entered the place. While two of them threatened the cashier and asked money, the two other take the direction of poker rooms and slot machine. Note that the casino of Aix-en-Provence is equipped with 350 slot machines and has the largest poker room in France. In the previous robbery, the thieves managed to steal € 100,000. This time, the police could intervene in time. As a result, the amount of loot dropped significantly because they only collected € 30,000.

Finally, the French authority of regulation of online gambling (ARJEL) and the Amministrazione Autonoma dei and Monopoli di Stato (AAMS), its equivalence in the country of Berlusconi signed an agreement for the establishment of a partnership between the two agencies on Tuesday, June 28 in Rome. The agreement called "Memorandum of Understanding” (MoU) was signed by the president of AAMS Raffaele Ferrara and ARJEL president, Jean-François Vilotte. The purpose of this agreement is the coordinating of the work of market legislation on online gambling and poker. The two organizations will therefore cooperate on the control of legal operators, to protect players deal with scams and gambling addiction as well as control of illegal sites. The signing of this project was discussed a month ago and the two regulatory authorities of France and Italy will be able now to exchange their experiences, which could improve the future of online poker players and operators of both countries.

The great world championship of poker in Las Vegas will close within days. Indeed, there are only five bracelets to be awarded as the Event # 45, a No-Limit Hold'em of $ 1,000, has just designated its champion. This is the old American "marine" Kevin Griffin. Throughout the duel between him and the French Jean-Luc Marais, he led a very aggressive style of play that helped him win without much difficulty the title with a prize of $ 455,356. However, the French player had also all the skills to win a fourth bracelet for France. Beginning the day at the 14 th place, he made a triumphant climb. So he finished runner up and pocketed a nice prize of $ 283,676. Antonio Esfandiari who was seeking a second bracelet also had to settle for the 7th place.

For the second time, Ralph Porter managed to win the first place of the podium of the Rio poker room by winning the Event # 44, the Seven Card Razz of $ 2,500. As a reminder, Porter won his first bracelet by winning the six-handed no-limit hold'em tournament of $ 1,500 during the World Series of Poker 2008 (WSOP). This stunning victory earned him a gain of $ 1.5 million. This time, even if he was facing formidable opponents like Robert Williamson, who finished 3rd, Andreas Krause (5th), Chris Bjorkin (6th), Matt Smith (7th) and Scott Epsein (8th) before being qualified for the final heads'up during which he has Stephen Su as opponent, he was majestic. Despite the advantages in chips of Stephen Su early in the day, Porter was able to propel himself to victory by emphasizing his ability to play poker and eliminating Stephen Su instead of the runner-up. This new conquest of Ralph Porter allowed him to pocket a gain of $ 210,615.

From July 21, 2011, the capital of Latvia, Riga, will host an exciting poker tournament, the Riga Poker Dream. What makes it unique is that it is available with a moderate buy-in, however, it is considered as a professional tournament. The highlight of the Riga Poker Tour will be the main event of € 150 buy-in. It will be played during four days and is dedicated for those who like to play deep stack poker. The structure will be quite interesting. Indeed, competitors will receive 30,000 starting chips for levels of play of 60 minutes on the first day of competition. The level of play will amount to 75 minutes during the second day and during Day 3, it will be 90 minutes.

While many other events are still to play in the different poker rooms of the Aviation Club de France (ACF), parts of the ACF Summer Series tournament, the verdict was already known for the € 300 Texas No Limit Hold'em Freezeout event. The tournament brought together 141 competitors generating a prize pool of € 38,172. After two days of competition that took place on June 25 and 26, Hasan Sassin ended up picking up the coronation with a prize of € 10,690. The runner-up Patrick Cartigny pocketed € 7,635 and Beatrice Sitbon joined them on the podium to receive the third prize of € 4,960.

As being the player who won the largest number of bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Phil Hellmuth is also in the way to record a very good results for the editions 2011 of the world poker championship. Even if he didn't acquire yet his 12th bracelet, Poker Brat repeatedly expressed his great skill to play poker because he won twice the runner-up place. Although this American professional player didn't really enjoyed his loss face to John Juanda at the $ 10,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw, because he desired so much the victory, but according to the public, he just made a huge achievement. Moreover, these two final places of Phil Hellmuth can verry well lead him to the title of WSOP Player of the Year.
 
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