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To the delight of those who love deepstack poker, the second edition of the tournament Partouche Poker Deepstack (PPD) will begin at the end of October 2011. If the Season 1 of the tournament has been a real success, the new edition that come promises to be more fantastic. Indeed, the events are all open within a prime of € 500 buy-in and with magnificent structures with 50,000 starting chips for game levels of 60 minutes. The PPD second edition consists of eight steps instead of 5 as in Season I. The majestic poker room of Cannes Palm Beach Casino and casinos of Knokke and Chaudfontaine in Belgium will have the privilege of hosting the first tournament.

It remains less than a week before the kickoff of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). For the first time, the event will take place in France and the majestic Casino Barrière of Cannes Croisette was elected to host it. Seven gold bracelets will be distributed at the fifth edition of the tournament and the first will be awarded to the main event of € 10,400 buy-in champion to be held from October 15 to 20. Certainly, several well known players will participate in it and the field of this event will be important given the many players who acquired tickets for the tournament during the various stages of the tournament Barrière Poker Tour. Thus, organizers believe that they can bring at least 450 players and can generate a prize pool of € 4.5 million. Note that last year the title went to James Bord.

The new stage in London of the European Poker Tour (EPT) has just opened its doors this Thursday, September 29 until October 6 at Edgware Road, at the Hilton London Metropole. This third stage of the EPT include a total of 31 events with the main event and side events like the High Roller Event of £ 20,500, the Heads-Up Event of £ 5,250, the 8-Game European Championship of £ 2,150 or the Women's Event of £ 550. But the highlight of this EPT will be the tournament of £ 5,250 which is part of the title race of the EPT Season 8. With this buy-in of £ 5,250, each player will receive 30,000 chips and he will participate in levels of 60 minutes on Day 1 and 75 minutes for the remaining days until the Main Event final table of Thursday, October, 6.

As a poker tournament devoted entirely to amateur, the Land Sea Poker Tour (LSPT) season I accumulated a great success. Indeed, over 700 poker enthusiasts from France, Switzerland, Poland, Andorra, Belgium and Spain participated actively in various stages of this first edition. And it should be noted that the field of the Grand Final to be held aboard the Grand Holiday on October 23 to 30 is already full. The LSPT offers effectively to participants an opportunity to play poker in a professional and friendly environment while making a dream cruise aboard a beautiful boat at a preferential price. Competitors also have the chance to compete against top players like Leo Truche, Mylène Cogan, Valentin Messina, Julien Brécart, Alana Pariente and Fabien Perrot.

After a very successful step at Old Trafford stadium on August 2 to 7, 2011, the Grand Series of Poker Tournament (GSOP) will stop at Porto Carras, Greece. This city located in northern Greece is a tourist destination as it has a popular seaside resort. And it's in this city that the Porto Carras Grand Resort Casino, the host institution of the tournament is located. During this GSOP Greece, poker enthusiasts will have the opportunity to participate in various tournaments available at a moderate buy-in. The entry fee for the main event is limited at € 1,500 + € 150 and will start from October 11 at 2:00 p.m. A super satellite qualifier for the Day 1A of the leading tournament will be proposed, open for € 55 buy-in and will take place in the poker room on October 10 at 7:00 p.m. During the day of October 11, the GSOP Live Welcome Party and two Super Satellites of € 110 buy-in each allowing players to earn a spot for Day 1B of the main event will be in the program.

As September, the month of October forecasts a very rich program with many poker tournaments which links both in France and a all around Europe. In the program of this month, poker enthusiasts can follow the stages of London and San Remo on the European Poker Tour (EPT), but also promises the New World also features fascinating encounters with the WPT World Pogker Finals. In France, the fifth edition of the WSOP Europe will mark the series of festivities from October 7 to 20, in Cannes with seven WSOP bracelets to win. Participants in the Pot Limit Omaha will share two bracelets at the Full Ring (Event 3) and Six Max (Event 6). The main event of this tournament will be held from October 15 to 20 with € 10,000 buy-in + € 400.

After three days of Main Event, Lee Nelson won the title of the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) held in Melbourne from Saturday 24 to Monday 26, September. This native of New Zealand classified as one of the veterans of the tournament was then the best face to the 310 participants of the Main Event by winning a gain of AU$ 156,550. 68 years old, this professional of poker has currently many titles at his credit and a total gain of $ 2,708,711 in career. In all, Lee Nelson won 11 major tournaments like the World Poker Open in 2005 ($ 400,000), the Aussie Millions (Crown Australian Poker Championship) in 2006 with a gain of $ 1,362,709. The ANZPT Melbourne Main Event was held with $ 2,200 buy-in and brought together 310 players.

The third edition of the tournament Barrière Poker Tour (BPT) was over after its last stop in Bordeaux last weekend. The event brought together 166 participants who were also there to win their tickets for the famous Cannes tournament which will start in a few days. After two days of competition, it was Mathieu Pourrat who won the victory. That player, a native of Montpellier, was able to take part in this tournament of € 1,500 buy-in by online qualifying tournament. And with another magnificent performance in the poker room of Théâtre Barrière de Bordeaux casino, he pocketed the prize of € 20,000 and also won a place for the World Series of Poker Europe Cannes (WSOPE).

The season 4 of the tournament Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) began in February 2011 in Brazil. After the stopover in Argentina at the beginning of August, the circuit is at its 5th and final stage prior to the final. And this time, the appointment will be held for the first time in Medellin, Colombia. Indeed, the tournament was scheduled to take place in Bogota but organizers finally opted for this charming town of Colombia as the host of the National Poker Championship of $ 1,000 buy-in that will take place from October 12 to 16, 2011. The Tournament Director, David Carrion, announced to the poker community that Latin America continues to grow. And he hopes to meet many poker enthusiasts at the event.

The tournament Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza has just unveiled its verdict and crowned as winner the player from Poland, Grzegorz Gosk. So he pocketed € 92,100 thanks to this feat. This is his first major title but he already participated in five other live tournaments before, and this victory is another feat that prove his ability. He was only 5th in chip count at the start of the final table of 8 players which was mainly dominated by Spanish players, because in fact, Gosk was the only foreigner on the table. But after four hours of play, the Pole was propelled to the top of the podium in the poker room of Ibiza casino and get then the trophy and the first prize by ousting Alvaro Santamaria who was therefore entitled to a prize of runner up to an amount of € 58,600.

The first stage of the World Poker Tour Malta (WPT) was closed this weekend and ended with a victory of the November Nine Matt Gianetti. It became common for some finalists of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) to accomplish another feat in a major tournament prior to the grand final of November. These include among others the third place of the WSOP 2008 runner up Ivan Demidov during the WSOP Europe, the second place of Kevin Schaffel at the WPT Legends of Poker and the feat of James Akenhead and Antoine Saout at the WSOP Europe in 2009. In 2010, the Americans Matt Jarvis and Joseph Cheong, members of the November nine 2010, won each a title at the Festa Al Lago Bellagio.

The televised final table of the World Poker Tour Borgata 2011 (WPT) closed during the end of last week. Bobby Oboodi, a player of 24 years old from New Jersey was the great lucky that successfully established achieved the feat of reaching the 1st place face to the large field of 1,313 participants. He already get a significant advantage prior to the final round by standing in the place of chipleader. And with his achievement, he just launched a successful career in the poker pro world because in addition to the great reward of $ 922,441 and a trophy as champion of the WPT, Oboodi also won the chance to be among the competitors of the $ 25,000 WPT World Championship at Bellagio that will terminate the tenth season.

If the season 3 of the Barrière Poker Tour (BPT) circuit finally closed this weekend in Bordeaux, the organizers already announced the opening of the 4th edition for the month of December. Indeed, the inaugural tournament of the BPT Season 4 is scheduled to take place from December 16 to 18 in the poker room of the Casino Barrière of Cassis. This new edition will consist of eight steps instead of 7. And as usual, online satellite tournaments qualifiers are available to allow players to get tickets for the main event of each stage of the tournament. And on the program of every step of the BPT, apart from the leading tournament with a buy-in set at € 1,650, there will be satellites and qualifiers tournaments with magnificent structures each.

On October 15, the world champion of poker in 2003, Chris Moneymaker, will be the guest of honor at a poker tournament with $ 25,000 buy-in to be held at Presque Isle Downs casino in Pennsylvania. This is an event organized as part of the celebration of the opening of the new poker room. Apart from this tournament, several events are scheduled. Indeed, there will be a VIP reception. After that, poker enthusiasts will join the nine tables to participate in various tournaments that are the hallmarks of most Las Vegas casinos like the bad beat jackpot or other variations of poker. It is possible to win a place for the tournament of $ 25,000 by participating in the $ 83 satellite tournament held on October 3. The 19 best players in the game will compete in a Shootout tournament and will be spread over nine tables. The winner of each table will receive a package for the Chris Moneymaker tournament. Note that if the field of 19 participants is incomplete, the other players will enter the tournament by paying a buy-in of $ 340.

Following a partnership between the French Federation of Poker Players (FFJP) and the International Federation of Poker (IFP) which greatly contributed to the recognition of poker as a sport of relaxation at the international level, a new poker tournament will be held from November 17 to 20 in London. This is the IFP World Championship of Poker. The tournament will consist of two major events including the Nations Cup and the Freezeout tournament. About the Nations Cup, the Duplicate Poker format which stipulates that each player on the gaming tables will be entitled to the same hole cards will be adopted. This regulation was chosen in order to make the game more professional because competitors will deploy key strategies in order to win the trophy. The Nations Cup will confront, for its part, 12 teams from different countries made up of six players each.

The Epic Poker League definitely focused on its ethics for a good progress of the tournament and for the integrity of players. The Standards and Conduct Committee has just suspended two more players who are Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Howard "The Professor" Lederer following a vote. Indeed, the two poker players were banned from the tournament until further notice due to stories of fraud. Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson are involved in the fraud case accusing the online poker room Full Tilt Poker. Both are in fact the leaders of this company which has been accused by Preet Bharara, attorney in Manhattan. The ethics committee didn't hesitated during the tournament to eject them until the Department of Justice rule on the result of its investigation about the Full Tilt Poker case said the President of Standards and Conduct Committee, Stephen Martin.

This development follows the implementation of new gaming rules in Belgium concerning online gambling. In adherence with these new regulations and with a brand new website, Casino770 has become the first legal online casino in Belgium!

Online poker is a real phenomenon in Scandinavia as evidenced by the number of players who play in poker from online poker rooms. Scandinavians, including Finns are passionate about poker and not especially about high-stakes poker. Online poker players in Finland make talk about them on the international stage with four players who are classified among the best players in cash games and online tournaments. Indeed, the Finn Patrik Antonius, Ilari "Ziigmund" Sahamies, Jens "Ingenious89" Kyllönen and Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro are in the top ranking of High Stakes earnings of this year by signing exemplary performance.

Professional poker players are accustomed to big tournaments with a buy-in of € 3,000 minimum and it's this that allows them to pocket a gain of nearly a million dollars in just a few tournaments. For fans of poker, tournaments with moderate buy-ins but well-structured are welcome. For these latter, the Belgium Poker Tournament is a great event of this October with a buy-in of only € 525 and will be held in Namur, in the Casino de Namur. Composed of a series of tournaments that lasts four days, from October 1st to 9, the Belgium Poker Tournament plans to host 500 players to participate in the Main Event.

After five days of competition, the six players who will participate in the grand finale of the World Poker Tour Borgata (WPT) are finally known. Of the 1,313 participants who were registered during the two Day 1 at Borgata Hotel Casino, six players were selected for the Main Event final of Friday, September 23. To the surprise of all, Will "The Trill" Failla, the chipleader at the end of Day 3 was eliminated at Day 4 and finished in the 11th place with $ 50,315 in prize money. This disqualification ends the dream of this American player for a second title at the World Poker Tour. Will Failla,was however the favorite of this tournament but was defeated by Jin Hwang by losing his entire stack on a preflop. Vanessa Selbst, the only woman player of the tournament to have survived at the end of Day 3 failed on Day 4 in the 23rd position in the tournament with a gain of $ 18,868.

Cercle Cadet, the Parisian gambling circle renews the organization of the poker tournament Stars on Fire. The event having a guaranteed prize of € 30,000 will be organized again on September 25, 2011 from 8:00 p.m in the poker room of the gambling circle. Like the first edition, the tournament will bring together stars of showbiz and some famous poker players like Karl Zero, Phillippe Candeloro, Valerie Damidot, Pascal Sellem, Raymond Domenech and his wife, Estelle Denis, Jean Marie Bigard and Laurent Baffie. Fans who wish to participate should pay a buy-in of € 200. They will then face celebrities who will be in their gaming table and the player who reaches to eliminate one of the stars will receive a bonus of € 100. And about the structure of the tournament, competitors will receive 10,000 starting chips for game levels of 25 minutes.

If the World Poker Tour Borgata (WPT) is coming to the third day of competition after a fairly hectic day 2, the WPT Malta has just begun. Indeed, the start of the main event of € 3,500 buy-in was held yesterday in the poker room of Portomaso Casino and brought together 101 participants. At the end of the first day of competition, only 64 players received the ticket for day 2 and it's the French player Fabien Sartoris who granted the place of chipleader with 127,350 chips. He has already accomplished a great feat in a side event of the WPT Amnéville during which he was part of the winning players. Note that the eliminated players on Day 1 will have the chance to sign up for Day 1B. This is a novelty introduced in this tenth edition of the circuit.

The Epic Poker League is the appointment of the best poker players in the world. After the first Main Event held in August, the Palm Resort Casino in Las Vegas is currently receiving the second Main Event. This new appointment of the EPIC Poker League has already stirred controversy from players following the establishment of a new ethic of the league. The story began with that of David "Chino" Rheem, who won the first Main Event of the EPL, pocketing $ 1 million. But his outstanding debt affair create questions about the ethics of the Epic Poker League about players who join the league. Indeed, after the Rheem case, the Standards and Conduct Committee state that each player who participates in this new series should be as clean as possible. All players who lack ethics to poker and the league will be excluded from the tournament, announced this body in charge of the successful conduct of of the Epic Poker League events.

In recent weeks, poker was at the heart of news in France with the intervention of new the tax administration about professional poker players income. Indeed, some French players recently received e-mail with as title : "Notice of tax audit." The letters signed by the Inspectors of Public Finance gave an appointment to players for a possible check of accounting documents and voucher. For some time, especially since 2010, poker is no longer a game of chance if we refer to the first ruling by the Administrative Court of Clermont-Ferrand. The practice of poker is a real source of income for professional players and is therefore taxable as non-commercial benefit according to the Article L.169 of the Book of Tax Procedures.

The World Poker Tour Borgata 2011 (WPT) recorded another field record of 1,313 participants during the main event of $ 3,500 buy-in. In fact, 853 players joined the poker room on Day 1B. Organizers therefore gather a prize pool of $ 4,332,900 of which $ 922,441 will be awarded to the champion, $ 554,303 for his runner-up and $ 335,433 for the player who will finish in the third place. The top 100 players in the game will be also entitled to a reward. At the end of Day 1B, therefore, there remained only 558 survivors and it was Jeff Madsen, who had the privilege to get the title of chipleader after having collected $ 216,625. His talents are known by the public through his exploits in various poker tournaments as his first place in the Borgata Winter Open in 2010.

Just as the finalists of the World Championship of Poker, the finalists of the fourth edition of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) will meet on the gaming tables in November. Every candidate deserves to win the title and the battle promises to be fierce. In the first box with 2,605,000 chips in hand is Sam Trickett, who holds an European Poker Tour (EPT) trophy won in Vilamoura and a title of the Aussie Millions $ 100,000 Challenge. He is also the favorite of this final. In the second position is the French Alexander Coussy, owner of 2,473,000 chips. He is better known in the world of online poker under the moniker "akoos." Fouad Behbehani ranks third. His final table at the High Roller of "The Everest Poker One" and the EPT San Remo authenticate his talent to play poker.

Poker became since a few time a real social phenomenon in many countries and some players got rich without mentioning the reputations they acquired by winning titles in major tournaments. To rank players, the Global Poker Index (GPI) was established and get as reference their performance and the number of tournaments they participated during the season. Along with the GPI, there is also the "All Time Money List in Poker," an official list that classifies professional players according to their gains cashed in live tournaments. For the French ranking, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is placed on the pole position with a gain of $ 8.43 million, while in the Italian side, Filippo Candio leads with 3.40 million. Indeed Filippo Candio is still before Max Pescatori ($ 3,158,344), Salvatore Bonavena ($ 2,133,041), Alessio Isaia ($ 1,899,497) and Luca Pagano ($ 1,863,704) who closes the Top 5 of the Italian Money List in poker.

September is decidedly the great return of major tournaments. After the World Series of Poker and the WPT Malta that had just opened the series of this time of autumn, poker enthusiasts can also attend the Poker Grand Prix to be held in Casino de la Vallée de Saint-Vincent, in the municipality of Valle d'Aosta in Italy. Scheduled for Thursday, September 22, 2011, this tournament is part of the third stage of the Poker Grand Prix 2011 which is as reminder composed of four steps. The two previous steps that were held in St. Vincent and Nova Gorica, knew respectively, the coronation of Vincent Noel and Roberto Nulli with respective gains of € 60,610 and € 101,185.

Help others by playing poker became a very common activity in recent years. For the month of September, two charity poker tournaments will be held on the American soil. The first will be held on September 22, 2011 at 6:00 p.m at the Air and Space Museum of the Intrepid Sea, New York. This hold'em poker tournament is organized by the Wall Street Warfighters Foundation for the benefit of disabled veterans. The foundation provides them training to let them start a new career in the financial services of industries. Several celebrities already announced their presence and participants will get different prizes as the gold ring awarded to the champion with a check of $ 20,000.

According to a study by the Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies (French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction) and the Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé (National Institute of prevention and health education), it was concluded that only 1.3% of French people have problems with gambling addiction including poker. The survey also revealed that among the 600,000 people affected by this problem, 200 of them are suffering from gambling addiction. Since the opening of the market of online gambling in France, sports betting and online poker, there are many players who can't stop when engaging in their favorite games such as lottery, scratching cards, playing slot machines, sports betting and horse racing betting. Most of victims are men and the same study show that their spending on games amounted to € 1,500 per year. It is also proved that gambling addiction is often linked to smoking, alcohol and drugs.

After having missed access to the final table of the Partouche Poker Tour Cannes, the two U.S. players Vanessa Selbst and Will Failla took the road to Atlantic City to participate in the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open (WPT). Indeed, the first competition day of the event has just ended and it was attended by 450 participants. Both players achieved a great feat at this Day 1A because if Will Failla managed to be on the 4 th position, Vanessa Selbt is second. So they will come back on Day 2 to play alongside the 243 other players qualified with Abe Korotki as chip leader and Darren Elias in the third position. Other talented competitors are also in the top 10 as Eric Salinas and Adam White.

The poker room of Broadway Casino in Birmingham crowned the champion of the second edition of the English Deepstack Poker Championship held on September 15 to 18, 2011. By ending the event as the best face to a field of 225 players during the main event of £ 550 buy-in of the tournament, Jehan Zaib won the trophy and the first prize of £ 27,850. It was an opportunity for poker enthusiasts to play poker deepstack in a professional setting. During the third day of competition, only 12 players among the starting field were able to sit again on the gaming tables and it took only an hour for the finalists to stand out after the elimination of Vance Martin, Raj Khanna and Alex Mah.

The nine finalists who will compete for the title of the Partouche Poker Tour Cannes (PPT) were finally known during the 5th day of competition of this tournament. French players were particularly brilliant in this tournament which was played at home, in the poker room of Palm Beach Casino. Indeed, seven of them were practically qualified to integrate the final table. If Guerfi Mesbah, Benjamin Chevalier, Kamel Chhti and Ludovic Lacay were eliminated a few laps before the composition of the final table, Ilan Boujenah, Roger Hairabedian and Alexandre Coussy for their part, were qualified for the final meeting and are respectively in the 8th, 6th and 2nd position. So they will face Britain's Sam Trickett who will start the game as chip leader, the Kuwaiti Fouad Behbehani who will occupy the third place, the Dane Mads Wissing (4th), the Italian Mustapha Kanit (5th) and the two Ukrainians Oleskii Kovalchuk and Alexander Dovzhenko.

The casino Cesar Palace of Joa group, in St-Paul-les-Dax, department of Les Landes, France will host on October 8 and 9 a major poker event entitled Joa Deepstack. As it suggests, participants in the main event open for € 600 buy-in will then play poker deepstack. The tournament is planned to gather 70 participants, which will generate a prize pool of € 37,000 to be distributed to the 10 best players of the game. Thus, the champion could come away with a gain of € 11,088 while the runner up will receive € 7,207. The Joa Deepstack offers an attractive structure that will allow all participants to enjoy the game because there will be offered 30,000 starting chips, blinds of 25/50 and rounds of 40 minutes, enough to allow competitors to show their strategies.

The tournament Barrière Poker Tour 2011 (BPT) comes now in its sixth and final stage. Note that during this edition 2011, the tournament organizers distributed packages with special priees for the main event of the World Series Of Poker Europe Cannes (WSOPE). From September 23 to 25, therefore, it will be the turn of the city of Bordeaux to host the final stage of the festival. Indeed, after the passage of the circuit in Trouville, with a trophy acquired by Jerome Zerbib, the poker room of the Casino Barrière of Gironde's capital will be the meeting point of fans of the circuit and those who want to earn a ticket for the great event in Cannes during the main event of € 1,500 buy-in. Eight packages amounting € 12,000 each will be distributed to the best players.

The Caesars Cup became a major event at the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). This is a team tournament facing European and American players and takes place during the WSOP Europe. The tournament is divided into five heads'up parts. And the team that wins three games of 5 is declared winner. Last year the European team led by Annette Obrestad won the trophy against the U.S. team led by Daniel Negreanu. For the next edition of the WSOP Europe to be held in Cannes, Phil Hellmuth and Bertrand Grospellier were elected captains of the two teams that will compete on Oct. 19 in the poker room of the Casino Barrière Cannes, as part of the Caesars Cup 2011.

After having been of in the first place in the standings All Time Money List with $ 16 million gain, the American Erik Seidel also managed to win the first place in the Global Poker Index (GPI) of the week. It must be said that the player fully deserved the nomination because he has made very good achievements in recent times to name his 4 th place in the Epic Poker League. However, Eric Seidel has enough trouble to keep his title because there are only 0.07 points between him and Jason Mercier. And Eugene Katchalov who ranks third is also a potential candidate for this first position because he is at 100 points below the title holder.

The regulation of online gambling including online poker is finally established in the State of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Until now, passionate of gambling in this region of Angela Merkel's country complied with strict regulations enforced by the federal government. And according to statistics, 2,200 players go on sites in Europe and offshore to indulge in their passion. This new law will be applied from January 2012 and will bring a big change and innovation in the country. Note that Schleswig-Holstein is the only federal State to have voted overwhelmingly for the opening of the market for online gambling, a market which will generate an annual profit of € 60 million. And observers wait to see whether the 15 other states will follow the example of Schleswig-Holstein which will significantly improve the tax revenue of the country.

The Russian Poker Series tournament held in Kiev, in the poker room of Poker Club Kreschatyk gathered 322 players at the Main Event of $ 2,500 buy-in. And at the end of the confrontation, the trophy was awarded to Oleg Prokhorov. The wide field of the beginning of this stage of the Russian Poker Series in the Ukrainian capital was quickly reduced to 193 players on the second day of competition. And at dawn of Day 3, there were only 40 competitors in the race. It was a day full of actions as beautiful competitions between participants were observed in order to be qualify among the nine finalists. And at the end of the confrontation, players who completed the final table stood out with Vadim Ostomaty as chipleader who managed to gather 2.1 million chips.

Thanks to a close collaboration with the world champion of boxing Manny Pacquiao, the organizers of the Asian Poker Tour circuit (APT) will held a special poker event borrowing the name of this legendary sportsman : the Manny Pacquia World Poker event. After the signing of the contract, which took place last week, the event became an officially APT accredited to be held in the same way as a conventional APT tournament. Note that Dapidran Emmanuel Pacquiao, known as Manny Pacquiao, won 10 times the title of world champion in boxing in his category. He is a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines and a great passionate of poker. An alliance with such a celebrity will therefore enhance the image of the APT circuit.

With the increasing number of poker tournaments held in different cities around the world, it becomes increasingly difficult to rank players based on their results in tournaments. In the ranking of players having the biggest gains, the result changes day to day. Currently, the American Eric Seidel scored the highest ranking in the Money List with $ 16.8 million on his account. As for French players, the famous world champion Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier holder of a gain of 8.43 million remains on the French top ranking. His victories in the High Roller tournament of the European Poker Tour Madrid (EPT) and his success at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) that enabled him to win the Triple Crown are among the best results that allowed him to be in this position. Note that Elky is placed at the 19 position of the World Money List.

After the completion of the poker tournament World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris (WPT), the famous Parisian gaming circle, the Aviation Club de France (ACF) located on the Champs Elysees launches into the organization a charity tournament. Indeed, on September 25, the ACF will host the charity tournament Poker Tov organized for the benefit of the Alliance Israelite Universelle. This is a French institution that aims to raise funds to finance the education of children in Israel, Morocco and Europe. The organization also offers scholarships to Jewish and Arab students studying at the School for the Deaf in Jerusalem. During this charity event to be held in the poker room of the ACF therefore, fans and poker enthusiasts are invited to contribute to this humble work of the Alliance Israelite Universelle.

For this tenth edition of the World Poker Tour circuit (WPT), the organizers decided to hold a stage of the tournament in the city of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The meeting will be held during the winter season, from November 29 to December 12, 2011. And players will be welcomed in the poker room of the prestigious Corinthia Hotel. The flagship event which is the main event of € 3,500 buy-in that should bring together internationally top players, will be held from December 1 to 5. Note that the European Poker Tour circuit will also stop in the city a few days after the WPT. It is certain therefore that a great competition will be played between the two events but everyone also hopes the same success.

A new scandal is going to be unveiled in the world of online poker. Indeed, the British professional player, Darren Woods, is accused of many online poker players of having committed a scam on gaming tables. According to the charges that appear on the famous forum 2 +2, the player benefited the help of a friend in order to accumulate a great advantage in a tournament with a colossal prize, a $ 500 / $ 1,000 cash game held in a famous online poker room. This new case will blacken further the poker industry, which however knew a great boom. Indeed, the case of the Portuguese player Jose Macedo already damaged the reputation of online poker. As a reminder, Jose Macedo was involved in a multi-accounting cheating or chip dumping.

After having been the best among the large field of 718 participants during the tournament United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour Dublin (UKIPT), Joeri Zandviliet won his second title in this circuit. Indeed, the German has already won the trophy of the same circuit during the UKIPT stage in Manchester in 2010. And note that it's also the third UKIPT final table in which he participated. With this new triumph, Zandviliet pocketed a superb earning of € 83,500, which adds to the prize of £ 63,200 that he got when he won his first UKIPT title. At this final table, Zandviliet achieved a great feat that allowed him to climb to victory. Indeed, he eliminated three of his opponents and also faced Max Silver, the defending champion who was also looking for a second success. But the confrontation ended with the defeat of Silver. So he missed his chance to win another title and settled for the 4th place.

The grand finale of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) began on September 12 and a total field of 426 participants were registered after the first two days of competition. Indeed, the poker room of Palm Beach Casino in Cannes gathered 244 players on Day 1A and at the end of the meeting, there were only 139 survivors. Several top players have already left the party like Leonard Truche, Bruno Launais, Men Nguyen, Antoine Saout, Marvin Rettenmaier, Jani Sointula, Nicolas Cardyn, the champion of the European Poker Tour Warsaw in 2007 Peter Jepsen and also Martin Jacobson. But some poker stars still received their access ticket for Day 2 as Hassan Fares, the defending champion Vanessa Selbst, her runner up Raphael Kroll, Basile Yaiche, Ludovic Lacay, Arnaud Mattern, Marc Inizan and Tristan Clémençon. But the player who had the chance to be in place of chipleader is the Romanian Anton Ionel.

On October 29, 2011, the poker room of Commerce Casino in California will host a charity poker tournament called "All-In to Win for Hope." This is an event organized to the benefit of the associations Renal Support Network, Love Across the Ocean and Kidney Disease Patients and Refugee Families. During this second edition of the tournament, participants will gather around tables of Texas No Limit Hold'em to help this charity event. And the best players will get great prizes and various packages. Note that several animations will be in the program during the day of October 29 as auctions, dinner.

From November 23 to 31, 2011, the charming town of St. Martin in the French Caribbean will host a great poker tournament. This is the Open de Saint Martin to be held in the majestic Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino. The event will combine game and relax because players will meet in a place of dream. In addition, they will get a very interesting program. There will be the flagship tournament that is the Main Event of $ 2,000 buy-in with a guaranteed prize of $ 200,000 which will take place from November 26 to 28. Organizers hope to gather one hundred players at least. And at this event, each participant will receive 15,000 starting chips for rounds of 60 minutes.

The WPT Grand Prix de Paris is also a high roller tournament! Last year, the tournament attracted a field of 24 players with a buy-in of € 20,000. This year, the entry fee was reduced to € 15,000, which allowed some thirty players to join the French capital for the WPT Paris High Roller. On Sunday 11 September, Sorel "Imper1um" Mizzi, an "inveterate" of MTT finished as winner in the WPT Paris High Roller face to a field of 36 players and was awarded a gain of € 234,495. The final was very tough as during the Main Event final held the day before. But fans of high roller were in an atmosphere of deja vu because face to the Canadian, they found another compulsive of High Roller, Freddy Deeb. The battle between these two players went back on last year during which Freddy Deeb was victorious.

The eighth stage of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Season 2 (UKIPT) started effectively on September 8, in Dublin. The first day of the Main Event was attended by 433 participants bringing the prize pool to € 348,230. After two days of competition, the UKIPT Dublin had only 205 players with the champion of last year, Max Silver as chipleader. At the end of Day 2, Max Silver tried to keep his place face to the 204 survivors, as he ended these first days with a chip count of 195,600. The top 5 of these first two days is completed by Kevin Williams, David Maudlin, Stuart Samuels and Jason Tompkins.

Certainly, the regulation of online poker in the United States won't still be planned for this year judging by the number of players who emigrate to neighboring countries in order to practice legally online poker. The American exodus is growing more and more after the Black Friday that shocked the American poker world. Most of these players opted for Canada, but others also chose Malta, Mexico or the United Kingdom, where the activity of online poker rooms is legal. Of course, operators are seeking all the possibilities to solve the problem because poker plays an important role in online gambling in the country and the number of players rose sharply over the past two years.

While everyone expected an exceptional week's holiday in Corsica with poker as main activity, the first edition of the Corse Poker Series was a real disappointment for fans of poker who came there. They were effectively 47 participants who went to Sagone Resort, in southern Corsica. But fortunately that organizers planned other activities in the program. The Corse Poker Series became only a holiday on the Mediterranean Sea since the first day because of the landing of the gendarmerie. Indeed, the police raided and arrested the tournament even if the organizing committee informed the local authority two months before the D-Day about the purpose of event and the tournament to be held.

The second main event of the Epic Poker League held at Palms Casino in Las Vegas ended last weekend with the victory of Mike "Timex" McDonald. The Canadian succeeds to American having Asian origin Chino Rheem, and won $ 782,410 in winnings. Compared to the first main event of last August, the second stage attracted fewer participants with only 97 against 137 entrants but all the biggest names in poker were present at this meeting in Las Vegas. The second main event was played in No Limit Hold'em 8-max (8 players per table) and at the final table of Saturday, September 10, we attended a party full of surprises with Erik Seidel, Fabrice Soulier, David Paul Steicke, Mike McDonald, Nam Thien, Isaac Baron, Sean Getzwiller and Dutch Boyd.

Organized for the first time in 2009, the Caesars Cup was the biggest poker event. This competition brought together the best poker players in Europe and in America. Based on the same principle as the famous Ryder Cup in Golf, the Caesars Cup is a team competition between European team and U.S. team, both consisting of five players and the team that wins three sets on five games will be designated as the winner of the competition. The first edition of the Caesars Cup was held in London at the WSOPE, meeting during which the European team led by Annette Obrestad tried to stand up to the American team of Daniel Negreanu composed of talented players like Phil Hellmuth or the poker's legend Doyle Brunson. The American team won easily the competition by winning a series of 4 to 1.

After the WPT Grand Prix de Paris, which ended last Saturday, September 10 with the victory of Matt Waxman before the two French Hugo Lemaire and Fred Magen, the eyes of fans and poker enthusiasts around the world already turned to Malta for the continuation of the season 10 of the World Poker Tour 2011. Casino Portomaso Malta will receive from September 20 to 24 the eighth stage of the second largest poker tournament in the world after the World Series of Poker (WSOP). With this new European stage of the WPT after a stopover in Paris, the organizers of this tournament have ambition for Europe with its unique setting to combine tourism and poker but also the level of European players which is already well established.

The American Matt Waxman was the star of the final table of the Main Event Day 5 of the WPT Grand Prix de Paris and pocketed more than € 500,000 with the title of champion of this stage of the World Poker Tour held in the French capital. The Day 4 of the WPT Grand Prix de Paris was attended by the last 18 survivors of the tournament that ended up on two tables in the semifinals of this six - handed tournament to qualify for the final table of last Saturday, September 10. Participants were eliminated one by one and there were only Hugo Lemaire, Byron Kaverman, Mikko Sundell, Matt Waxman, Fred Magen and Martin Jacobson for the final table. The hope of the French public lied on Lemaire and Magen after the unfortunate elimination of Ness Kourdourli and Guillaume Darcourt.

The second day of competition at the main event of the Epic Poker League finally unveiled its verdict. After that very tiring day for participants, there remain 23 survivors. Despite the holding of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris in France, some elites of the game of the Hexagon haven't hesitated to make the trip to Las Vegas to compete for the prestigious title of the Epic Poker League and the one of them managed to achieve a magnificent feat in this day 2. Indeed, Fabrice Soulier finished the day as chip leader with 453,500 chips in hand. He is therefore in a very good position to add another trophy on his prize list which is with enough embellished with his performance at the World Series of Poker 2011.

The season 2011-2012 of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) tournament has begun. Indeed, the start of the inaugural tournament was held last Thursday, September 8 in Bossier City, Louisiana. The city hosts for the first time this poker circuit. So for 12 days, the Horseshoe Casino in Bossier City will live under the fever of poker. A total of 30 tournaments will take place in the poker room of the casino and there are 12 WSOPC bracelets to distribute. One of the jewels will be awarded to the champion of the $ 1,500 buy-in main event starting on September 17. The event will certainly attract top players and in this context, the WSOP champion of 1998, Scotty Nguyen, has already confirmed his presence. For this first pass of the WSOPC in this city, organizers hope to raise a huge field of 800 participants during the main event.

The ranking of the Global Poker Index (GPI) knew a big change for the second week of September. Earlier this month, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier ranked third behind the two American Jason Mercier and Erik Seidel. But the last major tournaments of the end of August reversed a little the classification and relegated therefore the French in the fourth position in favor of Eugene Katchalov. The EPT Barcelona and the WPT Legends of Poker tournaments that is held currently caused this new change in the world rankings of poker players. Chip leader at the final table of the EPT Barcelona, Eugene Katchalov finally finished third during this event behind Martin Schleich, the champion of the Main Event and Dragan Kostic. The Ukrainian pocketed for this purpose the sum of € 315,000. A title of the EPT would let him integrate the very select club of the "Triple Crown" along with Gavin Griffin, Roland de Wolfe, Jake Cody and Bertrand Grospellier.

The Day 3 of the WPT Grand Prix de Paris was closed with the American Matt Waxman in the top of the rankings. After three days of competition, players are currently in a few hours before the grand final of this poker tournament and its remains only 18 players for the semifinals. At the beginning of Day 3, they were still 61 to contest the 18 seats of the two tables in the semifinals. Mikko Sundell and two other French, Frank Pepe and Guillaume Darcourt who dominated the previous day as chip leader received their ticket for this penultimate round. Darcourt and Pepe are respectively in the 10th and 11th place in the chip count. In the top 3 of the chip count, we find Matthew Waxman with 1.12 million chips, Mikko Sundell, the chip leader of Day 1A with 1.019 million chips and finally Dimitry Stelmak with 918,000 chips.

If the main event of the first stage of the Epic Poker League tournament brought together up to 140 participants, a significant drop in attendance was recorded during this second stage because they were only 97 players to have joined the poker room of Palms casino in Las Vegas to take part in. The holding of the World Championship of online poker and the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris could be the cause. But no matter the turnout, the audience in the gaming room was entitled to great benefits offered by the 97 competitors. After the first day of competition, the player who qualified during the Pro / Am tournament, Jamie Kaplan, conquered the place of chipleader with 324,600 chips and Daniel O'Brien was ranked at the second position. Please note that Kaplan wouldn't have the chance to compete if Michael DiVita did not give up his prize because, indeed, he was ranked at the 10 th position.

The famous September Series of Poker tournament will be organized again on September 25 to 28. The Palm Beach Casino had the privilege to host this poker festival. For recall, the casino has a sumptuous poker room that offers regular cash game tournaments and other very interesting poker tournaments. During the September Series of Poker, a nice program will be offered to participants. As inaugural tournament, there will be a satellite tournament qualifier for the High Roller and will be available for £ 550 buy-in. The field for this tournament is limited to 60 participants, so it is important to register early. On Monday, November 26, a No Limit Hold'em Six-Max tournament of $ 500 buy-in will be held. It will be a good opportunity to play poker deepstack and the field will be limited to 36 players. Players will begin the game with 20,000 starting chips for a level of play of 60 minutes.

The WPT Grand Prix de Paris hold currently in suspense poker enthusiasts around France and even lovers of this game internationally. The main event buy-in of the tournament is as a reminder € 7,500 and the event attended by 312 players. The Day 1A was marked by the domination of Mikko Sundell. During the Day 1B, it was the French Guillaume Darcourt who was the chipleader. The second day was attended by 97 other participants in addition to the 70 survivors of the first day, which raises to 167 the number of registered players in this tournament. With 198,500 chips gained, Darcourt ranks then at the second position of the chipleading just behind the Finnish Mikko Sundell, the chip leader of Day 1A.

Poker enthusiasts in Great Britain found once again tables of tournament after several weeks of rest. The eighth stage of the season two of the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) has just started this Thursday, September 8 with the influx of hundreds players who came to qualify for the Grand Final of the EPT London Season 8 planned from September 30 to October 5. This tournament which takes place in Dublin is hosted by the prestigious Ballsbridge Inn during these five days of competition. The entrance ticket for the Main Event is set at £ 500 + 60 and during the first edition, this buy-in attracted 589 participants with at the final, the player Max Silver as winner by winning the title and a gain of £ 72,000. The UKIPT Dublin has 10 events this year : the NL of £ 100 and £ 300 buy-in, the Turbo NL High Roller, the High Roller NL, the NL Charity Bounty, the Turbo Poker Triathlon, etc.

With the rise of poker in the international level and the growing interest of people for that game, it is actually part of more and more activities. Even if online poker is currently still on hold in the U.S.A, that does not stop humanitarian agencies to organize tournaments in order to raise money for charity. The Middletown Lions Club will receive on September 23 a charity poker tournament of Texas Hold-Em in Port Monmouth, New Jersey in order to raise funds for their programs and community charitable initiatives. Participants in this great event must pay a buy-in of $ 100 that can let them join a table with 2,000 chips. And for a reservation, players will receive 500 chips in more a,d a re-buy of only $ 50. This tournament will offer a guaranteed prize pool of $ 5,000 and a re-buy of $ 100 for the first round.

The crowning of the Italian Poker Tour Nova Gorica (IPT) champion took place finally after four days of competition. And the victory was awarded to Oleksii Kovalchuk. After the third day of competition held in the beautiful poker room of Nova Gorica casino, the eight players who completed the final table of the IPT Nova Gorica tournament stood out. The Ukrainian Vitali Minakov was placed in the lead with 1,671,000 chips in hand. The champion of the IPT Campione, Domenico Cordi, was in a position to win the title for his country by holding the second position. But even if Italy was well represented during the final, its natives wasn't able to keep the title.

The edition 2011 of the European Poker Tour Barcelona (EPT) ended on September 1st with an important field even during the Main Event as during the Side Event. This Spanish tour was is full of surprises with the coronation of the German Martin Schleich at the Main Event. Schleich was at his first victory in a major tournament and pocketed for this purpose a gain of € 850,000. At the Main Event, French players did also a good tournament in particular with the great performance of Isabel Baltazar. She was, as reminder, the only French player qualified for the final table of this tournament. But the biggest surprise of this tournament was the presence of Gérard Piqué in a Side Event of the EPT.

All professional poker players can confirm that stress is the main source of failure on tables of poker tournament, so, most of them practise a lot of preparation before joining the poker room of major tournaments. In order to help fans of this card game to overcome their stress, Fantaisium editions concocted a special book entitled "Poker No Stress". Through the 448 pages that make up this book, players will learn some tips and advice issued by professional coaches like Marc and Pascale Polizzi that will help them to adopt a better behavior face to a tilt, a bad-beat or other stress that invade players during a tournament.

Last weekend, the Omaha Cup launched officially the beginning of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris 2011. The poker room of the Aviation Club de France has been the meeting point of enthusiasts of this variant of poker. And they were 65 players who registerd to be part of the field of the € 5,000 buy-in tournament. The tournament brought together top players like Tristan Clémençon who reached the 7 th place at the end of the final table, Roger Hairabedian, Basil Yaiche, Ludovic Lacay, Patrick Bruel, Hugo Lemaire, Sorel Mizzi, Jason Mercier, Freddy Deeb and Jeff Lisandro. And the competition was full of action within the two days of competition.

The new edition of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris (WPT) began this Monday, September 5 with the presence of Royal Flush Girls and many famous poker players such as the lovely Kara Scott, Remy Biechel, Ludovic Lacay, Olivier Busquet, Pedro Canalli, Per Linde, Vikash Dhorasso, Marvin Rettenmaier, Hugo Lemaire, Lucien Cohen, Michel Abecassis, Fabian Quoss, Patrick Bruel, Mike Sexton, Roberto Romanello, Juha Hellpi and many others. The first day, Day 1A, brought together a field of 140 participants with a buy-in of € 7,500 and 30,000 chips. After a round of 60 minutes each, only 70 players remained at the end of this event and the day registered also the elimination of Sam El Sayed, Patrick Bruel, Almira Skripchenko, Tristan Clémençon, Roger Hairabedian Basil Yaiche ...

The Global Poker Index (GPI) is a world ranking that determines the best players according to a wide number of parameters: the results, the buy-in of each event, the number of tournaments they participated... The world rankings of the best players in the world is as a reminder updated weekly and based on past performance of players at various tournaments that were held before the moth of September. For the beginning of this month, the head of the ranking hasn't changed with Jason Mercier at the first place followed by another American player, Erik Seidel and the French champion Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. With over six million dollars winnings in live tournament, the 24-year-old American deserved well his leadership position because he was recently awarded the title of International Best Player during the fifth edition of Poker in the Park held last weekend in London. Also this year, Jason Mercier won a WSOP bracelet and accumulated a gain of over $ 1,500,000.

The second stage of the Epic Poker League tournament has just begun. At the inaugural event which is the Pro/Am tournament of $ 1,500 buy-in, a field of 97 players was recorded. Note that this tournament brought together in the poker room of Palms Casino Las Vegas amateur and professional of poker eager to be among the competitors of the $ 20,000 main event that will start soon. The event ended on Monday by Greg Mueller's victory. He succeeded to defeat Nam Le and Phil Hellmuth in the last round and won for the occasion the famous place for the elite of poker's meeting. Because of the low attendance of participants in the tournament, organizers registered a prize pool of $ 180,000. Thus, the top nine players were the only ones entitled to a reward.

The third edition of the biggest poker tournament for amateur, the Florida Poker Tour will be held from October 24 to 29, 2011. This unique event will be held at the Florida Park Hotel of Santa Susanna, Spain. With a budget of € 400, poker enthusiasts can participate in all events in the program as well as a full board accommodation. Note that the Florida Poker Tour will consist of two major tournaments spread over a period of two days each, during which participants will play deepstack poker. But eliminated players can also participate in the two side event tournaments to be held during the two days of the deepstack tournament.

As expected, the British Poker Awards ceremony was held last weekend during the great poker festival held in Hanover Square, London at the fifth edition of the Poker In The Park. This great meeting place of poker enthusiasts was also an opportunity for some players and companies to receive the award from the British Poker Awards. Of course, all players who were nominated did not attend the award ceremony, but fans were able to meet poker celebrities like John Duthie's or Kara Scott. This year, the title of "Player of the Year" was awarded to Jake Cody who managed a remarkable feat this season. The 22 years Englishman indeed won a WPT and EPT title and a WSOP bracelet, which earned him to be classified as members of the "Triple Crown".

For the first time in the history, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) will stop in India after a stage at Resort World in Manila from August 17 to 23. The poker room of the Casino Royale ship will host this major event from November 8 to 14. The APT Asian Series of Goa promises to be more glorious as it is the first international poker event ever held in the country. It will bring together poker enthusiasts in India and fans of this circuit and several interesting events are scheduled. The most interesting tournament which is the main event will of INR 50,000 buy-in will take place on Friday, November 11 at 4:00 p.m. But other side events open with buy-ins ranging from INR 5,000 to INR 20,000 will also be organized during the festival.

Regulation and taxation of gambling and online poker are currently in the headlines of newspapers around the world. While online gambling commission and operators are looking for a way to legalize poker in the United States, France through the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) is looking for a way to reduce the tax levied on online poker. As a reminder, poker is regulated in France since July 2010 with new licenses awarded by the ARJEL to online gambling operators. The ARJEL has just proposed to the government a new regulation having 65 proposals. Such proposals include a new tax based on Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) which is currently perceived by taking in consideration all players' bets.

The legalization of online poker in the United States has been for some time in the headlines of newspapers and in the heart of the concerns of all poker enthusiasts, operators of online gambling and also the government. To solve the problem, the proposed solution was to give freedom to each State to regulate online poker rooms that operate in their jurisdiction. Some operators have already made their proposal to the competent authorities and if these rules are adopted, we may be on the right way towards legalization of online poker at this time when poker enthusiasts fear the worst: the prohibition of its practice. In the State of Nevada for example, a proposal was brought in front of the Legislative Assembly of that locality. Its governor, Brian Sandoval accepted the bill already passed in the Assembly.

During its three years of existence, the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) continued to grow and attracted more and more passionate. Indeed, at the IPT San Remo held in August, a large field of 400 participants was recorded and it was Luca Pagano, who won the victory with a sum of € 210,000. So for this third season, the organizers hope to record a great success for each step planned in the program. After the first two stages which were held respectively in San Remo and Campione, the tournament will stop this time in the charming town of Nova Gorcia. Indeed, the event was officially opened on Thursday, September 1st, with the main event of € 2,200.

After the European Poker Tour Barcelona (EPT), the organizers of the largest poker tournament in Europe announced that the EPT Season 8 will also have a stop in Greece in the month of November. With the success of the Greek Poker Cup which attracted over 500 players from around the world, Greece became a must for organizers. While the Greek Poker Cup was held at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki, the same hotel will also host the EPT Greece, an event already announced as a great success with the participation of Greek players like John Taramas, Panagiotis Gavriilidis, Nikolaos Mproysianos and also Dimitrios Karonis.

The hope of Spanish poker enthusiasts flew in the night of Thursday to Friday, September 1st because none of their representatives has been able to win the title of the European Poker Tour Barcelona (EPT). Indeed, it was the German Martin Schleich who finally emerged victorious from the wide field of 811 participants and was awarded the trophy and the huge prize of € 850,000. Now this 29-years-old player is part of poker players holding a major title, if before, he was in the shade. However, it is not his first good performance in live tournaments as he has already managed to integrate twice the list of paid places of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and has also won a place paid of the EPT San Remo.

This Saturday, September 3 will be an opportunity for poker enthusiasts to know the winners of the British Poker Awards 2011. The awards ceremony of the British Poker Awards will be held at Hanover Square in London as planned at the same time as the Poker in the Park. During this festival, organizers chose the comedian Lucy Porter to give the prize and it will begin at 3:00 p.m. The Poker in The Park is also an opportunity for amateurs to contribute to the cause of Peace and Sport with fundraising. Shirts of Arsenal and Barca autographed by the entire team will be sold during a charity auction. Peace and Sport Foundation is as reminder an association set up in 2007 by the world champion and Olympic medalist Joel Bouzou in order to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to integrate into society with sport.

For the first time in the history of poker, the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) will be held in France from October 7 to 20 in the Hotel Majestic Barriere Casino Le Croisette in Cannes. The WSOPE is the most important events of the year for all poker enthusiasts in France and Europe. This fifth edition of the WSOPE will have seven tournaments, two of which are played with a buy-in of € 10,000. The French Fabrice "FabSoul" Soulier, WSOP 2011 HORSE world champion will be also there and try to win another bracelet in addition to that he won in Las Vegas last June. Soulier is the third French player to win a WSOP bracelet and a gain of $ 609,130 after the coronation of Elie "punisher934" Payan and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. This adventure at Cannes will be an opportunity for French national champions to reconnect again with the most coveted title of professional poker players.

The Joa Casino of Uriage, in France decided to let poker enthusiasts discover Omaha. This is a variant of poker game with similar objective as Texas Hold'em which is to create a good combination of five cards using all the existing strategies and tips. In the poker room of Uriage casino so, on Sunday, Sept. 11 from 2:00 p.m, players can play in Omaha Pot Limit. This event is open for € 60 buy-in and the field will be limited to 40 participants. A bankroll of € 1,920 will be distributed to the best players in the game and there will be also gifts offered by the ready-to-wear brand JAQK. It will also be an opportunity for beginners to become familiar with this type of game.

The final table of the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker (WPT) has just designated its winner. After having been in the place of chipleader at the beginning of the day, the American Will Failla was able to keep this ranking until the end and then became the star of the TV show. He just won the victory over Ken Aldridge. With his triumph, Failla was entitled to a great gain of $ 758,085, a place for the WPT World Championship to be held at Bellagio, a beautiful trophy of the WPT Champions and got also the Wild Bill Hickock cup, an award that the Bicycle Casino usually give to the champions of the WPT Legends of Poker.

Social networking is undoubtedly the quickest and most effective way to convey information or to advertise worldwide. Facebook is one of the most widely used social networks at the moment and we find various commercials on its interface. But since December 2009, the dissemination of publicity related to poker and other online gambling was strictly forbidden on the site. In truth, this has not impacted the market of online poker but it must be admitted that it lead to slow a little its development. Facebook recently changed its policy on advertising and now it is allowed to broadcast a commercial about online gambling on the site. In France, more than 500,000 Internet users have accounts on poker websites. So with this new authorization, operators of online gambling and poker can promote further their activities and its benefits.

While it is still the beginning of the month of September with the World Poker Tour that has just begun, the attention of poker enthusiasts around the world also looks to the final of the World Series of Poker 2011 to be held in Las Vegas in November, specifically on November 5 to 7. The World Series of Poker 2011 registered at the beginning of tournament 6,865 participants and only nine of them will share the final table. This 42nd edition of the WSOP will gather the outgoing nine qualified players for the Main Event of last July: the November Nine. Among these nine players will be the WSOP 2011 champion who will have the privilege to be crowned and will receive the prestigious WSOP bracelet and a whopping sum of $ 8,711,956 with the title of successor to Jonathan Duhamel, the defending champion of the edition 2010.

It was the Hungarian Richard Bodis who managed to overcome the 255 players who participated in the fourth stage of the tournament Eureka Poker Tour of Croatia. This field was made up of amateur players who were qualified in the various satellite tournaments in online poker rooms and others are professionals who paid a buy-in of € 800. Indeed, some top players from Eastern Europe and some notable players in the UK like Owen Shiels, Michael Leedham, Neil Rawnsley and also the American player Chris Moneymaker were present there. By winning his first title in a live tournament, Bodis got also a nice cash prize of € 47,298 and a place for the grand finale of the Eureka Poker Tour to be held in Prague in December.

At the end of a long day of confrontation on the Day 3 of the European Poker Tour Barcelona (EPT), 24 players among the 141 competitors at the beginning of the day were able to qualify for the Day 4. It was the local player Tomeu Gomilla who was ranked in the place of chip leader with 2,547,000 chips in hand. His compatriot Raul Mestre follows him closely with 2.363 million chips. Both are on the way to defend the honor of their country. The native of Israel, Saar Wilf finished the day in the third place. Before his way to the place of honor, Gomila was further unraveled in a tough battle. But he managed to resist.

The World Poker Tour Legends of Poker (WPT) has already reached its third day of competition. Another success has been recorded during this new passage the WPT in Los Angeles. In fact, 757 players joined the poker room at Bicycle Casino to compete for the prestigious title with a prize of $ 758,085. Note that the buy-in for the main event was set at $ 3,500, which generated $ 2.5 million prize pool. Competitors gave all the best of them during the first two days of competition in order to be at least part of the 81 winning players. And at the dawn of Day 3, they were only 21 players in contention.

This September will be marked by the holding of several large poker tournaments. In France first, those who eagerly await the start of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris (WPT) to be held on September 1st in the Aviation Club de France (ACF) will have satisfaction. The best players actually at the international level will be part of the main event of € 7,500 of this event. The grand finale of the fourth season of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) is also an appointment not to be missed. The event will take place in Cannes from September 11 to 17. A few days later, on September 23 to 25, fans of the Barrière Poker Tour circuit will be invited to take a walk in the Gironde to the final stage of this third season. The poker room at the Casino de Bordeaux will be the host of the tournament. The second stage of the famous elite tournaments Epic Poker League (EPL) will also take place during the month of September. Indeed, the event will be held from September 6 to 9.

The Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Goliath (GUKPT) was held from August 24 to 28 in Britain, at Ricoh Arena in Coventry and saw the coronation of Lee Rawson. For this edition 2011, the GUKPT Goliath brought together 1,765 players who helped to bring the prize pool to £ 176,500. During the five days of competition, many big names of poker monopolized thz chipleading but in the end, it was the British Lee Rawson, who won the title of the year 2011. Lee Rawson won the trophy and the sum of £ 32,705 in the final, and he defeated Mark Broomhall and Simon Deadman in the last rounds. The latter, however, dominated the competition at the opening of Day 1 to Day 3.

The World Poker Tour Season 10 (WPT) began at Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles under the spotlight of various international media. The WPT is since 2002 one of the most famous tournaments in the world on the professional circuit after the WSOP. This new season is a new challenge for the world of poker because of the unfortunate adventure experienced by the poker on the country of Uncle Sam, it’s about the Black Friday. According to the words of Steve Heller, the current CEO of the WPT, this new edition promises to be more interesting than the other editions. For many years, the WPT uses a good reputation with the public and poker enthusiasts with its diffusion on TV channels as well as through the official tournament site, magazine, DVDs, video games and goodies in its image. As a reminder, the season of the WPT 9 was the most watched TV program on Fox Sports Network.
 
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