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The popularity of bingo, whether online bingo or live bingo, continues to grow. Indeed, most bingo games held in recent months have all been of great success. In Toulouse, the Restos du cœur brought together 1,400 participants in the bingo they held this Sunday in the Parc des expositions of Toulouse. While the room was already full, many people still lined up to participate. All these people came to support the Restos du cœur but also to have fun with friends and family. In addition, this event was well endowed and very well organized. Note that the funds raised at this event were used to finance the activities of Restos du cœur as the provision of free meals to poor and to fund of the integration center that provides shelter for men who wish to start a new life.

Free bingo but also bingo with entry fee are not only a board game for adults and older as evidenced by the various appointments that were held this weekend and also last week. Last Sunday, the Association of Parents of Couches (APE) held its traditional bingo. The regulars of the event came massively but unlike the previous edition, there was a decline in participation, despite the 170 people who answered to the call. At this meeting, many rewards were distributed and the lucky ones walked away with great prizes like the Netbook which was won by Catherine Pinto, the video projector to Lucie Royet, the Wii console for Françoise Fresu, the massaging chair for Monique Margot, the dinner at the Hotel des 3 Maures + carton of cream for Dominique Beaufaron, dinner for 2 people for Philippe Mandon, the ceramic hob for Frederick Pinto, the pair of binoculars to Jacky Gilot and the tool set for Virginie Gauthier.

The € 3,000 main event of the WPT Marrakech 2011 ended Sunday with the victory of Mohamed Ali Houssam during the final table composed of great players such as the French No 1 Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. At this event, the Casino Es Saadi of Marrakesh hosted 274 players creating a prizepool of € 715,000. But on the third day of the poker tournament, only 9 players were qualified for the final table: Mohamed Ali Houssam, Jonathan Duhamel, Hassan Fares, Toufik Ouirini, Arnaud Mattern, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Rodney Assous, Maksim Martynov and Sébastien Ta. The final table was marked by a hot confrontation but after a few hands, Sebastien Ta falls at the ninth place followed by ElkY. The two players eaved the tournament with € 21,173 and € 23,203 in prize money. Jonathan Duhamel follows the trend after having been eliminated by Maksim Martynov who collected then 2.5 million chips. Rodney Assous was ousted in the sixth place (€ 31,232) followed shortly after by Hassan Fares (€ 38,540) and Arnaud Mattern in fourth place (€ 52,740) on the 27th level of play.

Macao, the Chinese city of gambling, will be the host of a major poker event in spring 2013. This is the Macau Pro Am Open which is a tournament of $ 100 million, a project developed by five Chinese companies. Note that Macao has a prominent place in the gambling industry as the city became the popular meeting point of great figures of poker. Indeed, during the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), renowned players such as Tom Dwan, Johnny Chan or the famous Phil Ivey who has just done his come back on the gaming tables of major poker tournaments did the trip to participate in it. Moreover, these professional players are often present in the poker room of casinos of Macao to compete in various cash games tournaments.

There are various ways to raise funds to support charities, and bingo is among the best. While some organizations offer free bingo games in exchange of various earnings, others require a fee within the rules imposed by law for this kind of event. But in any case, success is always in the appointment. The Association against genetic diseases (ACMG) in France has chosen this year to hold a bingo to fund their telethon. This event will take place in the room, Espace-loisirs of Avessac, French commune located in the department of Loire Atlantique, this Friday, November 25 from 8:00 p.m. The benefits of this solidarity bingo will be fully allocated to support the Telethon. The event promises to be a success because it is richly endowed. Indeed, the organizers managed to gather 80 prizes amounting approximately € 4,000 which include 12 vouchers of € 50 to € 500, 107 cm flat screen TV, and 3D glasses and also touch pad.

Bingo is in the spotlight this weekend in several French regions. In Senac, in the Hautes-Pyrenees, the festival begins this Friday, November 25 with the bingo organized by hunters of the Society for hunting. The event will begin at 9:00 p.m. with many parties : Quine, double Quine and full cards at the room of the township of Senac. Many grants will be provided for a card of € 2, 4 + a free card for € 8 and € 15 for 14 cards : vouchers of € 200 in Leclerc Orleix, vouchers, DVD player, TNT, ham, gift basket, haunches of wild boar, fat ducks, breasts, wine and many other prizes to be discovered there. For its part, the three schools of Intercommunal Educational Grouping (RPI) of Lahitte-Sombrun-Vidouze organizes its traditional bingo this Saturday, November 26 with bonus bingo.

The start of the World Poker Tour Marrakesh 2011 (WPT) was held on November 24, 2011. This tournament of € 2,700 + 300 buy-in is taking place in the poker room of casino Es Saadi in Marrakesh. This event is expected to attract a lot of poker stars from France. Regarding the structure of the tournament, players are entitled to 30,000 starting chips for game levels of 60 minutes. The final day will be held next Sunday, November 27. The public will then see at casino Es Saadi the lucky who will acquire the title.

The global ranking of poker professionals knew a new change with many top players who won a few places due to the various tournaments that was played recently. The update of the Global Poker Index of November 17, in fact, reveals a new upheaval in the rankings. So, Erik Seidel is still leading the ranking of the 300 world's best players for a month with 2,586.96 points before Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Jason Mercier. The French is at the second place with 2,493.71 points while Eugene Katchalov (2,382.22) is now out of the podium and conceded the third place to Jason Mercier. The Top 10 ranking of the Global Poker Index is completed by the presence of Shawn Buchanan (2,331.45), Sorel Mizzi (2,180.96), Sam Stein (2,178.26), Fabrice Soulier (2,018.48), Matt Waxman (2,003.46) and Will "The Thrill "Failla (1,975.60).

Online bingo is booming these days but the traditional bingo played in live also remains as the favorite pastime of French during the weekend as evidenced by the success that the event met in Digoin, in Saone-et-Loire, and also in other localities. The municipality of Digoin hosted last Sunday the annual bingo of the Secours catholique in order to help poor families. The meeting was a success for the organizers according to the number of participants who joined the hall Notre-Dame in the afternoon of Sunday. The game worth the trip because in addition to the various prizes distributed, the day also corresponded to the collection day National of the Catholic Relief on the third Sunday. The lucky ones went home with many prizes such as vouchers that was won by Ms. Eden Pilguer (€ 200), Ms. Muet (€ 100) and Mrs. Sidney Pilguer (€ 50). Ms. Millet was awarded the oven while Ms. Daligand, Ms. Aghemo, Mrs. Comte and Mr. Tarquini shared the ham.

Whether it's online bingo or bingo played in live, success is always there when you organize a party to support charities. In order to maintain the restoration of schools in Berber country, the association “Les Camions de l'espoir” decided to rely on the popularity of bingo to raise money. Thus, this Friday from 9:00 p.m, the association offers in the room En Solomiac, un Verfeil, department of Haute-Garonne its traditional lotto. To cheer participants and the best players, the association prepared many prizes including the famous "ham of Raymond" to be awarded to the winner of the event. Note that the rehabilitation of the douar Agni school, in the city of Essaouira in Morocco was conducted with the help of the association at the event "Sahel 2011".

The World Poker Tour Jacksonville ended and close its door with the victory of Anthony Ruberto. At this stage in Florida with $ 3,500 buy-in for the Main Event, 393 players were registered but in the end there were only six players for the title race and the award of $ 325,928 to the winner. The six seats at the final table was occupied by Anthony Ruberto, Vitor Coelho Artie Rodriguez, Sam Soverel and Darryll Fish and the presence a single woman in the person of Lisa Hamilton. Chip leader at the start of the final table, Anthony Ruberto maintained his advantage and gathered nearly 40% of the chips of this final table. The final started with a magnificent battle between the six finalists, but the final table short stack, Darryll Fish was the first eliminated face to Lisa, who was in full trust. Artie Rodriguez was the next player in that the woman eliminated. Fish and Rodriguez had to console themselves with $ 46,315 and $ 55,077.

After seven months of absence in live poker tournaments, the best poker player Phil Ivey is back. Indeed, after his disappearance on gaming tables since the Black Friday in the month of April, the Tiger Woods of poker was back in Macau to compete for the title of the tournament Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). The start of the main event of the tournament was held on November 23, 2011 and 269 players took part in the Day 1A. Since the beginning of the game, the rumor in the poker room of the Casino Grand Lisboa already said that Phil Ivey will attend the event. And the prodigious poker player effectively entered in the room during the level 2, which created a big excitement as well as on players as on the public.

Bingo will be on forefront in the canton of Maubeuge until early next year. This is what we can deduce by the busy program in which almost all the northern cities receive a paid or free bingo with many rewards to share. In the city of Assevent, the Cochonnet asseventois and the friendly staff of the municipality will organize a maxi lotto at the community center Georges Brassens for Saturday, November 26. At this Sunday afternoon, fans of lotto in the surrounding area can share rewards prepared for this purpose as vouchers of € 2,500, throughout the six rounds of bingo, grid and Chinese bingo. On the afternoon of Sunday, December 4, the community center will receive the Christmas lottery organized by the gymnastics association L'Avenir.

In this end of the year, many associations organize various charity events to brighten the lives of unlucky people during the holidays. This time, it is the cancer patients who have been privileged. Indeed, in Doncaster, England, an online bingo hall did a fund-raising to finance the activities of the Marie Curie Cancer Care association. A sum of £ 700 was collected and thanks to this initiative, the association can help patient in terminal phase and their families through the provision of home nursing and by providing free care.

The Day 3 of the WPT Jacksonville began with 42 survivors of the previous day. During this day, all the poker players gave the best of themselves to qualify for the final table that will have only 6 seats. After several hours of competition, therefore, the six players qualified for the final of the World Poker Tour Jacksonville are finally known : Darryll Fish, Anthony Ruberto, Sam Soverel, Vitor Coelho, Artie Rodriguez and Lisa Hamilton. Hamilton is the only woman player qualified and as reminder, she already has a WSOP Ladies Event bracelet and finished in the fifth position of the Caribbean Adventure 2010. Darryll Fish is the last place in terms of chip count, but still among the favorites for the final table with his experience. He is currently in his second final table of the World Poker Tour.

During two weeks, Prague, the charming city of the Czech Republic will host a unique festival of poker which is the Prague Poker Festival. Indeed, from November 29 to December 11, the city will be under the excitement of poker as it will gather fans and stars of the game who will participate in the tournaments World Poker Tour (WPT), European Poker Tour (EPT) and Grand Series of Poker Live (GSOP Live), three international events. This event has been specially developed by the agency Poker Traveller and programs were designed to transform each event as a success.

For several years, bingo became an ideal way to raise funds dedicated to supporting charities. In most of cases, these events bring together many people, which proves that online bingo and bingo hall are a popular means of entertainment for all, especially as the proposed rewards at these events are always very attractive. In its target to support sick children, the association "Rochin Passion" founded by a mother having a close relative with myopathy decided to hold a bingo for the Telethon. Having obtained the approval of the Committee of the Telethon in 2011, the event will be held on Tuesday, November 29 from 8:30 p.m at the Cercle Villeneuvois, located in the town of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, in the department of Lot-et-Garonne, France. The benefits gathered at the bingo game will therefore be attributed to the Telethon to fund activities aimed at improving the lives of sick children.

A lottery event is a pleasant moment in the life of a club. In fact, bingo is an event of sharing and reunion for all members. In the Haute-Garonne, the Association Intercommunale de Chasse Agréée gardouchoise (Intercommunal Association of Approved Hunting) will held on November 25 its traditional bingo. This meeting will be held in the multipurpose room from 9:00 p.m were bingo players of the region are expected to be at the 24 bingo bonus games. The lucky participants can share the 2 surprise rewards for that purpose as well as many prizes as the voucher of € 1,000, 5 kg of foie gras, etc. In Montgaillard-Lauragais, always in the Haute-Garonne, the festival committee of Montgaillard organizes for Sunday, November 27 its traditional lotto-bingo within the walls of the hall. This bingo game will begin in the afternoon of Sunday at 2:30 p.m with various prizes to win. The card is available for € 3 the one, € 10 the 5 and € 15 the 10 and there won't be free bingo this time.

The edition 2011 of the Hold'em Series ACF tournament took place in the poker room of the Aviation Club de France from November 11 to 20. The € 3,000 Main Event buy-in gathered 117 players this time generating a prize pool of € 335,205. This field was composed of a few top players like Stéphane Benadiba, Marc Trijaud, Adrien Allain, Marc Inizan and Paul Pires Trigo. These professional players however failed to reach the final table but got all a reward by accessing to the money list. Note that they were respectively classified at the 10th, 12th, 15th, 16th and 17th place. After days of competition full of action, the tournament finally ended with the victory of Julien Jolivet.

After the two entries full of surprises of the first day, the Main Event of the World Poker Tour Jacksonville (WPT) continues with the 168 survivors at the entrance of Day 2. This day was a day of luck for some players but also made the misfortune of others. Of the 393 qualified from Day 1 so, they were only 42 qualified players at the entrance of Day 3 to fight for the six seats at the final table. After the six levels of 90 minutes, Victor Coelho had less than a million chips after winning nearly 1,080,000 chips face to Joel Schmidt. Coelho also eliminated during this race Schmidt and also Jeff Forrest and became the chipleader of Day 2 of this poker tournament by accumulating a stack of 945,000 chips. Connor Drinan holds the second place in chip count with a big gap of 340,000 tokens (605,000) followed by Alexander Venovski with 592,500 chips.

Bingo is part of French daily amusement and this since a very long time especially for the elderly. In the department of Maine-et-Loire, the town of Brissac hosted last Thursday, November 17 a bingo event organized for members of the Âge d'or brissagnol. This meeting was a success for the club as a large part of the members came to participate. Indeed, more than 30 bingo fans were there to try their luck. The lucky ones walked away with great prizes but in the end, all the players in the room won a consolation prize donated by local nurseries Michel and Elena. As bingo is also a moment of conviviality that also means sharing, players also shared a tropézienne cake prepared by a local baker at the end of the lottery. No date for the next issue was discussed at the moment but what is sure is that another appointment will be fixed later.

On the evening of Sunday, a bingo hall located in the city of Bradenton, in Manatee County, Florida was the victim of a robbery. Indeed, three gunmen entered in the Orange Blossom Plaza Bingo at around 11:00 p.m. They threatened the three people present at the scene at the time when the incident took place and they required the money. Fortunately no one was injured. But the bandits run away with huge sums of money which amount has not yet been revealed. After pocketing their loot, they fled on foot. Several units of the Manatee County Sherriff's Office (MCSO) hunted the bandits but they failed to stop them. As a reminder, this bingo hall houses 84 machines and attract many enthusiasts who come to play there on weekends or evenings.

The World Poker Tour Jacksonville (WPT) began last Friday, November 18 with 393 registered players at the end of Day 1 of the $ 3,500 buy-in Main Event. The Day 1A saw the participation of 188 players while Day 1B gathered more participants : 205 players. This number of participants generated a prize pool of $ 1,277,250 shared by the top 40 players who acceded the money list. Of the 393 entrants of the first day divided into two stages, only 168 players had their chance to continue the adventure and claim the title and $ 325,928 reserved for the winner. The first entry in this Main Event of the WPT in Jacksonville was marked by the elimination of the American Jason Mercier. And to everyone's surprise, this player didn't joined the Orange Park Kennel Club on Saturday for Day 1B. At the end of the day, Tommy Vedes takes the chip lead, pocketing 209,200 chips.

The first edition of the European Poker Tour Loutraki (EPT) has just ended and crowned as champion the Englishman Zimnan Ziyard. They were 336 players who participated in this first transit of the tournament in Greece. Although some top players such as David Vamplev, Kevin MacPhee and Rupert Elder were present in the starting field, none of them managed to reach the final table. Champion of the EPT San Remo, Rupert Elder was eliminated at the 13th place after leading a hectic battle against the champion of the tournament. This confrontation allowed Zimnan Ziyard to win the title of chipleader on the final table. Gradually, therefore, that player still unknown to poker enthusiasts traced his way to victory that allowed him to win a gain of € 347,000.

Like every weekend, Saturday and Sunday will be a time of reunion for all. Effectively, during this weekend, many rooms will be full because of some friendly bingo with many prizes to win. The city of Quetigny, Côte-d'Or department, France will receive this Saturday, November 19 at 8:00 p.m a bingo a the Mendes-France hall. This event organized by the judo club of AS Quetigny will offer 18 parties. The bingo will be conducted by Serge and is characterized by an total prize of more than € 4,000. Génat City, located in the department of Ariege will host its annual bingo organized by the festival committee of the village. The committee expects to raise about sixty people in the association hall with many prizes to distribute. To keep a friendly atmosphere throughout the evening, the organizers will offer to players different animations.

This Saturday, November 19, bingo is at the service of church. Indeed, a bingo game will be held in the hall of the town of Beuvron-en-Auge, in Calvados department, in France. Profits raised will be allocated to the restoration of the church, a heritage of this charming historic village. The event will begin at 8:00 p.m and from various prizes as a home theater, a coffee maker, seats in the Ornano stadium or a drill will be distributed to the winners. This bingo is organized by the association of help to the restoration of the heritage of Beuvron-en-Auge. If the bingo of this Saturday is a success, the association plans to hold another party in 2012. Note that a budget of € 30,000 is needed to renovate the exterior of the church.

Of the 232 qualified for Day 2, they were only 100 players who were allowed to join the tables of the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki at the end of Day 3 t of the European Poker Tour Loutraki (EPT) Main Even during last Friday, November 18. After 12 levels of play, Romanian Tony Judet takes the lead of the 100 survivors of Day 2 with 288,200 chips. As reminder, Judet started the day with a stack of 143,500 chips behind German Mario Puccini. The Romanian is the best ranked in chip count at the entrance of the day 3, but other players as talented as him are still in the race to get as close as possible to the expected prize pool of € 347,000 for first prize in this poker tournament. Just behind him, there are players like Grudlev Gruda (251,600), Zimnan Ziyard (238,900), Fahredin Mustafov (225,200), Robert Cezarescu (221,900), Jacques Torbey (219,600), Igal Augarten (195,400), Pim Van Riet (192,700 ), Jason Wheeler (178 500), Mario Puccini (174900) ...

The Nation Cup tournament began on Thursday, November 17 in London. As a reminder, this is an event organized by the International Federation of Poker (IFP) opposing 12 teams, each consisting of six players representing various great nations of the world as the U.S.A, Ireland, Australia, Netherlands or Germany. Since November 17 to 20, therefore, many well-known poker players will be present in the poker room of Sports Minds Festival. Indeed, besides French players as Jean Paul Pasqualini, David Benyamine, Nicolas Levi, Lucille Cailly and Hugo Lemaire led by Fabrice Soulier, the public can also see pros of the game such as Barry Greenstein, Mads Wissing, Antonio Esfandiari, Sandra Naujocks, Isaac Haxton, Sebastian Ruthenberg, Gus Hansen, Liv Boeree, Jake Cody, Tony G, Sam Trickett, Leo Margets, Eoghan O'Dea, Leo Jorgensen or Vanessa Selbst playing at this event.

Bingo is probably the best way to strengthen the connection between members of an association or a club. In Hirson, the club of SNCF Retired organized as usual buffet for members and other players as well as bingo games, cards, Scrabble and other games in the hall of the former stewardship in September, chaired by Jean-Claude Desabrais. In the afternoon of Sunday 18 September, members gave appointment in the room Eden, at Hirson to play a bingo game open to all. At this event, many people were present at the invitation and the luckiest of them walked away with various prizes. It was also the case for the bingo held this week for members following the initiative of Jean-Claude Desabrais.

The organization of bingo games continues to grow and most of the time, they accumulate a great success. In Pamiers, in the department of Ariege, France bingo for seniors held in the Salle de jeu du mail brought together about 250 senior citizens, which is a success story. This record number of participants who delighted the organizers of the event, prove once again that bingo is a popular means of entertainment for all generation. Throughout the afternoon of Sunday, the Salle de jeu du mail was very busy. Note that 10 parties were in the program at this meeting. And in the middle of the afternoon, participants take a break to enjoy a snack. The winner of this afternoon bingo walked away with a large flat screen TV.

For years, bingo is a game that allows villagers and friends to gather around balls and full bingo cards. Bingo is a popular event appreciated by fans because of its rewards but it's also a very good initiative for those who want to give something for someone who need it. This is the case of bingo organized by the association of home care in Charolles, held in the township hall of Vendenesse-lès-Charolles, Bourgogne region, France. Compared to previous events, this new edition has seen a slight drop in participation but still gather more than 200 people. Cedric Nebout of Joncy won of a computer, Joëlle Jolivet of Chauffailles received a TV, Lucien Mousset of Charolles received the Blu-ray player and Blaizet of Beaudemont took home a digital camera.

The Day 1A of the European Poker Tour Loutraki (EPT) has been dominated by the German Julian Herold on the 145 registered players for the day. During the day of Wednesday, the Day 1B, 191 players gathered at the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki to qualify for Day 2. On this day, another German reached also the first place in terms of chip count : Mario Puccini. Many world class players were registered for day 1B, like Marvin Rettenmaier, Toni Judet, Johnny Lodden, Peter Staudacher, Koen Visscher, Kevin MacPhee, Charalampos Tsaoussis, Arnaud Mattern, Paul Knebel, Vanessa Rousso and also Eugene Katchalov but in the end, it was the German Herold and Puccini who dominated the first day of the EPT Loutraki with 138,425 and 159,150 chips. The Day 1 of this Greek stage had then a total of 336 enrolled players.

The second part of the schedule of the World Poker Tour 2012 has just been revealed. In total, the 10th season will have 21 stages taking place in many cities around the world. As novelty, the organizers added additional steps during the season 2012. The next stage of the tournament will be the WPT Marrakesh that will be held from November 24 to 27 which main event is available for € 3,000. After this stopover in Morocco, the tournament will stop in Prague from December 1 to 5 and then in Las Vegas from December 10 to 15 for the WPT Five Diamond. The event that will close this year 2011 will be the WPT Venice that will be held from December 13 to 18.

Bingo is always the board game the most played in the world. Last weekend, many parties were held on different towns and villages of France. On Saturday night, the city of Ciry-le-Noble hosted the bingo of the independence in the village hall which was filled. The event was a great success for the organizers according to the President Jean-Luc Ducerf. The main reason of this success is mainly the gift that was very interesting : LCD TV, dishwasher, microwave oven, home theater ... The big lucky of the event are Ms Guillon who won the home theater, Mr. Gauthier, who left with a LCD TV 106 cm, Mr Lauferon who won LCD television, Ms. Lupo received the dishwasher and Ms. Monier the microwave.

The President of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Mark Lipparelli, revealed during a conference focused on legislation of gambling market and online poker in the United States that operators who wish to get an eGaming license should present their applications from February 2012. This is an information that could delight players and fans of online games especially poker in the State. However, to avoid similar tragedies that completely tarnished the vision of the world of online poker just after the famous Black Friday, the Nevada Gaming Board established very strict selection modes.

The European Poker Tour season 8 continues its tour in Greece after the first stage in Italy as part of the EPT San Remo. Club Hotel Casino Loutraki, Greece received the first day of the poker tournament with a Main Event of € 4,400. Day 1A brought together 145 players but at the end of the day, only 102 players were qualified for Day 2. After a few hours of game having seven levels, the German Julian Herold is currently holding the chip lead. Throughout the day, Julian Herold and the American Mclean Karr, already holder a WPT title dominated the game by winning a respective stack of 138,425 and 103,100 chips. Karr won the majority of his chips face to Tolly Sakellariou. In addition to the qualified players for the Day 2, the EPT Loutraki was also marked by the elimination of many players like Martin Horecki, Brandon Cantu, Dominik Nitsche, Fernando Brito and Richard Toth.

Each year, the Sole Myo association organizes in the gymnasium of the town of Tavel, in the department of Gard, a bingo for the benefit of disabled of the city. The event usually meets 500 to 700 bingo enthusiasts. On Sunday, November 20, the association invites once again generous people to participate in the telethon bingo to be held at the usual place. Volunteers rally since a few time to make the organization of the event a real success. Indeed, such an event requires hard work starting from advertising the event and lots of research for the winners. Through their efforts, participants will be eligible for great prizes like meal in the best restaurants of the city, appliances, bottles of Tavel and vouchers. At the event, a raffle will be also offered. The bakers of the city will also make a giant bread to be shared among participants.

After his appearance in the court of Lorient, France, the director of a limited liability company located in the pontibyenne region was sentenced to six months suspended imprisonment followed by a fine of € 5,000 for having organized illegal bingo. According to the prosecutors, the manager of the company held 358 bingos in three years, without making any tax return. Yet, according to the law of May 21, 1936, the organization of a bingo is governed by laws of shows except for associations. Thus, the organizers are required to make a statement of benefits. At his hearing, the manager of the company denied the accusation and said he acted as a simple facilitator rather than an organizer. He also revealed that bingo games were organized by the associations.

The 21st edition of the famous European tournament Master Classics of Poker that was held in the poker room of Holland Casino Amsterdam had just ended. Opened for a buy-in of € 5,250, the event brought together 294 players composed of many professionals of poker. But at the end of the competition, the trophy went back in the hands of a local player named David Boyaciyan. Note that the final table of the Master Classics of Poker 2011 was composed of players of different nationalities, all came to win the title. The four Americans who were among the favorites for the final, including Athanasios Polychronopoulos, Keven Stammen, Joe Ebanks and David Peters, finished respectively 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. The Canadian Jody Bertozzi was in the 9th place and Makarios Avramidis Columbia ranks 8th.

From November 15 to 20, 2011, despite the debt crisis gripping the country, Greece welcomes for the first time a stage of the tournament European Poker Tour (EPT). The event will take place in the poker room of the Club Hotel Casino Loutraki installed in the heart of the beautiful resort of the same name. Some top players will be certainly part of this event to win the title of the € 4,400 buy-in Main Event starting this Tuesday, November 15 at noon. The event will be spread over 5 days and since Monday, November 14, qualifying satellite tournaments for the main event took place in the poker room.

The autumn bingo organized by the festival committee of Six-Fours, in the Var department has once again registered a huge success. The event took place in Malraux space and a team of experienced volunteers was mobilized to set up a perfect organization. It must be said that their work was highly rewarded because the hall was filled at this autumn bingo 2011 and participants were satisfied. The next appointment proposed by the Committee festival of Six-Fours will be the special Christmas bingo telethon to be held next Friday, December 2 at the same place from 9:00 p.m. It will be an evening of bingo to be as entertaining and rich in terms of rewards. Other activities will also be in the program until the end of the year and on January 22, 2012, the committee will propose a new bingo game. In Marcigny, the bingo of football held in the hall also attracted over 200 participants. Supporters of the team were strongly mobilized to support their idols.

The humanitarian association Dagbeli organizes this Saturday, November 19 in the Ronsard hall at St. Médart en Jalles, in the Gironde department, in France, its annual bingo. This association provides significant support for underprivileged children in Benin. Currently, 40 Beninese children are educated and received daily meals and medical monitoring with funds of the association. During this annual bingo then, profits collected by the association will be paid to all children. The game will start from 7:00 p.m and although it's a charity, the winners will not leave empty hands because the municipality as well as many generous partners provided wonderful prizes to won there. During this appointment, then, bingo enthusiasts can play bingo and will make contributions to improve the lives of children from Benin.

The last update of the international ranking of poker, Global Poker Index (GPI), lead to a big change. Indeed, the French number one, Bertrand Grospellier holder of 2,509.48 points was able to access to the second position, surpassing Jason Mercier, who is ranked third and Eugene Katchalov (4th). Fabrice Soulier, Matt Waxmann and Scott Seiver won each a place and are respectively in the 8th, 9th and 10th position, while Juha Helppi came out of the Top 10, losing three places. Erik Seidel still stayed in the first place with 2,586, 96 points. The three players who are respectively in the 5th, 6th and 7th place are Shawn Buchanan, Sorel Mizzi and Sam Stein. Several major live tournaments were held last week like the WPT World Poker Finals for $ 10,000, which almost led to some changes in the GPI list.

The Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) finally designated its champion after the shifted final table, which started last Saturday, November 12. Chipleader at the start of the final and author of numerous exploits in live poker tournaments, the British Sam Trickett won this edition with a gain of one million Euro. On Sunday, November 13, there remained only four players who joined the poker room to compete for the title of the tournament. The champion was in the second position and was able to resist until the final heads'up that oppose him to the chipleader at the final day, the American Behbehan Salman. Despite the advantage in number of token of his opponent, Trickett played his best poker and finally took the victory. As runner up, therefore, the American was entitled to the second prize of € 600,000.

This Sunday, November 13, many appointments await fans of bingo. Those who are around Marcigny, in France are invited to participate in the bingo of the private school Sainte Véraise. More and more schools are currently entering into the organization of a bingo game to support student activities. It will be an opportunity for parents or people in the region to support the school's children. At this meeting, the association of parents will take in charge the animation of the game and apart from the pleasure of playing, participants can also win great prizes like an Xbox 360 Kinect, a digital camera, ironing board and various vouchers gift.

Marc Ben-Ezra, a former employee of a company of online-gambling of Finchley, UK, sold the personal data of 65,000 players of online bingo. It is a violation of the Article 55 of the Act on the protection of confidential information of players. The crime was discovered last May when Marc Ben-Ezra sent a series of emails to operators of gambling site in the UK under the pseudonym of Malcolm Edwards. These mails contain personal data of some members of the gambling site that employed him. And following an investigation, it was discovered that Ben-Ezra effectively sold 65,000 personal data for a sum of £ 1,700. The perpetrator has illegally obtained this information by hacking into the information system of the game site.

The Party Poker Premier League is an annual tournament open to a buy-in of $ 25,000. This year, the organizers changed the format of the event in Mixed Game. Thus, in this tournament to be held from November 13 to 17 at Playboy Club Casino of Mayfair, in London, competitors who are 12 in number will play poker No-Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha. The names of the 12 competitors who will be separated into two groups are already known. They are all top players who have already made great achievements in various live events. Thus, the London public will certainly see an sensational competition.

The program of the Ante Up Cruise 2012 event has already been unveiled. During the next season then, three very interesting poker cruises will be offered to fans of adventure. The first step is a 5-night cruise aboard the Jewel of the Seas during which a stop in Costa Maya and in Cozumel will be in the program. It will begin on March 17, 2012. The second stage will take place during the summer from August 27, 2012. It will be a 4 nights cruise aboard the Monarch Seas including a stop in Nassau, the Bahamas and the private island of Royal Caribbean of CocoCay. The third and final stage will take place from November 10, 2012 and will last seven nights. Passengers will be welcomed aboard the Enchantment of the Seas and apart from the stopover in Nassau, they can also visit the Kennedy Space Center and a dozen centers of attractions in Florida.

The city of Caen, in France witnessed in recent days the trial of a rather special family organizer of bingo which hasn't followed regularly the rules in this field. Indeed, the criminal court of Caen prosecute several people within the organization of several prohibited bingo parties, concealment, concealed work and breach of trust. Indeed, the family members presented themselves as a group called “Sous le soleil des tropiques”, an entity created in April 2006 and which organized between 2007 and 2012 parties of bingo in the region of Caen. According to their version, the funds are intended to enable Caribbean children to travel to their native island to go to meet their grandparents. These events gained wide success and other events were organized but revenues amounting to € 750,645 were embezzled.

On Tuesday, November 8, the senior club of Belpech, in the department of Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon region, organized a bingo game followed by a common snack. The event was a huge success. Participants came not only to spend a pleasant moment of relaxation but also to win the great prizes announced and also benefit from the advice of wariness against security risks that threaten elderly people provided by the gendarmes David Torrent and the adjutant Olivier Galy. Note that on the bingo afternoon began after that quick conference. Again, bingo has been a very effective tool for meeting because, event during an online bingo or live bingo, the participation rate is still high.

If the verdict has already fallen for the November Nine of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP), the confrontation will begin this Saturday in the poker room of Palm Beach Casino, in Cannes for the final table of the Partouche Poker Tour. The shift concept was initiated in 2009 and it's the third consecutive year that the final table of the tournament takes place in November. As a reminder, this tournament of € 8,500 buy-in was attended by 579 players and qualifiers for the finals began in mid-September. This Saturday, from 1:00 p.m so, the nine best players in the game with Roger Hairabedian, Ilan Boujenah and Alexander Coussy who will defend the honor of France and the two Ukrainians Oleskii Kovalchuk and Alexander Dovzhenko, the Dane Mads Wissing, the American Fouad Behbehani, the Italian Mustapha Kanit and the British poker player Sam Trickett will meet on gaming tables to compete for the title.

While the eyes of the Rio poker room's public riveted on favorites of the final table of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP), on Ben Lamb, Eoghan O'Dea, Matt Gianetti or Phil Collins, the surprise was other because at the end of this historic championship, it's the German of 22 years Pius Heinz, who grabbed the trophy. The new world champion of poker is not yet known by the public especially as it is his first major performance in live tournaments. Indeed, he evolved in online poker tournaments and this victory with a huge gain is his first in live major events.

Each day, bingo enthusiasts can indulge their passion through online bingo websites. But for those who prefer to experience the great atmosphere of a live bingo game, many programs are waiting them all along the month of November. Since a few years, the association “Restos du Cœur” in France organize various events in order to provide food aid to poor people. And since 2010, 4,900 families benefited free meals offered by this organization. The association plans to raise money to support their actions. And in this context, it organizes bingo games in various cities of France like Carmaux, Gaillac, Graulhet, Lacaune, Mazamet or St. Juéry. The nearest appointment is the bingo of Tarn to be held in the hall Costis d'Aussillon on Sunday, November 13 from 2:30 p.m.

Whether for fun or to support a charity, bingo is a great way to reach it. Indeed, online bingo as well as bingo games organized by various associations gather almost of the time many participants. And in this context, the bingo organized by the association Vacances d'enfants de Montceau-les-Mines, in Creusot, France registered an unprecedented success. Last Sunday, the Great Hall of the Alto was invaded by fans of the game that decided to support the parents of Clara, a young girl victim of severe injury and who just have a surgery of muscles. The profit collected at the event will thus allow Clara to attend rehabilitation sessions muscle based on the method of bio-feedback in the United States from April 25 to May 5, 2012. Young and old therefore had a good time of relaxation and also played for a good cause, and lucky players went home with fantastic prizes including a trip for two in Tunisia reserved for the winner.

The first Parisian stage of the series of tournament Winamax Poker Tour recorded an outstanding success. Indeed, 2,000 players came to participate in the inaugural stage and invaded the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, turned into a giant poker room for a weekend. This is the biggest poker event ever held in the Hexagon after the France Poker Tour held at the Carrousel du Louvre, which brought together 1,503 participants. Renowned players such as Patrick Bruel, Caroline Diament and Rémi Gaillard, as well as celebrities from show business like the actress Alice Taglioni were in the starting field. But there were also talented players who were qualified in online poker tournaments. This new poker circuit will consist of 69 qualifying events before the Grand Final to be held in April 2012, with a guaranteed prize of € 500,000.

The Big One For Drop is a poker tournament organized to the benefit of the Foundation One For Drop. It is an association which works to supply drinking water for the poorest people in the world. This great charity tournament, which will be a High Stakes event planned to gather 48 participants, will be held at the same time as the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP). Already, 22 players composed by the biggest names in poker and famous businessmen announced their participation in the tournament. It will include Doyle Brunson, Tony G, Johnny Chan, Bobby Baldwin, Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Patrik Antonius and Tom Dwan. But recently, the world champion of poker Jonathan Duhamel and the French number one, Bertrand Elky Grospellier also confirmed their presence at this tournament of one million dollar buy-in. Moreover, Duhamel announced that he will remit 5% of his earnings to the association One For Drop.

Bingo has been since a long time a game that allows multiple players to come together in a room to play but also to meet friends and families. Online bingo as well as the traditional version played in a room, is a wonderful entertainment to raise players but also to serve a good cause. Indeed, the meeting around a bingo game is a great way to raise funds while leaving the players to have fun. On Sunday, November 13, fans of bingo will meet in the basement of the church of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor for a bingo-crafts. This event is organized for the benefit of the church of the village said the responsible of renovation of St. Georges, Jacques Sirois. In the afternoon of Sunday, ten regular bingo parties will be organized and three marathons that will let the winner a nice prize of $ 500.

The next weekend will be a big meeting for bingo enthusiasts, and event that will let them to find their neighbours and friends while playing their favourite game: bingo. In the municipality of Savigny-les-Beaune, in France, a bingo tournament will be held this Friday, November 11 from 2:30 p.m. This event is organized by firefighters and will be held in the multipurpose room with eighteen parties of bingo and lotto. All bingo lovers are invited in the city and to this end, many prizes will be distributed. Of these prize include for example an American fridge with worth € 1,300, a 17-inch laptop, a 81 cm LCD TV, digital camera, mini-chain, dryer, vacuum cleaner, ironing, shopping vouchers (30 to € 150), gift baskets, batch of wine, etc. For the bingo, three vouchers of 50, 100 and € 150 will be distributed.

After a few days of confrontation, the World Series of Poker Circuit finished with the coronation of Jerry Monroe after a Day 2 and Day 3 full of suspense and surprise. In the early days of the tournament, 337 players were registered, but at the entrance of Day 2, there were only 173 players to hope to qualify for the final table. During the second day, Jeremy Drewery played his best poker and stands out as chipleader with a stack of 1,524,000 chips. Behind Drewery, we find Michael Nazzerazad (851,000), Ronnie Sewell (697 000) and Bill Phillips (680,000). Russell Ivey was also part of the twelve players qualified for the semi-finals of this poker tournament. At the entrance of Day 3, 12 players joined the tables of IP Casino Resort & Spa in Biloxi for the nine seats of the final table.

The end of the DeepStack Open Vienna 2011 was finally announced in the poker room of Poker Club Montesino, in the Austrian capital. Indeed, the fifth stage of the DSO crowned its winner who was the local player Manfred Spahn. The event was a real success as a field of 507 participants was recorded during this event 2011, generating a prizepool of € 250,000. The DSO Vienna also gather top players such as the famous Dragan Galic as well as leading poker players from all around the world like the famous tournament director Thomas Kremser. At the end of this tournament where lovers of deepstack poker meet, Manfred Spahn won the title while his compatriot Thomas Panek got the prize of the runner up.

Already victorious during the Asia Poker Tour Macau in 2009, Adrien Allain signed another triumph during the World Poker Tour Amnéville (WPT) which took place in the poker room of Seven Casino. Indeed, he won the tournament after ousting Jordan Quin in the final duel. Adrien Allain made a difficult journey before reaching this win. Two hours after the start of the final table of 6 players, the champion lost half of his chips. However, he managed to back up the hill and after the elimination of Scott Baumstein, chipleader at the 4 th place, he was immediately placed in the lead. And in this struggle, he eliminated Arnaud Trouer who was ousted at the 6th place. Trouer was the first eliminated from the final table. Michael Konieczny, owner of the lowest stack at the beginning of the meeting, followed him shortly after. Thibaud Guenegou managed to clinch the third place with a bonus of € 113,580.

The Golf Poker Trophy is a new tournament that has just been created and is dedicated to lovers of golf and poker. This event will be held from November 18 to 20 in Magazan Beach Resort in Morocco, a new resort recently opened in this country and which wants to be an ideal setting for a relaxing time. Those who choose to participate in the Golf Poker Trophy will then spend a weekend full of emotion. On the program, participants can play poker and golf while enjoying the beautiful scenery and enjoying the gastronomic specialities of the country. The Magazan Beach Resort include a golf course with a 18-hole course and a luxurious poker room. The golf part will begin on November 19 from 11:00 a.m. Participants should demonstrate high performance in order to collect a maximum chips. After this day outdoors, players will meet in the poker room of the casino to compete for the title of the tournament open to a buy-in of € 450.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker Circuit Biloxi (WSOPC) started last weekend with the participation of many players who came there to compete for one of the WOSPC 2011-2012 bracelets. The IP Casino Resort & Spa of Biloxi hosted during this Main Event 218 players for Day 1A and 111 players for Day 1B. On Day 1A, only 110 players were qualified for Day 2. In the afternoon, on Day 1B, 111 players were registered, but at the end of the day, only 63 got their tickets to the next round. At the beginning of Day 2, then, there were only 173 players hoping to win the title of the Biloxi, Mississippi stage. The Day 1A was marked by a massive elimination of well known players like John Dolan, WSOP 2010 November Niner, Kathy Liebert, Kyle Cartwright, Ryan Lenaghan, Chris Tryba and Dwyte Pilgrim.

The final table of the World Series of Poker 2011 (WSOP) began as scheduled last Sunday, November 6 with the participation of Novemeber Niner : Martin Staszko (TCH), Eoghan O'Dea (IRL), Matt Giannetti (United States), Phil Collins (United States), Ben Lamb (United States), Badih Bounahra (United States), Pius Heinz (ALL), Anton Makievskyi (UKR) and Samuel Holden (ANG). Even if the results expected wasn't reached according to the words of Seth Palansky, the communications director of the WSOP, but the day of Sunday was full of suspense with the final elimination of Matt Giannetti, the winner of the World Poker Tour Malta. The U.S. player was eliminated in the fourth place and said goodbye to the bracelet but can still be happy by having pocketed $ 3,012,700 in prize money. Sam Holden was the first eliminated and earned $ 782,115 followed by Anton Makiievskyi ($ 1,010,015), Bob Bounahra ($ 1,314,097), Eoghan O'Dea ($ 1,720,831) and Phil Collins (2,269,599 $).

The Vienna DeepStack Open starts on Thursday, November 3 and will only end on November 6. And for the second time, the event will take place in the poker room of the prestigious Montesino Casino. Note that during the main event of € 550 buy-in, participants will play poker deepstack and will receive 50,000 starting chips for game levels of 60 minutes. This flagship tournament begins this Thursday from 1:00 p.m. It will be composed of two first qualifying days and a final to be held on November 6 from 1:00 p.m. On November 3 at 7:00 p.m, a satellite tournament qualifier for the main event accessible for € 60 buy-in will take place. Many top players will be certainly present in the starting field of the second edition of the DSO Vienna. There will be French professionals, the famous Liz Lieu and Virgini Caprice and Jennifer Favier.

Slowly but surely, poker continue its development in the Indian Ocean islands. While Mauritius will welcome soon a stage of the famous World Poker Tour circuit, Madagascar will receive again the second edition of the Lemurian Poker Tour tournament. The event will run from March 3 to 12, 2012 in the poker room of Vegas Club in Antananarivo. It will be once again an opportunity to play poker and enjoy a pleasant stay in the capital of the Big Island. In this new edition, several tournaments are scheduled. The main event of € 750 buy-in that will be spread over four days will begin on Thursday, March 8, 2012. Qualifying satellite for the tournament open for € 50 rebuy will be offered on Monday, March 5, Tuesday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 7. And what might even please to participants is that unlucky of Day 1A can retry their luck on Day 1B.

The second day of Main Event of the World Poker Tour Amnéville (WPT) ended with the domination of Marvin Rettenmaier. At the entrance of this day, 219 players from Day 1A and Day 1B joined the Seven Casino for Day 2, but after thirteen levels of play, only 77 players were qualified for the next round. The German Marvin Rettenmaier is at the head of the ranking of chip count at the beginning of Day 3 with 455,800 chips. French players also achieved a good performance during this tournament at home with Simon Vitali (433,000) and Nesrine Kourdourli (431,000), occupying respectively, the second and third in the standings.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is probably one of the biggest live poker tournaments in the international level. For four years now, the organizers of this tournament reported for three months the qualification phase and the Main Event final. Indeed, the first part takes place in July while the final table is held in November, that's why the name "November Nine." Established in 2008, this concept of shift was planned to create a buzz but also to allow players to prepare mentally and financially during the three months break. But since a few time, the desired effect does not seem to pay off. Faced with this lack of impact, it may be that the November Nine concept could be abandoned from 2012.

Having gathered 189 players who paid a buy-in of $ 10,000 generating a prize pool of $ 1,778,300, the World Poker Tour World Poker Finals (WPT) ended with a victory of the American Daniel Santoro. The champion who was ranked in the third place at the start of this final table managed to win the trophy and the first prize of $ 449,910. Before this feat that he accomplished in the poker room of Foxwoods Resort Casino, Santoro already reached a place of runner-up place in a $ 2,500 tournament held during the WPT Borgata Poker Open in 2007 that let him earn a bonus of $ 129,360 and many other good results in live poker tournaments. However, it is for the first time that he is a champion of the WPT.

Once again, a new act of cheating occurred in the world of online poker. According to several sources, a German player from Munich, named Maximilian Ashkar, scammed successfully many players on cash game tables high limits. The player known by the nickname of "mexx86" defrauded about $ 400,000 by spying his opponent table's hole cards with a Trojan. Among his victims was a Swiss player who lost $ 350,000 and an Austrian poker player who was plucked a sum of about $ 40,000. Effectively, Maximilian Ashkar took advantage of the fact that he is close of the two players and installed the virus using a USB key.

Taxation of online poker makes the headlines of newspapers in France with the revision of the Government's report that could change the tax levied on operators of online gambling and also on poker players income especially professional players. Maintaining or increasing the current tax could lead to the increase of illegal websites that is synonymous of loss for the 35 online gambling operators licensed in France. Indeed, the online game market has seen a decline of more than 20% by number of active players since the regulation of gambling websites in 2010. On the other hand, the sites approved by the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (Arjel) does not make money despite a fine figure of € 177 million of gross gaming. This money problem led approved sites to lower the remuneration of players. So, these players always looking for gains are increasingly attracted by illegal online poker room.

After the first two days of the World Poker Tour Amnéville (WPT), the € 3,500 buy-in tournament continues with 219 players qualified for Day 2. The WPT Amnéville Day 1 was marked by the ruling of French players. Indeed of the 176 players present at the beginning of the first day (Day 1A), it was Nicolas Babel who emerged ahead of the 114 survivors of the day after eight levels of play of one hour on Day 1B, Jean-François Rigollet takes the head of the chip count on the 203 participants of the day. Only 105 players had their tickets for Day 2 so, they can join the 114 survivors of Day 1A to reduce the number of the remaining players to 219 players. These players gave appointment at Seven Casino at noon on Thursday, November 3 to compete for the 36 paid places but also the title of this tournament.

After three days of competition, John Keown grabbed the trophy of the Irish Winter Festival which took place in the poker room of the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. This tournament of € 1,100 buy-in was attended by 395 players. During the third day of competition, there were only 12 players in competition and Noel O'Brien was the chipleader with 882,000 chips in hand while the champion held the 5 th place with 581,500 chips. After the elimination of Keith Maguire, Niall Smyth and John Robert for the 12th, 11th and 10th place, the final table between the 9 remaining players began. Throughout the game, O'Brien continued to dominate the game and even during the final duel, which opposed him to Keown, he held an advantage in chips. This head's up lasted about an hour and after the meeting, Keown was finally the best and win the event with a reward of € 100,000. With this victory, John Keown has currently $ 250,000 winnings in live tournament.

The 4th season of the tournament Sky Poker Tour (SPT) started as promised and the first stage held in the poker room of Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club has already delivered its results. In fact, 200 players were registered for the main event of £ 220 buy-in of the first stage of this SPT and at the end of the competition, the victory went to Mariusz Srok. It's his first victory in a live tournament and he qualified in a satellite tournament of £ 5. So it must be said that luck accompanied him during this adventure. Note that some top players were in the field to name Grimsby's Ben Nuttall, a regular of the circuit and the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour tournament, Julian Thew, the winner of the Grand Final, James Williams and Basharat Mahmood who won last month the trophy in a No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack tournament of £ 150 and finished as runner up in the SKP first step.

The qualifying first day of the World Poker Tour Amnéville (WPT) has already delivered its verdict. There were 176 players who participated in the Main Event Day 1A of € 3,500 buy-in held in the poker room of Seven Casino Amneville. A considerable reduction peak was observed because last year, the same day of competition brought together 546 participants. However, the organizers hope to record a more interesting field, with the participation of poker pro such as Bertrand Grospellier, Jake Cody, Tony G, Arnaud Mattern, Marvin Rettenmaier, Isabelle Mercier or Bruno Fitoussi during the second day 1. At the end of Day 1A, there were only 114 players vying for the Day 2. And it's the French poker pro Nicolas Babel who is leading the tournament holding 163,600 chips in hand. He is closely followed by Mounir Riad with 154,400 chips.

Taxation of online poker could, by the end of the year, know for the first time a tax return and payment of income tax for French poker players. Indeed, paying taxes according to his poker winnings is certainly what French 'professional' poker players should do if we read the formal assessment report of the Government through which the Minister of Budget, Valérie Pécresse, said clearly her intention to impose professional poker players on their income from poker. This report which was revised could for the first time ask professional players in France to pay income tax. The regulation of gambling did not mention the tax on these players but with this new legislation which will replace the one created in July 2011, will certainly brought a great change in the world of online poker.

The WPT Foxwoods Poker Finals is currently in its last day during which the survivors of the first five days will meet on the final table to hope to win a WPT bracelet. There were only eight players in the title race but the day was as reminder very short with only 48 hands and after only two hours of play, the six last players for the televised final table were finally known. At the entrance of Day 5 of this poker tournament, Bob Carbone and Eli Berg were the two players in a bad position in terms of chip count with only 263,000 and 227,000 chips but at the end of the game, they created a surprise by ending 4th and 5th of the chip count at the entrance pf the final table. The bubble-boy of the tournament are Chris Klodnicki and Jonathan Little while at the beginning of the fourth day, they occupied a prominent place with respectively stacks of 534,000 and 504,000 chips.

The program that the World Poker Tour (WPT) prepared during its stage in Morocco, in Marrakesh, from November 23 to 27 promises to be rich and diverse. The Es Saadi Casino has indeed prepared various meetings and parties for everyone in its poker room. Apart from the satellites in the online poker rooms, the day of November 23 will be marked by three other live satellites for the Main Event of DH 3,500 (€ 320), one of which will begin at 2:00 p.m, the second at 5:00 p.m and third at 9:00 p.m. In addition, the Main Event itself, which will be open for a buy-in of DH 33,000 (€ 3,000) will have two day 1, the first will be played on Nov. 24 and the second will be held on November 25, these meetings will all begin from 2:00 p.m.

Until November 6, the department of Lorraine, in France, specifically the city of Amnéville will for the second consecutive year receive the World Poker Tour (WPT). If this world tour led by Matt Savage renewed confidence with this French stage, it's because the tournament was a great success last year and this new edition, among the step of the season X, will not certainly fail to please to poker enthusiasts around the Hexagon and the whole of Europe. As a reminder, there were indeed 542 players who were present at the main event of the edition 2010, which was a record attendance for this tournament if we consider the previous editions on the Old Continent. With this attendance, Sam El Sayed, the winner of the WPT Amnéville went back home last year with a huge gain of € 425,000.

Out in newsstands since October 29, the 50th issue of the French magazine, Live Poker with Phil Hellmuth on the cover reveals once again the best aspects of poker, its techniques, but also the backstage of major events and interviews of well known players in the live poker tournaments that marked the month. Poker Brat with 11 bracelets on his prize list and reveals there some of his trump, talent that distinguishes him on tables. But this issue of Live Poker does not stop there, the results of the World Series of Poker Europe 2011 held for the first time on the French soil, exactly in Cannes is also analysed and constitute the dossier of the magazine this month.

In Great Britain, the big poker tournament of this month is the Irish Winter Poker Festival which is held in Dublin (Ireland) at Burlington Hotel. The main event of this tournament which was opened with a buy-in of € 1,000 + 100 brought together a field of 395 players. The 135 players in this field are the survivors of satellite and super satellite that took place the day before the Main Event (October 29). Of the 395 enrolled on Day 1, there were only 121 players qualified for Day 2. At the end of Day 1, it’s the Irish David Rudling who occupied the place of chipleader with over 170,000 chips on the table. Behind Rudling and and his big stack, we find John Keown (126,900), Mark Reilly (125,200), Matej Kokalj (122,200), Raigo Aasmaa (122,000), Philip Peters (116,900), Niall Smyth (114,300 ), Gerald David (108,800), Michael Mazilu (108,300) and Ciaran Taggart (100,700) who complete the Top 10.

The Season 10 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) continues its tour after the stage in Malta which took place last September. On Friday, October 28, Foxwood Resort Casino in Mashantucket, United States hosted the WPT World Poker Finals. The $ 10,000 Main Event of the tournament attracted 189 players at the opening of the first day. This number of participants generated a prize pool of $ 1,778,300; the sum of $ 450,000 is for the winner. Since the opening of the tournament, 189 registered players fought to qualify for the final table. Last Sunday, at the end of Day 3, there were only 27 players to continue the competition for the title of the WPT World Poker Finals with Andy Frankenberger as chipleader.

The major event of the month of November is probably the WSOP November Nine to be held in Las Vegas from November 6 to 7 at the Rio Casino. But alongside this event, the month of November meant to be very rich in tournament both on the international scene or in France. In France, the Seven Casino of Amnéville will host the WPT Amnéville from November 1st to 6. The Main Event is open for € 3,500 with a televised final table. The Aviation Club de France will for its part receive the classic Hold'em Series 2011 from November 11 to 20 with a Main Event of € 3,000 for 3 days. On November 12 and 13, Palm Beach Casino of Cannes will receive the Partouche Poker Tour November Nine, while the deepstack grand final of € 1,100 of the Dream Poker Tour will be held in Aix-les-Bains.

Online poker experienced a real success in France since the opening of the market of online gambling. Thus, to reduce the risk of addiction in France, the Regulatory Authority of Online Game (ARJEL) decided to take a new action against operators of poker but also for players. Indeed, the ARJEL announced the limitation of maximum bonus that operators of online poker could award to players by limiting it to € 500 with a minimum of 90 days. The financial reward offered should not exceed 100% of the deposit. The number of players that can be sponsored by a registered player on the same poker website shouldn’t exceed the number of 5 per month. Finally, the bonus that players receive after a loss is now prohibited.

Despite the presence of many good poker players on the final table of the European Poker Tour San Remo (EPT), Andrey Pateuchuk, finally win this circuit with a fain of € 680,000 and a precious bracelet. It must be said that luck was on his side more as well as the young champion celebrated at the same time his 22nd birthday. Note that this is his first major title after his 15 th place at the World Series of Poker 2011, and Pateychuk's career is in the way to start and to take off. After the elimination of Neilson in the third place, a duel that confront Pateuchuk and Dimitar Danchev which lasted about three hours took place in the poker room of Casino San Remo. And at the end of the meeting, the 22-years Russian was declared winner. The two opponents of this final heads'up signed a deal about the sharing of the prize. Thus, the runner up who is a cash game specialist left with a gain of € 600,000.
 
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