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From May 3rd to 6, 2012, the Cercle Cadet in Paris will host many poker players because the French capital will host the Unibet Poker Open. This is an event that attracts more and more fans thanks to its program. The biggest event not to be missed during this tournament will be the main event of € 1,650 buy-in starting this Thursday, May 3rd from 12:00 am. It will run for three days and the organizers focused on deepstack structure, which will offer more fun to players as they can take more time to bluff, to reveal their game,... in short to have more time to prepare the following days. They will therefore receive 20,000 starting chips with blinds of 60 minutes.

After Berlin, which saw the coronation of Davidi Kitai, it is the turn of Monte Carlo to receive the final stage of the season 8 of the European Poker Tour, EPT Grand Final. The Day 1A brought together 271 players but after eight levels, only 165 players qualified for Day 2 scheduled for Friday, April 27. Martin Kabrhel finished the day as chip leader with a stack of 167,800 chips. Behind the chip leader is David Sands with 160,300 chips followed by John Eames (157,200), Malta Mennig (136,900), Tristan Clemencon (121,100), Freddy Deeb (114,600), Frank Koopmann (113,900), Jason Wheeler (112,900) and Reza Mostafavi Tabatabaei (110,900). Ben Warrington close up the top 10 of the first day of entry with a stack of 104,800.

While the grand finale of the eighth season of the European Poker Tour (EPT) continues its course in Monte Carlo, the organizers unveiled in the other side the program of next season. At first glance, major changes were made. First, the organizers reduced to 8 the number of steps if the EPT had 13 stops during season 8. However, members of the circuit can benefit two weeks of festivities at each stage. According to tournament chair, Edgar Stuchly, the new program was designed after a careful study and with the sole aim to offer more satisfaction to those who like to play poker either for fun or for a purely professional objective.

The World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown finalist in 2011, Tommy Vedes finally win the trophy of this tournament he just missed last year. Having started the final with the lowest stack, Tommy Vedes was enthusiast and played a very good poker even if his chance to clinch the victory was quite small. But with a flawless performance, he took his revenge and took home his second WPT title after his first victory in 2009 at the WPT Festa Al Lago. As a reminder, this stage of the WPT hosted 290 participants. While most of top players present in the starting field have given up early enough, John Dolan and Joe Serock stood up to Vedes at the final table of six.

After Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, it is the turn of the magnificent city of Cannes to receive the Partouche Poker Deepstack (PPD), one of the most exclusive tours in Europe especially in France. Next weekend, from Friday 27 to Sunday, April 29, Palm Beach Casino will host the eighth stage of the PPD with the Main Event as the highlight of the tournament. The main event will be played with a buy-in of € 500 with a guaranteed prize of € 100,000. It will have the same structure as the previous steps which is a starting stack of 50,000 chips and levels of 60 minutes. The organizers promise a weekend full of action during which all poker enthusiasts can take part. Indeed, two side events are planned in addition to the Main Event tournament with € 300 and € 150 buy-in. The side event tournament of € 300 will be played over two days with a starting stack of 15,000 chips and levels of 40 minutes while the side event tournament of € 150, shorter will be held on the final day with 10,000 chips with levels of 25 minutes.

After a rather successful stopover in Berlin, the European Poker Tour landed in Monte Carlo for a few days of festivities. The inaugural event is the Super High Roller of € 100,000 buy-in which is already in its third day of competition. The event meant to unite elite of poker lived up to its bet, many of them were present, 43 participants in total. Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier, Vanessa Selbst, Scott Seiver, Tom Marchese, Viktor Blom, Bertrand Grospellier, Jonathan Duhamel, Sam Trickett and Gus Hansen were present in the poker room of Sporting Club of Monaco to attend the event. At the end of the first day of competition, the world champion Jonathan Duhamel and Dan Shak occupied the leading places while it remains more than 29 players in contention.

Unknown in the poker world, the American Allan Le has just conquered the huge trophy of the biggest High Roller tournament in Asia, the Manila Million held at Genting's Resorts World Manila Club. Note that the event was open for HK $ 1,000,000 and was attended by 30 participants. Indeed, he managed to beat top players like John Juanda, Joe Hachem, JC Tran, Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan. So he pocketed a big bonus of HK $ 13 million, the equivalent of U.S. $ 1.6 million. Before this feat in Manila, Philippines, Allan Le has already made a good course in live poker tournaments to name his participation at the final table of a tournament of the World Series of Poker 2011.

The Super Sat of the Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) stopped in Nice last weekend and ultimately, its conqueror was Benoit Albiges. As a reminder, this is a qualifier for the final of the PPT and also allows players to get a package for the big event International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT). A field of 324 participants has been registered in the tournament, demonstrating once again the success of the circuit inside poker players. From the beginning of the second day of competition, Benoit Albiges showed his determination to win the title. He first saw a dead end but was able to get up to find himself in the place of champion. His efforts were well rewarded because besides the top prize of € 16,000, he also won a place for the final and an ISPT ticket.

On the sidelines of the Main event of the European Poker Tour Berlin which ended with the victory of Davidi Kitai, the side events of the EPT on the German soil did not disappoint French players. Indeed, during the High Roller of € 10,000 buy-in that took place on Sunday, March 24, the French leader Bertrand Grospellier triumphed once more by picking up the victory and the first prize of € 231,000. He is already known for his performances in high roller tournaments. Note that the event brought together 57 professional poker players, which logically led to a very tough final table. To clinch the trophy, Grospellier had to face Martin Jacobson who lost at the 8 th place, Viktor Blom (7th), Oleh Okhotskyi (6th), Tobias Reinkemeier (5th), David Peters (4th) and Marvin Rettenmaier (3rd). He also ousted Chris Moorman during the final duel.

It's the southern of Spain, on the Coste del Sol that the World Poker Tour National Series visited. Since Friday, April 20, 2012, the poker room of Casino of Marbella hosted many poker professionals to compete for the title of this Spanish stage of the WPT. In total, the € 1,650 main event drew 377 participants generating a prize pool of € 547,000, a sum that will tie between the 36 best players of the game. As a reminder, the re-entry system was also proposed in this competition. Following the first two qualifying days, 184 players were allowed to return for the Day 2. And when this second day of competition came to close, there were only 48 survivors for the Day 3.

Playing poker for a good cause, such is the motto of Tiger Woods by organizing the tournament to be held at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Friday, April 27. This charity event organized by the foundation of the golf professional player is entitled "Poker Night Tiger". It is planned to gather many great players and celebrities. Indeed, the holder of 11 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, Phil Hellmuth and the legendary Doyle Brunson have already confirmed their presence at this tournament open for a buy-in of $ 10,000. By paying this sum, participants can have access to the Poker Night Tiger, will receive two VIP tickets for the Jam Tiger and the Bon Jovi concert of Saturday, April 2 and two nights in a beautiful suite of Mandalay Bay.

The step in Berlin of the European Poker Tour (EPT) was an opportunity for the Belgian player, Davidi Kitai, to show that he is a player not to be underestimated, even a very good player. Winner of this German stage of the EPT, he comes to access to a race of legend in the world of live poker, a category that includes some outstanding players as Betrand Grospellier or Jake Cody because he just join the ranks of five players who won the Triple Crown so far. Indeed, Davidi Kitai ended as the best player of the final table of this tournament that lasted over 10 hours on Sunday. Note that he is therefore the first Belgian player who won an EPT title.

Since last Wednesday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) settled in Hollywood, Florida for the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. In the first qualifying day of this great poker tournament, a field of 281 participants was recorded. At first glance, this year's edition registered a decline as the peak of last year, 433 players was not reached. However, nothing is done because the registration is open until the beginning of the second day of competition. Despite this relatively small field, the Day 1A was still interesting as many top players was present there. At the end of the day, it was David Nicholson, a former champion of the World Series of Poker Circuit, who reached the place of chipleader by accumulating 132,300 chips after having eliminated Eli Elezra. He is closely followed by John Dolan, who finished the day with a stack of 120,000 chips.

After the Day 3, which was marked by a real raid in terms of elimination, the European Poker Tour Berlin continues its course with the Day 4 with only 24 players selected for the next day. The chipleader of the previous day wasn't able to keep his place. He concedes his leading position to Marc Wright who has therefore 2.4 million chips at the end of the day. Having packed up a stack of over 800,000, Vanessa Selbst loses half of her stack face to Kevin MacPhee. Andrew Chen after that ousted her from the poker tournament despite a strong performance throughout the day. Among the eliminated of the day, we found alongside the American Vanessa Seblt, Will Molson, Koen Visscher, Martin Jacobsson, Scott Baumnstein, Anthony Picault, Charlotte Van Brabander, JP Kelly, Konstantin Tolokno and also Ana Marquez.

The exclusion of Erik Seidel from the top 10 is the highlight of the last Global Poker Index ranking (GPI). The American poker pro accumulated a colossal loss of points. Thus, after having been removed from the podium, he just end up on the 23rd place. But the situation is completely different for his compatriot who successfully maintained his leading position. Indeed, Jason Mercier continues to successfully defend his position as the best poker player on the planet of the week thanks to his performance in various tournaments. The French number one, Bertrand Grospellier also maintained his ranking of the second best player with 2,718.46 points. At he opposite, Shawn Buchanan had to leave the podium and place currently at the 5th position. It is David Sands who made an impressive climb and reach the third place with 2,544.84 points.

Finalist of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2011, Phil Collins has just completed a great feat by winning the title and first prize of $ 71,556 of the Nevada Heartland Poker Tour 2012 (HPT). This poker player of 27 years was effectively the best during the main event of $ 1,650 buy-in that attracted a field of 195 participants. During five days of competition that took place in Palms Casino Resort, Phil Collins faced however well known players such as Randy Dorfman who finished 20 th, Christina Lindley who ended in the 12 th position and Dutch Boyd, the bubble boy of the final table.

From today until Sunday, May 6, 2012, MGM Grand hosts a large poker festival. This is the Grand Challenge Tournament Series, a series of 18-day tournament which inaugural tournament is a No-Limit Hold'em of $ 230 buy-in. Throughout this period, Matt Savage will offer to poker enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy their passion in a highly professional environment. The flagship event of the tournament which is probably the main event of $ 1,600 buy-in will begin on May 1st. Apart from the trophy and the first prize, the champion will be also entitled to a place in the tournament Invitational Poker Challenge hosted by MGM Grand Executive which date will be announced later. But another very interesting event which is the Chinese Poker Half High open for an entry fee of $ 1,090 which field is limited to 40 participants also await players. It will be held on April 29 at 5:00 pm.

The 329 survivors of two first days gathered in the poker room of Grand Hyatt for the Day 2 of the European Poker Tour Berlin. Only 102 players survived at the end of the day and the Swede Anton Wigg, EPT Copenhagen champion, was in the top spot for the start of the Day 3. The Day 1A chip leader, Vladimir Geshkenbein made a great run throughout the day but the Swedes was also exceptional, and piled a stack of 695,000 chips. Geshkenbein end the day with a stack of 675,500. Besides these two players, we find in the Top 10 of this day Mario Puccini with 604,000 chips followed by Marc Wright (585,000), Andreas Vlachos (531,500), Cesar Garcia Dominguez (526,500), Bahadir Kilickeser (500,000), Zachary Korik (450,000), Soren Vohrs (429,500) and Gereon Sowa (421,500).

After the Day 1A which gathered 243 players, the Day 1B had a very busy influx but a little less than last year, 502 players were registered for the Day 1B of the EPT Berlin, against 773 last year. The two days of this EPT brought together a field of 745 players generating a prize pool of € 3,725,000. For this Berlin step, 112 players will enter in the money with a minimum gain of € 7,500 and € 825,000 for the winner. The European Poker Tour is very popular circuit for professionals if we consider the field composed among others of Liv Boeree, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Fabrice Soulier, Jake Cody, Marvin Rettenmaier, Steve O'Dwyer, Kevin MacPhee, Sebastian Ruthenberg Viktor Blom or Faraz Jaka. But ultimately, it's Cengiz Ulusu who is leading the chip count with a stack of 242,800 chips.

June will be the long-awaited moment for French and neighboring countries lovers of poker. Indeed on June 8 to 24, 2012, Paris will receive the ACF Summer Series organized by the Aviation Club de France. During this poker festival, the organizers planned many programs to the delight of poker fans of the French capital and surrounding areas. The main event called Summer Deepstack will begin from Thursday, June 21 and will be held over four days for a buy-in of € 1,000. In addition to the Summer Deepstack, the Aviation Club de France offers side events available to all, judging by the buy-in. Last year, Benitez Ortega ended as winner face to a field of 191 players and pocketed a gain of € 49,280.

Since the beginning of the year, the field of live poker tournaments didn't stop talking about the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT). Since its announcement and the creation of special dedicated website for the ISPT, many people were interested but no information on the event has been disclosed at this time except the publication of details of the largest live poker tournament ever held in the world. Indeed, the organizers of the ISPT announced that all the details on the tour will be available on May 1st, 2012.

The opening stage of the Grosvenor United Kingdom Poker Tour Deepstack (GUKPT) of £ 500 buy-in ended with the victory of Allan Peers. The champion ousted Thomas Dunwoodle during the final duel and won his first live tournament trophy. Although the event attracted only 73 participants, it must be said that the meeting provided a good show. Note that participants were able to play poker deepstack by having each at the start of the event 50,000 chips for levels of play of 60 minutes. In the first qualifying day, the game was slow. But the Genting Poker Series champion, Ruslan Vlasov animated the party. Unfortunately, he failed to reach the final table.

After the EPT Campione of last March, European poker enthusiasts meet currently in Germany for the EPT Berlin, the last stage of the European Poker Tour season 8 before the EPT Grand Final in Monaco at the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. The EPT Berlin opened its doors last Sunday but the Main event began on Monday, a tournament that registered 243 players for the Day 1A. Participants paid the buy-in of € 5,300 and we found among them Scott Seiver, Pierre Neuville, Alec Torelli, Regis Burlot, Anton Wigg, Olivier Busquet, Vanessa Selbst, Samuel Chartier, Shaun Deeb, Stephane Albertini, Andrew Chen, Antoine Labat and Ilan Boujenah.

At first glance, Robert Baguley is not a regular poker player, but he demonstrated that he has talent by winning the trophy of the United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour Nottingham (UKIPT). Aged 60 years old, he became the champion face to his young opponents having 18 to 21 years for most. Regular at Dusk Till Dawn, Baguley won his place for this Main event with $ 1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool by participating in a live satellite tournament open for a buy-in of $ 224. And at the end, he pocketed then the enormous sum of £ 210,400 and the trophy. So he comes to prove that seniors still have a place in major live tournaments.

The Eureka Poker Tour stopped at Golden Sun Casino in Zagreb, Croatia. The event of € 1,100 buy-in was attended by 178 players generating a prize pool of € 178,000. The final table of eight was held last Saturday and after the meeting, Alija Filipovic grabbed the victory crowned by a premium of € 42,700. Every competitors of the final table had all enormous talent to play aggressive poker. Indeed, it is with this style of play that the Croatian Dragan Galic, chip leader with 699,000 chips and favorite of the final table, eliminated his compatriot Karolj Kis. This latter settled for the 8 th place winning a prize of € 5,910.

There are only two steps prior to the final of the eighth season of the European Poker Tour 2012 (EPT). The penultimate stage, the EPT Berlin starts this Monday, April 16 at the Grand Hyatt. Last year, the event brought together 773 participants and it was the Canadian Ben Wilnofsky who won the title. For this new edition, a huge success is expected. Indeed, the organizers hope to bring together over 1,000 participants during the main event of € 5,300 buy-in. In anyway, what is certain is that many top players will participate in the event. In the side of representatives of the Hexagon, Bertrand Grospellier, Arnaud Mattern, Regis Burlot, David Kitai, Damien Langlois and Charles Serry expressed their presences.

They were 21 players at the beginning of the fourth day but at the end of the day, only six of them were selected for the final table of the World Poker Tour Vienna (WPT). Among the qualified players on Day 2, we saw Goswin Siemsen, Morten Christensen, Norbert Szécsi, Ognjen Sekularac, Tristan Wade, Ben Wilinofsky, Andrew Badecker, Marko Neumann, Wilhelm Fuhrer and Jurgen Reicht who occupied the top 10 on the eve the final table. Eugene Katachalov who won the WPT Five Diamond and Roberto Romanello that of Bratislava have been eliminated and therefore said goodbye to their second title of the circuit but they were paid for their place. Among the qualified for the Day 4, only Konstantin Tolokno, Goswin Siemsen, Norbert Szécsi, Morten Christensen, Benjamin Wilinofsky and Ognjen Sekularac were qualified for the final table.

It remains only a few weeks before the beginning of the grand finale of the famous poker circuit European Poker Tour under the sun of Monaco. Event that will bring together international poker stars before the world championships in Las Vegas, the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo promises to be an incredible festival. But what will make this tournament unique is the holding of the competition Champion of Champions. This championship of € 100,000 prizepool will bring together on one event the EPT champions of the eight seasons like Jake Cody, Vicky Coren, Mike McDonald, Patrick Antonius, Liv Boeree, Roberto Romanello, Glen Dhorny, Roland de Wolfe and also Sandra Naujocks who will offer to the audience a nice show.

Cowboy and former broker, Scott Stanko is the kind of person who succeeds in everything he undertakes. And once again, he demonstrated that again in Iowa during the main event of $ 1,620 buy-in of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Council Bluffs. Aged 33 years old, this poker player originally from Nebraska won the league title. Note that the tournament attracted a field of 290 participants including many talented and worldwide recognized players as Chris Bell, Scott Clements, Dennis Phillips or Jacob Bazeley. However, this did not stop Stanko to rise to the victory.

After the two day 1 of the World Poker Tour Vienna (WPT), 179 players were qualified for the Day 2 among the 398 players at the start. Among the players on Day 2, we found familiar faces like Bertrand Grospellier, Fabrice Soulier, Jonathan Duhamel, Chris Moorman, David Vamplew, Eugene Katchalov, Sam El Sayed and also Andy Frankenberger. But at the end of the day, 112 players left the tournament. Thus, Bertrand Grospellier, Fabrice Soulier, Davidi Kitai, Samuel Chartier, Sam El Sayed, Gilbert Diaz, Farza Jaka, Nicolas Cardyn, Michel Abecassis, Dominik Nitsche, Andy Black, Rebecca Gerin, Aubin Cazals, Ludovic Lacay, Michael Tureniec and Jonathan Duhamel will not be part of the 67 players qualified for the next round.

Since Tuesday, April 10, fans of the World Poker Tour (WPT) circuit met in Vienna to begin a new stage of the tournament. If last year, the event attracted a field of 555 participants generating a prize pool of € 1,776,000, this year, a decrease of influx was observed. Indeed, with 163 registered players on Day 1A and 233 on Day 1B, the total field of this year 2012 amounts 396 players. However, it was very attractive as the field aggregate different well known players. Many former WPT champions were present there like Victor Ramdim, Adam Levy, Vanessa Selbst or McLean Karr who all perished at the end of Day 1A. Note that some of them retried their chances by enrolling in Day 1B.

In recent years, the organization of High Roller tournament continues to grow. This is an event accessible at a very high buy-in and brings together poker players. For the first time in history, the Asian continent will host its Super High Roller during the Asian Poker Tour Philippines (APT). The organizers named the event the Manila Million Super High Roller. Those wishing to participate must pay a huge buy-in of one million Hong Kong dollars, the equivalent of about $ 129,000 or € 98,000. The tournament is scheduled to be held at Genting Resort World Manila's Club on next Friday, April 20 and the field is estimated at 30 participants.

The World Poker Tour is one of the best live poker circuit in the world alongside the WSOP. In recent years, the WPT made a stopover in France with the WPT Grand Prix de Paris and the WPT Amnéville. On its first visit in Amnéville in 2010, the World Poker Tour had a great ambition on the future of this circuit in France. The main event hosted a field of 543 players who paid a buy-in of € 3,500 but many players admitted having been disappointed with this step in the Lorraine region. Sam El Sayed won the WPT Amnéville 2010 and pocketed € 426,000. The following year, the stage record a big fallen in attendance with only 379 participants because of this disappointment.

Poker770 are pleased to inform you of the results of the 2012 Irish Open, in which Poker770 qualifier Thomas Beer came in 2nd. He lost out to Kevin Vandersmissen, who won €420,000 and the title of Irish Open Champion. Nevertheless Beer took away a formidable €225,000 from the tournament which, remarkably, was his first ever live event!

From April 12 to 15, the DeepStack Open (DSO) will visit the Balearic Islands. The organizers have chosen the Casino of Ibiza to host this poker tournament that continues its merry way. Five days of festivities wait therefore poker enthusiasts who will make the trip on the paradisiacal Spanish coast. They will also have the opportunity to visit the island and discover its tourism wealth while participating in an event poker of high quality. As in various stages of the DSO, the main event of this second stage of the season 2 will be available for a buy-in of € 550. This slow structure will allow players to deploy their game. Indeed, competitors will have for their departures 50,000 chips and levels of 60 minutes.

Having assembled 502 poker enthusiasts, the € 3,500 main event of the Irish Poker Open in Dublin announced its verdict. The coronation was awarded to the runner-up of the European Poker Tour Snowfest, Kevin Vandermissen, who pocketed for his performance the sum of € 420,000. The Belgian poker player on the rise in his playing career has therefore now $ 1.5 million in live tournament winnings thanks to this victory. Note that the event took place from April 6 to 9 and it was an opportunity for the public to see professionals playing poker. Some of them managed to finish in the money like Joel Dodds, Jason Wheeler, Phil Hellmuth, James Dempsey, Freddy Deeb, Adam Levy or Koen De Vissher. Many other top players were also present at the final table.

The 16 best poker players in the world gathered last week at Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria to compete in the Premier League V, a tournament of $ 125,000 buy-in and guaranteeing a prize pool of over $ 1.4 million. Of the 16 enrolled, only half of the field survived from the qualifying rounds. The final table welcomed talented players like Sam Trickett, Daniel Cates, Tony G, Mathew Frankland, Scott Seiver, Patrik Antonius, Phil Laak and Tom Dwan. Thus, there were eight candidates for the title as talented the one from each other but in the end, the coronation of this poker tournament returned to Scott Seiver who leaves the Montesino Casino of Vienna with a handsome sum of $ 500,000.

Organized under the Irish Poker Open tournament in Dublin, the iSeries Live's verdict designate James Dempsey as its first champion. As a reminder, the iSeries is a live poker tournament featuring the format Sit & Go Winner Takes All available for an entrance fee of € 10,000. This first edition brought together a dozen major players and competitors battled for about eight hours before the champion triumph, allowing the public to attend an event rich in action. Moreover, we must remember that the public could participate in many online betting. The British poker pro James Dempsey, who already has a few titles at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Poker Tour, ended then victorious face to a very tough field and pocketed the premium of € 100,000 for his nice performance.

The World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) visited Council Bluffs. Indeed, the first two qualifying days of the event were already closed. In total, the tournament attracted 280 participants with 192 registered on Day 1A and 88 on Day 1B. And they were 138 players who were able to rejoin the poker room to take part in the Day 2. This step of the WSOPC brought together many poker professionals like Scott Clements, Kevin Saul, Bernard Lee, Drazen Ilich, Allen Kessler, Dennis Phillips, Mark Kroon, Amanda Musumeci, Garry Gates, Doug Carli and Chris Bell. Moreover, they were all qualified for the Day 2. Jacob Bazeley and Roland Isra were also present at this tournament but they are already eliminated.

The Premier League V is probably "THE" live poker tournament of this April. Over the rounds, players qualified for the final table were known gradually for the Group A with Mathew Frankland, Sam Trickett and Tony G, and for Group B: Daniel "Jungleman" Cates, Patrik Antonius and Scott Seiver. Thus, the six players for the final table are known and there are still two places to play between the 4th and 5th places in both groups. Indeed, the first three players of each group are qualified automatically for the final table, which leaves only two places available for the final table. While everyone was sitting during this Easter Monday, Phil Laak, Andy Frankenberger (Group A) and Tom Dwan, Yevgeniy Timoshenko (Group B) engaged in a great battle in head's up to hope to qualify for the final table of this Wednesday, April 11.

This Friday, April 6, 2012, Burlington Hotel in Dublin, Ireland is open to poker enthusiasts eager to take part in the tournament Irish Open of Dublin. This is a great event that brought together the biggest names in poker of the country and all over Europe every year especially during the main event of € 3,500 buy-in. For history, the Irish Poker Open was born in 1980. Many poker professionals won a title at this tournament like Terry Rodgers, who won the first title, Liam Flood, Alan Betson, Joe Beevers, Neil Channing... The Irish Poker Open is currently one of major tournaments and since 2005, it brings together the biggest and internationally stars of the discipline as Phil Laak, Dario Mineri, Doyle Brunson, Roland De Wolfe, Sandra Naujocks or Juha Helppi.

Following a collaboration with an online poker room, the Casino of Namur in Belgium is preparing an outstanding tournament named Hold'Em Challenge. The first step of this poker circuit began since April 4 and will end on April 9. In the main event of € 1,100 buy-in, organizers hope to raise about 400 players. As the event takes place near the border of France, it is certain that many fans including French poker pros will be there. Moreover, the tournament has a nice structure. Indeed, each competitor will have 25,000 starting chips for game levels of 45 minutes. The rounds will last 60 minutes when the game reach a higher level. Several well known players have already announced their participation like Christophe de Meulder, Pierre Neuville and Kenny Hallart.

Star attraction of the World Poker Tour Vienna alongside the main event, the Premier League V brought together the biggest names of live poker divided into two groups of 8 who are Phil Laak, Andy Frankenberger, Tony G, Erik Seidel, Luke Schwartz, Mathew Frankland, Sam Trickett, Eugene Katchalov for Group A, Patrik Antonius, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Tom Dwan, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Ben Willinofsky, Vanessa Selbst, Scott Seiver and Dan Cates for Group B. Tom Dwan was scheduled to join the Group A, but due to transportation problems, he missed the first part of the first group and was obliged to exchange his place against Sam Trickett.

Estoril Casino hosted the second stage of the European Masters of Poker, which brought together a field of 222 players. During this event, Joni Jouhkimainen won the € 1,100 buy-in Main Event and pocketed at the same occasion the € 56,860 planned for the winner. The EMOP Lisbon is characterized by a final table at which players of different nationalities were assembled. Indeed, the four corners of Europe were represented through the Portuguese Nuno Capucho and José David Metelo Ruivo, the Finnish Tomi Huuskonen and Joni Jouhkimainen, the Swedes Patric Mattsson and Martin Dahlqvist, the Poland native Tomasz Kolodziejski and finally the Irishman David Lappin.

The Ricoh Arena Coventry, UK, welcomed on Tuesday the UK Student Poker Championship. This tournament is as its name suggests for students. Decidedly, live poker is not just for professionals who play for a prize pool of € 1 million and more. Poker is also available for amateurs and also for students who are more and more numerous to play poker especially in the UK. And to let everyone participate in the Main Event of the UK Student Poker Championship, the buy-in is only 35 pounds, a boon for students enthusiast of poker. Last year the Main Event of the UK Student Poker Championship was attended by 357 students. It was Gareth Jones who won it and pocketed for that feat the prize money of £ 1,000.

Decidedly, poker goes hand in hand with luxury. This is at least what want to show Royal Caribbean and Deepstack Cruiser Event Poker Tour, both partners of the Land Sea Poker Tour who had the idea to organize the final on a luxury cruise ship: the Liberty Of The Seas. Scheduled for October 20 to 27, 2012, the final of the Land Sea Poker Tour will be an unforgettable cruise for poker enthusiasts who enter the final. The cruise makes it possible for players to indulge in their passion while their companions can enjoy the activities on board. One week cruise with family not to be missed from Barcelona that passes through France and Italy before returning to Spain. Packages for players are available at € 935, for those who will accompany players, women and children, the cruise will be available at a price of € 835 and € 499.

After a stop in Venice, Italy, last February, the World Poker Tour will make stop in Vienna, Austria from next April 4 to 15 with events of buy-in between € 340 and € 10,000. In all, nine events are planned in the program with the € 3,500 buy-in Main Event starting from this Tuesday, April 10. Last year, the Austrian stage brought together a field of 555 players generating a prize pool of € 1,776,000. At this event, the Russian Dmitry Gromov won the final table and a gain of € 447,840. A victory that allowed him to have 1,440 points for the title race of the Card Player Player of the Year.

Born in 2002, the Melbourne Poker Championship takes an exceptionnal place on the Australian poker tour. For this year, the championship will be held from May 3 to 14 and have ten official events including the Main Event. At its beginning, the main event of the Melbourne Poker Championship garnered only 66 participants for a buy-in of only $ 300. Last year, the championship was a record in terms of participation with 502 players during which Scott Peel won the final table and the $ 104,500 provided for the winner. This year, the main event of the Melbourne Poker Championship will surely draw more people because the tournament starts to have a name on the international circuit. Local stars like Oliver Speidel, winner of the Main Event at the Aussie Million, Joe Hachem and Shane Warne will be part of it without forgetting the defending champion Scott Peel who will do anything to retain his title.

From next April 23 to May 1st, poker enthusiasts in Europe will gather in Monaco for the European Poker Tour Grand Final. And as this appointment at the Monte Carlo Casino will mark the end of the European Poker Tour Season 8, the organizers wanted to make it big. Already, the event is the most exclusive of the Old Continent and it will be held in one of the most prestigious casino in the world, the Monte Carlo Casino but the main attraction of this appointment is the Monaco Super High Roller of € 100,000 buy-in expected to gather all the best players in the world. Indeed, the Super High Roller will be one of the 37 Events planned for the EPT Grand Final. This event is also an opportunity to designate the EPT Season 8 Player of the Year. Among the contenders for this prestigious title, there is Steve O'Dwyer, Ondrej Vinklarek, Roberto Romanello, Nick Yunis and Martin Finger.

The first edition of the Open de Poker will be held in Canet on the side of the Pyrenees-Orientales, France on April 14 and 15. This is a poker event designed by Joagroupe at the initiative of their responsible of development, Elizabeth Levacher. The first Open de Poker is supposed to be an appointment that will please amateurs and professional of poker, especially since the time that organizers planned a nice program. On the weekend of April 14 and 15 therefore, the casino Joa of Canet in Roussillon expects fans of the game to take part in this tournament. The main event accessible for an entrance fee of € 500 will begin on Saturday, April 14 and therefore it will be spread over two days. In order to play poker professionally, competitors will receive each 30,000 starting chips for game levels of 40 minutes.

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux was last weekend the stopover of the Partouche Poker Deepstack during which 500 participants attended at the Casino St Amand for the € 500 buy-in Main Event. The field generated a guaranteed prize pool of € 100,000 that let to 11% of players to enter in the money with a minimum gain of € 1,000. For the winner, the sum of € 50,000 has been offered to him. For this stage of the Partouche Poker Deepstack in Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, the French Sébastien Guidez ended the event at the first place and pocketed the prize promised to the winner. The runner-up place was occupied by the Belgian Nauder Coralie who took home € 36,000.

Last weekend, the tournament Barrière Poker Tour (BPT) visited for the first time the city of Ribeauvillé, at the Casino Barrière of this city. As usual, the event was an opportunity for players to get a ticket for the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), to be held again at Cannes. Thus, they were 102 poker enthusiasts, composed of amateurs and professionals such as Elie Payan, Bruno Benveniste, Pedro Canali, Philippe Ktorza, Remy Biechel and Antoine Saout, who joined the city to take part in the tournament. It is important to note that the organizers did all necessary things to ensure the success of the tournament. Thus, participants benefited to a professional meeting either at the frame, materials and structure of play.

The main event of the European Poker Tour Campione (EPT) ended with the victory of Jannick Wrang. The final table began on Saturday around 2:00 pm and lasted about 13 hours. It is important to mention that the structure of the tournament was simply outstanding, allowing players to highlight the quality of their games. Thus, during the final table, it took over an hour before the first eliminated player stands. And it was the Swede Robin Ylitalo. Stefano Puccilli and Mario Nagel followed him a few hours later. The five remaining players battled for five hours before the Belgian Koen De Visscher end up leaving the game. And spectators assisted to three other hours battle before Balazs Botond was eliminated.

While the Italian stage of the European Poker Tour (EPT) has just crowned its champion, another stage began in Deauville. Like last year, this edition 2012 of the EPT Deauville is currently recording a huge success because the total field of the event is 889 participants generating a prize pool of € 4,267,200. The organizers decided to reward the best 128 players in the game and the champion will receive a nice bonus of € 875,000. One of the biggest stages of the circuit, the EPT Deauville has once again brought together poker pros just like Scotty Nguyen, the French number one Bertrand Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov, Victor Blom, Liv Boeree or Vanessa Rousso. Some of them have already left the party, as the defending champion Lucien Cohen who was eliminated 15 minutes before the close of the Day 1B.

Recently, Macau became the destination of choice for live poker professionals. The Chinese city built its reputation in the poker world by its high-stakes poker games where parties are usually played with blinds of $ 1,300 to $ 2,600. Given the success encountered by high stakes poker in Macau, the organizers of the World Series of Poker went to meet this new destination and already thought of including a stopover in this Asian Las Vegas in the WSOP 2012 program. In fact, Macau copied the "city that never sleeps" and wants to be the Asian capital to play poker is always possible. This is a program change that will surely bring some spice to the tournament.

It remains only a few days before the end of the Foxwoods Poker Classic tournament series. As a reminder, this poker festival takes place in Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut since March 17 and there are many players who have already won a victory during the events held since the start of the tournament. In the inaugural step of $ 600 buy-in for example, 486 players registered to participate. At the end of the meeting, it was David Grandieri who won it, and he gained the first prize of $ 58,516. Dorian Godin also reached the top of the podium after having been victorious against a field of 333 participants in the No Limit Hold'em Deepstack of $ 400 buy-in.

The Day 3 of the EPT Campione was attended by 99 survivors of the Day 2 with 88 of them will be in the money. Certainly, the goal of the day was to qualify for the next day during which 24 players will be retained but for the 88 players, the first objective is already achieved: the money. Of the 569 starting players of the European Poker Tour Campione 2012, 24 players will return to the Casino di Campione on Day 4, the penultimate day of the € 5,300 buy-in Main Event. Among the players of that day who were forced to leave the tournament, we noted the elimination of Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier after having been eliminated by Andrey Gulyy's who had henceforth a stack of 475,000. The French fell at the 61st place with a gain of € 9,000. There is also the case of the British Liv Boeree who lost her stack before the dinner break.

After a stop in Bordeaux, the Barrière Poker Tour will visit this weekend Ribeauvillé for the continuation of the season. Like the previous stages of the BPT and those that follow, the Barrière Poker Tour Ribeauvillé of this Saturday, March 31 to Sunday April 1st, include a Main Event of € 1,350 + 150 buy-in and side events. The Main Event will guarantee a prize pool of € 120,000 including five packages for the WSOP Europe. This step of Ribeauvillé is a first for the Barrière Group and also for the city and is part of the celebration of the centenary of the casino which will become a new host of this French circuit.

The second stage of the tournament Genting Poker Series started at Fox Poker Club in London on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. The kick off of the main event took place at around 1:00 pm. If the first stage which was held at Star City Casino in Birmingham drew 365 players, this new phase promises to accumulate such a huge success. Moreover, the principle of proposing the format re-entry at this event is a major reason for the success of the tournament. Note that those who have lost their 25,000 chips can place a new order by paying £ 430. Players have therefore more chances to persevere and reach the final table.

The second day of competition of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Campione has just ended. At the start of the day, 325 players took place in the poker room and everyone hoped about getting a ticket for the Day 3 and why not finish in top of the tournament. But in the end, 99 of them had to give up their dreams because they were eliminated before the end of the game. At the opposite, this desire is becoming a reality for Balazs Botond. He successfully reach the place of chip leader of the moment. He holds 646,000 chipswith a lead of 150,000 chips from his nearest rival who is none other than the EPT Tallinn champion, Ronny Kaiser. Note that Kaiser eliminated two players, which let him gather a stack of more than 500,000 chips. He is therefore in the second position and with his experience in the EPT circuit, he's a worthy opponent in this race for the win.

For those who want to play poker deepstack, they had just to go to Pasino of St-Amand-les-Eaux from this Friday, March 30. Indeed, the second season of the Partouche Poker Deepstack will visit this town of Nord-Pas de Calais for its sixth stage. Indeed, after a successful stopover at Casino Le Lyon Vert of Lyon from March 9 to 11, the tournament gives new appointment to poker enthusiasts. As usual, the tournament structure and organization have been set up to ensure complete satisfaction to participants. Competitors for the main event of € 500 entry fee with a guaranteed prize of € 100,000 will receive 50,000 starting chips for levels of play of 60 minutes. Besides lovers who appreciate this appointment, professionals like Constant Rijkenberg, Margaux Ponnelle and Ondine Monnanteuil will be present there.
 
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