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The Es Saadi Casino hosted since Wednesday, May 24 the 26th edition of the Marrakesh Poker Open (MPO), a major international live event that Morocco welcomes since several years. Many French players made the trip for the € 1,350 buy-in Main Event generating a prize pool of Dhs 2,623,050. At the end, it's Pierre Picherit who won the event and leave with a gain of Dhs 516,740. Over 200 players were registered at the Marrakesh Poker Open Main Event which took place during the weekend. So, the record attendance of the previous edition of the MPO, 195 players, was beaten.

Like the main event, the Super High Roller of the World Poker Tour World Championship attracted many participants. On the last day of the event, Friday, May 25, six players played the final table but only five of them were in the money. Of the twenty and some players who registered during the Day 1 and Day 2, it remained only Andrew Robl, Justin Bonomo, Tom Marchese, Daniel Perper, Bill Klein and John Juanda to claim the title and pocket the $ 1,308,405 provided for the winner. The fifth player of the paid seat won for his part $ 263,160. On the 13th hand, the bubble burst when John Juanda eliminated Justin Bonomo who was the bubble boy of the final table.

On last May 19 to 26, the Bellagio in Las Vegas hosted the WPT Championship during which many Events were held. The main event was the star attraction of this poker circuit with an impressive participation of over 150 players. But in the end, only six players qualified for the final table which saw the coronation of Marvin Rettenmaier, a personality no longer to present on the international circuit of live poker tournaments. He dominated the final table which opposed him to Philippe Ktorza who pocketed for his place as runner up a gain of $ 805,310. This final of the Season 10 of the World Poker Tour was held during the night between Saturday and Sunday for a buy-in of $ 25,000. For his first place, Marvin Rettenmaier won $ 1,196,858, his biggest cash in live tournament. Other WPT and WSOP champions were also qualified at the final table of the WPT Championship like Michael Mizrachi and Nick Schulman but they stumbled in the third and fourth place and pocketed gains of $ 424,618 and $ 256,235.

Barbotan casino, located in the town of Barbotan les Thermes, in the Gers, Midi-Pyrenees, is a great destination to have fun in poker this weekend. Indeed, a new poker tournament that bears the name "Barbotan Masters of Poker" will take place within the facility from May 27 and 28. Once again, those who like playing poker deepstack will be spoiled because it is the structure chosen by the organizers. The competitors who will participate in this tournament of € 550 buy-in will then received 30,000 starting chips for game levels of 45 minutes. The field is estimated to reach over 100 players, which will allow organizers to collect a prizepool of € 57,600.

The World Poker Tour World Championship is currently the unavoidable live tournament of this month. In parallel with the Main Event final table, the Super High Roller WPT Championship has begun for the delight of specialists like Tom Marchese, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Dan Smith, Sam Trickett, Isaac Haxton, David Sands, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier and Erik Seidel. In all 25 players registered during the first day and 7 re-entry for a buy-in of $ 100,000. Jason Mercier, Galen Hall, Andrew Robl, Tom Marchese, Cary Katz and Daniel Negreanu were among the seven players who attempted a second chance by reregistering in this Super High Roller.

Since Wednesday, May 24, the Es Saadi Casino opened its doors to poker enthusiasts. Indeed, this place is currently hosting the 26 th edition of the Marrakesh Poker Open, the second tournament of this year. The event will end next Sunday and during the few days of competition, 12 tournaments will take place in the poker room of Es Saadi. The flagship tournament which is the main event will begin on Saturday, May 26. This deepstack tournament is open to a buy-in of € 1,350 and will have a guaranteed prize of one million dirhams. Qualifying satellite tournaments are organized before the kick-off and only € 135 is enough for players to have seat in its tables. Many French poker pros are already heading to Morocco to take part in this event. Until that great event, the public has already been able to attend the inaugural tournament which is the Deepstack of € 500 entry fee.

The United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) made a stop in Dublin. It becomes now a very appreciated poker meeting where everyone is present, which explains the fact that the event attracted 597 participants. Four days of competition were held before the winner, a native of North Wales, Richard Evans, received the trophy. During the final day, eight players joined the poker room to try to win the title. The first elimination occurred thirty minutes after the kickoff and the victim was Lee Atherton. It only took 15 minutes for Keith Swain to join him. After he left, the battle became increasingly fierce. And three hours later, another player was eliminated. This is Graeme Crozier who lost his entire stack in favor of Stephen McGraph. The next victim was known 90 minutes later. This time it was the turn of Padraig O'Neill to leave the table. He was followed by Vincent Buis.

While the World Poker Tour World Championship should be a great event, it received many critics and caused great disappointment among fans of the circuit. According to players, many defects were detected in the organization, not to mention the bad reception awarded by the host institution, which is none other than the famous Bellagio in Las Vegas. This large resort has several poker room that could accommodate such a large tournament with a buy-in of $ 25,000, but organizers didn't find better than installing players at the 1st floor of the casino in a smoking area which is located very near slot machines. Note that early in the tournament, many professionals unveiled their anger on Twitter like Matt Waxman and Ryan D'Angelo.

While many poker players, including a majority of big players are in full preparation of the World Championship that will begin this weekend in Las Vegas, the Amateur Poker Association & Tour (APAT) is preparing to welcome players at G Casino Cardiff to contest the title of a new stage of the tournament. Of course, no comparison is to maintain. However, this event represents a tremendous opportunity for poker enthusiasts who can't reach the city of lights and take part in tournaments with big buy-in. Indeed, during the APAT Welsh Amateur Poker Championship that will take place this weekend, participants will play poker in a very professional setting, an environment that can please them and improve their performance. This Welsh step look like the English league organized in the last month of April. At the event held at G Casino Coventry, the victory went to Mike Hudson who managed to triumph among 164 opponents and go with a premium of £ 3,825.

During 10 days, the poker room of Terrou-Bi Resort Dakar witnessed confrontation between elite of poker. Indeed, it was in this luxury resort on the African soil that the tournament Terrou-Bi Poker Open was held. The verdict of the € 1,500 Main Event entry fee fell last Sunday, May 20th and the trophy and first prize of € 25,835 were awarded to Hassan Fares. He was the one who managed to win in this tournament having Deepstack Re-entry size. Well known players as Anthony Lelouche, Roger Hairabedian, Peter Roche and Stephane Cohen were part of the field of 40 participants. Unfortunately, they were not well enough to beat local players.

This Tuesday, May 22, 44 players joined the Bellagio Hotel to attend the fourth day of competition of the World Poker Tour World Championship. This stage of the competition was crucial for participants because the field narrowed considerably at the end of the day. It was also the time to elect players who will access the money list. After five levels of play of 90 minutes each, therefore, the verdict was announced. It remains only 19 players while the bubble would burst with 18 remaining players. Holder of the largest stack of 1,966,000 chips, Hafiz Khan is safe and will begin the final day as chipleader. He beat Marvin Rettenmaier who has 1,870,000 chips. It must be said that the top 10 is occupied by top players as Nick Schulman who is third, Moon Kim who ranks at the 6 th position in chips, Michael Mizrachi 7 th and Steve O'Dwyer 9 th. All have a stack of more than 1,000,000 chips.

To succeed in a big tournament like the $ 1,600 Main Event of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Harrah's New Orleans, a player should have skill and daring. And it is these qualities that certainly helped Justin Truesdell to win the trophy. Part of the starting field of 694 participants, he rose slowly to the victory and took home the first place and win the sum of $ 204,748. This professional poker player of 30 years old acquired the necessary experience to let him win a title as prestigious. Note that he already had 82 cash and he's also an online poker player well known, having the pseudonym "truesyalose". Through his countless feats, he now has over $ 900,000 in prize money.

The Main Event of the WPT World Championship of $ 25,000 buy-in drew during the Day 3, 152 players who competed in a great battle for the 45 places of the next day. This final of the World Poker Tour was different because of re-entry as registrations are still open until Day 3. Thus, the 96 survivors of the Day 2 were joined by new entrants and bring the field to 152 players. At the end of the day, the Hotel Bellagio of Las Vegas registered 45 survivors on Day 4, Tuesday with Curt Kohlberg as chip leader. Curt Kohlberg begins the Day 4 with a stack of 918,300 chips followed by Nick Schulman and Guillaume Darcourt for the Top 3 with a stack of 768,000 and 641,000 respectively.

As one of the biggest poker events held in Spain, the Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza 2012 brought together a field total of 269 participants. On Sunday, May 20, the champion of the event finally demarcated and it is the Spanish actor and poker professional player Pablo Rojas. Holder of the largest stack at the start of the final day, the Spaniard kept his advantage and finally won the trophy and the first prize of € 40,800. However, the public of poker room of Ibiza casino witnessed the high performance of the French Amaury Legait.

The Grand Final of the tournament Russian Poker Series Kiev ended last Sunday, May 20 with the victory of Vladislav Shuravin who won thanks to this victory the first prize of $ 120,000. The tournament brought together 284 poker enthusiasts and it took five days of competition to designate the champion. Note that the final table was composed of eight players and Kirill Kustov was the chipleader. Unfortunately, he had to settle for the 5 th place receiving then a prize of $ 73,000 after having lost a large part of his stack. Among the first eliminated from the competition were David Martirosyan who finished 8 th, Andrew Malyuchenko 7th and Enver Abduraimov 6th.After their elimination, competitors vying the title signed a deal regarding the sharing of the prize pool.

A few days before the start of the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP), the organizers finally unveiled the new look of the famous bracelet coveted by poker players. Indeed, the trophy that every poker player dreams to get in their career is again wearing a new look. For the next edition, the organizers of the WSOP chose Jason Arasheben as designer of this gem. Known as Jason of Beverly Hills, this reputable jeweler has already produced several masterpieces. Among others, he crafted rings of Los Angeles Lakers champions and he is considered as the favorite jeweler of celebrities like LeBron James, Justin Bieber and Kate Perry. The jeweler told be honored to work with the tournament organizers and promises to create a unique jewel.

The kicking off of the grand final of the World Poker Tour season X took place on Saturday in the poker room of Bellagio in Las Vegas. Open for a buy-in of $ 25,500, the event attracted until now 135 players. This number could rise further as the organizers decided to close registration at the beginning of the third day of competition. The tournament attracted many great players and a good part of them qualified for the rest of the competition just like Jonathan Little, David Shiu, Isaac Haxton, Joe Serock, the chip leader on Day 2 Steve O'Dwyer, Jake Cody, Will Failla, Marvin Rettenmaier, Scott Seiver, Moon Kim, Brian Hastings, Sam Trickett, Joseph Cheong, Noah Schwartz and John Juanda. Note that the survivors of the Day 3 numbered 95.

At the start of the Main event of $ 1,600 entry fee of the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's New Orleans (WSOPC), 649 players were registered. The tournament reached thus a huge success as during the previous edition, it brought together a field of 260 participants, an increase of attendance of over 200%. The prize pool gathered totaled $ 1,008,770. Several regulars of renowned poker tour attended the edition 2012, a part of which has already been eliminated at the end of the second day of competition as Kurt Jewell, Mike Wolf, John Dolan, Huy Nguyen, Chris Conrad, La Sengphet, Matthew Hankins and Sam Barnhart. Note that the tournament reached its final day and there are only 72 players left.

A few days earlier, the organizers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) announced that the 11 th season will begin in Cyprus. And according to the last revelation about its program, this destination is only a taste of the unique program that awaits fans of the circuit. Indeed, the WPT plans to conquer the world during the next season. The first half of the program is already revealed. After the first visit in Cyprus, therefore, the tournament will stop in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, a single step which will take place from August 10 to 15, 2012 having the name of WPT Parx Open Poker Classic. As usual, the Five Diamond, Borgata Poker Open, the Grand Prix of Paris, the Legends of Poker and the WPT Malta, Prague, Copenhagen and Jacksonville will always be in the program. But a new milestone has been created which is the WPT Magazan to be held from November 26 to December 1st.

This week, the world ranking of the 300 best poker players in live tournament knew a new change. In early May, the French Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier rose in the top spot, outdistancing of a few points the American Jason Mercier. The three first positions of this week didn't change because behind ElkY and Jason Mercier, we always find David Sands. Sorel Mizzi maintained his fourth place while Eugene Katchalov (6th) lost the fifth place henceforth occupied by Stephen O'Dwyer.

Very famous thanks to the fact that it combines relaxation and poker, the Florida Poker Tour continues to attract more and more players from one season to another. To the delight of fans of the circuit, the organizers have prepared a new program that is based on the same concept. This is the Florida Shark, an event that will bring together in a few days vacation in sunny Costa Brava and a great poker festival at the Gran Casino of Lloret del Mar. This event will take place from June 8 to 11, 2012. And to take part in, every participant had simply to pay the sum of € 590 including the buy-in for the tournament and accommodation costs for three nights in the luxurious 5 star Guitart Monterrey located above the casino. Breakfast and dinner are also available.

As announced a few days ago, players were privileged to hear the birth of another stage of the prestigious poker tournament World Series of Poker (WSOP). This tournament established in 1970 have a high profile among poker enthusiasts including professionals. Instead of reinforcing the reputation of the WSOP in the world, the organizers seem determined to extend the circuit across the five continents and may create the opposite effect. Indeed, by expanding the tournament all around the world, the WSOP may no longer be as mythical as before and therefore, the tournament is likely to attract fewer and fewer players including the best in its greatest appointment because on one side, there are other tournaments which begin recording a success almost continental and in the other side, the fact of winning a WSOP bracelet is no longer a real prestige because today, there are now a total of three annual tournaments: the WSOP in Las Vegas, the WSOP Europe and the WSOP Asia-Pacific.

The International Poker Tour Stadiums (ISPT) is a great poker event keenly awaited by followers of the game. As a reminder, it's the concept of the tournament that makes it so interesting because it is expected to total around 30,000 players who will compete for a single title. It will also meet for the first time the world of online poker and live poker because the first part will be played online using touch pads. Participants will be installed in the tribune. And when there remain only 3,000 players competing, the game will run on real tables installed on the lawn. We should also mention the huge prize pool of € 20 million which will allow the winner to come away with a great reward.

After a second successful season that ended with a grand finale held in the Dominican Republic, the Grand Series of Poker Circuit (GSOP) unveiled a program part of its third season. As usual, it will be a series of live events that will delight fans of poker because the organizers have chosen beautiful destinations for each step. Actually, four calls were announced. Thus, for the inaugural stage, it's the city of Malta that will have the privilege to host it. The event will be held from September 4 to 9, 2012. After Malta, the tournament will visit the Czech Republic from December 11 to 16. Participants will be welcomed at Corinthia Prague Casino. In February 2013, Dublin will also receive another step of the GSOP Season 3 even if the exact date is not yet revealed.

Belgium is a growing country in the middle of online poker. The country is best known for live poker tournaments that took place on many times at Ostend Casino and Dinant. There are among others the Ostend Poker War whose second edition was held in January. But online poker is relatively new and the Gaming Commission of Belgium is rather strict on legalizing poker game. On Tuesday, May 15, the Commission published a list of online poker sites that was banned for non-compliance with the Belgian regulation of gambling. In all, 30 sites were seen in this list of illegal poker sites that was sent to the four major ISPs in Belgium to let them block immediately their inflows and outflows. Among these blacklisted sites, there is Partypoker, BetClick, Bwin, Betfair, William Hill and 888. The reason of this ban is the non filling of the requirements of the Commission on guarantees of repayment of the funds of players.

The 3rd edition of the Club Trophy was held at the Château des Condé in Vallery. This poker tournament brought together 208 players from 104 amateur clubs. Member of Holy Poker Club Poitou Charente, Renaud Rosier win the victory during the competition and was crowned champion of France of Poker Club. As reward for his performance, he was entitled to the package for Dublin Winamax Poker Open, a professional event that now become a major event for poker enthusiasts, and also received 10 tickets for online poker tournaments and 5 briefcases of 1000 chips for his club. In the second place is Lawrence Callet, a member of the "Pok Rhone" poker club while the third place went back to Bastien Callet Poker Chalon.

There are only two steps before the big final of the tournament Partouche Poker Tour (PPT) scheduled to take place in Cannes from September 3 to 9, 2012. According to the official program already announced by the organizers, the meeting in Palm Beach Casino promises to be exceptional. But in the meantime, fans of the circuit are invited to join the city of Ostend in Belgium to take part in the penultimate PPT Super Satellite 2012 that will take place this weekend. This will be another opportunity to play poker in a professional setting and to win great endowments. As usual, the main event open for a buy-in of € 1,250 will allow players to pick up package amounting € 8,500 for the final in Cannes. Note that 10% of the field will have this ticket. An additional prize pool of € 40,000 will be distributed to the best players in the game without forgetting 20 packages for the famous tournament International Stadiums Poker Tour to be held according to sources at Wembley Stadium in London in 2013.

For some time, poker events having charity purposes tended to increase, with increasing success, a fact which proves that making money is not the only concern of poker enthusiasts. In France, some players mobilized to provide assistance to various charitable organizations. Among others, there is Fabrice Soulier and Claire Renaud, two professional poker players who created the famous "1% for the next WSOP" to support the activities of the association "l'Etoile de Martin," which conducts research on children cancer. They decided to donate 1% of rewards obtained in the next world championship of poker in Las Vegas at the association and appeal to their comrades to support this great initiative. Note that top players such as Fabrice Santoro and Estelle Denis support regularly the association in its humble quest.

Last weekend, they were 372 players who joined the Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham for the DTD 150 Deepstack tournament. The event was a success, the fact that there was a guaranteed prize of £ 50,000 to be won in this poker tournament was surely for something there. When the competition ended, the Londoner David Trigg emerged victorious. He made a good run, which earned him the first prize of £ 14,939, 44. But this is not the first feat achieved by Trigg at Dusk Till Dawn. We can say that he is a regular here and a big fan of deepstack tournament. Indeed, in November 2011, he reached the third place in the 300 deepstack tournament hosted on the same place and pocketed the prize of £ 10,414.

Ibiza is a prestigious destination for an unforgettable stay on the seaside of the Mediterranean. But the island is also a destination for poker tournaments. Once again this year, the Estrellas Poker Tour visited the Spanish island for its third stage of the Season III. The festivities have already started on Monday with the satellites for the Main Event. The ESPT Ibiza continued after the second day with the satellites of the Main Event and the High Roller of € 2,000 buy-in scheduled for two days. The Casino of Ibiza will be the host of this new edition of the Estrellas Poker Tour which Main Event, the main attraction besides the High Roller, is scheduled for Wednesday, May 16.

Place that marked the development of the Asian poker industry, the Grand Waldo Hotel and Casino will have the privilege of hosting a stage of the Macau Poker Cup 2012 during the Red Dragon tournament, a series to be held from June 9 to 18. As a reminder, the Grand Waldo hosted in 2008 the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, the largest poker tournament in Asia. From 2009, the organizers signed a contract with the Casino Grand Lisboa. Since then, all tournaments were held within this casino. But the contract expired since March of this year. And the organizers decided to choose the Grand Waldo to host the tournament especially since it has all the necessary infrastructure to host large poker event. Indeed, the resort has undergone extensive renovation.

The first edition of the King of Poker has been marked by the participation of 371 players who engaged in a great battle for the title of "King." But to the surprise of all, the splendid Casino Royale Budva inducted a "Queen" and not a "king". Indeed, Francesca Fratazzi was the best in Montenegro for the first edition of the King of Poker after a head's up against Saman "Ottodix" Ziarati. On the Day 3, 21 players were still in contention for the title but after a series of elimination, the final table finally brought together the nine survivors of the four days. Fabio Coppola, Marcella Ponzo, Giancarlo Fisichella, Gianfranco Frangella, Saman Ziarati, Mirko Micovic, Ljubisa Bojic, Francesca Fratazzi and Ilija Marovic are the nine finalists, while players like Joseph Vicidomini, Giorgia Tabet, Umberto Cianfanelli, Louis Ginobbi, Massimiliano Falanga, Massimo Casabona or Marcella Ponzo have been elminated before this final round. The bubble boy of the final table was Claudio Castrogiovanni.

The Main event of € 1,100 buy-in of the France Poker Series (FPS) Amnéville ended with the victory of Benjamin Dobson this Sunday, May 13. Note that they were 15 among the 317 initially enrolled who had their tickets to return in the poker room to try to win the trophy with a prize of € 70,000. Eight of them were lucky to be part of the final table and Jean Michel Texier was leading. After the departure of Jonathan Klifa and Enrico Rudelitz at the 8 th and 7th places, the chipleader was also eliminated and took home the prize of € 15,300. Marc Huyghebaert and Michel Dubert also joined the bench of removed a few hours later.

The town of Budva, Montenegro, is a resort having access to the Adriatic Sea but for some time, Budva excels not only in its sights. This week, from May 9 to 12, the Splendid Budva Casino Royale receives the King of Poker, which brought together 371 players during the first two days of entry of the € 550 buy-in Main Event. The Day 1A which brought together 126 participants only 30 players qualified for Day 2. As for Day 1B, it was extremely popular with 245 participants with 70 survivors on Day 2. Marco Chen dominated the day 1A with a chip count of 344,500 while Fabio Coppola took the chip lead from Day 1B with a stack of 287,300.

If Amnéville didn't had the privilege of hosting a stage of the famous World Poker Tour, the city remains a great poker destination. Indeed, at present time, the fourth stage of the second season of the tournament France Poker Series (FPS) takes place in Seven Casino Amneville. Moreover, the battle has already started on the € 1,100 buy-in main event. As usual, the event attracted a large number of poker enthusiasts and they were 109 players who registered for the first qualifying day. After 11 levels of play, more than half of the field disappeared.

Since May 10 until May 21, 2012, the poker room of Harrah's Casino in New Orleans welcomes a new stage of the famous poker tour World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC). As a reminder, 12 rounds of the tournaments are held prior to the National Championship to be held during the WSOP 2012 at Rio in Las Vegas on July 6. The WSOPC Harrah's New Orleans include several tournaments with varied buy-in and formats during which the best players will win gold bracelets. The main event at $ 1,600 buy-in is one of the highlights of the tournament. Last year, it attracted 383 players generating a prize pool of $ 550,080. This year the tournament will start on May 18, 2012 and will be spread over four days of competition. The one who will succeed to Jonathan Poche will walk away with the first prize and some points that will let him occupy the best position in the Player of the Year standings.

The champion of France of poker 2012 is now known. Indeed, the individual national championship of clubs 2012 (CNIC) held in the poker room of Seven Casino of Amneville delivered its verdict by crowning Florian Leconte. Note that the tournament attracted 400 players from different poker club throughout France. After three days of competition, it's this amateur player, member of Thurs St-Lo Poker Club who was awarded the prestigious title and the € 8,500 package for the WPT Grand Prix of Paris to be held in the Aviation Club de France. Leconte ousted Sylvain Aubry during the final duel and the third place is occupied by Steven Maiffredy. Like the other finalists of the tournament, the two players received a variety of packages for the tournament ACF Poker Tour of an amount between € 1,150 and € 5,000.

From next May 27 to July 7, the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas will receive the 43rd edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). As in each new edition, many novelties were introduced in both organizations that in the game itself. The main novelty of this 43rd edition is the Live Streaming broadcast of more events besides the Main Event and the final table in October. Indeed, following the presidential elections in November, the grand finale "November Nine" will be advanced a month earlier : on October 28 to 30, 2012. In total, the WSOP of this year plan 61 events during which winners could receive gold bracelets. From July 7 to 16, the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino will host the $ 10,000 Main Event (Event # 61) which will be broadcast in live streaming.

Finally, passionate of online poker in Spain can be happy because they can play freely and legally poker from June 1st, 2012. Indeed, its authorities has finally given the approval for the official opening of the spanish online poker market. The details of the bill regarding the Iberian online poker remain roughly the same as those promulgated by the French authorities, but Spanish will have the opportunity to play other poker games like Stud and Draw. Currently, more than 60 operators submitted applications for licenses among them, leaders in the online gaming industry. Once the application approved, they can all operate legally in the country.

The European Poker Tour is one of the most prestigious poker tournaments that crisscross Europe. For the next three years, organizers have chosen the new Casino of Deauville to receive the French stage of the EPT. The city of Deauville will be from January 30 to February 9, 2013 the European capital of poker alongside Barcelona, San Remo, Prague, London, Berlin and Monte Carlo, the main steps of the European Poker Tour. The international fame and prestige of a city is essential for a tournament to let players feel at their ease. To this end, the choice of Deauville is justified because the city is known worldwide by the casino of Barrière Group and the American film festival that take place there every year. The group Barriere is as reminder recognized in premium activities such as casinos, hotels, spa, restaurant and also golf.

The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) is a very popular live poker tournament inside players of this part of the planet and other neighboring countries. The Burswood Casino recently hosted the second stage of the ANZPT Season IV in its poker room during which 309 participants registered for the Main Event of $ 1,100 AUD buy-in. The event lasted five days after which Matt "Skillz" Carlsson won the title and $ 80,848 after having won the final table composed of nine players : Anthony Marenko, David Lloyd, Didier Guerin, Lucas Mierzwa, Mat Carlsson, Jon Curtis, Anthony Aston, Paul Satzke and John Shin. The bubble boy of the final table is Daryl Alderson but his 10th place finish allowed him to be paid, $ 4,483. Lucas Mierzwa and Paul Satzke were the first two players to leave the final table and ended the tournament respectively at the 9th ($ 6,724) and eighth place ($ 9,125).

Harrah's Casino Philadelphia was the witness of the coronation of Christopher Bonn when this place received the World Series of Poker Circuit. The event gathered a field of 312 players who paid the buy-in of $ 1,600. It was only a year that Harrah's Casino Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was inscribed in the program of the WSOPC and this year, the field increased by nearly 11% over last year with the participation of players already followers of the circuit as Andy Frankenberger, Ari Engel, Dennis Phillips or Todd Terry. After the Day 3, which was attended by 11 survivors of the previous days, the nine players of the final table were known when John Nelson and Rex Clinckscales was eliminated at the 11th and 10th place.

Among the field of 117 participants in the main event of the € 1,500 Barriere Poker Tour Nice (BPT), Denis Biscaldi emerged victorious and was awarded the trophy and the first prize of € 23,500 including a package of € 12,000 for the Main event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE). For the second consecutive year, the Hexagon was indeed privileged to host this great poker event. This year, the tournament will be held from September 29 to October 3rd, 2012 in Cannes. Since last year, packages for the WSOPE 2012 Cannes are distributed to participants at each stage of the BPT circuit. During the step in Nice, organizers offered six packages to the winner, his runner-up and also Gaëtan Balleur. Herve Clerc, Stephan Sismondini, Lionel Lacolas and Thibaut Demoulin who were entitled to a ticket by finishing respectively 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th.

The Global Poker Index (GPI) is the global ranking of top 300 poker players worldwide. In early May, the classification registered a new change mainly in the Top 10. Indeed, after 11 weeks at the top spot, the American Jason Mercier gives way to the French Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. The American monopolized this ranking leader since mid-February due to his gain of nearly 2.4 million dollars in live tournament during 2011. But since the beginning of the year, Jason Mercier was only seen in two events during which he earned only $ 100,000. This poor start of the American allowed Elky to take the leadership of the GPI. The French participated in seven tournaments since the beginning of the year and has already $ 1,266,165 earning. His victory in the € 10,000 High Roller of the EPT Berlin and his third place at the EPT Monte Carlo High Roller Super let him to win a few more points for a total of 2982.42 points against 2909.04 for Jason Mercier.

Two weeks approximately before the grand finale of the tenth edition of the World Poker Tour (WPT) to be held at Bellagio, a preview of the inaugural stage of the season XI has already been unveiled to the public. According to organizers, this will be the magnificent island of Cyprus that will host the first stage of the WPT 2012 - 2013. The choice of this destination is not a coincidence because everybody knows the beauty of this Mediterranean island and the many activities it provides to its visitors like diving sessions or golf. Moreover, the organizers negotiated with luxurious hotel establishment of the city to provide to players quality accommodation and enable them to enjoy a pleasant stay.

The stage in Paris of the Unibet Open has just named its champion this Sunday, May 6. Thus, it's an amateur player from Poland, Jaroslaw Barglick, who won the title of this tournament and pocketed the first prize of € 140,539. Note that the € 1,650 buy-in tournament in the poker room of Cercle Cadet was attended 439 participants. Many French players was logically part of this field and at the beginning of the third day of competition, they were still six qualifiers. The majority of French public was therefore more than confident. Unfortunately, they were gradually eliminated from the tournament. eremy Routier, Bruno Damien, Tarek Bouchama and Frank Tzafa were the first to join the bench of removed. They were ranked respectively in the 11th, 10th, 9th and 8th.

A field of 312 participants was recorded during the first day of competition of the main event of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Harrah's Philadelphia. As in large majors, many poker stars took part in the start of the event, which allowed the public to attend a fascinating tournament. But despite their reputation, some of these great players wasn't allowed to return playing during the Day 2 as the recent winner of the WSOPC St. Louis, Ari Engel, Craig Bergeron, Manh Nguyen, Jamie Kerstetter and La Sengphet. At the end of the first qualifying day, the field of the Day 2 is finally revealed and it will gather 158 players including 86 qualified on Day 1A and Day 1B at 72.

The last day of the Main Event of the Tangier Poker Million VIII was held yesterday with the participation of 15 players, the survivors of the first three days. El Otmani Houcine was the chipleader after the Day 3 with a well furnished stack of 606,700 chips while his opponents were less than 400,000 chips, who were Manuel Sadormil (368,200), Haho Said (348,900), Khalid Ayadi (322,700 ), Ange Cucchi (256,600) and Patrick Lacharme (190,700). Of the 103 players listed on the first day, only 15 of them were qualified for the final. The field generated a total prize pool of 1,030,000 Dhs and the 15 survivors are in the money with a minimum gain of 16,320 Dhs. Aida El Otmani was the bubble boy of the tournament for his 16th spot.

While the final of the Partouche Poker Tour tournament will be only held on September, the organizers have unveiled the program. Some new features are expected at this edition 2012. Poker tournament which brings together many professionals throughout the European continent and worldwide, the Partouche Poker Tour 2012 (PPT) promises to be spectacular. It will take place in the poker room of Palm Beach Casino in Cannes from September 3rd to 9. The main event open for € 8,500 buy-in will begin on September 3rd, 2012 and will be spread over seven days. The organizers decided to adopt the format re-entry at this event, which will give participants a better chance of success. Note that the guaranteed prize pool of $ 5 million will be still available.

The grand final of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 8 ended. The last tournament held as part of this great festival of European poker announced its verdict. This is the ladies tournament at € 1,100 entry fee, which was attended by 47 participants. Known for her enormous talent to play poker, the Spanish Leo Margets was awarded the first place of the podium at this event. As a reminder, the young champion was mainly made famous for her feat at the World Series of Poker 2009 (WSOP) during which she was the last woman standing at the main tournament. If during this competition, she had to stop at the 27 th place, this time, she went until the end and won the first prize.

Marrakesh became since a few time the favorite destination of lovers of live poker. Following the success of the Tangier Poker Million earlier this year, the Casino of Tangier will receive a new edition of the Tangier Poker Million, an international tournament of Texas Hold'em poker guaranteeing a total prize pool of 150,000 Dirhams. Last March, the Tangier Poker Million brought together a field of 109 players and it was Gilles Haddad who won the title and almost € 30,000 or 300,000 dirhams of prize. This new edition was held from Wednesday, May 2nd and will end this Sunday, May 6, 2012. The Tangier Poker Million VIII was also a great opportunity for poker fans to see Juan Manuel Pastor and Raúl Páez compete in a head's up of one million Dirhams of almost € 100 000 which was held last Thursday.

The Tournament of Champions or TOC 2012 ended with the victory of the champion of the European Poker Tour Warsaw (EPT), Christophe Benzmira. This event with a prize pool of € 100,000 was attended by 40 EPT champions with among others Davidi Kitai, Pascal Perrault, Lucien Cohen, Vicky Coren, Liv Boeree, Arnaud Mattern, Glen Chorny, Patrick Antonius, Mike McDonald, Roland de Wolfe, Jake Cody, Bertrand Grospellier, Roberto Romanello and Sandra Naujocks. The 49 years players from Nice offer the title to his country, France by winning the title of prestige. He managed to win against this very tough field. With this feat, Benzmira won the famous pack of € 35,000 that will let him to have access to each poker of the ninth edition of the EPT.

The Unibet Open (UO) visit the French capital from Thursday, May 3rd, 2012. This major event takes place at Cercle Cadet and the organizers hope to gather about 500 participants. Like all major poker tournaments held in Paris, the Unibet Open is estimated to attract celebrities who devote a passion for poker as Sebastien Chabal, Pierre Menes and Bruno Lopes, as well as top players at international level such as Tony G, David Benyamine and Jean Paul Pasqualini. So for four days, poker enthusiasts of France will participate in an outstanding game.

The Jacksonville Poker Room hosted since last weekend the second stage of the WPT Jacksonville with a Main event of $ 5,000 buy-in. Many players registered since Saturday and the first two days assembled a modest field of 320 players of which only 6 reached the final table. During these four days of competition, half of the field were qualified for the Day 2 and only 55 players are selected for the next day and 36 of them will enter in the money. At the end of Day 3, 16 players received their tickets for the Day 4 to compete for the six seats of the final table of the WPT Jacksonville II.

On Tuesday, May 1st, the Executive Director of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ty Steward and the Executive Director of Crown Casino in Melbourne, in Australia officially announced the creation of the WSOP Asia-Pacific (APAC). With the success recorded by the WSOP Las Vegas and the WSOP Europe, Ty Stewart wanted to conquer the Asian poker scene and because of the reputation of the Aussie Millions, he thought that a partnership with Crown Casino in Melbourne is an excellent choice to ensure the success of this new championship series. The goal in creating this new tour is to create a world grand slam.

After three days of competition, the Russian Igor Kurganov won the title of the € 25,000 High Roller event organized as part of the European Poker Tour Monte Carlo (EPT). A bunch of good poker players, however, was present at the event, which made the competition particularly interesting. Holder of the second largest stack prior to the final table, Kurganov came close to the elimination for several times. But he get to stay there until the end of the game and finished every time to get back into the game, but that was not the case for Justin Bonomo, who despite his chipleader position, had to surrender at the 4 th position.

Last Monday, the Sporting Club of Monaco hosted the final table of the EPT Monte Carlo 2012 during which eight players competed for a few hours of play. Sergio Castelluccio, Mohsin Charania, Bernard Guigon, Michael Dietrich, Lucille Cailly, Clayton Mozdzen, Daniel Gomez and Rodrigo Caprioli were the last survivors after the four days of tournament. Mohsin Charania, Sergio Castelluccio and Lucille Cailly made a good run for the title of the grand final of the European Poker Tour, but ultimately it was Mohsin Charania who won the title of this € 10,600 buy-in Main Event and the sumptuous Shamballa bracelet of € 25,000. Daniel Gomez was the first player to fall followed shortly after by Clayton Mozdzen. They are respectively in the 8th and 7th place with gains of € 130,000 and € 185,000. Michael Dietrich and Rodrigo Caprioli were the next on the list and left the table with € 245,000 and € 315,000.

The final of the French National Individual Clubs Championship 2012 (CNIC) will start soon. Indeed, this popular event appreciated by poker fans is scheduled to take place on May 5, 6 and 7. And this is the Seven casino of Amnéville that was chosen to host it. As a reminder, more than 4,100 qualifiers for this final were held and enabled to more than 12,000 members from different poker club to try their luck. In the final, participants will compete for the title of champion of France. The winner will be entitled to a pack for the World Poker Tour apart from the prize of around € 40,000. It is also important to mention that the 8 finalists will receive packages totaling € 1,150 to € 5,000 for the final of the ACF Poker Tour.

It remains only a few hours of competition before the time that the champion of the Grand Finale of the European Poker Tour (EPT) stands out. To the delight of poker fans in France, two of their representatives got their tickets for the final table and can have the chance to take place in the poker room to defend the honor of their country. It's Bernard Guigon who occupies the position of chipleader with 4.9 million chips and Lucille Cailly who is third with 2,865,000 chips. Note that the winner will walk away with a reward of € 1.5 million apart from the prestigious title. And about the runner-up, his prize will rise to € 900,000.

The Waterfront Hotel and Casino of Cebu, in the Philippines was the scene of an important poker meeting. Indeed, the place welcomes many famous poker players who came there to play the title of the Asian Pacific Poker Tour 2012 (APPT). The event brought together a field of 246 participants and it already reached its third day of competition. At the end of Day 2, the field narrowed to 28 participants and if the place of chipleader is occupied by Amit Varma, the French Antoine Amourette managed to appear in the list of survivors to defend the honor of his country. This French poker player made until here a good run as many players with the same level as him already surrendered at the end of this second day of competition, among whom are Charles Lam, Vivian Im, Raymond Wu, Celina Lin, Rami Boukai and David Steicke. Note that the 28 players who will participate in the Day 3 are all entitled to a reward. The bubble boy of the game, Mikko Turtiainen was the one who came close to the rank of rewarded players.

Poker tournaments with new concepts still have real success among poker enthusiasts. The Team Poker Championship is one of those events that are based on an original concept and the success of the first edition allowed organizers to repeat the event with a final scheduled on May 10 to 12 in Marrakesh, in Mamounia casino. As a reminder, the Team Poker Championship is a poker tournament by team, not poker club, consisting of two players to be complementary to participate in Sit & Go tournaments and cash games. The team has the right to choose the parts in which each player wants to participate but the bankroll is limited to € 1,000. This bankroll will allow them to register for the Main Event satellites, Side Events and to join Cash Game tables of € 100.

Last week, the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Harrah's St. Louis attracted 625 participants during its $ 1,600 buy-in main event. This time the title went to a big poker enthusiast from Atlanta. It's Tripp Kirk, a young poker player of 27 years who managed to win face to many top players. With this feat, he then pocketed the first prize of $ 190,961 after having ousted Tim Killday. Note that Kirk has already won a first ring in February 2012, by emerging victorious from the $ 555 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em tournament of the WSOPC Harrah's Tunica. So he comes to fill his prizelist by a second gold ring and a 11th cash in the WSOP.

It was this Wednesday, April 25 that the final table of the Super High Roller of the European Poker Tour Grand Final released its verdict. This poker tournament open to € 100,000 held in the poker room of Sporting Club of Monte Carlo attracted particularly the greatest poker players of the time because it was a golden opportunity to get a prestigious title and a great reward of € 1,640,000. At the end, it's Justin Bonomo who was entitled to such privilege. Chipeader at the start of the final table, he kept this advantage and gradually built his way to the success. Despite his experiences, Eugene Katchalov bowed at the 8 th place, which removed him from the list of winning players. The World champion Jonathan Duhamel also experienced the misfortune to meet the pair of aces of Bertrand Grospellier and had to settle for the place of bubble boy.
 
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