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Action is present in every poker room of Rio in Las Vegas since the kickoff of the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP). The distribution of trophies also continues and in this framework, three players joined the ranks of those with a WSOP bracelet. Among them are Greg Ostrander who won the title in the Event # 41 No Limit Hold'em of $ 3,000. The American climb on the first step of the podium to receive the bracelet and the $ 742,072 first prize after having eliminated the Australian Jackie Glazier during the final duel. Many French players were also in the money during this event that brought together 1,394 players like Fabrice Soulier, who finished 13 th.

Having conquered a large number of players in the U.S. and Europe, poker continues also to have a real success in the Asian continent. All tournaments organized in these places registered in most cases great success. And now, the extension of this game on the African continent is also felt. Note that some tournaments have been held in Africa like the Lemurian Poker Tour held in Madagascar, the World Series of Poker Africa that took place in South Africa or the Dakar Poker Tour, an event created under the initiative of Roger Hairabedian. They accumulated in general the expected success by organizers. This time, it's Lome, the capital of Togo which have the privilege to host a new poker series entitled African Poker Tour.

This weekend, the Partouche Poker Tour will stop in Forges-les-Eaux after a stage in Ostend that registered a significant influx. The Partouche Poker Tour in Forges-les-Eaux will allow poker fans to have a chance to participate in the final of this circuit to be held in Cannes in next September. This stage of the PPT as the previous Super Sat includes a buy-in of € 1,250 for the final qualification but also side events that could let everyone share a good time during the weekend of poker. The PPT has in its program a side event tournament of € 250 buy-in, the Poker Ladies at € 70 and satellite of € 170 for the first Summer Sat of the Season 5 to be held at the casino of Val-André.

In only one year career as a poker professional player, the Ukrainian Oleksii Kovalchuk has already two bracelets of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). He is the only Ukrainian to have managed such a feat. Moreover, until, he realized what many poker professionals failed to do. The first title was offered to him during the edition 2011 while he won the second by being awarded due to his high performance in the Event # 42, Omaha / Seven Card Stud Hi Lo or Better of $ 2,500 buy-in. The tournament attracted 393 participants which generated a prize pool of $ 894,075. Many top players were part of the field. But no competitor was able to get through the path of the young Ukrainian aged 22. He won the victory with a bonus of $ 228,014.

After Amneville step in last May, the France Poker Series (FPS) continued its course with a new stage which will be held at the Casino of Gujan-Mestras from June 28 to July 1st. This tournament is an opportunity for poker enthusiasts to meet once again before the holiday period. The FPS-Gujan Mestras will be indeed the last stop on this tour before the summer break. The tournament will be back in October with the FPS SunFest Mazagan to be held at Mazagan Beach Resort, Morocco. In mid-November, participants may meet at the Cercle Cadet for the FPS Paris during which 1000 players will be expected. This is the final stage of the France Poker Series before the grand finale of the Season 2, the FPS Final, which will be held at the Casino Barrière of Deauville.

In France, the regulation of online poker and other gambling on the internet is celebrating its two years of existence and the Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) took the opportunity to prepare an assessment. With their two years of offering quality services to French players, we can say that licensed online poker room and sports have acquired a certain maturity. To verify the maturity of these gaming rooms including those of online poker, the ARJEL decided to adopt a special procedure designed to better understand online gamblers (Sociology and behavior) and to discern their expectations for online gambling rooms but also the authority that was established to regulate gambling and online gambling in France.

The Poker Player Championship of $ 50,000 buy-in one of the leading tournaments part of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). The event attracts usually many poker stars. Note that to participate in this tournament, you must know how to play poker with eight different variants. This year's tournament features a field of 108 participants generating a prize pool of $ 5,184,000. The second day of competition was marked by many eliminations because half of the field disappeared. But what really marked this Day 2 was the quarrel that took place in the poker room, involving Nikolai Yakovenko, Shaun Deeb and Abe Mosseri, when approaching the end of the day.

Online poker in the U.S. begins to emerge especially in the State of Nevada. Indeed, the Neveda Gaming Control Board granted the license "Interactive Gaming License" for three operators of online gambling within the State. This is Bally Technologies, International Game Technology (IGT) and William Hill. In the first time, the license granted will only let them to offer them to offer their service inside the State but they may subsequently request a federal license. This will allow them to extend their service to other States like California or New Jersey. Bally Technologies and IGT were licensed provider of online games but do not offer their service directly to U.S. players. As for William Hill, a British bookmaker no longer to present, the NGCB granted it a license for sports betting. With this license, Americans residing in the State of Nevada can bet on sport from their mobile as confirmed by the CEO of William Hill, Ralph Topping.

The World Series of Poker 2012 brought great change to the Global Poker Index, the top 300 best poker players in the world. Indeed, the world championship of poker made some noticeable changes in the classification of the GPI but the strong man of the moment remains Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who since 17 weeks still lead the standings. Behind the French, who found Stephen O'Dwyer who won some places by relegating Jason Mercier in the fifth place (-3). Marvin Rettenmaier meanwhile keeps his 4th place, letting Shawn Buchanan climbing into the Top 5 with a jump of 14 places.

The Day of Saturday saw the coronation of Jan-Peter Jachtmann during the Event #39 of the WSOP 2012, a Pot-Limit Omaha of $ 10,000. The event, held during three days brought together 293 participants among whom 13 qualified for the day behind the quest of the WSOP bracelet. This final day lasted six hours and after a few hands, elimination succeeded like that of Sammy Farha, who was eliminated in the 11th place and still pocketed $ 43,076 for his coup. The elimination of Ville Wahlbeck at the 10th position allowed the nine survivors to play the final table, who were Jason Mercier, Steven Silverman, Micah Smith, Nikolai Yakovenko, Joe Kushner, Andy Seth, Benjamin Wise, Jan-Peter and Andrew Brown Jachtmann.

The Casino of Chaudfontaine, in Belgium was during the last weekend the place where the 8th stage of the Partouche Poker Deepstack were held. 452 players move and were present at the three days appointment of this big poker tournament in Europe with over € 40,000 to win for the winner. After the Day 2, the field was reduced to 216 players and to 36 players in the last day. Manual Beldroegas was the chipleader of Day 3 with a stack of 1,677,000 followed by Ahmed Bouras and Nils Svärd with respectively a stack of 1,558,000 and 1,520,000 chips. During this last day, Ahmed Bourras and Nills Svärd fighted for the chip lead which finally returned to the Swedish before the final table with 5,670,000 chips. Nine other players accessed also at the final table like David Dupuis, Mathieu Jamar, Jim DeBarros, Fouad Atigui, Francois Leance, Francois Xavier Szkaradek, Ahmed Bourras, Thierry de Quick and David Herbez.

The Event #38 No-Limit Hold'em of $ 1,500 buy-in of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) brought together a field of 2,502 participants. After three days of competition, there were only 21 survivors to compete for the bracelet like David Pham, Dung Nguyen, Jeffrey Manza, Blair Hinkle, Kristijonas Andrulis, Scott Clements, Blake Cahail, Korik Zachary, Theo Tran, Jason Lester, Bahman Jahanguiri or Tyler Patterson. Jeffrey Manza and Dung Nguyen were the two favorites of the event at the beginning of Day 3 with a respective stack of 1,302,000 and 1,273,000 chips. The eliminations sequenced until the time that the final table was set. Scott Clements was the bubble boy of the final table but failed to the 10th place.

Poker addiction is a real problem for some players. Debt can bring players to do anything to make acts contrary to law. This is the case of Kolinga Leonce, an resident of Ile de France region of 33 years old, who made twice an armed robbery in supermarkets. On December 18, 2010, Leonce Kolinga made a hold up at Carrefour Market of Vatan and on December 30 of the same year, the Intermarket Aix-en-Othe was the next. And every time, employees were kidnapped. This aggravating circumstance in addition to the fact he does sentenced him for 13 years imprisonment. This sentence is justified following a recidivism. Indeed, Leonce Kolinga was already condemned by the Créteil Court in December 2004.

With the current divergence of legislation on online gaming, European regulators met on June 20 in Barcelona as part of the XVIIth COFAR Congress ( Spanish businessmen Confederation of gambling sector). Many European regulators gathered around a round table to talk about the regulation of games including online poker in the countries of southern Europe. The round-table was attended by France, Spain, Italy and Portugal respectively represented by the President of ARJEL Jean-Francois Vilotte, the director of the Juego del Ordenacion Enrique Alejo, the director of AAMS Francesco Rodano and the vice president of Santa Casa da Misericordia Fernando Paes. The purpose of this meeting aims to seek a common standard for regulated European markets of online gambling. The other issue that was discussed was the opening of a market ".eu". The opening of this market is still far, however, European regulators agreed to a future evolution towards a single domain name for European players.

Steve Heller, CEO of the World Poker Tour (WPT) and the staff of the organization of this legendary circuit had just announced the addition of two extra tournaments in the circuit for next season. The Season XI of the World Poker Tour will then stop in Johannesburg (South Africa) and Montreal (Canada), a step that was omitted from the WPT schedule since 2008. With these two new steps in one of the most exclusive tours around the world alongside the WSOP, the WPT will have 13 tournaments during the first half of the season 2012-2013. The Emperors Palace Hotel Casino in the South African capital will therefore receive on October 22 to 26 the WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic Main Event with $ 3,600 buy-in. For its stage in Montreal, Playground Poker Club of Quebec will host the WPT Montreal from November 23 until 26. The main event for the Canadian stage is characterized by a buy-in of $ 3,300 with the possibility of a re-entry for the second day.

Three days passed in the Rio poker room for the 2,795 participants who registered in the WSOP 2012 Event # 33, No-Limit Hold'em of $ 1,000. The Day 2 brought together 231 players and after 10 levels of play, Vitaly Meshcheriakov holds the chip lead with 946,000 chips. On Tuesday, the 14 survivors returned to Rio Casino in Las Vegas to compete the nine seats of the final table. Erik Seidel, Amanda Baker, Andy Frankenberger, Humberto Brenes, Jared Vengrin, Mark Radoja, Tom Middleton, Zimnan Ziyard, Faraz Jaka and Daniel Idema didn't have this luck. The 14 players were already in the money and the first player to have left the Day 3 pocketed $ 19,847. At the end of the day, nine of the 14 survivors of Day 3 acceded in the final table: Christopher Shaw, Ryan Laplante, Dylan Hortin, Samuel Gerber, Matt Stout, David Nicholson, Joseph Marzicola, Vitaly Meshcheriakov and Max Steinberg.

The One For Big One Drop, the live poker tournament of $ 1 million buy-in expected in a few weeks, see the list of its participants fill every day. Limited to only 48 players, the Big One by its very high entry fee, will bring together all the best poker players in the world. Among the players who have already registered, we can count on the presence of Guy Laliberté, Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Tom Dwan, Johnny Chan, Jason Mercier, Roger Teska, Sam Trickett, Bobby Baldwin, Patrik Antonius, Bertrand "ElkY "Grospellier, Erik Seidel, Eugene Katchalov, Phil Ruffin, Andy Beal, Antanas" Tony G "Guoga, Jonathan Duhamel, Giovanni" Malibu "Guarascio, Arnaud Mimran, Cary Katz, Paul Phua, Paul Newey, Richard Yong, Bob Bright, Justin Smith, Dan Shak, Frederick Banjout, John Morgan, Jens Kyllönen, David "Viffer" Peat, Vivek Rakjumar, Andrew Robl, Nick Schulman, Noah Schwartz and Carlos Nahas who qualified during the satellite tournament of Loto-Québec/Casino Montreal. All this registered players raises the number of participants to 42 players in addition to places of anonymous gamblers and the satellite on June 30 at the Rio Casino for a buy-in of $ 25,300.

After the Day 2 of the Event # 32, the H.O.R.S.E. $ 10,000 buy-in, it stayed 15 survivors on Day 3. Among the finalists, there were many famous names of live poker including Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Dan Kelly, David "Bakes" Baker. The list was also enriched with the qualification of David Bach, Abe Mosseri, Matt Waxman, John Monnette, Paul Sokoloff and many more. But the Day 2 was also marked by the elimination of many players as the No. 1 French Betrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Mike Sexton, Fabrice Soulier, Mike Matusow, Shaun Deeb, Robert Mizrachi or Jennifer Harman. Other players like Eugene Katchalov, Nick Schulman, Owais Ahmed and Joe Tehan said also good bye to the tournament but they were in the ITM. At the start of Day 3, John Monnette was at the head of the 15 survivors of the previous day with 825,000 chips.

Only 19 players on the starting 331 qualified for the final day of the No-Limit Hold'em of $ 1,500 buy-in, Event # 31 of the WSOP 2012. Joe Cada, seeking a second WSOP bracelet after winning the Main Event 2009, was on the way for a new bracelet with a stack of 720,000 chips, the shortstack before the start of the final table. But Cada fails after a head's up against Carter Phillips and lost all chances to carve his name on a new WSOP bracelet. The head's up lasted just over two hours with a large lead for Cada who started this duel with a stack of 8.9 million against 3.7 million for Carter Phillips. But Joe Cada lost most of his stack a few hands later. Phillips took the lead with 7.73 million against 4.87 million chips for his opponent.

The Event # 30 of the World Series of Poker, the 2-7 Lowball of $ 1,500 buy-in was attended by a field of 285 players and generated a prize pool of $ 384,750 to be shared to the thirty first players who enter in the money. At the end of Day 1, Michael Mizrachi took control with a stack of 86,025 chips on the 66 survivors of the Day 2. Mizrachi gave way to Erick Lindgren in the place of chipleader at the end of the day. Both were qualified for the final table alongside Andrew Lichtenberger, Larry Wright, Erick Lindgren, Rep Porter, Ryan Tepen and Brandon Cantu. Among the players who did not survive the first two days, there were among others Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth, Dan Smith, Greg Raymer, Andy Frankenberger, Daniel Negreanu, Vincent van der Fluit, Liv Boeree, David Sklansky, Leo Margets , Bryan Devonshire, Scott Fishman and Ted Forrest.

The Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship event is very popular inside older players at the WSOP. The Rio Hotel and Casino hosted last week the Event # 29, the Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship of $ 1,000 buy-in in which 4,128 players participated. This event specially organized for players of more than 50 years experienced this year a record attendance because last year, the number of participation was only 3,752 players. After three days, only four players were qualified for the final of this poker tournament scheduled for Sunday but Bob Phelps, Dennis Phillips, Hoyt Corkins and Allyn Jaffrey-Shulman, the only woman in the final table, decided to postpone the final on last Monday.

The No-Limit Hold'em Four Handed is one of the novelties of the WSOP 2012. So for its first edition, this tournament attracted nearly 750 players whith many enthusiasts of live poker present there. These include among others Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Joe Cada, David Benyamine, Annette Obrestad, Maria Ho, Liv Boeree, ... After three days of fierce competition, eight players were the last survivors of the final table, four players per table as the name "Four Handed" indicates. Throughout these three days, elimination alternated and there remained only Brendon Rubie, Timothy Adams, Gregory Merson, Anthony Gregg, James Schaaf, Toan Trinh, Torrey Reily, Andrey Gulyy for the battle for the WSOP bracelet.

For those who have not yet chosen their destination for summer holidays, it's time to make the decision. For poker fans, to get to the Hotel Prestige St Mark of Rojas, Costa Brava, Spain from August 28 to September 2 is a great option. Indeed, during this period, a poker trip will be held in this prestigious establishment located in one of the best Iberian beaches. Pleasure and relaxation are guaranteed because the place is just beautiful. But what's even great is that during the week of poker, tournaments available at reasonable buy-ins will be held. The organizers of this trip have the ambition to enable all participants to play poker in a very professional setting, that is to say, adequate room in the presence of dealers but at a price within reach of all.

Last weekend, the third step of the ACF Poker Tour was held at the Aviation Club de France. The event organized as part of the ACF Summer Series brought together a field of 128 players. After two days of competition, it's Franck Kalfon who won the victory. Despite the presence of a few major players as Celine Bastian and Isabelle Mercier, who ranked respectively at the end in the 5 th and 7 th place, Kalfon found the path to success. For his performance, he bagged the first prize of € 21,945. He also won a € 1,500 package for the grand finale of the circuit to be held in September on the sidelines of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix of Paris.

The HORSE Event # 27 of the World Series of Poker 2012 brought together during its four days of competition 889 players who competed for the title by paying a buy in of $ 1,500. The final day featured eight players but only three of them was on the podium, who was Ylon Schwartz, Stephen Chidwick and David Chiu. Stephen Chidwick was the first player to leave the table after having been eliminated by Ylon Schwartz. He and David Chiu was engaging a hard head's up that turned in favor of the native of New York. For his first place, Ylon Schwartz won the gold bracelet and the sum of $ 267,081. Among the eliminated players at the final table, we find Robby Rasmussen who pocketed a gain of $ 78,021 followed by Elior Zion $ 55,422, John Rogers ($ 40,169), Jason Brown ($ 29,679) and Marlon Milne ($ 22,358).

Part of the largest international poker tour, the Aussie Millions Poker Championship still gather at each of its editions many professionals of poker. After a very successful edition 2012, the organizers of the event just unveiled the program of the edition 2013. The competition will take place from January 17 to February 3rd, 2013 and of course, it will be held at Crown Casino Melbourne. This luxurious resort, which has always given great satisfaction in previous editions, is indeed worthy of hosting this major poker tournament. And at the season to come, officials of the institution decided to meet a whole category of players. Thus, beginners, amateurs or professionals, will be all able to indulge their passion for poker at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2013 with 26 tournaments open for an entrance fee ranging from € 400 to € 200,000.

Many players are present in Las Vegas in order to inscribe his or her name in the most legendary poker tournament of the planet and why not win a bracelet of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Brian Meinders and Austin Scotts have just thus joined the ranks of great lucky ones who have been entitled to gold jewelry. For Meinders, he triumphed over 364 other players registered for the Limit Hold'em Shootout tournament of $ 1,500 to win this reward. The American had also however compete during this event to formidable competitors likeVictor Ramdim and Brock Parker but this has not prevented him to win. Both were part of the final table but unfortunately surrendered respectively in the 4 th and 5 th place. After having ousted his compatriot Darin Thomas during the final duel, Meinders won his first bracelet and a prize of $ 116,118.

For the edition 2012 of the Irish Winter Festival, fans of the circuit will meet in the poker room of Burlington Hotel in Dublin. Note that the event will run from October 26 to 29, 2012 on the sidelines of the Oktoberfest on the Celt island, a very interesting event that will only make more pleasant the stay of participants in the tournament. For the first time, the Irish Poker Festival will offer to fans of the game a wide range of tournaments available each at a buy-in within the reach of every budget. First, there is the main event open for a buy-in of € 1,125. It will begin on October 27, 2012 from 2:00 pm. and will be spread over three days. Last year, the main event was attended by 395 participants and the trophy was awarded to John Keown who pocketed for his performance the first prize of € 100,000.

While Phil Hellmuth had the privilege to accomplish his dream which is to win another bracelet, the 12 th of his career, Phil Ivey should continue to multiply his attempts. He was once again close to victory in the Event # 4, Omaha High Low Split 8 or Better, but unfortunately he had to settle for the third place despite his resistance. Note that Phil Ivey also grazed this feat during the Event # 17 because he was qualified for the final duel that ended with a victory of Andy Frankenberger. During the Event # 24 that brings together a field of 256 participants, it was Joe Cassidy who had the privilege of being in the first step of the podium. He's a cash game specialist and his exploits in live tournaments and online poker earned him a great gain of over $ 1.8 million.

18 players survived at the start of Day 3 of the Event # 23 of the World Series of Poker 2012, a No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed of $ 3,000 buy-in. But after a few hours of play, it's the Canadian Simon Charette who emerged victorious after knocking out a field composed of talented players like the French Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Freddy Deeb, Eugene Katchalov or Andy Frankenberger. The event brought together initially 924 participants generating a prize pool of $ 2,522,520. 104 paid places have been planned and the $ 567,624 provided for the winner is entitled to Simon Charette who was simply royal as he began the day with a rather impressive field as he was at the 9th place in the chip count with 405,000 chips at the beginning of Day 3.

The 3rd Event of the Mega Poker Series powered by Poker770 at the Casino Gran Madrid outnumbered the Spanish European Poker Tour stop (477 players during its stop back in March 2012) in terms of participants for 2012 and reached a total of 507 Entries from more than 12 European and international countries within two starting days. With a total prize pool of 344,250€, the top 63 get paid and receive at least 1,500€ whereas the winner will take home 65,000€ for the efforts in the 770€ Main Event.

Less prestigious than the WSOPE or the WPT, the Risoul Summer Poker Open is a live poker tournament which remains outstanding. The ski resort of Risoul invite every player this summer for a tournament of over € 30,000 of prizes to be won including a package for the WSOP 2013 worth € 2,500. From July 1st to 8th so, French poker lovers and passionates of other neighboring countries will be invited for a week's stay in the Alps with the main interest : poker. Before this great event, the poker room hosting the tournament plan until June 19 packages of € 900 on two freeroll tournaments. These packages include a 7 night stay for two in a 3 star hotel, an entry fee in the Day 1B of qualification during the Event 2 on Tuesday, July 3 and a possible qualification for the Grand Final.

Despite a bracelet of the World Series of Poker already won last year, the French, Bertrand Grospellier does not plan to stop there. His current ranking in the Event # 23 seems to claim that he is on the road to another success, in fact, he is currently in the top 10 of this No Limit Hold'em Six Handed of $ 3,000. Until here, there are only 18 players left. Another French, Damien Lhomeau is also well positioned, in the fifth position to be exact. Hearing the Marseillaise sung in the Rio poker room at the end of this competition is more than likely. Note that the Event # 23 raised a total of 924 participants, generating a prize pool rather important of $ 2,522,520. The player who could happens seize the victory will leave then with a reward of more than half a million dollars in addition to the WSOP bracelet.

Each year, The Venetian casino, a must gambling hall in the center of Las Vegas Strip Boulevard organize on the sidelines of the World Series of Poker the great event Deep Stack Extravaganza. This very popular series of tournaments always brings professionals and poker players thanks to its very interesting structure which is a maximum of tokens and long enough level of play. And there's also the moderate buy-in. While the main event of $ 5,000 will be only held on July 12 to 15, a side event of the tournament already delivered its verdict. This is the pot-limit Omaha of $ 600. And it's Elias Payan who won the victory after knocking out Daniel Furnival at the last face to face. Payan achieved then a great performance at this event which brought together a field of 332 participants and pocketed the sum of $ 41,532. The British, for his second place, received $ 25,088.

Last weekend, the city of Toulouse hosted a stage of the Barrière Poker Tour Season 5. At the € 1,500 buy-in Main Event, Nicolas Cieutat triumphed thus after a head's up against Remi Marlair. The Barrière Poker Tour is a live poker tournament no longer to present in France and during this stopover in Toulouse, 160 players gathered inside the casino of the famous operator to hope to win the title and other supplies provided by the organizers. At the entrance of Day 2, there were still 69 participants of which 23 were "In The Money" with a minimum gain of € 1,880.

A fortnight after the start of the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP), the distribution of gold bracelets continues in Las Vegas. Indeed, the first 20 tournaments of this year have already shared their trophies. About the Event 19, No Limit Hold'em of $ 1,500, it's an American student of 24 years old who reached the top of the podium and the prize of $ 559,514. From Potomac, Maryland, Cliff Goldking was the best of the part during this event which brought together over 2,302 participants. He managed to win against Kennii Nguyen during the final duel. The prize pool of $ 3,107,700 gathered in this event was distributed to the 234 best players including well-known poker players such as Cliff Josephy, John Dolan, Barry Schulman, Isaac Haxton, Sam Stein and Victor Ramdim who did not return home empty-handed. The French player Manuel Garcia also ended in the money.

The third edition of the tournament Open de Poker du Pasino began this Wednesday at the casino Partouche of Saint Amand Les Eaux. This is a championship specially dedicated for those who like to play poker deepstack. Indeed, during this festival, there will be five deepstack events in the program during which, the famous poker game, Texas Hold'em No Limit, will be played. As usual, the trophy for the Open de Poker du Pasino will be played during the Main Event of € 1,000 entry fee. This tournament will run for three days and the first qualifying day will start on Friday, June 15 from 8:00 pm. The final is scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 17 at 3:00 pm. Concerning the structure, it will be played with 30,000 starting chips for rounds of 60 minutes.

Since the day when he struggled in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament to win another gold jewelery, Phil Hellmuth finally realized his dream. Indeed, Poker Brat has just won his 12 th bracelet in the Event 18, Seven Card Razz of $ 2,500. Last year, Hellmuth was close to the goal three times. But it's only this year 2012 that he succeeded by establishing this great feat. Indeed, he is the only player to have won so many bracelets. Poker Brat richly deserved this award not only because he faced formidable opponents but he also triumphed in a discipline other than Texas Holdelm, his speciality. For this great victory, Hellmuth pocketed the sum of $ 182,793.

The Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria 2012 ended on last Sunday, June 10 with the victory of the local player Petar Zografov. As a reminder, the event started on Thursday, June 8 in the poker room of Golden Sands Casino and brought together a field of 123 participants. Happy to have well defended the honor of his country, Zografov also pocketed the top prize of € 48,745 after having ousted the Lithuanian Algirdas Saveikis during the final duel. The latter who started the final with a low stack still managed to climb to the final head's up of this poker tournament by eliminating many players as Barnabas Nagy who finished 8th, Michal Misterek (5th), Slaven Popov (4th) and Ted Stoizenbach (3rd).

The Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas registered 179 players during the Event # 17 Pot-Limit Hold'em of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) among whom the American player Phil Ivey who was near to win another bracelet. Waiting for the ninth WSOP trophy of his career, Phil Ivey was however stopped on his way by another American during this tournament : Andy Frankenberger. Phil Ivey was surely very disappointed because he lost after a head's up with his compatriot and settled with a gain of $ 275,559 for his second place. The ninth trophy must wait for later! Remarkable poker player since last year during which he won his first bracelet at the World Series of Poker No Limit Hold'em of $ 1,500 buy-in, Frankenberger pocketed his title for a gain of $ 599,153. This new victory is added to his prizelist.

The last update of the Global Poker Index has just been unveiled. To the delight of French people, the top spot is still occupied by Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier. This French player has even acquired some more points ahead of the American Jason Mercier. Regarding the rest of the ranking, the results of different majors that took place recently as the World Poker Tour Championship changed many rankings. So, winner of the $ 25,500 WPT at Bellagio, the German Marvin Rettenmaier was entitled to a place in the top 10, he henceforth occupied the 5th place. David Sands also regained the third place. Steve O'Dwyer meanwhile dropped in the 4 th place. Dan Smith, Jonathan Duhamel, Noah Schwartz, Vanessa Selbst and Sorel Mizzi occupied respectively the 6 th, 7 th, 8 th, 9 th and 10 th place.

The largest poker destination of North Africa, Morocco, expects fans of this game on July 12 to 15 2012 for a new adventure. Indeed, the Word Poker Tour National Series (WPT) will make a stop in the country, specifically in the casino Mazagan Beach and Golf Resort. The tournament director Matt Savage announced a program of dream for players who will be do the travel in this poker festival. Thus, he invites players to sign up for the main event open for a buy-in € 1,650. This event which will have two first days of qualifying will begin on July 12 at 2:00 pm. We should also mention that the re-entry format is offered during this event. The champion will be crowned on Sunday, July 15. Apart from the first prize and the trophy, he or she will also have a ticket for the WPT Grand Prix of Paris.

Winning a bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a dream that everyone who like playing poker hope to achieve one day, whether amateur or professional. While many players, even those already well known in this field are still looking for their first bracelet, Matt Matros just conquered his third gold jewelry by winning at the Event 16, a No Limit Hold'em 6-Max of $ 1,500. Frank Kassela, Mike Matusow and Kathy Liebert were however part of the starting field of 1,600 participants. But this great Limit Hold'em cash game specialist found the best way to evict them. With this new exploit in Las Vegas, Matros pockets the sum of $ 454,835. He now has more than $ 2.2 million winnings in live tournament.

Poker enthusiasts who could not travel to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker 2012 will be spoiled after this Friday, June 8, 2012. Indeed, several events will be held all over France. In addition to the ACF Summer Series and the BPT Toulouse, there is also the tournament “The Mineral” open for EUR 400 buy-in to be held at Cercle Cadet. The Mineral of 400 € is an event with a guaranteed prizepool of € 60,000 and two packages for the France Poker Series Paris accessible to € 1,100, a major tournament to be held on the same place in November. It begins this Saturday, June 9 and will be spread over two days. In terms of structure, competitors will each receive 15,000 starting chips for game levels of 40 minutes. Levels duration will increase on Day 2.

Appointment highly anticipated by poker enthusiasts, the Barrière Poker Tour (BPT) will begin its Toulouse stage this weekend in the poker room of Casino Théâtre Barrière. Although the event takes place simultaneously with the World Series of Poker (WSOP), some thousand miles from each other, however, the organizers hope to collect a satisfactory field. In addition, poker enthusiasts are well aware that this stage of the BPT may help them to secure a place for the famous main event of the WSOP Europe in Cannes, which will be held this fall. The tournament's main event in Toulouse is open for a buy-in of € 1,500. The estimated prize pool amounted € 120,000, enough to brighten up the best players in the game. In anyway, the winner is sure to leave at least with the package of € 12,000 for the tournament in Cannes.

If since the beginning of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Phil Ivey remained fairly discreet, he now comes out of anonymity at Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas during the Event # 15, a Seven Card Stud High Low Split 8 or Better of $ 5,000 to buy-in. Indeed, the best poker player in the world unveiled that he still has all his talents. He finished the second day of competition in the place of chipleader after amassing 285,000 chips. Note that this event registered a field of 212 participants, composed of a multitude of stars. This competition is interesting because besides the gold bracelet, the champion will also receive a bonus of $ 269,037. However, Ivey is far from being bailed out because the remaining field of 21 participants is still made up of great players like Phil Hellmuth, Eli Elezra, John Monnette, Andy Bloch or Todd Brunson.

Even if the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas are in full swing now and attract the attention of poker enthusiasts from all around the world, the organizers of the Fox Poker Club (FPC) main event still decided to keep their monthly appointment meeting with players. So this weekend, players are invited to join the UK to participate in the FPC Main Event of £ 330 buy-in. As usual, the event has a amazing structure. Participants will begin the game with 2,500 chips for a level of play of 45 minutes. Re-entry format will be adopted at this tournament to increase the prize pool and the premium to be awarded to the winner. Note that in the previous edition held in May, the FPC main event was attended by 146 players crowning Yue-Jen Chiang that ousted Geirge Achillea during the final duel. The champion left with a bonus of £ 10,160 in his pocket.

The results accumulated by poker players at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will change many things in the ranking of the Global Poker Index. In fact, 61 tournaments are expected as part of this great event, and it is certain that players who managed to accumulate good results will climb to the top spot. Currently, it is the former world poker champion, Jonathan Duhamel who is in the first place in the top 10 of the GPI "Player of The Year 2012". He amassed 595.68 points. Until here, he didn't achieved yet especially feat at the WSOP 2012, but his results at different majors allowed him to rise at the leadership position.

The edition 2012 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas continues to distribute trophies to top finishers. Since its kick-off, numerous are those having already won their bracelets, the ultimate trophy to win in a poker player career. Three new champions received effectively the famous jewel. First, there is the Canadian Ashkan Razavi who won at the Event 9, No Limit Hold'em re-entry, which brought together a wide field of 3,404 participants, including great players like Jason Mercier, Liv Boeree, Carlos Mortensen, Tony Dunst or Mike Matusow. Thanks to this victory, the Canadian also pocketed a prize of $ 781,398. This same success, the American John Monnette also experienced it during the Event 10, Seven Card Stud of $ 5,000. This poker pro of 30 years has been indeed victorious in this tournament that brought together 145 players, with names like Nick Schulman, Jeff Lisandro and Eugene Katchalov from the field. This triumph allowed him to win his second bracelet and a prize of $ 190,826.

Following an agreement created by the organizers on the opening of the tournament beyond Asia, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) will make stops in the western Indian Ocean, specifically in Mauritius from August 19 to 26, 2012. For this first appearance of the APT outside of Asia, a wonderful program will be at the rendezvous. The highlight of the event will be of course the Main Event accessible for a buy-in of € 900. But there will be also eight side events that will be open to players and they are accessible to a buy-in between € 110 and € 440. The other tournaments not to be missed during the APT Mauritius are the Ladies Event, the High Roller of € 2,200 entry fee and the team tournament The Battle of Nations open for € 3,300.

After the feat of Joni Joukhimainen during the second stage of the European Masters of Poker (EMOP) Season IV, another Finnish player won the title of the EMOP Bulgaria. Indeed, the public of the poker room of Crystal Crown Casino, Sunny Beach saw the coronation of Tero Kalliomaki, the player who won the € 770 buy-in Main event. Despite the presence of many local players in the field of the final table, Kalliomaki seized the trophy after having had as opponent during the final head's up his fellow countryman Jarkko Pennonen. Note that the entrance fee to this tournament declined significantly because before, its buy-in was € 1,100. With a field of 214 participants, the organizers assembled a prizepool of € 145,320 and awarded the top 27 players in the game.

To the delight of players and online poker enthusiasts in Spain, operators who got their license have already opened their doors since Tuesday, June 5, 2012. So now, Spaniards can play poker on the net legally. Note that operators highly respected in the poker industry have been entitled to approval and can operate in the Iberian market. They apparently agreed to pay back taxes. The Spanish regulator has been much more flexible in regulations concerning accounts migration from .com to .es sites, which was not the case in France. This greatly eased the task of operators, and allowed players to have a wide choice regarding the game variants because besides Texas Hold'em and Omaha, they can also play Seven Card Stud, Badugi, Razz and 2-7 Triple Draw.

While most of professional of poker are in Las Vegas trying to win a gold bracelet, a prize coveted by every fans of this game, 387 players chose to join the city of Edinburgh to play poker through the third stage of the tournament Genting Poker Series. These players paid an entry fee of £ 430 generating a prize pool of £ 154,800. The competition ended then with the victory of Paul McTaggart who pocketed the prize of £ 32,685. Before being crowned, the champion was first confronted to Paul Jackson in a hectic duel. He was the strongest and the luckiest. As runner-up, Jackson took home the prize of £ 30,000.

The coronation of the best players still continue in Rio. Indeed, the verdict was announced for several tournaments of the World Series of Poker 2012. During the Event 6, the Mix-Max NLHE of $ 5,000, the victory went to the young French Aubin Cazals. He offered to France its tenth gold bracelet and pocketed for his great performance the prize of $ 480,564. But before receiving this title, Cazals faced players like Joseph Cheong, the November Nine in 2010, during the final duel that lasted five hours. Finally, Cheong surrendered and left the top spot to the French. For the Event 7, Seven Card Stud of $ 1,500, the title was awarded to Andy Bloch, who managed to triumph against 359competitors and especially Barry Greenstein, his opponent during the final heads'up.

The French rapper, Kool Shen, was once again under the spotlight at the poker room of Casino Barrière Cannes Croisette during the final of the World Poker Tour National Series (WPT). Indeed, the leader of the NTM group has just conquered the title of the € 1,650 entry fee tournament. Bruno Lopes became apparently a poker star right as he continues to achieve great feats. Indeed, despite a field of 337 participants in this tournament, that did not stop him from signing his second major title of the year. As a reminder, he was crowned champion of the EFOP Diamond Championship 2012 held at the Aviation Club de France. Note that Bruno Lopes also finished 4th at the European Poker Tour Madrid held in last March.

Some new champions at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) were crowned this weekend. Among others, there is Cory Zeidman who came to triumph face to 621 other competitors during the Event 4, a Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better of $ 1,500. Having been a finalist in the same event in 2011 and who ended at that time at the 6th place, Zeidman managed to win against other candidates like Michael Mizrachi, the son of the godfather of poker Doyle Brunson and also Xuan Liu. He then won the gold bracelet and the lion's share of the prize pool totaling $ 201,559. Note that he also eliminated the British Chris Bjorin during the final duel.

As the organizers estimated it, the field of the World Poker Tour National Series Cannes (WPT) increased dramatically. Indeed, in total, 338 players registered to attend this event among whom 197 were registered on Day 1B. As during the first qualifying day, poker players known internationally as Clement Beauvois, Antonin Teisseire, Bruno Lopes, Mikael Azoulay and Kara Scott were part of the Day 1B field. The prize pool gathered amounted € 500,000 and this sum will be distributed to the 45 best players. Note that the champion will walk away with a large sum of an amount of € 100,500 and he is also entitled to a € 7,500 package to the WPT Grand Prix of Paris.

The Women in Poker Hall of Fame is an institution created to showcase and reward women who contributed greatly to the development of the poker industry. Each year, new members are welcomed into the institution after a severe selection. The 10 nominees of this year, made up of female poker players and VIPs in the poker industry are now available to the public. Note that the vote will run until June 20 and the induction ceremony for new recruits will take place during a dinner to be held at Golden Nugget in Las Vegas on August 31, 2012. Among the candidates to be elected are therefore Debbie Burkhead, poker player and director of sales of the magazine Poker Player Newspaper, Victoria Coren who won the title of European Champion of Poker in 2006 and Annie Duke who has a World Series of Poker bracelet, known as poker book author and teacher.

The International Poker Tour Stadiums (ISPT) became a big topic of conversation in the poker world for some time now. As a reminder, it's a tournament founded by Laurent Tapie and Bernard Tapie with the help of Prosper Masquelier and promises to be a very big event. Since the project was made public, rumors circulated regarding the date and the concept of the tournament. Finally, the organizers provided accurate information about it. Thus, as it was announced a few days ago, the first edition of the ISPT will be held in May 2013. To be more precise, it will begin on May 30 and will end on June 6. The original concept is retained, that is to say, the event will take place as it was planned in the vast Wembley Stadium in London.

And the action continues at Rio in Las Vegas, the host institution of the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP). Indeed, another poker player conquered the famous bracelet and the title of WSOP champion. This is Leif Force, an American player who was already ranked 11th during the WSOP 2006 Main Event and pocketed for this performance a reward of more than $ 1.1 million. His name remains unknown to poker enthusiasts but he still managed to win against his 316 competitors during the Event 3, the Head's Up No Limit Hold'em / Pot Limit Omaha of $ 3,000 buy-in, which allowed him to pocket a bonus of $ 207,708.

Held at the same time as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, but simply separated by the Atlantic, the Main event of € 1,650 entry fee of the World Poker Tour National Series Cannes still managed to attract a field of 141 participants during its first qualifying day. This day A was composed of 11 levels of play for a period of one hour and after the meeting, there are only 47 survivors for the second day of competition. The presence of some French poker elite like Leo Truche, Jean Philippe Rorh, Philippe Ktorza, Antonin Teisseire, Jean Paul Pasqualini, Benjamin Pollack, Steve Moreau and Valentin Messina marked the day. None of these players, however, managed to qualify for the Day 2. The public can still hope, however, their come back at the poker room of the Casino Barrière Cannes Croisette during the second qualifying day because the re-entry format is effective during this tournament.

While most of poker enthusiasts, especially professional of players are in Las Vegas to attend the World Championship which takes place now, this fact didn't stop the association Dealing for Duchenne to organize the 5th edition of its charity poker tournament Dealing for Duchenne. Indeed, the association relies on the generosity of poker players to support this charity to be held on June 2, 2012 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California. It should be mentioned that the association's mission is to provide funds to support research for the treatment of muscular dystrophy by the Centre of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Note that muscular dystrophy is a disease that affects mainly children under five years. This disease creates many complications such as muscle degeneration that limits the lifetime of the victims. Indeed, children with this disease usually have an expectancy life of 25 years. Boys constitute most of the victims of this disease as they are currently numbered 3,600.

After its mediated launching, the World Series of Poker already distributed their second bracelet. Indeed, the Event 2, a No Limit Hold'em of $ 1,500 had just crowned the American of 29 years, Brent Hanks, to have been the one who managed to keep his stack till the end. Note that the event attracted many poker enthusiasts. Indeed, they were 2,101 players, composed of amateurs and big names of poker who joined the poker room to take part in the tournament, which generated a prize pool of $ 2,836,350 distributed to the 216 best players of the game. And like poker never fails to distinguish the best, of course, familiar faces did good exploits as Vanessa Selbst, who finished 4 th at the end of the competition, JP Kelly 8th, Dan Smith 17 th, John Juanda 25 th and Phil Hellmuth 61 th. Note that the latter signed his 86 th paid place in an International major tournament.

There are only eight days before the start of the ACF Summer Series. This poker tournament will effectivelly begin on June 8, 2012 and will end on June 24. As usual and as its name suggests, it will be held in the Aviation Club de France on the Champs Elysees. The flagship event is the Summer Deepstack which will begin on June 21 and it is accessible for a buy-in of € 1,000. The event will take place over four days composed of two first two qualifying days. Participatng in this tournament will allow French players to prepare properly for the $ 10,000 Main Event of the World Championship of Poker in Las Vegas. Note that last year, Isabel Ortega Benitez pocketed the superb prize of € 49,280 after having been the best deal face to a field of 190 participants.

After a stop in St. Vincent in Italy, the World Poker Tour National Series will stop in Cannes from May 31 to June 3rd. The Casino Barrière La Croisette will host this year's WPT National Series. The tour travels European and French cities, and after stops in Paris, it's now the turn of the city of cinema to unroll the red carpet to receive this prestigious adjunct tournament of the World Poker Tour. This event takes place just after the 65th Cannes Film Festival, a legendary event, which takes place every year at La Croisette. The main event of the WPT National Series Cannes will begin this Thursday, May 31 with the Day 1A and will end on Sunday, June 3rd with the Day 3 and the final table. Participants should pay a buy-in of € 1,650 to play poker at this great event on the Côte d'Azur.

While most of poker enthusiasts were attracted by the WPT World Championship or the 26th edition of the Marrakesh Poker Open, the city of Saint Vincent in Italy hosted the WPT National Series, an adjunct tournament of the World Poker Tour which knows increasingly success on the circuit. For this new edition, the WPT National Series St. Vincent brought together a field of 201 players. This field generated a prize pool of over € 300,000 for a buy-in of € 1,650. During the Italian stage, Ricardo Juan Graells won the title and the € 70,000 provided for the winner. In addition to these distinctions, the Swiss received a package for the WPT Grand Prix of Venise, a € 5,000 buy-in tournament.

After the $ 500 Event # 1 booked for casino employees which ended with the coronation of Chiab Saechao, amateurs and professional of poker met in the Amazon Room of Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the Event # 2 of the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP), a No Limit Hold'em of $ 1,500. Many familiar faces made the trip for the Event # 2 like Jason Mercier, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Sam Trickett, Vanessa Selbst, Chino Rheem, Barry Greenstein, Carlos Mortensen, Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, JP Kelly, David Sands, Phil Hellmuth, the man with 11 WSOP bracelets and Phil Ivey who made a rather "shy" come back after a premature elimination against Maria Ho. In all, the Day 1 brought together 2,101 players but at the end of the day, 260 players qualified for the next round. This important field generated a huge prize pool of $ 2.8 million, enough to allow the 216 best players to enter in the money for a minimum gain of $ 2,893. As for the new champion 2012 of this event, he will walk away with a gold bracelet and a gain of $ 517,725.
 
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