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Chip leader at the start of the final table of the $ 3,300 Main Event of the World Poker Tour Johannesburg (WPT), Dominik Nitsche was entitled to the first place of the podium of the poker room of the Emperors Palace Casino in South Africa. With a huge advantage in chips, the young German reached the final duel that oppose him to Jerome Bradpiece without having problem and won the victory. However, the British player of 22 years also played well. But it was not enough to eliminate the German. The British pocketed during this event $ 121,477. Dominik Nitsche embellished also his prizelist with a new trophy. It confirms his status as a great poker player in the world. Note that he already has a World Series Of Poker 2012 trophy, a distinction that he received at a $ 1,000 tournament.

In three months, the season 2013 of the Aussie Millions will be back again. Note that this poker tournament will celebrate for the occasion its 10th anniversary. For this great jubilee, a rich program will be on the agenda. From January 17 to February 3, 2013, therefore, the Aussie Millions 2013 will offer many tournaments accessible for buy-ins ranging from $ 550 to $ 250,000, and the most important will be the main event of $ 10,600 entry fee, which will be held from January 27 to February 2. Last year this event was attended by 658 participants including the best poker player, Phil Ivey who was back in competition. It was, however, Oliver Speidel who won the title. As inaugural tournament, there will be a No-Limit Hold'em of $ 1,100 buy-in. It will be held on January 17, 2013 from 6:15 pm.

Australia hosted several poker tournaments this weekend. Apart from the ANZPT Melbourne Main Event which reached its final table on Sunday, another event was held in Melbourne : the Tasmanian Poker Championship 2012. Since last Thursday, the Wrest Point Casino of Hobart received this event which registered 120 players for the two days of entry. All participants paid each $ 290 buy-in which generated a prize pool of $ 22,250 with $ 8,900 dedicated to the winner. After the two days of entry, only 22 players, including 10 of the Day 1A and 12 during the Day 1B, survived with Jon Tozer as chipleader with a stack of 95,200 chips. On Saturday, the event resumed with 22 survivors of the previous days but after a few levels, there were only 10 players on the tables. The Day 2 ended with the elimination of George Mamarcus, bubble boy of the final in the 10th place. Nine players were qualified for the final table but only the top six are in the money with a minimum gain of $ 1,335.

November will be a month 100% poker for the South of France. As previously announced, the WPT National Series will stop in the Massif de la Clape from November 8 to 11 in the Casino Le Phoebus Gruissan. From November 23, the same gambling place will receive another poker event, certainly less famous than the World Poker Tour National Series but which begins to grow in France: Texa Poker Series. The Main Event will be held from November 24 to 25, 2012, but the tournament will begin with a qualifying satellite for this main event. The qualifying tournament will be held on Friday, November 23 and participants must pay the buy-in of € 100. The Main Event will be available for a buy-in of € 500.

The first stop of the World Poker Tour (WPT) in South Africa was a huge success. They were 230 participants who joined the poker room of the Emperors Palace Casino Johannesburg to take part in the Main Event. At the start of the third day of competition, the field was narrowed to 27 players. The German Dominik Nitsche continues to lead with the local player Ryan Price. At the end of this day, the six finalists stood out. And the German still maintained his advantages because he occupies the chip lead with 2.9 million chips in hand. He beat his opponents with a large number of tokens, which will certainly benefit him during the final day.

The edition 2012 of the Barrière Poker Tour was a great success. There have been many poker players who participated in the various stages of the tournament in order to win a package to the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2012. The new season will start soon. The inaugural stage will take place in Deauville from November 2 to 4. And the program already promises a wonderful new season. Firstly, there is the main event with a guaranteed prize pool of € 120,000. As usual, 5 packages of € 12,000 for the WSOPE 2013 will be awarded at this event. Satellite tournaments qualifiers for the main event will also take place before the start of the competition. Apart from this event, the BPT Deauville 2013 will also include a Ladies tournament and deepstack tournaments of € 300 and € 500 entry fee.

After the step of Magazan in July, the WPT National Series will return to France from November 3 to 11, 2012. Gruissan is the place that will welcome this step, a good reason to escape and to pass a holiday on the Mediterranean Sea. This poker festival in the South of France will begin on Saturday, November 3 with satellites of € 130 buy-in for the Main Event. About the Main Event, it will be held for five days from November 8 to 11 and the final table is scheduled for November 12, 2012. The Main Event is open for a buy-in of € 1,650 with two days of departure limited to 400 entries on Day 1A and 250 on Day 1B. Eliminated from the first day, however, will have the opportunity to re-enroll for the second day of entry.

This week, women were the most successful in various poker tournaments held around the world. Their performance has been greatly rewarded because they improved their position in the world rankings Player of The Year (POY). Vanessa Selbst who just won an award at the Festa Al Lago in Las Vegas is part of them. This victory allowed her to propel to the 21 th place in the ranking. She currently holds 2,392 points. Another player, Amanda Mesumeci also made a good comeback in the POY this week. She is now at the 63rd position after winning her first gold ring at the World Series of Poker Circuit Hammond. Note that she was crowned champion of the no-limit hold'em event of $ 580. This Philadelphia native has 1,646 points. The last woman who scored the poker world this week with her talent is Melanie Weisner. She took the trophy of a side event of the World Poker Tour Poker Emperors Palace Classic, which earned her 264 points.

Two women poker players in the person of Vanessa Selbst and Melanie Weisner had just accomplished a feat in live tournaments. Regarding Selbst, she was part of competing for the title of No Limit Hold'em of £ 5,000, an event organized in the framework of the series of tournaments Festa Al Lago. The American poker star of 28-year already holds a World Series of Poker trophy, a World Poker Tour and a Partouche Poker Tour was once again the best in this event which was attended by several talent men if we only mention Cliff Josephy, Justin Young, Daniel Negreanu, Andrew Lichtenberger, Dan Shak and Chris Bjorin. This latter was her opponent in the final duel, but he did not better than Selbst. The U.S. woman player triumphed once again in the beautiful poker room of Bellagio casino in Las Vegas. This new performance allowed her to embellish her bankroll that reach now $ 5.5 million.

Since Monday, October 22, Johannesburg, South Africa is hosting a large scale poker tournament on the African continent: the WPT Emperors Palace Poker Classic. The Main Event of the $ 3,600 tournament drew during its Day 1 a total field of 224 players. The Day 1A registered 74 entries but after ten hours of play, only 34 players survived to the Day 2. Dominik Nitsche dominated the Day 1A with a stack of 225,700 chips while his pursuer remained far behind with 139,200 tokens: Gideon Scheepers. The Day 1A was also marked by the elimination of two winners of the World Series of Poker in the person of Joe Cada and Chris Moneymaker. They left the table prematurely face to Ronit Chamani and Emmanuel Kistan's winning hands.

The award ceremony of the Irish Poker Awards was held at Regency Hotel in Dublin, Ireland last weekend. Held in conjunction with the International Poker Open, the event was attended by players and poker players in the country. The former member of the November Nine, Eoghan O'Dea won the honorary title of the Best Player of The Year at the ceremony. This native of Dublin recorded an exceptional season. Note that apart from his second place at the World Poker Tour Marrakesh 2009, he was sixth at the World Series of Poker of last year. The trophy for the best Best Cash Game Player was awarded to Chris Dowling. Jason Tompkins was offered the award of the best player in tournament. As a reminder, he participated in many major events in the world if we only mention the last EPT Sanremo during which he finished in the fifth place.

A new stage of the tournament France Poker Series (FPS) will take place in the French capital from November 12 to 19. The event will be held at Cercle Cadet and will gather many FPS champions and all the elite of the world of poker at the national level and also international because players like Julien Brécard and Bertrand Grospellier will be part of the event. The program of this Parisian step of the tournament promise to be fascinating. It will obviously have a Main event accessible for € 1,100 entry fee which will be played for a whole week. This main tournament will consist of two Day 1 and its kickoff will take place on Monday, November 12 from 12:00 am. There will be also qualifying satellite tournaments for players wishing to earn a spot in the tournament with moderate buy-in.

The kickoff of the $ 3,600 buy-in Main Event of the World Poker Tour Poker Classic which is held for the first time in South Africa, in Johannesburg to be more precise, took place on Monday, October 22. The organizers have chosen to work with the Emperors Palace casino, a hotel resort in the South African capital. This main tournament have as structure two Day 1 with re-entry format. The biggest names in South African poker like Krmaer Darren, Raymond Rahme and Jarred Solomon are expected to join the poker room to take part in the event. WPT champions as Chris Moneymaker and Joe Cada and former world champions such as Melanie Weisner, Liv Boeree and Dominik Nitsche also announced their presence. Regarding the structure of the event, each competitor will begin the game with 30,000 starting chips. The duration of the game levels will increase gradually. It starts with 60 minutes.

The schedule for the Grand Final of the tournament Deepstack Open (DSO) has finally been released to the public. This event eagerly awaited by fans of the circuit will therefore take place in Barcelona from November 29 to December 2, 2012. It will therefore, like most major poker tournaments, in Gran Casino of Barcelona that the tournament will be held. Before the big date, a final stage of this year 2012 will still stand at Montesino Casino in Vienna, Austria from November 8 to 11. This is one more opportunity to play poker deepstack, what will allow players to improve their chances of winning the final trophy. As usual, the entry fee for this final stage of the tournament is limited to € 550. In terms of structure, the organizers will offer a chip stack of 50,000 for levels of play of 50 minutes each.

The International Poker Open 2012 welcomed a total of 1,148 players who fought in a great battle of poker to reach the final table of the € 230 buy-in Main Event , which was scheduled for November 10. The Regency Hotel Dublin welcomed last weekend that tournament but after three days of competition, there remained only eight contenders for the title of the IPO 2012. The bubble burst when Wouter Schuubiers fell at the 9th place. Having acceded the money list, he still pocketed a gain of € 4,150. The final table will be composed by Henry Port, Tom Brady, Emmett Davis, Nathan Thomas, Lori Lazzaro, Colum Horan, Thomas Dupuy and Darren Millar.

The program of the second season of the ACF Poker Tour tournament has been revealed to the public. Note that this event is taking place on the sidelines of the World Poker Tour National Series. During the first season, the tour included four stages and a Grand Final held at the Aviation Club de France in the month of September. The poker tournament accessible for € 1,500 buy-in achieved a great success as it was attended by 616 participants, generating a prize pool of € 539,585. The same success is expected for the next season because the program is very attractive. Indeed, for the ACF Poker Tour season 2, the organizers wagered in a series of deepstack tournaments accessible for a moderate buy-in. At each event, therefore, slow structure will be offered. Competitors will compete with 15,000 starting chips for rounds of 45 minutes.

Since Wednesday, October 17, the poker room of Crown Perth Australia hosted the $ 2,200 buy-in Main Event of the Western Classic Poker Championship 2012. The event attracted a field of 101 players, but after four days of competition, there was only one survivor: Dale Marsland. The final table was composed of nine players in the person of Tony Aslani, Dale Marsland, Paul Sharbanee, Chris Arnell, Kent Hunter, Martin Comitti, Steve Mathews, Luke Sycwestrzak and Hans Dorn. Short stack of the final table, Hans Dorn was the first player to leave it. A 9th place which allowed him to be paid $ 4,500. Luke Sylwestrzak and Martin Comitti did not last long and they also pocketed $ 6,000 and $ 7,500 for their respective 7th and 6th place. It took three hours of play to see the first elimination of the six remaining players. Kent Hunter fell at the sixth place ($ 11,000), followed shortly after by Steve Mathews ($ 27,000), Chris Arnell ($ 21,000) and Paul Sharbanee ($ 15,000).

The 27th edition of the Marrakesh Poker Open tournament (MPO) was held in the poker room of the famous Es Saadi casino in Morocco last weekend. Once again, the organizers kept their promise of providing a successful event. In fact, they had 324 participants including French poker pros who took the start of the Main Event of € 1,350 entry fee. After three days of competition, the winner of the tournament stood out. This is Brian Benhamou. The French player ousted in the final duel his compatriot Mike Said. It was a pretty tight head's up because it lasted two long hours. This victory at the MPO 27th edition is the highest performance achieved by Benhamou. He also pocketed thanks to that victory the sum of € 90,000. His runner-up for his part left the tournament with the sum of € 60,842. Rachid Arbaoui, Ricardo Manquant, Luis Rufas, Omar Karib, David Jaoui, Aurélie Quelain and Oscar Blanco completed the list of finalists, respectively ranked at the 3rd to the 9th place.

Ludovic Lacay is one of the biggest stars of poker in France as he has already done a good course in various majors. His last performance at the European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo let him earn an excellent position in the EPT All Time Leaderboard ranking. Indeed, he joined the top 10 ranking and is now in the 9th place. As a reminder, this French player won on last October 12 the Main Event in this tournament that brought together a field of 797 participants. But apart from this feat which earned him his first major title, Ludovic Lacay also has a remarkable prizelist record in the EPT like a 11th place at the EPT Dublin season 4, an 8 th place at the EPT Warsaw Season 5, a 21 th place at the EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final Season 5, a 22th place at the EPT Prague Season 5, a 39th place at the EPT San Remo season 7 or a 40 th place in the EPT Deauville Season 7.

Having been part of the ten nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame in last September, Brian Sailor Roberts and Eric Drache are the lucky to receive the honorary title, already assigned to 42 players and major players in the poker world. Note that this verdict is the result of the vote of the public and the 36 members of media and people of the Poker Hall of Fame. This news is actually welcomed with joy and honor by Roberts and Drache. Both deserve this prestigious award because they contributed since a long time in developing the poker industry. Regarding Brian Roberts, he is a real specialist of Texas Hold'em because he has two bracelets at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the first was awarded in 1975. He was also part of the Texas Gamblers Road which was attended by poker legends like Doyle Brunson and Amarillo Slim. Finally, he also won an eighth place finish at the WSOP 1982 Main Event won by PhoF Jack Strauss.

The second edition of the tournament Dream Poker Tournament will be held at the Casino Grand Cercle of Aix les Bains, in France November on 3 and 4. During this event, a tournament open for € 1,100 entry fee will be in the program. The organizers hope to gather a field of 300 participants, what can let them save a prize pool of about € 300,000. This is a good opportunity to play deepstack poker. In addition, the structure of the tournament is really outstanding enough to allow players to live a high level tournament. Indeed, each competitor will be entitled to 25,000 starting chips for levels of play of 45 minutes. The start of the tournament will be held on Saturday, November 3 after 1:00 pm. Normally, the first day of competition should end after 15 levels of play. Survivors will meet again after on Sunday, November 4 and the game will only stop when the champion is known.

The champion of the Main Event of € 1,100 entry fee with re-entry of the World Poker Tour National Series Vienna was finally known. It's the young Slovenian Tomaž Kogovšek. Having held the chip lead up to the final table that began Tuesday in the poker room of Casino Montesino, Kogovšek kept his status throughout the game. He reached the final duel who opposed him to the Austrian Thomas Mühlöcker. This confrontation was short-lived. Indeed, the Austrian were eliminated quickly with his short stack. However, he was among the favorites of this final table. For having won in this event which brought together 170 participants, the Slovenian pocketed a prize of € 60,600 from the prize pool of € 283,000, while the runner-up left with the sum of € 42,550. David Taborsky ranks third with a prize of € 27,370. Peter Kamaras, Predrag Kecojevic, Shai Zurr, Robert Heidorn and Blaz Svara respectively occupy the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th place.

The poker room of Daytona Beach Kennel Club welcomed on Monday afternoon the six-handed final table of the Heartland Poker Tour. The event attracted a field of 374 players who paid a buy-in of $ 1,650. But ultimately, this is Andrew Denick who won the title. Trevor Renner, Nick Schwarmann, Fletcher McKinney and Anne Amato were among the finalists of the Heartland Poker Tour, but they were eliminated during the final table. Nick Schwarmann left prematurely this last round after losing his chips face to a winning hand of Jeremy Joseph. The champion 2011 in Daytona Beach Kennel Club dropped at the 6th place and cashed $ 27,247. McKinney eliminates thereafter Trevor Renner who left the table with $ 33,500 for his 5th place. Jeremy Joseph took charge of the case of Anne Amato and Andrew Denick eliminated Fletcher McKinney. Both players left the final with a respective gain of $ 43,271 and $ 50,250.

The former Burswood casino, Crown Perth welcomed since October 13 a large poker festival. This is the Western Classic Poker Championship. Note that this event became an unmissable event for lovers of poker in Australia. A total of 10 events make up this edition 2012. Five of them have already unveiled their results. The Event 1, a No-Limit Hold'em of $ 250, which brought together 134 players crowned Chris Fogarty as winner. The Event 2, a Pot Limit Omaha W / Rebuys of $ 150 100 which attracted 42 participants had as champion Darren Mundy. Michael Lipari came to be the best of the 74 participants in the Event 3. Franck Muscara won the victory in the Event 4, a $ 275 buy-in NLH terminator while Dale Marsland emerged in the Event 5, a No-Limit Hold'em of $ 330 with a field of 105 participants.

Many poker tournaments have taken place since the beginning of October. It is therefore logical if the classification Player Of The Year (POY) registered a change. From two and a half months of the end of 2012, opportunities to gather points begin to decrease, which also reduces the chances of ranking members to achieve the title of leader. It should also be take into account the arrival of new contenders, which could bring another upheaval in the final verdict. The last update of the classification highlighted the performance of Phil Hellmuth in the main event of the World Series of Poker Europe. The Poker Brat is currently in the third position. However, it's his opponent in the final, Joseph Cheong who got the largest increase in the rankings.

Last weekend, the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Series visited Vienna, the largest city of Austria. The € 1,100 buy-in Main Event, which took place in the poker room of Montesino Casino in Vienna brought together 170 players, generating a prize pool of € 283,000. Note that the re-entry system has been implemented at this event with the first two days of competition. At the start of the Day 2, there were only 76 players competing with the Hungarian Peter Kamara as chipleader. He has 195,000 chips in hand. The German Sebastian Supper was qualified in the second position with 185,900 chips in hand, while the third place is occupied by the Israeli Oshri Cohen, who holds 178,600 chips.

The 59 survivors of the two entry days returned to Paradise Casino Walkerhill Seoul to compete in the second and final day of the first edition of the Seoul Poker Cup which challenge was to win the title. Many players left the table prematurely and the bubble burst when Guillaume Patry was eliminated in the 14th place. The thirteen remaining players were all in the money, but the final table could only receive nine players. Eliminations chained up until there were only nine players. The Japanese Takahisa Watanabe was the first eliminated and pocketed KRW 2.74 million for his 13th place. His compatriot Keitaro Kumazaki follow him a few hands later (KRW 2,740,000). The list of removed was subsequently enriched by Hyung Jin Chun (KRW 2,740,000) and Eugene Chun (KRW 3,425,000).

Last weekend, the France Poker Series (FPS) made a stopover in Morocco after those of Evian, Amnéville and Arcachon. The organizers chose the Mazagan Beach Resort to hold the meeting. The FPS Sunfest Mazagan hosted during this time a total field of 208 participants including professional poker players such as Paul Guichard, Marion Nedellec, Julien Brécard, Bertrand Grospellier, Céline Bastian, Vanessa Rousso, Sarah Herzali, Eugene Katchalov, Roger Hairabedian or Michael Oestreicher. However, none of these renowned players has been entitled. Indeed, it's a local player named Karim El Rharbaoui who were crowned.

From October 18 to 21 2012, the Riu Pravets Resort, a resort located near the capital of Bulgaria, Sofia, will host poker enthusiasts eager to compete for the title of the 8th edition of the Pravets Poker Masters tournament. Many tournaments will be scheduled during the event. The € 1,130 main event will be held in the famous poker room Darcourt Room from October 18. It will consist of four days of competition and will feature re-entry format. Regarding the structure, players will receive 25,000 starting chips for levels of play of 45 minutes. Some poker pros as the champion of the EPT Prague 2005 Arnaud Mattern, the winner of the EPT Vienna 2005 Pascal Perrault, the reigning World Poker Tour Bucharest 2012 champion Simeon Naydenov or the champion of the Pravets Poker Masters 2012 Fabien Perrot will be present at this tournament. Note that a guaranteed prize pool of € 75,000 is available in the main event. From Monday October 15, qualifying satellite tournaments with many places for the tournament are available.

Paradise Walkerhill Casino in Seoul, South Korea welcomed last weekend the Seoul Poker Cup, a live poker tournament with a buy-in of $ U.S. 1,000 (KRW1.100.000). The Day 1A brought together a field of 50 players, but after eight levels of 40 minutes, only 20 players survived from the first day of entry with Dominic Mykhaltso (71,600 chips) as chipleader. The second day of entry assembled a field of 87 players bringing the total number of participants in this new edition of the Poker Cup in Seoul to 137 participants. The number of participants was less important compared to the expectations of the organizers because the event was planned to host 100 players for each day of entry.

Aside from the main event that ended with the victory of Ludovic Lacay, the Italian stage of the ninth season of the European Poker Tour tournament had also a large scale tournament which is the € 10,000 entry free High Roller. They were 84 players who joined the poker room of Casino San Remo to compete for the title of the tournament, creating a prize pool of € 823,200 that was tie between the top 10 players. The verdict after a few days of meeting of the High Roller fall thus and resulted in the victory of the German Benny Spindler. Despite the presence of a number of marquee players on the final table, Splinder was simply fabulous. He ousted the American Kevin Stammen in the final duel long enough. As a reminder, he was also the winner of the No-Limit Hold'em Turbo side event of € 2,100. For shis econd place, Stammen left with a prize of € 200,000.

797 players were at the start of the Main Event of the European Poker Tour San Remo but in the last day, they were only eight players to compete for the title. The Main Event of the EPT San Remo ended then with the victory of the French Ludovic Lacay after a head's up against the chipleader of the day, the Canadian Jason Lavallee. After six final tables on the international circuit and a victory in the Barriere Poker Tour Toulouse in 2009, Ludovic Lacay wins finally his first major title with this victory in San Remo. Ludovic Lacay pocketed a bracelet and € 745,000 after the deal while Jason Lavallee settled with € 538,000 for his runner-up place.

The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) 2012, a reference poker tournament in Oceania has just started another step on last Thursday, October 11. A full program is planned during a little over two weeks of meeting. For the case of the $ 2,200 main event, it will be held from October 26 to 29. But before the meeting, qualifying satellite tournaments with different buy-ins will be held prior to this event, which allow players to access at lower cost to their qualifications. In addition to this main event, two events are also very expected at this edition 2012 of the ANZPT, namely the inaugural tournament, a No-Limit Hold'em of $ 250 buy-in tournament that has already started last Thursday and the $ 50 100K Guarantee. Both events will be spread over several days of competition and competitors can retry their luck on several occasions.

The Day 5 of the Main Event of the EPT San Remo 2012 was the last chance for the 24 survivors attempting to qualify for the final table because only eight players were selected. Jason Tompkins started the day as chipleader but at the end of the day, the chiplead returned to Jason Lavallee who had 5,545,000 chips. Among the finalists, we find Ludovic Lacay second with 5,366,000 followed by Jason Tompkins (3,605,000), Ismael Bojang (2,845,000), Adrian Piasecki (2,045,000), Angelo Recchia (1,755,000), Micah Raskin (1,550,000) and Artem Litvinov as the short stack at the final table with a stack of 800,000 chips. The French had a little more than three million thanks to this hand.

Morocco became now a great poker destination. Indeed, a new edition of the Tanger Poker Festival will take place in the city from November 7 to 11. Note that last summer, the tournament recorded a huge success. The main event of Dhs 7,700 buy-in attracted 169 competitors and crowned Serge Kamerrer. The new edition will be held in a few weeks and it's also expected to gather many people. The flagship event will be held from November 8 to 11. It will therefore spread over four days and will consist of two first qualifying days. The organizers offer a guaranteed prize pool of $ 1 million dirhams. Regarding the structure, players present in the poker room of Tanger casino in Morocco to compete for the title of this tournament will receive 35,000 starting chips for levels of play of 45 minutes.

Each year, the finalists of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) engage in a lot of preparation in order to have a better chance to succeed at the big event. Note that the issue of the tournament is very important because besides the privilege of obtaining the title of world champion, there is also the fact of winning the gold bracelet and the huge award. This year's final will take place on October 29. Members of the October Nine have only a few weeks to train. To improve their performance, some of them like Jesse Sylvia and Russell Thomas decided to hire coaches. Regarding Jesse Sylvia, we should remember that he is the chipleader at the final table. He chose Vanessa Selbst as coach. As for Russell Thomas, he holds the fourth biggest stack and he asked Jason Somerville to train him.

Cooperation between different organs of the same activity is a reality. In the area of online poker and sports betting, it occurs in an agreement as it's the case between the French ARJEL and the Spanish DGOJ which agreed to work together in the future. In this project, both parties pledged to "fight more effectively against illegal sites, to present sporting ethics and increase the protection of players." Strengthening the work of regulators and the exchange of information and cooperation is the goal of the signatories. This agreement was signed on September 27 by the President of the two respective authorities namely Jean François Villote for ARJEL and Alejo Gonzalez and Enrique in the Iberian side.

Following the agreement of PokerStars and the American Department of Justice to acquire the assets of Full Tilt Poker, the players members of this room can play again there. Indeed, PokerStars confirmed by email that Full Tilt Poker will be running again on November 6th and player accounts will be active after this date. This means that the members, carrying their existing password, can access their account and make withdrawals without conditions. But for those regulars of the room and who know the reputation of PokerStars, the world leader in online poker, which took over the activities of Full Tilt Poker, they will continue to play and enjoy the benefits offered by the online poker rooms. Free games or real money parts will be available on Full Tilt. With this acquisition, PokerStars reassures fans of online poker that Full Tilt will be a new platform for serious online gamers. As a reminder, like Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars operates with a license from the Isle of Man.

On September 21, the Cercle Clichy Montmartre in Paris obtained authorization to continue its activities, an information that probably amazed regulars and many poker enthusiasts. To celebrate this reopening, officials of the institution decided to prepare new attractive programs. Since October 8, therefore, players present in the poker room of the Clichy Montmartre circle benefited this innovative offer. The first tournament of the place brought together 95 participants. Every day, events accessible for buy-ins ranging from € 50 to € 150 are organized without forgetting satellite tournaments with entry fees varying from € 30 to € 100. On Monday from 9:00 pm for example, there will be the Dix6Deux mixed tournament max of € 100. On Tuesday, there will be the € 60 Freezeout Classic, on Friday a Deep Stack tournament of € 150 and a Classic Freezeout of € 50 on Sunday. Every Saturday, a special tournament entitled "Live from Saturday" will be organized. Featuring an attractive structure, the event will be available for € 100 entry fee.

The main event of $ 1,650 buy-in of the World Series of Poker Circuit (WSOPC) Horseshoe Southern Indiana had just crowned Dan Heimiller after three long days of competition. The tournament attracted a field of 340 professional and amateur of poker, which generated a prize pool of $ 510,000. At the start of the Day 3, there were only 21 players in contention and the action continued until the 9 finalists stand. Among the notables who didn't' get their access to the final table of the tournament are Jason Stanford, Aaron Kerns, Kathy Libert and Kenny Nguyen. But, they are part of the 36 players winning.

The 66 survivors at the end of the Day 3 met once again at Sanremo Casino on the Day 4 of the Main Event of the EPT Sanremo. Inge Forsmo gave way his chipleader's place to Jason Tompkins who has a well stocked stack of 2,423,000 chips. At the 2nd place in the chip count of this poker tournament is Inge Forsmo who kept his advantage until the end of the third day when there were only 24 survivors. Forsmo is also above two million mark with 2,025,000 chips. His pursuers are just below him, but nine players have still more than a million chips namely Ludovic Lacay, Negjdet Avdylaj, Angelo Recchia, Jonas Mackoff, Iulian Ruxandescu, Jason Lavallee, Micah Raskin, Adrian Piasecki and Amerigo Santoro.

After the Day 2 of the Main Event of the EPT Sanremo, 162 players returned to Sanremo Casino poker room on Day 3, the challenge was to qualify for the next round but also to be in the money for eliminated players. Of the 162 players who took the start of the day, we observed the presence of some players like David Vamplew, Charly Maracchione, Michele Bianchi, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Jason Tompkins and ten representatives of France like Laurent Polito, Eric Nyouhvanisvong, Michele Di Lauro and also Ludovic Lacay but at the end of the day, there were only 66 players qualified for the Day 4.

Being among the first European countries to legalize the opening of the online poker market, Italy is currently facing a difficult situation. Indeed, the AAMS (Amministrazionne Autonoma dei Monopoli di Stato) announced at its annual report that online gambling revenues in Italy are down significantly. By referring to figures, a decrease in revenue of approximately 30% was observed between August 2011 and August 2012. On the results of online poker, a sharp decline of 75% was recorded in tournaments income. If cash games have been a very important source of income at the beginning of their implementation fifteen months before, now the revenue that it brings to the State fell by 40%.

In a few days, the 27th edition of the Marrakesh Poker Open (MPO) will begin. Indeed, it will be held at Casino Es Saadi in Marrakesh, Morocco from October 17 to 21. The highlight of this poker meeting will be the Main Event of 2 million dirhams guaranteed. Accessible for € 1,350 entry fee, the event will certainly meet a large number of international poker stars and a large delegation of French players. Note that the re-entry format will be effective during the main event of the MPO. Players will play poker deepstack and will each receive 50,000 starting chips for levels of play 45 minutes. Satellite tournaments to qualify for the main event will be available and will be open for € 135.

The Main Event at € 5,300 buy-in of the EPT San Remo reaches now its third day of competition. Of the 797 registered players, 430 were able to join the poker room for the Day 2 of the tournament. At the end of the day, Inge Forsmo was granted the place of chipleader by gathering the largest number of 606,100 chips. Note that 162 players are still in the race to compete for the tournament title. Many talented players are following Forsmo if we only mention Matt Salsberg, Yevgenjy Timoshenko, David Vamplev, Isaac Haxton, Rupert Elder, Jose Barbero, Liv Boeree, Mickey Petersen, Andre Akkari, Jose Barbero, Chris Moneymaker and Todd Terry. Some of them have a low stack but thanks to their experience and performance, they still have the chance.

In last August, Phil Ivey played Punto Banco in Crockfords, a gambling establishment that belong to the Malaysian Genting Group which is located in London. He finished the game as the beneficiary of £ 7.3 million in prize money. However, the club's management refuses to give him money. Indeed, Ivey requested the transfer of the money in his bank account but the casino officials told him that the operation can not be done due to the closure of the bank. They promised in another hand to make the operation on August 28, but a priori, Ivey received an amount equal to his original bankroll.

European live poker tour less well known as the EPT or the WSOP, the Europe Poker Champions League (PCL) continues to make sensation among poker enthusiasts. After Slovenia and San Marino, the PCL is back in October for an Italian stage in Saint Vincent. The Poker Champions League will be held from October 11 to 15 at Casino de la Vallée, a room that has already proven its professionalism for having hosted national events like the Italian Rounders Poker Tour and stages of the Poker Grand Prix. Many Italian poker personalities will be present at this event if we only mention Salvatore Bonavena, Carla Solinas, Giacomo Valenti, Filippo Candio, Davide De Zan, Rocco Palumbo and Stefano De Grandis. To participate in the event, two formulas are offered to players either by free reserving for the qualifying tournament, or by participating in two satellite freerolls of a respective buy-in of € 50 and € 150.

In last August, the Rational Group purchased the assets of Full Tilt Poker and placed new leaders at the board director of this online poker room in order to restart it. Having received a license from the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission, the regulator of online gaming of Isle of Man, the group can finally put Full Tilt on the market from November 6. Note that the Isle of Man is a country known for its rigor in the regulation of online gaming market in the world. With this revival of Full Tilt, players can regain access to their accounts and recover their entire balances with their old password. They can also take advantage of all the offers put forward by the site whether free tournaments or real money tournaments.

There's any other doubt, Phil Hellmuth is a poker legend. He effectively won the victory in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2012. The Poker Brat made an outstanding achievement not only because he's the first to achieve a doubled WSOP and WSOPE victory, but he also won his 13 th bracelet. He thus holds the title of the player with the most bracelet. Note that the final table began in the poker room of the Casino Barrière on Thursday, October 4 at around 4:00 pm. After three hours of play, Jason Mercier, Stéphane Girault and Paul Tedeschi surrendered. The British Christopher Brammer joined them a little time later.

The new update of the Global Poker Index (GPI) was marked by the huge increase of Michael Mizrachi. Indeed, thanks to his performance in the Pot-Limit Omaha tournament of € 5,000 buy-in of the World Series of Poker Europe 2012 (WSOPE), The Grinder is back in the top 10 ranking. He won four seats and is currently at the 9th position before David Sands, who had just lost a place. Steve O'Dwyer also lost three places and is now in the 8 th position. Andrew Lichtenberger, Vanessa Selbst and Philipp Gruissem each rose one place. The four leaders of the ranking were able to maintain their ranking position.

The High Roller is an event that all poker enthusiasts expect in a major tournament. Even if the Majestic High Roller of the World Series of Poker Europe is devoid of a WSOP bracelet, the event always attracts the biggest names of poker like Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Jonathan Duhamel, Sam Trickett, Erik Seidel, John Juanda, Tom Dwan, Tony G, Steve O'Dwyer or the Malaysian billionaire Richard Young. In all, the Majestic High Roller of € 50,000 buy-in registered 49 subscribers with 11 rebuys that raise the prizepool to € 2.88 million. The first removed of the eight cashes walked away with a prize of € 115,000 while the winner pocketed € 1 million.

The finalists for the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) 2012 are already known. The champion of this year 2012 will be crowned tonight. But the competitors for the title of Majestic High Roller of € 50,000 buy-in will still lead a fierce battle in order to win the trophy. Indeed, the event began on Tuesday, October 2. For the moment, it's John Juanda who monopolizes the attention of the public. Note that this American poker pro, specialist of High Roller tournament spent € 150,000 before having the chance to qualify for the Day 2. His third attempt was successful because he occupies the place of chipleader with 538,500 chips in hand. Despite this advantage, his task is still difficult. Indeed, the remaining field is still composed of very good players. At the second position is Richard Yong, the player who allowed Juanda to try again for the third time his luck. He has 408,200 chips.

The new edition of the European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo has just begun. In fact, subscribers to the event have already joined the Casino Sanremo in Italy to take part in various satellite tournaments qualifiers for the main event. And on Wednesday, October 3, fans of High Roller tournament took place in the poker room to compete for the title of the Italian Poker Tour High Roller of € 5,000 buy-in. The kick off of the main event open for € 5,300 entry fee will take place on Friday, October 5. The final table is scheduled to take place from October 11 at 3:00 pm.

The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) started for a long time. Several tournaments have been played and already allowed several poker professionals to win trophies or gains depending on their performance, which allowed them to earn points and improve their position in the Player Of The Year (POY) rankings. In this context, we should mention the exploits of Michael Mizrachi, who won the third place in the Pot-Limit Omaha tournament won by Roger Hairabedian. This new performance earned him 288 points and he is currently 12 th in the standings. Farah Jaka also registered a big growth and he's propelled in the 7th position in the standings after having been qualified for the final table of the WSOPE Event 5.

The first edition of the France Poker Series Sunfest (FPS) tournament held in December 2011 was a real successful. The organizers decided to offer a second edition to be held at Mazagan Beach Resort, in the south of Casablanca in Morocco from October 11 to 14. This event will certainly attract French professionals who will face local poker enthusiasts. It will be effectively a good opportunity to play poker and have a pleasant stay in the most beautiful tourist destination in Africa. Note that very entertaining activities like horseback riding, tennis, golf and quad will be available during the festival.

The game continues in Cannes in the World Series of Poker Europe 2012 (WSOPE). While survivors of the Main Event are still battling for the title, a player won a bracelet. This is Jonathan Aguiar who won the Event # 5, the Mix Max NLH of € 10,450 buy-in. This is not the first exploit of the young Portuguese. Indeed, Jonathan Aguiar won this summer five cashes at the WSOP in Las Vegas. The Portuguese is in a nice rise as he emerged victorious in a very tough final table. Well known poker players like Farah Jaka, Konstantin Puchkov, Marvin Rettenmaier and Martin Jacobson were among the competitors for the title. None of them was able to eiminate Aguiar and they were classified respectively 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th.

Poker event that will open the year 2013, the PokerStars Carribbean Adventure (PCA) will celebrate its tenth anniversary next year. The organizers will therefore mark the anniversary by proposing a nice program. Note that the start of the PCA 2013 will be held on January 5, 2013. The Atlantis Resort, which is located in the Paradise Island of the Bahamas will continue as since its beginning to welcome it. This 10th edition is supposed to be as successful as the previous edition. Forty tournaments will be played in the poker room of the casino. There is of course a main event with an entry fee fixed at $ 10,000. It will begin on January 7, 2013. The winner who will succeed John Dibella, the champion of the last edition who pocketed for his performance the big jackpot of $ 1,775,000 will be known on January 13, the day during which the final will be held.

The famous WSOP Europe is one of the toughest competitions in terms of poker tournament. The edition 2012 saw the participation of 420 players, in a regression if compared to the edition 2011 in which 593 participants tried to win the jackpot. The current champion, Michael Mizrachi and Bertrand Grospellier, leaders of the day 1A and day 1B of the Main Event reflect the seriousness and difficulty of this event since its inception. Despite the many absent players, a fierce battle has been registered with the most famous poker players such as Bertrand Grospellier who built up a place of great favorite with many chips. Top 10 headliners announced a tough competition with names such as Daniel Negreanu, Chino Rheem, Phil Hellmuth or Eugene Katchalov and Philippe Boucher.

Despite rumors about the absence of the French market of online games since the beginning of the regulation, Jean-François Vilotte gives his opinion on this subject. In fact, he cautions that this sector really exists in the economic landscape of France. Thus, faced with the many simplistic speeches, Jean-François Vilotte brings his estimates and comments on the French market size of online games including online poker, horse betting and online sports betting. According to him, the French market of online games record currently bets amounting € 10 billions despite the € 650M expected before the opening. A market that also has 40 approvals in addition to the thousands of players who subscribed accounts.

For the first time in the history, the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) circuit made a stop in Panama. The Main Event of $ 2,500 entry fee for this poker tournament ended last Sunday with the victory of the Argentine Leo Fernandez. 39 years old, he were the best face to the 338 players who came to compete for the title of the event. His performance let him win the prize of $ 171,930. Note that to win the trophy, Leo Fernandez faced the American Patrick Mahoney in the final duel which lasted two hours. The runner-up left therefore the event with the second prize amounting $ 108,700. Note that the prizepool gathered reached $ 700,000. But the organizers distributed a total of more than a million dollars prize, which particularly pleased the participants.

The world of online poker is currently considered as a boon especially for financial and professional players accustomed to this universe. However, online poker players are not immune to fraud and vandalism if we speak only about the many cases in recent months in France. Indeed, criminals use very violent methods to meet their goals. The principle of their scam is simple. Given that poker players need money to take part in competitions with large buy-in often very high, scammers lend them the amount they wish to borrow. In return, the lenders often ask incredible interest rate and often act disproportionately to try to recover these amounts.

While the Main Event of the World Series of Poker Europe 2012 (WSOPE) continues to capture the attention of poker fans, another event ended another poker room casino. This is the ladies tournament of € 550 entry fee. This event was attended by 84 players including poker stars at international level like Céline Bastian, Julie Monsacré, Vanessa Hellbuyck, Estelle Denis, Karine Nogeira and also Isabelle Balthazar. Defending champion, Barbara Martinez was also present to defend his trophy. Unfortunately, she was not able to achieve her goal because the trophy was awarded to Irina Batorevich.

Many members of the top 20 of the Global Poker Index (GPI) are present in Cannes to play poker in the various events organized in the framework of the World Series of Poker Europe 2012 (WSOPE), which will certainly shake up the rankings in the next days. Currently, the top 20 didn't register any major change. The French number one Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is still in the first place in the standings. He beat Jason Mercier and Dan Smith. Note that he is in Cannes to reinforce in one hand his 1st place in the GPI ranking and to defend the honour of France at the Main Event that he completed until here the first day of competition as leader.

A collaboration has been signed between PaySafeCard and the European Poker Tour (EPT) through the sponsorship of the first in this poker tournament no longer to present, a partnership that will bring a great revolution in this continental poker appointment. Indeed, for this EPT Season 9, PaySafeCard will be the official sponsor of the meeting, which will allow the brand to be visible in all EPT events of this season starting with the EPT Sanremo. And of course, the contract will not have just commercial interests for both brands, players used to payment via online wallet as PaySafeCard will benefit the most.

It's been since a little over a year that the French Games Advisory Committee was installed by Chantal Jouanno and François Baroin, respectively, both former Sports Minister and former Minister of Economy with the presence of the rapporteurs of the Assembly and the Senate and a committee composed of representatives of parliamentary and the State. This committee aims to assist in any form of decision while paying particular attention to the public health. It is also responsible of making proposals to the Minister of Budget and all the government regarding desirable changes of the law of May 12, 2010. Recently, the National Assembly released the names of the representatives who will constitute the Advisory Committee of the Games.

As in any other discipline using new technology, gambling and online betting also has a sort of reward awarded annually to deserving platforms. This is the Gaming & Technology Awards 2013 in Las Vegas. This ceremony was attended by several prominent participants in the active field of iGaming. This year, it's the iGaming Platform of Bally Technologies which was illustrated by winning the first prize. Through innovation, dynamism and most importantly, its new applications which have been appreciated by the public, it is not surprising if the group has already been awarded by the jury of the coveted "Best Internet Services" during the Hospitality Operations Technology Awards 2012.

Gus Hansen is the new ambassador of the new look poker room Full Tilt Poker. For recall, Full Tilt Poker has been, acquired by its former competitor PokerStars from the hands of the U.S. Department of Justice for a price of $ 547 million which will be spread over three years. To revive its image somewhat tarnished a few months ago, Full Tilt Poker decided to strike. Full Tilt has now Gus Hansen as new ambassador, a strategic choice first. Everyone know this player's talents both talented, dedicated, intelligent and famous. In his side, Gus Hansen in a statement is very pleased with this new association, while affirming he considers Full Tilt Poker as the most authentic online poker label. Also in this release, he said that Full Tilt is the room that has the best parts and software, that had the most innovative moment without speaking of its "large community", he feels there like at home.

To put an end to the fragmentation of European markets, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) seized the European Commission. The EGBA also filed a complaint with the Commission following the new regulation on gambling introduced in Germany. So, by the end of October, the Commission should present its Action Plan and reporting on online games. On its side, the EGBA expresses its expectations by calling the Commission to take its responsibilities to the current fragmentation of online game markets in Europe, facing the consumer protection often victims of fraud by adding that with the absence of regulation, these illegal sites will continue their scam at the expense of vulnerable people like underage players.

Karabatic brothers and their fellows are still living a nightmare due to the alleged affair of fake bets concerning the famous handball match between Montpellier and Cesson. Among them were, former players of Montpellier including Mladen Bojinovic, Samuel Honrubia and Primoz Prost, the goalkeeper of Hérault club are also involved in this bad case. These French stars were released on bail and forbidden to meet the club's players and the coaching. A decision which displeases to Nikola Karabatic's lawyer as it represents sending his client to unemployment. For Samuel Honrubia, his lawyer confirmed that his client does not deny having bet on the game, but categorically denies any idea on a distorted or faked match.

The Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em, the Event 5 of the World Series of Poker Europe, brought together a field of 96 players at the start of the Day 1. But after this first day, there remains more than 56 survivors to start the Day 2. Many top players were still present at the start of the day on Thursday but in the end, many of them left the poker room of Majestic Barrière in Cannes. Phil Ivey, Jonathan Duhamel, Antonio Esfandiari, John Juanda, Justin Bonomo, Chance Kornuth, Brian Park, Roberto Romanello and JC Alvarado were among those removed from the day. Roger Hairabedian is part of the 16 survivors of the day. The French, who just won the PLO (Event 3) is in a comfortable place in this Event 5 with a stack of 225,600 chips. Michael Mizrachi is also qualified for the Day 2, but he didn't resist until the end of the day.

Giovanni Rosadoni had just offered to France a second WSOPE bracelet during the Event 4 of this poker tournament which final was played on Thursday. If Roger Hairabedian won the PLO, it's Giovanni Rosadoni who excelled in the NLHE Shootout after a head's up against Dan O'Brien who was nevertheless on a good way for the title. Indeed, the American took over the chiplead of the final table while shortly after the restart, Giovanni Rosadoni was still in a very good position.

Tournament that always attracted many players, the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour will come back in Australia from October 11 to 29 for its fifth season. The organizers of the ANZPT Melbourne had just released the program of the event with a very busy schedule to be held for two weeks. In all, the ANZPT Melbourne has in its program 12 events which accessibility depend only on the players bankroll. In fact, the buy-in will vary from $ 50 for satellites to $ 2,200 for the Main Event. Every day from Thursday, October 12, poker enthusiasts of this part of the Pacific can participate in satellites of $ 65 buy-in qualifier for the Main Event which will begin on the end of the second half of the poker festival at Crown Melbourne. The main event will be held for three days with two entries for the Day 1.

In addition to the World Series of Poker Europe and the European Poker Tour, the Old Continent will receive in a few weeks a new live poker circuit. The European Synchonized Poker Tournament (ESPT) is a tournament that is based on an original concept because the event will be held simultaneously in various places throughout Europe. France is one of 10 European countries selected to host stages of the ESPT. Another specificity of this circuit is that each step will take place in two phases: the qualification and the final. The Phase 1 is a deepstack tournament which will take place during two days and it will end when it remains only 3% of the qualified players for the final. Occurring two months after Phase 1, this final phase is based on the same structure as the qualification. Each final step is preceded by a new phase of qualification. So, qualified players for the final can immediately after continue with a new phase.

The Majestic Barrière in Cannes welcomed on Wednesday the nine finalists of the Event 3 of the World Series of Poker Europe, the Pot Limit Omaha. The final table was very tough with the presence of great players in the person of Jason Mercier, Michael Mizrachi and Joe Hachem. But the chipleader of the day, the French Roger Hairabedian kept his advantage until he won his first WSOPE bracelet. On this day, Jason Mercier was the first to leave the table but his 9th place allowed him to pocket € 12,245. Michael Schwartz (€ 15,357) was the next on the list followed shortly after by Michel Abecassis (€ 19,606), Joe Hachem (€ 25,490), Jussi Nevanlinna (€ 33,765) and Jussi Ryynanen (€ 45,581).

After two years of success, the Winamax Poker Open 2012 also called European Short Handed Poker Championship sign its come back at Regency Hotel in Dublin from Thursday, September 27. For the third consecutive year, the WPO will be played in the country of Guinness to offer to poker enthusiasts four days of event during which poker will be the main activity. During the two previous editions, the Winamax Poker Open attracted 313 players and 656 players and the organizers expect to beat the record crowd for the edition 2012 because only the online qualifiers already count more than 400 players. In 2011, the title went to Steven King who pocketed a gain of € 63,000.
 
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