Online Poker Archive
Online poker: Europe examines uniform safety standards
Online poker is a very lucrative industry in Europe to the point that the European Union is organizing a workshop to discuss European security standards of the online poker market. Representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament surrounded by national regulators and other experts in online gaming gathered at the "Online Poker - Need for European Safety Standards? ", to determine if online poker needs safety standards by the European institutions to preserve the market. Certainly, member countries are best placed to regulate their online gaming market but the goal of the workshop is to find a solution to avoid the risk of market fragmentation in Europe.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Card Player Poker Tour: The title of Atlantis Reno Main Event to John Miner
After four hours of battle, the final day of the Card Player Poker Tour Atlantis Reno of $ 1,080 buy-in ended with the victory of John Miner. The winner went back home with the trophy and the first prize of $ 45,153. As a reminder, this No-Limit Hold'em tournament brought together 190 players in the poker room of Atlantis Resort Casino in Nevada. Professional players came of course to participate in this poker tournament as Steve Brecher, Charles Moore, David Randall, Andrew Howard and Jerry Yang. The champion of the Atlantis All in Poker Series Main Event of last year, Randy Gil was also present but he was eliminated before the bubble burst.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
FPS Snowfest Evian: Neil Raine wins the Main Event
Last weekend, the Casino of Evian inaugurated the Season 3 of the France Poker Series (FPS). 280 players entered the Main Event of 1,100 buy-in, a field that generated a prize pool of 268,800 shared between the 36 best players of the tournament. 108 of them accessed the Day 2 but after fourteen hours of play, there were only 12 players who competed for the title by accessing the last eight seats of the event. Fabrice Soulier began the Day 3 as chip leader with a stack of 1,263,000 chips, followed by Olivier Fazio with 1,008,000 chips. The rest of the field has less than a million chips like Emmanuel Ciana, Patrikios Chagiat, Mohsen Amini, Christopher Brown, Neil Raine, Anthony Di Zazzo, Romain Secret, Michael Reubi, Jules Sciare and Chacki Aissat.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Premier League Poker VI: Victory of Dan Shak during its sixth edition
Even playing at home, Sam Trickett who however enjoyed the advantage of being on his country wasnt able to keep on the English soil the title of the sixth edition of the Premier League Poker VI after the final head's up. Its the American player Dan Shak who was the best during this televised tournament of $ 25,000 buy-in, and pocketed $ 450,000. The British Sam Trickett settled for the runner-up spot and a gain of $ 200,000. During this show and televised poker tournament broadcast live from Apsers Casino of London, it was Talal Shakerchi who was the first removed from the part. Jennifer Tilly, Tobias Reinkemeier and Daniel Cates joined him and are ranked seventh, sixth and fifth.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
WPT National London: Reece Lewis won the title of the edition 2013
The champion of the first World Poker Tour National London (WPT) has been revealed to the public after four days of competition. Finally, it is Reece Lewis, a local player who pocketed the $ 80,000 award for his great performance. Note that this tournament was held at Aspers Casino Westfield Startford City. During its $ 1,650 main event, the tournament attracted 218 players generating a prize pool of £ 320,000. French professional players as Gaëlle Baumann, Lucille Cailly, Ludovic Lacay and Benjamin Pollak took part in the event. But they were eclipsed behind the determination of local players. Yann Del Rey registered the best result by reaching the 19th place and was entitled to $ 3,000 reward.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
CSOP IV: The appointment of poker enthusiasts in Ile-de-France region
Chelles Poker Club announced the launch of a new edition of Chelles Series of Poker (CSOP). Actually in its fourth edition, the CSOP seduced poker enthusiasts by its size and offers. This poker club invites players for next May 4 and 5 at the Cultural Center of the commune of the Seine et Marne. Since its launch, the Chelles Series of Poker brought together hundreds of players of the Ile-de-France region. For this edition, the event will be limited to 200 players and will be played in Deepstack Freezeout format No Limit Hold'em. The event is based on a structure of 30,000 starting chips on levels of 40 minutes.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
Online poker: Louisiana follows the example of Nevada
Louisiana is the next American State which could vote for the bill legalizing online gambling. According to reports, the Republican Mike Huval drew the attention of members of the parliament of Louisiana on the economic benefits to be filled with the legalization of this project. To this end, he noted that revenues that could reach millions of dollars will be saved by the State if gambling like sports betting and poker can operate legally. The implementation of the bill will also give to players the opportunity to play in a more comfortable and secure environment. Huval asked members of the parliament to investigate the conditions to be adopted to implement the control of the project. He believes that the topic should be resolved next year.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
ARJEL: Repeal of Rekop Ltd. license in France
The French Regulatory Authority of online games (ARJEL) approved the reimbursement process of French players on Full Tilt Poker since last September but its implementation became effective only after a month later, since November 2, 2012. Since then, 4.1 million were repaid to players and there is still 600,000 of the 4.7 million that anyone has not yet reclaimed. 90% of French assets owned by 13,000 players were reimbursed until here and this was made possible through the acquisition of Full Tilt Poker by the world's largest online poker, PokerStars. But since March 14, Full Tilt players worried again about their account and the future of the reimbursement process following the announcement of the suspension by the ARJEL of Rekop Ltd. license, the operator who manages the brand Full Tilt Poker in the country. This repeal was foreseeable given that the company is currently in liquidation.
Tuesday, 26 March 2013
CNIC final: At Seven Casino of Amnéville on May 9 to 11
Organized annually by the Club of Clubs (CoC), the French Individual National Championship of Clubs (CNIC) became a major poker event for enthusiasts in France. The final event will take place at Seven Casino, in the city of Amnéville from May 9 to 11, 2013. The field of the main tournament will be formed by the top 400 players, members of different poker club of France. The challenge is interesting as the winner will be crowned as the best associative and amateur poker player of 2013 and will received approximately a premium of $ 40,000. He will also receive tickets for major tournaments like the World Series of Poker, the Open de France or the World Poker Tour National Series.
Thursday, 21 March 2013
FPS Snowfest: Start of the new season in Evian
After a season full of success, the France Poker Series (FPS) is back this year with a first step in Evian-les-Bains from March 19 to 24. The FPS events of this season will take place in the most beautiful poker destinations of France because apart from the Haute-Savoie, Amnéville, Paris and Deauville, where the final will be held, the city of Cannes was also introduced in the calendar. The Casino of Evian inaugurates the tour with the FPS "Snowfest" 2013. Seven tournaments are scheduled but the main attraction of this event is the Main Event of 1,100 entry fee. The main event will be held from Thursday, March 21. Last year, the Main Event was attended by 296 players generating a prize pool of 284,160. The Czech Veronika Pavlikova won the event before Ludovic Marguerat and Serge Didisheim. This first live victory allowed him to pocket 70,000.
Thursday, 21 March 2013
EPT London: Ruban Visser, champion of the edition 2013
Ruben Visser won the title of the European Poker Tour London (EPT) after triumphing against a field of 646 participants, including a many poker stars. The young Dutch signed his first major victory that let him earn a prize of approximately $ 600,000. However, at the start of the final table, the public had their eyes on the American player Steve O'Dwyer, runner-up in the last edition and the day chipleader. This player was however eliminated at the 5th position. Chris Moorman was also among the favorites. But as short stack of the final, he wasnt able to go very far. He finished the tournament in the 8th place.
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Marrakech Poker Open: Victory of Olivier Estripeau during the main event
Casino Es Saadi hosted on Sunday afternoon the final table of the Marrakech Poker Open. The Main Event ended the 28th edition of the MPO, a tournament during which hundreds of players attended in Marrakesh. The inaugural event of the MPO, the, Deepstack, registered a crowd of 447 players against 268 for the Bounty. The 1,350 buy-in Main Event attracted a field of 288 players who fight during three days in a fierce competition. This influx generated a prize pool of more than 3.7 million dirhams distributed for the 41 best players. After the Day 2 of 14 levels of 45 minutes, 9 players out of the starting field of 115 players survived for the final table. Imran Fouiden was the first paid player after his removal at the 41st place while Alexander Reard was the bubble boy of the event, so he missed the ITM.
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Spring Poker Open: The new tournament of Belgium
The Belgian capital is preparing to host a new great poker event. It is the Spring Poker Open. This event will be held from April 26 to 28, 2013 at Grand Casino of Brussels, the playing room that also receives the World Poker Tour National Series Brussels. In the program, during this festival, there will be the main event of 750 entry fee. The event will be held during 3 days and its starting day is expected for April 26. The organizers decided to limit the field to 150 participants. With possibility of re-entry until the end of the 3rd level, this poker tournament will offer enough chance for everyone to let them offer their best. And about the game structure, competitors will receive each 20,000 starting chips for rounds of 40 minutes.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Anonymous Poker Series : The package to Manila for Claire Renaut
The European Poker Tour London let to some players to access to the Day 4, which means one more chance for the title while other players have the opportunity to discover another event dedicated to the eliminated players of the day 1A and day 1B. Indeed, the online poker operator Bodog, invited them to the event Anonymous Poker Series, a tournament that let win a package composed of a trip for two for the $100,000 guaranteed prizepool final to be held in Manila, Philippines, in January 2014. As expected, the Anonymous Poker Series is composed of live and online tournament that let players to go to this city of Asia. Members of Bodog online poker room can qualify through online satellites while live events are organized regularly all along the year before the big final of next year.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
WSOP APAC: A very promising first edition
April will be an exceptional period for poker enthusiasts in the Pacific as the world championship of poker will be held for the first time in Australia with the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific. Like all other WSOP, this poker festival promises gold bracelets to the winners. From next April 4 to 15, the WSOP APAC will be held at Crown Casino in Melbourne and the Main Event is scheduled from April 11. Poker enthusiasts in this part of the world can try their luck for the WSOP bracelets to be distributed through five events. The Event 1 is the Accumulator No Limit Holdem of $ 1,100 which will be followed a few days after by the Pot Limit Omaha of $ 1,650 (Event 2), the $ 2,200 Mixed Event (Event 3), the 6-Handed NLHE of $5,000 (Event 4) and the WSOP APAC Main Event of $ 10,000. The Main Event will be based on a structure known as one of the best in live tournaments in the world. This event will take place over five days with only one departure day on 5 levels of 90 minutes and an eight-handed final table.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
EPT London 2013: Pasi Surmunen leads with 1.5 millions chips
The Main Event of the European Poker Tour London 2013 (EPT) comes in its fourth day of competition. The large elimination of French players marked the Day 3. Indeed, among the six French players present at Grosvenor Victoria Casino during the day of competition, only David Collin managed to qualify for the next tour. He should however show great performance if he wants to be among the finalist because he has a low stack. His compatriots, Flavien Guenan, Nicolas Levi, Antoine Labat and Dan Abouaf managed all to reach the paid list. Note that the 32 survivors for the fourth day of competition will resume the game on Thursday, March 14. Finland's Pasi Surmenen is currently leading with 1.5 million chips. He is followed in second position by the British Niall Farrell who has a stack of 1,510,000 chips.
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Marrakech Poker Open: The appointment of this week in Morocco
New poker destination, Morocco will receive this week a new edition of the Marrakech Poker Open. The sumptuous Es Saadi Resort is hosting the event on the side of the Mediterranean from March 13 to 17. This 28th edition of the MPO will be embellished by many innovations like the new deepstack structure, the Re-entry format or the Main Event prize pool with 2 million dirhams guaranteed during this edition. In fact, the Main Event is characterized by a new Deepstack structure of 50,000 starting chips on levels of 45 minutes for a buy-in of 1,350 or Dh 15,000. The event will last three days and the prize pool increased from 1 million to 2 million dirhams. And the last change of the Main Event of the 28th edition of the MPO its the availability of the re-entry format to allow eliminated players from the first day to retry their luck the next day.
Monday, 18 March 2013
Global Poker Index: Philip Gruissem rejoins the top 10
Philip Gruissem took advantage of the "aging factor" system and is back into the top 10 of the Global Poker Index (GPI). Indeed, thanks firstly to the inclusion of this variable and secondly his performance during the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic (WPT LAPC), that poker player won 162 points in a week, propelling him in the eighth position. He therefore jumped 6 places. And this tournament held in California also allowed several players to improve their position in the GPI. There is among others the rise of Mohsin Charania on the 14th place in the standings thanks to his 42nd place at the $ 10,000 buy-in Main Event as well as the rise of Micah Raskin, the bronze medalist at the $ 25,000 High Roller in the top 20.
Monday, 18 March 2013
UKIPT London: A new conquest for Sergio Aido
The United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) London 2013 crowned its winner in the person of Sergio Aido, after six days of competition. This player fairly quiet until here has already a major title which was offered to him at the World Poker Tour National Barcelona and he also has at his prize list a paid place in the European Poker Tour Prague. This victory in London allowed him to receive a great reward amounting £144,555. Native of Spain, Aido is known for his super-aggressive style of play. The same technique allowed him to win in the poker room of Grosvenor Victoria London in this tournament of £ 770 buy-in when he started the final day in the 5th position in chips. After only five hands, Aido managed to accumulate the largest stack at the table.
Monday, 18 March 2013
ACF Poker Tour: Eben Lottering won the stage in Mauritius
The fourth stage of the ACF Poker Tour Season 2 was held last week in Mauritius. This event organized by the Aviation Club de France brought together a field of 77 players who paid the buy-in of 750. The event was held over two days in Grand Baie and the prize pool of 49,896 was reserved for the players qualified for the final table, a group composed of Pamela Graffouillère, Alexey Golodyaev, Jean-Pierre Tseng, Pascal Vuillon, Eben Lottering, Bernard Graffouillère, Krys Pereira, Ryan Dryer and Marc Thouzery. Nine players were in the money in this poker tournament with a minimum gain of 1,500.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Challenge heads-up: PokerStars Pro overcame The Professionals
Last week, Gus Hansen challenged Daniel Negreanu for a duel on Twitter. But after the request of Negreanu, the duel between the two players has been replaced by a head's up challenge between six players. Indeed, Daniel Negreanu suggested to Gus Hansen to recruit two more players to form a team of three players. Gus Hansen hired Tom Dwan and Viktor Blom, two players from "The Professionals", the team of Full Tilt Poker pro. On his side, Daniel Negreanu called two members of the PokerStars pro team in the person of Isaac Haxton and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. The heads-up challenge becomes then a clash between the two pro teams of two poker room. The series of heads-up took place on Sunday in London during the opening of the European Poker Tour London.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
WPT Bay 101: The title 2013 and the gain of $ 1,138,350 for Kai Chang
The main event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star ended with the unexpected victory of Kai Chang. However, the public in the poker room of Bay 101 Casino expected a feat of Erik Seidel during this $ 7,500 buy-in event final. This latter was of course the favorite in this last round but Seidel lost his chance to clinch the victory after the elimination of Joe Kuther in the 6th place and Chris Johnson at the 5th place. With his relatively low stack, that player among the best in the world gave way after the attacks of Paul Volpe and settled for the 4 th position with a prize of $ 295,590.
Saturday, 16 March 2013
Card Player Poker Tour: William Schonscheck won the Event 4
Wynn Las Vegas welcomed last week the Card Player Poker Tour in its poker room. The tournament was composed of 12 events with buy-ins ranging from $ 200 to $ 5,180. Since February 28, four events were held namely the $ 550 No-Limit Hold'em (Event 1), the $ 550 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event 2), the $ 330 No-Limit Hold'em (Event 3) and the $ 300 No-Limit Hold'em (Event 4). The Event 1 was won by Daniel Sindelar who cashed a gain of $ 60,000 and 456 POY points. Randy Ohel won the $ 550 Pot-Limit Omaha and left with $ 13,080 and 96 POY points. The Event 3 was meanwhile won by Brent Hanks. The American won a gain of $ 10,500 for hs first place in the $ 330 No-Limit Hold'em.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
WPT Shooting Star: Two stars alive for the final table
The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star continued with the Day 3 held on Thursday, March 17 with the 24 survivors of the Day 2. At the start of the day, there still remained three stars to shoot in the person of Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton and Kathy Liebert. While Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton managed to qualify for the final table, Kathy Liebert live another fate against Ben Hamnett. Liebert was eliminated in the 15th place but she was already in the ITM, she was settled with a gain of $ 29,500. Recognized WPT presenter, Mike Sexton will be this time on the other side of TV studio with his stack of 363,000 chips. He will not comment the final table for the first time in nine seasons and will begin the final table as the short stack with Casey McCarrel (430,000). Besides the last two Shooting Star, there is also Alan Sternberg, Vivek Rajkumar, Steven Kelly and Casey McCarrel at the final table of the WPT Shooting Star.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
WPT Bay Shooting Star 2013: Erik Seidel leader of the Day 3
Rendezvous for professional poker players, the World Poker Tour Bay 101 2013 recorded a record field. In fact, 643 players made up largely by international stars took part in the $ 7,500 buy-in main event. The prize pool amounts to $ 4,597,450, enough to allow the organizers to offer a colossal reward of $ 1,138,350 to the winner. Currently, the tournament reaches its third day of competition. At the end of the Day 2, there are only 63 players in the race. They will be all entitled to a reward. At the start of the Day 4, Erik Seidel is leading the race with 900,000 chips. Kyle Julius and Brendon Rubie follow him respectively in the second and the 3rd position.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Mediterranean Poker Tour: The second edition for May 19 to 26
The second edition of the Mediterranean Poker Tour (MPT) is scheduled to take place from May 19 to 26, 2013. This is a poker cruise organized by Poker Cruise and MSC Cruises and has already conquered many poker enthusiasts. Indeed, its first edition was held from November 7 to 11, 2012 and recorded an unprecedented success. Participants had the privilege to attend three tournaments and many sit & go. For this edition 2013, the adventure promises to be even more interesting. MSC Splendida passengers will explore the most beautiful Mediterranean coast for eight days. The ship will stop in Valencia, Barcelona, Tunis, Rome and Genoa. During the trip, they will also play poker.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star: Andrew Lichtenberger lead, 16 stars eliminated on Day 1A
As expected, the edition 2013 of the tour WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star began on Tuesday at Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, California with the Day 1A. The first starting day gather 270 players who paid a buy-in of $ 7,500. 50 Shooting Stars attend the event but they are divided over the two starting days with 26 for the Day 1A. Each of the bounty has $ 2,500 on their heads. Among the Shooting Stars who took the start of the Day 1A, there is Jonathan Duhamel, Daniel Negreanu, Michael Mizrachi, Antonio Esfandiari, Jason Mercier, Tony Dunst, Erik Seidel, Mike Sexton, Scotty Nguyen, David Sands, Phil Hellmuth, Vanessa Selbst, Jennifer Harman, Will Failla, Noah Schwartz, David Chiu, Dominik Nitsche and Dan O'Brien. After 10 levels, 109 players qualified for the Day 2 with Andrew Lichtenberger as chip leader. 16 of the 26 Shooting Stars were eliminated throughout the day.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
Online poker: Towards cash sharing between Italy and Spain
The willingness of European gambling regulatory commissions to establish a single market for poker and other online gambling is in the way to become a reality following the statement made by Enrique Alejo, the director of the Dirección General de Juego del Ordenación (DGOJ), the Spanish online gambling regulator. In September, Enrique Alejo talked about a possible share of market liquidity between Spain and Italy. France is also interested by this commitment but its legislation does not provide such a unification. Indeed, the tax system in France differs from those of Spain and Italy based on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of operators whereas taxation of online poker in France is based on bets. And it is for this reason that Jean-François Vilotte, director of the French Regulatory Authority of Online Games (ARJEL), repeatedly called for a change of the French law as it was the case last October. But for now, legislators didnt analyzed yet the amendment.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
GPI: Marvin Rettenmaier leading again the ranking
Marvin Rettenmaier is the new leader of the ranking of the best poker players in the world according to the Global Poker Index (GPI). This is the second time that he held this place of honor. The world number one, Dan Smith, who served for 15 weeks, dropped to the third position. This strong growth, 'Mad Marvin' got it thanks through his qualifying for the final table of the World Poker Tour Baden (WPT) which took place in Austria. Moreover, this event helped many players to improve their position in the GPI ranking. Paul Berende, the runner-up of the WPT Baden is part of them. He is currently at the 58 th position of the GPI.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
ISPT Wembley: The event wakes up and offers a prize of one million euro
Project developed by Prosper Masquelier and Laurent Tapie, the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) was announced as the biggest poker event ever organized in live. But in recent weeks, the ISPT experienced setbacks that undermine its credibility in front of poker enthusiasts. Indeed, the event began to lose its legitimacy when the organizers announced that the online qualification on the lawn of Wembley that will meet 30,000 players, a first in live poker was canceled, the initial buy-in halved and the prize pool was not fixed. Since then, the ISPT lacked credibility but organizers changed quickly the shot by giving a press conference last Friday. The conference was also an opportunity for the ISPT to announce its partnership with the British poker operator Dusk Till Dawn.
Sunday, 10 March 2013
BPT: Jean-Pierre Gleize won the stage in Gironde
Last weekend, the poker tour Barrière Poker Tour (BPT) stopped at Bordeaux in the Gironde department, in France. This third stage of the tournament registered a great success because a field of 124 participants was recorded during the main event of 1,500 buy-in. The total prize pool amounted therefore 160,074. It surpassed the 120,000 guaranteed prizepool. Well-known players were of course among the starting field. But at the end of the event, it was the player from Toulouse Jean-Pierre Gleize who won the victory. He succeeded to Mathieu Gabouleau, the champion of the last edition. He hits then the big bonus amounting 25,000 which is composed of a package of 12,000 for the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), the largest European rendezvous of poker to be held this year in Enghien Les Bains.
Wednesday, 06 March 2013
World Poker Tour Bay 101 : Many stars to shoot at will!
A few days after the LA Poker Classic, the World Poker Tour is back with the Bay 101 Shooting Star which will certainly attract, as each year, a large attendance. Indeed, the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star stands by its bounty format which aims at eliminating Stars of the tour who are professionals who participate in the event. The Shooting Star Championship will begin at Bay 101 Casino on Tuesday, March 5 for a final table scheduled for Saturday, March 9. The event is available for a buy-in of $ 7,500 and for each eliminated player who had a bounty on his head, a premium of $ 2,500 is reserved for the shooter. The Shooting Star is a very popular concept with fans given that over the event, there will be fewer stars on the tables. Last year, Kim Moon won the Bay 101 Shooting Star final table with only amateur players and during which he earned a gain of $ 960,900.
Wednesday, 06 March 2013
Turbo Poker: A successful facelift!
After the acquisition by Itechsolft Game of the French online poker room Turbo Poker, this online poker room has not experienced large changes aside a few novelties that aim to keep the site's activity and its share of the French market. But in recent days, this ancient property of Iliad Group has undergone a real metamorphosis with a facelift as well as the structural level of graphics that envy online game enthusiasts. Turbo Poker platform is now in the standard of online poker rooms in France and the room seems very determined during this year 2013.
Tuesday, 05 March 2013
WPT LA Poker Classic: The trophy of the edition 2013 for Paul Klann
Paul Klann won one of the most prestigious titles in the world of professional poker. Indeed, he finished first at the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic 2013 (WPT). As a reminder, this $ 10,000 entry fee tournament gathered in the poker room of Commerce Casino in Los Angeles 517 participants, creating a prize pool of about $ 5 million. As usual, the field was made up of many stars. Several known players have been part of this list and some of them acceded in the money list like Noah Schartz, Joe Hachel, Phil Laak, Jennifer Harman, Scott Clements, Scott Seiver, Carlos Mortensen, Ana Marquez and Mochin Charania.
Tuesday, 05 March 2013
Winamax Poker Tour: The final began with the Main Event
As previously announced, the final of the Winamax Poker Tour began on February 28 with the 550 Main Event. This event is characterized by its Day 1, which is divided into four sessions. The Day 1 of the Main Event is spread over two days with two sessions each day. The Day 1A and 1B took place yesterday at Cercle Clichy Montmartre with the participation of 505 players. The Day 1A brought together 297 participants and at the end of the 11 levels of 40 minutes, 155 players were qualified for the next round. At the end of the Day 1A, Yann Roudaut finished at the top with 140,400 chips. Players like Nicolas Levis, Vincent Bruno, Christophe Rousselet, Samuel Klein, Thierry Coutin, Nicolas Chapuis, Pierre Canali and Anael Dossevi are also qualified during the first day. In the afternoon, the Day 1B resumed with 308 players but in the end, there were more than 138 survivors. Jeremy Palvini is the chip leader with a stack of 129,400 chips. He was followed by Matthew Bourdon, Patrick Legrand, Basil Leleu, Valentin Messina, Sacha Thery, Vanessa Perdigon, Mattin Oxandaboure, Teddy Merienne and Felix Truelle.
Monday, 04 March 2013
Poker: The major events of March
This March is especially busy in terms of poker tournaments both in France and all around the world. If the Winamax Poker Tour began the month in the Cercle Clichy Montmartre, the Deepstack Open of Cannes from March 21 to 24 and the Snow Fest France Poker Series to be held in Evian from March 22 to 25 will be also part of the essential events in France. On the international scale, from March 1st to 5, the World Poker Tour will visit Cyprus, more precisely in the poker room of Merit Crystal Cove Hotel and Casino. This $ 2,200 tournament with re-entry will be the biggest event of the beginning of the month. For many poker enthusiasts, many side events with low buy-in (between $ 170 and $ 1,000) are in the program.
Monday, 04 March 2013
Belgian Poker Challenge: The new poker tournament of Belgium
A new Belgian poker tour has just been born with three steps that will crisscross Belgium. Called Belgian Poker Challenge (BPC), this new Belgian tournament will begin on April 10th with the BPC Middelkerke. Indeed, this city will host from April 10 to 14, 2013 the first step of the Belgian Poker Challenge. Middelkerke is a resort that attracts since many years visitors and it is sure that this choice of location for the opening of the circuit will generate a larger crowd. The BPC Middelkerke is also an opportunity to meet on live tables the great personalities of Belgian poker like Pierre Neuville, Matthias De Meulder, Christophe De Meulder, Charlotte Van Brabander or Gaelle Garcia Diaz.
Friday, 01 March 2013
Ivey Poker: Toby Lewis, the new recruit of Ivey Team
Without a sponsor since April 2011 due to the sale of Full Tilt Poker, Phil Ivey launched the site IveyPoker.com which as main purpose to help players through coaching provided by the world's best players. Visitors can learn skills but also play in real money games. At the time it was unveiled, Ivey Team had about twenty professional players who provide coaching for beginners. Since the site's launch, Ivey Team never ceased to grow and recruits in its wake among the best players on the planet.
Friday, 01 March 2013
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