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La table finale de l’Eureka Poker Tour s’est tenue comme prévu dimanche avec les huit rescapés des précédentes journées : Liran Machluf, Stefan Ivanov, Tane Tanevski, Georgios Phiniotis, Alexander Moiseev, Papantoniou Stylianos, Ivo Donev et Michal Vojtisek. La table finale avait garanti un gain minimum de 9.200€. Cette somme est revenue au joueur local Ivo Donev qui a été éliminé par Tane Tanevski à la 8e place de ce tournoi de poker. Les deux derniers Chypriotes du tournoi ont été éliminés juste après. Georgios Phiniotis et Papantoniou Stylianos ont empoché respectivement 12.160€ et 16.180€. L’élimination a continué avec celle de Stefan Ivanov qui a été récompensé de 22.750€ pour sa 5e place. Ayant échoué à une place du podium, Michal Vojtisek s’est consolé avec 29.800€.

The third step of the Eureka Poker Tour started with the participation of 185 players, at the Day 1A of the Main Event. A large number of players coming from all regions of Europe came to take part in this Eureka Poker Tour Bulgaria, which takes place in Varna. The organizers expected to beat the attendance of the previous edition, with its 308 players. It was done when 222 players registered for the Day 1B, or 407 players in all. After nine hours of game, 83 players qualified for the next round, at the end of this Day 1A. George Vranas was the leader with a stack of 120,100 chips, followed by Richard Larsen and Jaroslaw Sikora, who where the qualified players having more than 100,000 chips.

The Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) is a renowned poker tournament in Oceania. After stops in Melbourne, Auckland, Perth and Sydney, the ANZPT 2013 continues the season with its last step in Queenstown. The latter has always kept poker players’ interest, with its beautiful restaurants and its various activities apart from poker. The ANZPT Queenstown, which will be held from July 30th to August 4th, closes the season 5. The poker room of the Skycity of Queenstown will be the host of this event, which groups six major tournaments, in addition to the satellite tournaments. The ANZPT Queenstown will propose a Main Event and 5 Side Events, with a buy-in going from $550 to $3,000. The Main Event will last over four days, with three departure days and by paying a buy-in of $3,000, the players will be able to participate in this event with a departure stack of 20,000 chips, on levels of 60 minutes.

Italy is one of the first European countries which have legalized the market of online poker on its territory. This legalization of poker on internet allowed local operators to organize large-scale events on the Italian ground. Since last weekend, the poker room of the Casinò Municipale of Sanremo received the Mini IPT, a circuit which precedes the Italian Poker Tour. The latter will take place from July 25th to 29th of this year, with a Main Event accessible for an entry fee of €2,200. The Mini IPT Sanremo gathered 767 players for its Main Event at €200 of buy-in. After five days of hard competition, there were only nine players left for the final table. Mattia Boccassino will start the final table as chipleader, with a stack of nearly 3 million chips.

The casino of Namur is a very famous gaming institution, for the numerous major tournaments that it has already hosted. This summer, this prestigious casino of the capital of Wallonia will receive the fourth edition of the Wallonie Series Of Poker or WaSOP, a yearly highly expected poker event, by amateurs in Belgium. This Belgian poker festival will be held from July 27th to August 4th and will include 7 events, among which 3 major No Limit Hold'em tournaments, namely the WaSOP Super Side Event at €330, the traditional High Roller at €1,100 and the Main Event at €550 of buy-in.

The 44th edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), which ended last week with the Main Event, brought great changes in the ranking of the week, in the Global Poker Index (GPI). Intractable since a few weeks, Jason Mercier keeps the head of the ranking, in front of Philipp Gruissem; but the distance between the two leading players has tightened. In fact, less than 50 points separate Jason Mercier (3,235.74) and Philipp Gruissem (3,194.42). Marvin Rettenmaier garners two new places and rises at the last step of the podium. The German supremacy concerning the classification of the 300 best players, who know well to play poker, at the global level, is remarkable. Just behind Philipp Gruissem and Marvin Rettenmaier, we find again a German, Ole Schemion, who won this week six places. At the 5th place, we find Joseph Cheong (-1), followed by Daniel Negreanu, Michael Watson (-4), Bertrand Grospellier, Stephen O’Dwyer (-2) and Andrew Lichtenberger (-1), which finishes the Top 10.

After the step in London in last June, the United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) continue the season with a stop in Ireland. The UKIPT Galway will be held from July 27th to August 12th. As expected, 50 events will be part of this program, with the UKIPT Galway Main Event of €1,100 buy-in, as key point. This event proposes a guaranteed prizepool of more than €1 million. The Main Event of the UKIPT Nottingham offered the same prizepool, € 210,400 of which were won by Robert Baguely, the winner of this poker tournament.

The world of poker is in full swing, because the platform The Hendon Mob (THM) has just been acquired by the Global Poker Index (GPI). As a reminder, THM is a famous platform of poker, which has complete databases about live poker tournaments results, at international level. Professional players contributed to the success of this platform, namely Joe Beevers, Ross Boatman, Barny Boatman and Ram Vaswani. Besides, the founder of Zokay Entertainment group, Alex Dreyfus, is convinced about it, because he admitted it during the press conference, organized with the aim of announcing officially the acquisition of THM. He also mentioned his desire to develop the activity of THM.

The first step of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season XII will take place in Cyprus, from next August 12th. The competition will be held within the luxurious Merit Cristal Cove Casino and Resort, a five-star establishment which is located in the north of the country. The WPT Merit Cyprus Classic will be a poker festival that is going to last two weeks, during which 35 tournaments will be included in the program. Concerning the main event, its launching is planned for Friday August 16th. The buy-in for this main event is amounted at $4,400 and it will stand out by its guaranteed prizepool of one million dollar. In addition, a nice structure waits for participants, because the opponents will be entitled of 30,000 departure chips, for blinds of 60 minutes.

Penultimate step of the season 2012-2013, the Barrière Poker Tour Enghien took place during last weekend, at Casino Barrière of Enghien-les-Bains. 198 players were present for the Main Event at €1,500, which ended with the victory of Jacques Guenni. A large number of players well known through France took part in the event, following the example of Philippe Ktorza, Lucien Cohen, Nicolas Dervaux, Brian Benhamou, Pierre Canali, Ronan Monfort, Patrick Schuhl, Yann Migeon, Jean Montury or Steven Moreau. Sunday, only 10 players survived until the final table. The list of the last qualified was known after the elimination of Lucien Cohen, in the 11th place. Bubble boy of the final table, the winner of the EPT Deauville was all the same rewarded with €8,000.

A new international circuit, intended for enthusiasts of high roller, has just appeared. It is about the World Poker Tour Alpha 8 (WPT), a $100,000 buy-in super high roller, with re-entry. The first edition of the Alpha 8 will be held in August 26th of this year and will be called the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open-WPT Alpha 8 Florida. Thus, this poker tournament is organized within the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. It will take place in the casino with the same name’s poker room, in Hollywood, in Florida. Concerning the structure of the WPT Alpha 8, it was developed by Matt Savage. The opponents will be entitled with100,000 chips for the starting stack and blinds begin with 200/400. The duration of game level depends on the number of players on table. If there are less than 25 players, it will be set to 60 minutes. If the field oscillates between 25 and 49 participants, the level of the game will last 40 minutes, during the nine first rounds. With a field of 50 participants, rounds will last 40 minutes.

After the success of its first edition in 2012, Poker Cruise and MSC Croisières decided to repeat the Mediterranean Poker Tour. During a week, those who like playing poker will be able to go on a cruise, aboard the MSC Preziosa, for a new poker adventure. The Mediterranean Poker Tour will be held from November 2nd to 9th and the liner will cross the Mediterranean Sea and will stop over Genoa, Naples, Messina, Tunis and Barcelona, during this cruise of 7 nights / 8 days. The 2nd edition of the Mediterranean Poker Tour will offer an enriching experience for amateurs of card games. In fact, players will be able to discover these cities and the wealth of the Mediterranean Sea during these days and devote to their favorite game once the sun sets. Each evening, numerous events will be organized so that all passengers would be able to take advantage of this unique atmosphere in high sea, which the Mediterranean Poker Tour offers.

The season III of the Eureka Poker Tour continues with a step in Bulgaria, after stops in Czech Republic and Croatia. Amateurs of poker of Eastern Europe will be honored with this Bulgarian stage at the seaside resort of Golden Sands, where poker will rhyme with summer holidays. For this third step of the season, the Eureka Poker Tour will be held at International Casino, during a week, from July 22nd to 28th. The event proposes 9 events for a buy-in between €220 and €2,000, without counting the satellite tournaments which will allow qualifying for some events such as the Main Event and the High Roller. The Main Event will take place in the poker room of International Casino of Golden Sands, from July 24th to 28th and will be accessible for a buy-in of €1,100. Last year, the local player Petar Zografov won the event and a gain of €48,745, after a heads-up with the Lithuanian Algirdas Saveikis.

Poker is a booming industry in Canada. After a step of the WPT in May, the country is going to host a great poker tournament called « Poker Festival de Montréal ». This major event will take place from September 21st to October 3rd, in the Poker Club Playground of Kahnawake. And during these 13 days, 17 tournaments were introduced in the program, including the Main Event. The latter will be accessible for a buy-in of $1,100, for a guaranteed prizepool of $1 million. Apart from the Main Event, other tournaments will be accessible for a buy-in between $60 and $220.

Inaugurated in the beginning of May 2013, the Poker Open of Canet met a real success near amateurs of poker. Face to the success of this new circuit in the South East of France, the casino JOA decided to repeat the event for August. The Casino JOA of Canet, in Roussillon, will propose again a 100% poker weekend, with a deepstack tournament, offering more game depth. The event is accessible for a buy-in of €300 and players will receive a starting stack of 30,000 chips on levels of 30 minutes. A prizepool of more than €13,000 will be shared between the players who will end in the paid places. This poker tournament will start in Saturday afternoon and will end by the final of Sunday. The Poker Open will be held in an exceptional framework for its final table which will take place in the open air on the « Place de la Méditerranée » in Canet, in Roussillon.

With the end of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2013, which is waiting for its final table planned for next November 4th, the Global Poker Index could register a great change. But before the last updates at the end of this main event of the 44th edition of the WSOP, the GPI ranking remains unchanged, especially in its Top 10. Jason Mercier remains at the head of the classification with 3,232.91 points. He outstrips of short Philipp Gruissem who counted 3,194.42 points. In the rest of the ranking, we find again Michael Watson, Joseph Cheong, Marvin Guido Rettenmaier, Daniel Negreanu, Stephen O’Dwyer, Bertrand « ElkY » Grospellier, Andrew Lichtenberger and Ole Schemion. Changes were visible in the Top 20, from the 17th place. David Sands kept his 11th place of last week, just as Igor Kurganov (12th), Paul Volpe (13th), Bryn Kenney (14th), Justin Bonomo (15th) and Chris Klodnicki (16th). Shannon Shorr falls at the 21th place and leaves the last four places of the Top 20 to Daniel Shak, Dan Smith, Micah Raskin and Sorel Mizzi.

The Bellagio Cup IX gathered a large number of players who have recently participated in the World Series of Poker 2013. 137 players registered for the Main Event and that generated a prizepool of $ 1,328,900. But after three days of competition in the poker room of Bellagio Hotel Casino of Las Vegas, nine players survived for the final table. The nine seats of the final table were occupied by Jason Koon, Daniel Stern, Alexander Condon, Alexander Uskov, Michael Esposito, Connor Drinan, Tobias Reinkemeier, Matt Parry and David Peters. Last year, the Main Event of the Bellagio Cup gathered 126 participants, for a total prizepool of $1,328,900. The event was won by Jess Yawitz who was rewarded with $291,505.

The list of the Main Event’s nine finalists of the 44th edition of the World Series of Poker is finally known, after seven days of intense competition, in which 6,352 players took part. 27 players among which 3 French players have taken the departure of the Day 7, at the poker room of Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas. This penultimate stage of the Main Event had as stakes places for the « November Nine ». The day guaranteed a minimum gain of $285,408, which went to Benjamin Pollak, following his elimination by Maxx Coleman. Eliminations followed successively until the table was defined. The Spanish Carlos Mortensen, who won the same event in 2001, was less lucky during this Main Event of the WSOP 2013, because he finished at one place of the final table and pocketed at the same time $573,204. Meanwhile, players such as Steve Gee, Clément Tripodi, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Alexander Livingston and Rep Porter were ousted throughout the day.

The republican Member of Parliament, Joe Barton has drawn up a bill aiming at the legalization of the American market of online poker, at the federal level, named Internet Poker Freedom Act and he presented it in front of the members of the Congress. As a reminder, online poker has been prohibited in the United States since 2006, but the Ministry of Justice has given the green light for the opening of the intrastate markets. Thus, some American States like Nevada and New Jersey have legalized the game. But all fans and professionals of poker hope for a federal legalization. Let us note that the Internet Poker Freedom Act is applied exclusively for poker. Then, in its promulgation, other online gaming such as slot machines will remain illegal.

The Italian Poker Open (IPO) is one of the most select circuits of live poker tournaments in Italy. From next July 18th to 21st, the poker room of the Casino Campione will host the 11th step of this event, with the Main Event as culmination, which final table is planned on Sunday July 21st. Titled « Summer Edition », this event should gather a large number of players coming from all over Europe, because the event did not start yet and the Day 1B of the €550 buy-in Main Event is already full. In fact, the 700 places of this second departure day have already been sold, to the point that the registration will concern only the Day 1A. Satellite tournaments, “Mini Sat Main Event IPO”, will be organized at the casino, on Wednesday July 17th. 10 tickets for the Main Event will be distributed during these events, for a little buy-in of €40.

The names of the 9 finalists of the World Series Of Poker 2013 (WSOP) will be soon known. Currently, they are only 27 players left, including three French, namely Sylvain Loosli who occupies the second position of the ranking, Clément Tripodi and Benjamin Pollack. They are sure to go home with a minimum gain of $285,408. But the ultimate goal is of course, to arrive at the top of this mythical poker tournament, or at least, become a member of the October Nine. Note that this year, a colossal prize is to win, because in addition to the big bonus of $8,359,531, the winner will also receive a white 28 carats gold jewelry, decorated with about one hundred diamonds, whose amount is estimated at $500,000.

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker is the most coveted poker event on the live circuit. But before the main event, which is the last tournament of the WSOP, two new bracelets were distributed in the Event # 61 - $ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship and the Event # 60 - 1,500 No $-Limit Hold'em . The American Daniel Alaei won the PLO which registered the entry of 386 players during its first day. Daniel Alaei won his fourth bracelet and $ 852,692 after a heads-up with Jared Bleznick who left the final table with $ 526,625. I the side of French players, Philippe Clerc was the best placed with a 17th place which still allowed him to pocket $ 32,691. Having also finished in the ITM, Mesbah Guerfi and Nicolas Faure cashed $ 26,124 each for their 23rd and 26th place.

The total field of the $ 10,000 buy-in Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2013 (WSOP) is finally known. They are 6,352 players who took part in the first days of competition, which generated a prize pool of $ 59,708,800. So, the winner of this year will win a significant amount of $ 8,359,531. A slight decrease in attendance was recorded this year. However, this Main Event 2013 is ranked eighth in the ranking of the 10 largest WSOP Main Event in history. The edition 2006 set the record with 8,773 participants. This poker tournament was held just prior to the enactment of the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act), which prohibits the activity of online poker platforms in the United States. This fact suggests that record attendance could be beaten if online poker becomes legal again in the country. Note that the widespread legalization of the market is scheduled for this fall.

Just a month after the step of Toulouse, the circuit Barrière Poker Tour 2013 (BPT) will link up next week with a stage in Enghien Les Bains. This 7th and penultimate step of the season 2013 will be held at the Casino Barrière of Enghien Les Bains, from Friday July 19th till Sunday July 21st. This year, the organizers expect a more significant attendance, compared with the one of last year, given the fact that renowned players will come back from Las Vegas with the World Series of Poker 2013, which will end this weekend, after a little more than one month of competition. As a reminder, the final table of the Main Event of the WSOP is planned in November: the famous November Nine. In 2012, the step in Ile de France region of the Barrière Poker Tour gathered more than 200 participants, who consisted of professional and beginners of poker. The main event was won by David Jaoui who managed to play poker well, in front of Willy Korchia and Laurent Polito who completed the podium.

The DeepStacks Poker Tour has just released its schedule 2013, with four steps including one in Panama. The circuit will start by a stage in Spain, the Barcelona Challenge which will take place at Casino Barcelona, from next September 27th to 29th. The DSPT Barcelona will also have in its program the €1,500 buy-in Main Event and numerous Side Events such as the €550 NLH, the €330 NLH Turbo, the NLH Turbo Bounty at €430 and the €3,000 High Roller. The DSPT will afterward have a stop in the United States, for the Oregon Sate Poker Championships. It will be in the poker room of Chinook Winds Casino Resort, in Lincoln City that this event will be held. It will last nine days, from October 27th to November 4th.

After a step in San Remo during the last month, the Texapoker Series will have a stop on the French Riviera, in the poker room of Casino Barrière Cannes Croisette. From July 26th to 28th, the Croisette will offer a 100% poker weekend to all amateurs of poker of France. This poker event is an opportunity to discover the sumptuous town of Cannes and the summer atmosphere on the French Riviera. Like in each step of the Texapoker Series, the Cannes stage will have a Main Event and Side Events. Limited to 200 players, the Main Event will be accessible for a buy-in of €500 and each player will receive 100,000 starting chips. This event relies upon a deepstack structure, with100/200 blinds on level of 30 minutes during the Day 1, of 40 minutes during the Day 2 and of 50 minutes during the Day 3.

In the last updates of the Global Poker Index (GPI), which groups the worldwide 300 best players of poker, great changes were noticed with the World Series Poker, still in progress with its 62nd and last event of this edition 2013. Invincible since already a few weeks, Jason Mercier keeps his place of leader, just before Philipp Gruissem. A difference of less than 100 points separates the two players: Jason Mercier (3,263.36) and Philipp Gruissem (3,194.42). Marvin Rettenmaier and Daniel Negreanu declined in the 5th and 6th place of the ranking, by leaving the 3rd and 4th place to Joseph Cheong and Michael Watson. Just after, we find Stephen O'Dwyer (7th) and Andrew Lichtenberger (8th) who maintained their places of last week. Ole Schemion wins two places and ranks in the 9th position, while the French Bertrand « ElkY » Grospellier ends the Top 10, after that he gained two places. Igor Kurganov rises in the 11th place of the GPI, after a 16th during the last week.

Online gambling activity in France, particularly online poker, is currently crossing a difficult period since a few times, according to the quarterly report of the French Regulation authority of online games (ARJEL). Compared with the same period of the year 2012, the activity on legal online poker rooms in France knew a significant fall, of the order of 16% on the bets in cash game, 1% on entry fees and 9 % on the Gross Gaming Revenue of operators. The activity of cash game collected a total bet of 1,266 million euro, during the 2nd trimester 2013, or a drop of 16%, compared with the same period of the year 2012. The activity of poker tournament was less touched by this regression in France, with a recession of only 1% at 341 million against 345 million euro in the 2nd trimester 2012.

Since 2005, the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas, is the host of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). This year, 6,352 players took the departure of the Main Event, over the three days of entry, but only 4,186 players succeeded to qualify for the Day 2. At the end of the Days 2A et 2B, which took place in the poker room of Amazon, Brasilia and Pavilion Room of the Rio, the American Nick Schwarmann is the new chipleader, with a stack of 413,600 chips. Jason DeWitt, Aage Ravn, Sergio Castelluccio and Rupert Elder finish the Top 5 of the chipcount, with more than 340,000 chips. Notable players such as Sorel Mizzi, Eoghan O'Dea, Juha Helppi, Phil Galfond, Ivan Demidov, Mélanie Weisner, Liv Boeree or Annette Obrestad qualified also for the Day 3. We note also the qualification of the living legend of poker, Doyle Brunson, in the 34th place and who will begin the Day 3 with 224,000 chips.

The British Matthew Ashton won the title of the $ 50,000 Poker Players’ Championship tournament. The young professional of poker, aged of 25 years, participated into three final tables, during the edition 2013 of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and managed to climb the first step of the podium, in the poker room of Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino. Note that Ashton crossed a field of 132 participants, composed of numerous poker stars, before his victory. His exemplary performance was awarded by a superb gain of $ 1,744,989. Thus, Matthew Ashton is the youngest player who won the Chip Reese trophy. Besides, the achievements that he realized throughout this worldwide championship were enough to rise him at the top of the WSOP ranking, Player of The Year.

As every week, the Global Poker Index (GPI) receives an update, further to the evolutions of players and their results, throughout the last months. The World Series of Poker 2013 have turned upside down the ranking of the two last months, to the point that some great names of poker left their place to less known players, in the classification of the Top 300. Jason Mercier keeps the head of the ranking, already since a few weeks, just ahead Philipp Gruissem, Daniel Negreanu, Marvin Rettenmaier, Michael Watson, Joseph Cheong, Stephen O’Dwyer, David Sands, Andrew Lichtenberger and Paul Volpe. And the Top 20 knew only a few changes, with the exchange of place between the two players of the famous Phil Ivey's Team, Dan Smith and Daniel Shak. Dan Smith wins a place and ranks in the 18th place, occupied a week before by Daniel Shak.

After the Day 4, which gathered the 26 survivors of the Poker Player’s Championship, eight players survived till the final table. Nine players were eliminated without being awarded in the poker room of Rio, given the fact that the event guaranteed 16 paid places, for a minimum gain of $ 55,947. This sum went to Joe Cassidy and Gary Benson, following to their elimination in the 15th and 16th place. John Juanda, Mike Leah, Max Pescatori, Joe Hachem, Greg Mueller, David Bach, Justin Smith, Stephen Chidwick and Erick Lindgren left the poker tournament with empty pockets. Eliminated in the ITM, players such as Gary Benson, Joe Cassidy, Troy Burkholder, Kevin Song, Tommy Hang, Bryn Kenney, Huck Seed, Michael Glick and Mike Gorodinsky left the Amazon Room of the Rio casino, with a gain between $ 55,947 and $173,796. The elimination of Mike Gorodinsky allowed constituting the final table, composed of 8 players, following the example of Jonathan Duhamel, David Benyamine, Mike Wattel, Matthew Ashton, George Danzer, John Hennigan, Don Nguyen and Minh Ly. Bubble boy of the final table, Gorodinsky has all the same pocketed $ 173,796.

Each year and this since1979, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) are adding one or two new members to its Poker Hall of Fame. This year, the ceremony of enthronement will take place in November, during the Main Event’s final table of the 44th edition of the WSOP poker tournament. The public had been asked to send for review, a nominative list of potential players until next August 15th. The day after, a jury composed of a group of journalists and 19 members of the Hall of Fame will examine the case of the eligible candidates. The two players who will receive the maximum of votes will join the 40 Hall of Famer. The public has to refer to some criteria during the naming: being aged of more than 40 years, have played in parties with high stakes, have won the respect of his counterparts and being always competitive, but also have withstood time. The Hall of Fame is also accessible to non-players, who have participated closely to the development and to the success of poker.

The Poker Players' Championship, Event #55 of the WSOP 2013, gathered 78 players at the beginning of the Day 3. At the end of the day, the field reduced to 26 players and Don Nguyen took back the head of the ranking with 2,059,000 chips. To have managed to play poker well, Nguyen was the only player of this event at $ 50,000 of buy-in, who surpasses the peak of two million chips. His pursuers have more than one million chips, but they stay far behind with a difference of more than 500,000 chips with his direct pursuer, Mike Gorodinsky, second in chips. Six other players have a stack of more than one million chips: Minh Ly, Michael Glick, John Hennigan, David Benyamine, Troy Burkholder and Jonathan Duhamel. Even he was chipleader at the start of the day, the French David Benyamine backwards at the 6th place, with 1,052,000 chips. Among the great names of poker who qualified for the Day 4, we can quote among Joe Hachem, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren and Huck Seed.

For the first time within two seasons, the circuit of live poker ACFPoker Tour crossed the Atlantic on the sidelines of the season 2, to go in Las Vegas. After a step in Annecy in last May, the Hotel & Casino Aria of Las Vegas hosted this stage of the ACFPoker Tour on the American continent. The ACFPoker Tour Las Vegas expects to be a promising step, because it was organized in parallel with the World Series of Poker 2013 in the global capital of gambling; 214 players registered for the $ 1,080 Main Event which generates a prizepool of more than $ 200,000 shared between the 27 paid places.

During the next edition of the Battle of Malta, from next September 26th to 29th, the Trophies « Esprit du Poker 2013 » will be awarded to the players who marked the season 2012-2013, on the live poker circuit. The season takes in account the tournaments which were held between the World Series of Poker 2012 and the European Poker Tour Grand Final 2013. These distinctions reward more precisely players who, of course, won the event, but especially those who brought an atmosphere on tables and in the poker room, where they were, while keeping ethics of poker. For that, the Esprit du Poker was shared into three categories which will reward the mythical players, the players who restored taste in poker and those who will be the poker players of tomorrow, through « Le Trophée des Légendes », « Le Trophée du Joueur Inspirant » and « Le Trophée du Meilleur Espoir ».

Last night, a bracelet of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was awarded to a woman, the first in this 44th edition of the worldwide series. The victory of a woman outside the Ladies Event is a particular occasion, during this poker tournament and deserves to be specified. In fact, Dana Castaneda won the $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em, which gathered an impressive field of 2,883 participants. Ending in the 94th place of the Ladies Event, Dana Castaneda was an unknown of live circuit afterward and this first place at the Event #54 is certainly marking a beautiful start for her career. At the start of the Day 3 who gathered 14 players, there were still two players left for the title, but Molissa Farber, the other feminine representative of the event, was eliminated at the 11th place.

Weeks pass but are not always the same, at the level of the classification of the best players of poker of the moment. In fact, poker tournament held almost around the world continue to upset day by day this ranking. Since a few weeks, Jason Mercier remained at the top of the classification of the Global Poker Index, which gathers the 300 best poker players in the world. The American keeps his throne, thanks to his presence at the World Series of Poker which is currently taking place at Rio of Las Vegas. Up to now, Mercier participated in six events of the WSOP; and on each of his appearances, he was included in the ITM, with a total of $ 46,106 of earnings. He is ahead of the German Philipp Gruissem, who stood out in Melbourne, on the occasion of the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific, during which he won the NLH Caesars Cup Invitational and the High Roller tournament.

The kickoff of the Poker Players Championship tournament of $ 50,000 buy-in of the World Series Of Poker 2013 (WSOP) was held on last Sunday. Organized in memory of David Reese, a great star of poker at the global level, the event gathered 120 participants and is currently at its third day. The Day 2 was marked by the elimination of many elites of poker, such as Phil Ivey, Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu. Two French are always still in the running, including Bertrand Grospellier and David Benyamine, who is in the sixth position, with 460,000 chips. They will still confront with numerous renowned players such as Andy Bloch, Justin Bonomo, David Bach, Dan Kelly and Justin Smith. Chipleader at the start of the second day of competition, the world champion of poker in 2010, Jonathan Duhamel is currently occupying the 4th position.

Grand Châlon Poker Club has just been recognized to be the best poker club in Live classification, on a French scale. In fact, the members of this poker club continue to accumulate very good results. Fourth national club, it finished 4th during the final of the CNEC tournament (Compétition Nationale de Poker par Equipe), which took place around the beginning of the year. Its good performance during the regional qualifications has also helped it to propel toward this place of leader. Currently, Grand Châlon Poker Club owns 15,984 points. It outdistances Poker à Lille, with about 900 points. The two associations have each won two points. Then, Tregor Poker Club is in the third position after having lost a place. Haillan Poker Tour, Poker On Mars, Auxerre Poker Club, Dijon Poker, Orléans Poker Club, NH Poker Team and Limoges Poker Club occupy respectively the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th position of the classification.

One more time, French women players signed a very good performance at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). In fact, Julie Monsacré has just won the 3rd place of the $ 10,000 Ladies Championship tournament. Up to now, it is the best French performance in this 2013’s edition of the WSOP. The young woman player, who nearly reiterated the achievement of Vanessa Hellebuyck three years before, has thus pocketed the biggest gain of her career, an amount of $ 67,331. Note that this event gathered 954 women players in the Amazon’s poker room of Rio casino. Other French women took part, among whom Claire Renault who finished 12th, Lara Boutros 18th and Hermance Blum 102nd. On the other side, the victory came back to Kristen Bicknell who received a prize of $ 173,922. The Australian Leanne Haas, as for her, occupied the second place.

Currently, the One Drop High Rollers is undoubtedly the most followed event in Las Vegas, within the framework of the 44th edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). 166 players took on Wednesday, the departure of this event at $ 111,111 of buy-in, but after two days of competition, the field was reduced to 64 players, among whom only 24 will be able to share the prizepool of almost $ 18 million. Already chipleader at the end of the Day 1, Brandon Steven consolidates his domination by taking possession of the head of the classification, in terms of chipcount, at the end of the Day 2. Brandon Steven counts 2,135,000 chips at the end of the day, but other players such as Ben Lamb, Shaun Deeb, Nick Schulman, Andrew Robl, Steve Gross and the champion of the Big One for One Drop 2012, Antonio Esfandiari, are also at more than one million chips.

The month of August will mark the resumption of the season of the European Poker Tour (EPT), after a break of three months. For this new season, the eight steps of the previous were taken back. The EPT will start at the end of August in Barcelona, the inaugural stage of the Season 10 which will end with the EPT Grande Finale of Monte-Carlo, in April 2014. For this new season, the organizers brought some changes compared with the Season 9, especially in the program of the EPT London, EPT San Remo and EPT Berlin. From August 28 to September 7, the European Poker Tour will have, as planned, a stop in Spain with the EPT Barcelona, which will be followed by the EPT London, from October 2 to 12. The year 2013 will be closed by a stage in the Czech capital, from December 8 au 18.
 
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