Online Poker Archive
Online gambling: The global revenue in increase of 7.2 % in 2012
Online gambling which groups poker, casino game and betting is a fast-growing sector in the world. In 2012, the sector generated global receipts of 25 billion euro, according to the consulting firm H2 Gambling Capital; or an increase of 7.2 % compared with 2011. Online casinos generated 17% of this gross receipt, while online poker which is in continual decline presented only 13%. Always according to H2, online gambling represents 8% of receipts, on the whole sector of gambling in 2012. The European market is the main growth driver of the sector of online gambling, with a penetration rate of 12.6%. North America is far behind with a penetration rate of 4.4%.
Monday, 30 September 2013
World Poker Tour: The Alpha8 will come in London and Johannesburg
The poker tournament Alpha8 is a new circuit that the World Poker Tour inaugurated at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in August of this year. The organizers revealed on Thursday the new steps of this High Roller event. The WPT Alpha8 continues its first season with a stage in the United Kingdom and another one in South Africa. The English step of the WPT Alpha8 will be held from October 28th of this year, at Palm Beach Casino in London. Participants should pay £100,000 of buy-in to take part in this poker event. October will be very full for enthusiasts of High Roller and especially regulars of live poker in the city of London. In fact, the High Roller tournaments of the month are going to start with the Super High Roller at £50,000 of the European Poker Tour of London, from October 4th, 2013.
Monday, 30 September 2013
Dream Poker Tournament: In November 2nd and 3rd in Aix-les-Bains
The Dream Poker Tournament is going to come back at the Casino Grand Cercle, in Aix-les-Bains, in France, in November 2nd and 3rd of this year. Already in its third edition, this poker tournament promises even more exciting weekend than last year. The event has been limited to 250 players and the organizers expect for more significant attendance compared with last year, with the entrance fee which has been reduced to 880 against 1,100 before. The third edition of the Dream Poker Tournament is worth the trip, if only to visit the sumptuous Casino Grand Cercle, an establishment built in the XIXth century and which has been classified historic monument. Concerning the tournament strictly speaking, these two days should gather once again great names of poker of France. Participants will start with a stack of 25,000 starting chips, on levels of 45 minutes till the 18th level and one hour for the rest.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Global Poker Index: Rettenmaier still leads, Selbst comes back in the ranking
Like each week, the Global Poker Index brings an update in the classification of the 300 best players of poker in the world. For its update of September 25th, this poker ranking didnt know great change, especially in the Top 20. Marvin Rettenmaier remains the leader of the classification and takes some steps ahead on his direct pursuers: Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Philipp Gruissem and Joseph Cheong. In the rest of the Top 10, we find Ole Schemion, Stephen O'Dwyer, David Sands, Michael Watson and Igor Kurganov. The only change in the Top 20, compared with last week, is the exchange of place between Jonathan Duhamel and David Peters, for the 14th and 15th place of the ranking.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
FPS Sunfest Cannes: Many events and a charitable tournament in the program
The France Poker Series Sunfest Cannes (FPS), third step of the Season 3, is currently taking place at the poker room of Pullman Cannes Mandelieu Royal Casino. The event already started on Monday with satellite tournaments for the Main Event, but real things will begin today with the first Side Event of the tournament, the NLH Turbo at 220 of buy-in. From September 25th to 29th, 8 events will be held at the casino of Mandelieu. Apart from the NLH Turbo, five other Side Events are in the program during these five days, namely the NLH Knockout at 250, the "Peace And Sport Charity" at 300, the NLH Foldingo" at 100, the Ladies Event at 60 and the NLH "Win The button" at 200. The traditional Main Event will begin in September 26th of this year and players should pay the 1,100 of buy-in of qualify via satellite tournaments. The High Roller will take place from September 28th, for a buy-in of 2,200.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Online gambling: Caesars and Wynn seeking to conquer New Jersey
The implementation of online gaming takes a huge step forward in the state of New Jersey. After that the commission of regulation of online gaming of the State decided to respect the deadline of license granting for November 26th of this year, casinos and operators want to conclude partnerships. Caesars Interactive and Wynn Resorts are the two main actors of casino industry in the United States. And with the introduction of online gambling in regulated States, both operators are the new pioneers of the market, after the Black Friday. This week, the provider of poker software and online casino, Amaya, concluded a partnership with the casino owner Caesars Interactive Entertainment for the launching of an online room of casino. Caesars will benefit from the platform and the technology of Amaya for its offer of online casino in New Jersey, while the casino owner has concluded an agreement with 888 for its offer of online poker in Nevada and New Jersey.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
WPT Borgata Poker Open: Zinno deprives Selbst of a WPT victory
Since last week, the poker room of Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa of Atlantic City was in an excitement, with the holding of the World Poker Tour. The Main Event of the Borgata Poker Open gathered 1,189 participants. This event at $3,500 buy-in was marked by the participation of numerous current major players of poker such as David Sands, Paul Volpe, Cong Pham, Phil Laak, Scotty Nguyen, Will Failla, Jonathan Little, Aaron Massey or Jake Schwartz, and also by talented women players like Kara Scott and Vanessa Selbst to bring a glamorous touch to the competition. After a week of meeting, the final table was held during last week with the 6 survivors of the Day 4: David Randall, Vanessa Selbst, Jeremy Kottler, Cong Pham, Anthony Zinno and Eric Fields.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
New Jersey: The opening of the first online poker room before December
New Jersey is the third American State which legalized online poker in the United States. Since a little time, the State gets ready to receive its first online poker rooms, after that the Governor Chris Christie ratified the law regulating the sector in February 2013. The State could open the market of online poker by the end of the year, if we consider the will of the authority of regulation of online poker in New Jersey. In fact, the commission of regulation of gambling of the Garden State asserted on Monday that it will do the necessary to answer to the requests of the operators of State casinos before November 26th, the deadline fixed by the authorities for the granting of licenses. If this legal deadline is kept, enthusiasts of poker will be able to play to their favorite game on internet, just like in Nevada with the launch of the Ultimate Poker and the website of Caesars Entertainment, under the WSOP label.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Western Classic Poker Championship: Victory of Darcy Dixon at the Main Event
The Crown Perth of Burswood, in Australia, hosted since last September 12th 2013 the edition 2013 of the Western Classic Poker Championship. 10 events were held during the ten days of this poker tournament, with the Main Event (Event #8) at $2,200 of buy-in as key point. Last year, this poker event gathered a field of 101 players. This year, the event was honored by 117 players, among whom 57 during the Day 1A and 58 at the Day 1B, which generated a prizepool of $234,000. 68 players survived to the two entry days, but at the end of the Day2, there were only 11 players for the final table. Yann Yin led at the start of the final table with 418,000 chips and outstripped of a short head Liam Taylor (413,000).
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
Nevada: Possible saturation of the market with the launch of the 2nd online poker room
After the launch of Ultimate Poker on last April 30th, Caesars Entertainment Corp. and the World Series of Poker launched the platform wsop.com for enthusiasts of online poker in Nevada. This new poker room was published online on last Thursday. But observers and operators themselves seem worried about the possible saturation of the market. In fact, the number of players inside the State didnt evolve while competition has just increased. The importance of the market of online poker in Nevada hasnt been revealed yet by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, since the opening of Ultimate Poker, but some actors of the sector are already counting on a saturation of the market. The NGCB waits the implementation of at least three platforms in Nevada, before reviewing on the market of online poker. For that purpose, at least three rooms of online poker are expected until the end of the year, following the example of 888 Poker, Treasure Island and South Point.
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
WPT Season XII: Atlantic City will host the World Championship
Since the launching of the poker tournament World Poker Tour, the Bellagio of Las Vegas has always been the host of the Grande finale of the season: the World Championship. After 11 seasons, the World Championship leaves Nevada for the first time, for New Jersey; another State of the USA which put poker to its fair value since many years. In fact, the Bellagio of Las Vegas will give place to the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, for the reception of the final step of the season 12 of the World Poker Tour. This event will be held in May 2014. The reason of this change is the fall of attendance since a few years. The Season XI of the WPT World Championship of Las Vegas, won by Chino Rheem, seduced only 146 players; while they were 639 players who took part in 2007, an event which was won by Carlos Mortensen.
Monday, 23 September 2013
Online poker: Towards a sharing of liquid assets between Spain and Italy
The sharing of liquid assets is an idea shared by different European regulated markets of online poker. The Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego, the Spanish online gambling authority, asserted this week its will to share the liquid assets with Italy. According to its president Carlos Hernandez, this perspective is the step of a discussion with the other regulated markets of poker in Europe. The big boss of the Iberian Authority of regulation of the market showed his will for a common liquidity with the Transalpine market since April, but remains nevertheless careful on the impacts of this cash sharing, especially on the control of the mechanism and the protection of players. In fact, this sharing of liquid assets may generate negative effects on the two markets, if the question of control isnt beforehand fixed. A bad check will increase criminal activities and may lead players to migrate towards illegal offers. If the question of control is resolved, the sharing of liquid assets between the two markets would be envisaged during 2014.
Monday, 23 September 2013
GPI: Marvin Rettenmaier dethrones Jason Mercier
After he monopolized during four months the head of the ranking of the Global Poker Index (GPI), Jason Mercier gave his place to the German Marvin Rettenmaier during last week. As he occupied the second place of the ranking during the same period, the German became the n°1 of the GPI 300 this week, following his recent performances at live poker tournaments. Last week, Marvin Rettenmaier brought in fact a new title in his prizelist, with a victory in Ukraine during the Eurasian Poker Tour. This event at $2,000 gathered 159 players, following the example of Chino Reem and Alexander Kravchenko, two great champions of live poker, respectively at the WPT and at the WSOP. Marvin Rettenmaier pocketed $73,390 for this getaway in Kiev.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
New Jersey: Reception of complementary files for the license before September 20th
Since the beginning of the year, the United States are mobilizing for the legalization of gambling and intra-state online poker. At the moment, only three States, namely New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware legalized their poker and other online gambling. While Caesars Entertainment gets ready to join Ultimate Poker in Nevada this week, with the launch of the poker room under the brand WSOP, the State of New Jersey prepares the reception of casinos applications for the license of online gaming, within the State. The Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) of the State of New Jersey has just set a deadline for the deposit of application. In fact, this commission of regulation of online gambling announced that land based casinos of the State, applicants of license, should complete their application file before Friday, September 20th of this year.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
EPT London: A great poker festival with 38 events
After an inaugural step in Barcelona, which ended with the victory of the Englishman Tom Middleton, the Season X of the European Poker Tour will link up with a step in England, at the beginning of October. The change concerning the place of reception of the competition is the greatest modification brought to this second step of the EPT season 10. In fact, the Grand Connaught Rooms, located in the area of Covent Garden, will be the host of this European Poker Tour London, from October 2nd to 12th of this year. This London poker festival wants also to be very attracting, with a large number of events which will make envy enthusiasts of poker tournament in England, but also from Europe. Like in Barcelona with the Estrellas Poker Tour, the EPT London will open its competition with the United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour, whose Main Event will be accessible for £1,100.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Google: Denial on its possible public take-over bid on bwin party
Distort rumor or attempt to divert attention from the number one of search engines Google? Nobody knows it. But in any case, the firm of Mountain View has just denied on last Friday the statements concerning a possible take-over bid, on bwin party. In fact, rumors according to which Google would be interested to launch a public take-over bid on the operator, and owner of several online poker room and online casino throughout the world were relayed by the website of the Daily Mail, during these last days. According to these assertions, this offer to tender from the company founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin propose a purchase price of bwin party, amounted at £200 per share, while the current rate of the company on London Stock Exchange is £113.5.
Thursday, 19 September 2013
Online poker: Caesars follows the trace of Ultimate Poker in the USA
After Ultimate Poker, casinos in the United States rush also to develop their platforms of online poker. This week, enthusiasts of online poker of the State of Nevada are going to receive a new online poker room, after the legalization of online gambling, within this State, since the month of February of this year. In fact, Caesars Entertainment Corp. will launch a poker room in real money, this September 19th of this year, under the brand of the World Series of Poker. With this new poker website, Caesars Entertainment will share the market of online poker in Nevada, with Ultimate Poker, the platform of poker of the Station Casinos LLC. Since its launch in last April, the operator Ultimate Poker announced in August that 10 million hands have already been played on the website.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Macau: Revenue always promising for the Las Vegas of Asia
Poker tournament is currently enjoying great success in Europe and also all other the world. Macau became the Mecca of live poker, within the period of one year, with an income which continues to increase for casinos of this special administrative region of China. In August, Macaus casinos registered their second greatest revenue of these eight last months with $3.8 billion, or a rise of 18% within a year. During the month of March 2013, the gaming institutions revenue even reached $3.92 billion. From January to August, the income of these casinos grew of 16%, compared with the same period of 2012. And figures could still jump till the end of the year, with the expansion of poker and the notoriety of Macau, as being the poker destination par excellence in the region Pacific Asia.
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
BarrierePoker.fr: Closure for September 30th
The closure of the poker room BarrierePoker.fr for September 30th of this year is henceforth official. The room leaves the French market after three good and faithful services. Recently, LB Poker has just let it know via an official statement. Lucien Barrière leaves the French market because of financial difficulties that he is currently facing. The Group didnt hide that it wasnt able to compete with the other websites; given the too restrictive policies imposed by the French Online gambling authority (ARJEL), especially as gamers began to sulk the French online poker. The second quarter 2013 was a disaster for a website like BarrierePoker.fr. Despite this fall of the market, LB Poker nevertheless let know that it remains present in B2B technological activities at the world level.
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Global Poker Index: Marvin Rettenmaier again leader
Leader of the Global Poker Index (GPI) ranking during several weeks, the American professional of poker Jason Mercier lost finally the place of honor. For the last update of the GPI, he is in the third position and has 3,149.04 points. The player who succeeded to dethrone him is none other than the German Marvin Rettenmaier. He won two places. The silver medal went to Daniel Negreanu. The Canadian came from a long way because during the last update, he was in the 7th position; it is a huge progress which shows Negreanus skill to play poker. Philipp Gruissem and Joseph Cheong complete the top 5. Both of them have just exchanged their place. Thus, Joseph Cheong bowed in the 5th position.
Sunday, 15 September 2013
WPT National Series: The Accumulator format applicable in London step
The London step of the World Poker Tour National Series circuit (WPT) will start within a few weeks. This poker tournament will take place at Aspers casino, in Westfield Stratford City, from October 24th to 27th. For this edition 2013, organizers will propose a great novelty to poker players. In fact, they decided to apply the Accumulator format and associate it to the re-entry formula, for the main event of the WPT National London. Thus, during this event at 200 buy-in, players will be able to participate in several Days1, that gives them more chance to qualify for the rest of the competition; and thanks to this Accumulator form, they will be also able to keep all chips won at each attempt. So, they could start the Day 2 with a more significant stack.
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Borgata Poker Open: A fifth title for Will Failla
Will Failla has just signed his fifth Borgata Poker Open title. Thus, he is the only poker player who holds 5 titles of this event. Failla won indeed the victory of the Event #6 of this series of tournaments, currently held within the Borgata casino of Atlantic City, a No Limit Hold'em at $1,090 of buy-in, which gathered 159 participants. He dominated Jonas Wexler at the final duel. This exemplary triumph let him receive a nice gain of $46,269 $. From now on, Will Failla has $4,000,000 of earnings in live tournament. Concerning the result of the five first tournaments organized within the frame of the Borgata Poker Open, Maksim Rozenfield won the victory of the inaugural event, a $560 buy-in NL Hold'em, endowed with a field of 4,482 participants. This Event #2, a Bounty Hold'em, attracted 689 players and crowned Soheb Porbandarwala as winner.
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
APPT Melbourne: Victory of the veteran Billy Argyros
The veteran Billy Argyros won the trophy of the poker tournament Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPPT) Melbourne 2013. He signed the second greatest achievement of his career and pocketed a significant gain of $134,500. Besides, Argyros is also the second member of the Australian Poker Hall of Fame who won an APPT Melbourne title after Leo Boxell, winner of the season 2011. It is important to mention that when the final table of this tournament started, the public of the poker room expected a long day of battle. However, after only one hour of game, four players have already left the table. Jazz Mathers was the first eliminated. He was followed by Ravi Maravar, Phi Luu and Joe Cabret. Robert Damalian joined them afterwards.
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
EPT Barcelona: Tom Middleton crowned champion
The European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona finally crowned its winner. Its Tom Middleton, a British enthusiast of online poker still unknown by the public. His course during this international competition is simply exceptional. 26 years old, Middleton occupied three times the place of chipleader. He ousted the Finn Kimmo Kurko during the final duel, thanks to his skill and the encouragement of his compatriots, among whom Tony Lewis and Jake Cody. The young British realized thus the greatest achievement of his live career.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
APPT Melbourne: Ashley Mason chipleader of the final table
After a very animated and long day of competition in the poker room of Crown casino of Melbourne on last Sunday, the finalists of the tournament Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Melbourne 2013 have finally stood out. The British Ashley Mason achieved a beautiful result, because he occupied the place of chipleader of the final table. He is the only one who has 2 million chips in hands. He is closely followed by the New Zealander David Yan and the local player Bowdy Tolhopf, who occupy respectively the second and third position. Joe Cabret, Robert Damelian, Billy Argyros, Ravindran Maravar, Phi Luu and Jazz Mathers complete the list of finalists.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
EPT Barcelona: A good start for Gerard Piqué in High Roller
On Thursday, the Main Event of the European Poker Tour Barcelona linked up with its Day 4. 79 players, survivors of the previous days, came back in the poker room of Casino Barcelona. At the end of the day, 24 players coming from the world of live and online poker, from 18 different nationalities survived and the Englishman Tom Middleton remains the chipleader of this Day 4. Behind Middleton and his 3,986,000 chips, we find again the Spanish Alejandro Perez with a stack of 3,300,000 chips. Players such as Anaras Alekberovas, Kimmo Kurko, Andras Christoforou, Emilio Jimenez and Madis Muur are also in a comfortable place at the start of the Day 5, with more than 2 million chips. The German Julian Thomas is the short stack, at the end of the Day 4, with 230,000 chips.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
WPT Legends of Poker: Jordan Cristos wins his first major title
After a few days or fierce competition in the poker room of Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, California, the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker ended with the victory of Jordan Cristos. However, the final table was composed on one hand by great poker players like Phil Laak and Dan Heimiller and on the other hand by challengers such as Alexandru Masek, Ryan Goindoo or John Gordon. The final table started with the elimination of John Gordon. He was awarded with $85,080 for his well deserved 6th place in this poker tournament. As he started second in stack, Phil "The Unabomber" Laak has seen his hope to win a second WPT title flying away, on an all-in face to Jordan Cristos. "The Unabomber" finished in the fifth place and pocketed $109,385. A few hands later, he was joined by Alexandru Masek (4th, $156,790).
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
EPT Barcelona: Only 79 players for the title after the Day 3
The European Poker Tour Barcelona started on Wednesday the Day 3 of its Main Event, in the poker room of Casino Barcelona. 235 players have taken the departure of this day which has as stake the paid places. This poker tournament guaranteed 183 paid places and the Portuguese Nuno Da Camara was the bubble boy of the ITM, while he wasnt present at Casino Barcelona during this Day 3. After five levels of 90 minutes, Thomas Middleton finishes at the top of the chipcount ranking at the end of this Day 3, with a stack of little more than one million chips. The Englishman will start the Day 4 with 1,030,000 chips, while his direct pursuers are just behind with a slight delay in terms of chips: Alejandro Perez Torres (990,000), Kevin Vandersmissen (970,000), Erwann Pecheux (921,000) and Niall Farell (912,000).
Saturday, 07 September 2013
Global Poker Index: Stephen O'Dwyer in 3rd position
Like each week, the Global Poker Index receives an update concerning the classification of the 300 best players of live poker in the world. For its update of September 4th, the Global Poker Index was always dominated by Jason Mercier. The American keeps the head of the ranking, already since several months and has 3,223.76 points this week. The German Marvin Rettenmaier (3,211.12 points) is just behind, with only 12 little points less on the leader. In the third place, we find another American, Stephen O'Dwyer, who made a leap of six places after his beautiful performances in August. In fact, the winner of the European Poker Tour Grand Final of Monte Carlo, in the month of May of this year, finished 2nd at the poker tournament Irish Poker Championship and 3rd at the Super High Roller of the EPT Barcelona.
Saturday, 07 September 2013
WPT Legends of Poker: Ryan Goindoo leader of the six-player final table
The European Poker Tout Barcelona is the breaking poker news on the Old Continent, while on the other side of the Atlantic, the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker is in full swing at Bicycle Casino Bell Gardens of California. The Legends of Poker recorded 716 registrations, which generated a prizepool of $2,430,820 for a buy-in of $3,700. At the end of the Day 4, there were only six players left for the title. The 15 survivors of the Day 3 joined the two tables of Bicycle Casinos poker room to define the final table. Patrick Karschamroon started the day with the largest number of chips (4,155,000) while his opponents were at less than 2.2 million chips. Among players who had more than 2 million chips, we found John Gordon, Dan Heimiller and Ryan Goindoo. As for him, Phil « Unabomber » Laak counted 1, 345,000 chips.
Thursday, 05 September 2013
EPT Barcelona: 235 survivors at the end of the Day 2
The European Poker Tour of Barcelona was marked by the participation of 1,234 players, a new record attendance for the event. The 711 players of the Day 1A and 409 of the Day1B were joined by 6 players who have taken advantage of late registrations till the beginning of the Day 2, to participate in the Main Event of the EPT Barcelona. This attendance generated a prizepool of 5, 984,900 which will be shared between the 183 players of paid places. The winner of this Barcelona step of the European Poker Tour Season X will pocket a gain of 1,067,000, a luxury watch and a bracelet. 697 players have taken the departure of this Day 2, but at the end of the day, only 235 players were left in the running. Most of great names of live poker were eliminated: Jonathan Duhamel, Eugene Katchalov, Vanessa Selbst, Max Lykov, James Dempsey, Dan Smith or Fabian Quoss.
Thursday, 05 September 2013
Deepstack Open: Yassir Erragh stands out in Gujan Mestras
While great names of poker rushed in Barcelona for the inaugural step of the tenth season of the European Poker Tour, some enthusiasts of this cards game, as for them, came in the south-west of France, for the 4th step of the Deepstack Open 2013. The poker room of the casino of Gujan-Mestras was packed with 393 registrations during the Main Event at 550 of buy-in, limited to 300 players. This significant attendance generated a prizepool of more than 150,000, among which 31,540 were reserved for the winner. A large number of famous poker players honored this great tournament of the south-west of France, following the example of Clément Bonin, Quentin Lecomte, Florent Marquès, Stéphane Gérin, Francois Robert Rebecca Gerin or Antony Hnatow.
Wednesday, 04 September 2013
EPT Barcelona 2013: Towards a new record of attendance
Barcelona stands out as an inescapable step of the circuit of the European Poker Tour, with an increasing attendance each year. And this week, this first step of the EPT Season X beat its record of attendance, after the two first departure days, while organizers still planned late registrations until the beginning of the Day 2. During these two Days 1, the poker room of Casino Barcelona hosted 1,228 players, among whom 711 during the Day 1A and 409 during the Day 1B, or 146 additional registrations compared with 2012. Out of the 1,228 competitors, 697 are still in the running for the title and the chipleader of the Day 1A, Dragan Kostic remains the leader of the chipcount at the start of the Day 2, with 215,000 chips. Florian-Dimitrie Duta was the chipleader of the Day 1B but remains second in chipcount of the Day 1, with 187,000 chips.
Wednesday, 04 September 2013
Estrellas Poker Tour: Sönke Jahn wins the Grand Final
The fourth season of the Estrellas Poker Tour ended on last week with the victory of Sönke Jahn. This ESPT Grand Final was marked by the participation of 1,798 players, who paid a buy-in of 1,100 for the Main Event. This poker tournament guaranteed a minimum gain of 3,820 and it was Vladimir Dobrov who has been the first player awarded for his 67th place. After three days of competition, Sönke Jahn stood out on a final table which consisted of 7 other poker players, namely the chipleader at the start of the day Paul Nunes, Marcelo Fonseca, Ali Sameeian, Marc Pujol, Pablo Cusi, Lukasz Roczniak and Alfonso Amendola.
Tuesday, 03 September 2013
EPT Barcelona: A good start for Dragan Kostic
Since last week, Barcelona is in turmoil with two major poker tournaments which are taking place at the sumptuous Casino Barcelona: the Estrellas Poker Tour Grand Final and the European Poker Tour. While the ESPT ended on Sönke Jahns victory on a field of 1,798 entries, the circuit of the European Poker Tour inaugurated on Sunday its tenth season with the EPT Barcelona. The poker room of Casino Barcelona hosted 518 players during the Day 1A of this EPTs Main Event. This event at 5,300 entry fee stood out by the participation of several great names of poker, following the example of the n°1 of the Global Poker Index Jason Mercier, Jonathan Duhamel, Eugene Katchalov, Marcel Luske, Scott Seiver, Jan Heitmann, David Vamplew, Andrew Lichtenberger, Ana Marquez or Vanessa Selbst. As for French side, this inaugural step of the EPT Season X was honored, among others, by the presence of Bertrand « ElkY » Grospellier, Fabrice Soulier, Guillaume Darcourt, Alain Roy, Jean-Philippe Rohr, Clément Thumy, Robert Catali, Julien Brecard, Sayed Moussavi, Anthony Picault or Hasan Fares.
Tuesday, 03 September 2013
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open: Blair Hinkle wins the Main Event
The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, a poker tournament which guaranteed $10 million, ended with the victory of Blair Hinkle. The latter won the $1,745,245 promised to the winner and brings his earnings in live tournament, at more than $3.5 million in his career. The final table gathered six players, namely Justin Bonomo, Mukul Pahuja, Greg Lehn, Blair Hinkle, Ray Qartomy and Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert. Blair Hinkle started the day as chipleader, with a huge stack of 22.8 million chips on the 71.425 million chips involved in this final table. Short stack of the final table, Greg Lehn was the first player who was eliminated, after only 14 big blinds. In his turn, Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert leaves, only three hands after the elimination of Lehn. The two players were eliminated by Justin Bonomo and pocketed respectively $378,138 and $494,490. From his part, Blair Hinkle eliminated Ray Qartomy in the 4th place, for a gain of $639,925.
Tuesday, 03 September 2013
GPI: Jason Mercier invincible, Steven Silverman rises in the Top 20
Each week, the Global Poker Index (GPI) brings an update in its classification of the 300 best players of poker in the world. Already since several weeks, Jason Mercier dominated the ranking, after he finished in the money after the inaugural step of the WPT Alpha8, which was held this week in the poker room of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino of Hollywood (Florida). The American was eliminated at the 8th place and left the table with a gain of $232,700. This week, Marvin Rettenmaier remains at the second place of the GPI, just before Joseph Cheong and Michael Watson, who also kept the 3rd and 4th place a week ago. Philipp Gruissem (5th) and Daniel Negreanu (6th) won also respectively one place, which thus relegates Ole Schemion in the 7th position. Igor Kurganov wins the 8th place and puts Stephen O'Dwyer and Bertrand Grospellier in the two last places of the Top 10.
Tuesday, 03 September 2013
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