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Thanks to two major achievements that he realized during this month of April, namely a victory at the €10,300 High Roller of the European Poker Tour (EPT) San Remo and a seventh place in the Super High Roller at €100,000 of Monaco, Ole Schemion propelled himself to the lead of the classification Global Poker Index (GPI). Now, the German pro of poker has about 4,000 points. He has taken a good step ahead compared with the player who is in the second position, namely Vanessa Selbst. The latter has 3,598.53 points. Ole Schemion has thus more chances to keep during a certain time his title of honor. In the third place, we find Marvin Rettenmaier. Jason Mercier, Mike McDonald, Dan Smith, Mukul Pahuia, Joseph Serock, Paul Volpe and Shannon Shorr complete the top 10 of the ranking. They occupy respectively the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th position.

The main event at €10,600 of the tournament European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte-Carlo 2014 started on last Saturday in the poker room of the Sporting Club of Monte-Carlo, in Monaco. The event gathered 641 players all in all, composed of numerous international stars. Thus, we notice an increase of the attendance compared with the edition 2013. The total prizepool amounts to €6.5 million and the 95 first players will be able to be entitled with it. The greatest part, which is amounted at €1,240,000, will be of course reserved to the winner. At the end of the two first qualifying days, numerous notables of the game had already had to give up. We quote among others Daniel Negreanu, Gus Hansen, Antonio Esfandiari, Viktor Bloom, Isaac Haxton, Erik Seidel, Jason Mercier, Vanessa Selbst, Phil Ivey, Bertrand Grospellier and Chris Moneymaker. But despite that fact, the field of this poker tournament is still very high. Let us note that the tournament EPT Monte-Carlo is currently entering in its third day of competition, and there are only 123 players in the running.

The Season XII of the famous circuit of poker World Poker Tour (WPT) has ended in beauty with an event which has gathered large crowds in the poker room of Borgata Casino of Atlantic City, including the WPT World Championship accessible with a buy-in at $13,500. After a final day extremely animated, the champion of this poker tournament stood out in the morning of Saturday, April 26th. It’s about Kevin Stammen. Thus, the superb gain of $1,350,000 and the prizes promised to the winner, namely the pair of watches Hublot King Power Unico and the helmet Monster 24k were rightly his dues. We have to say that Stammen deserves all honors because he managed to challenge renowned players throughout this competition.

If the main event of the European Poker Tour Grand Final (EPT Grand Final) of Monaco has just started inside the Monte Carlo Bay Resort, the Super High Roller at €100,000 and the France Poker Series (FPS), two events in the program of the great poker festival of Monaco, have already crowned their champions. Concerning the Super High Roller, the trophy has been attributed to Daniel Colman. This 23-year professional of online poker has overcome a field of 62 players composed by international stars. For this achievement, the American has won the bracelet of €10,000 made by Shamballa Jewels and the first prize amounted at €1,804,000. Let us note that he confronted with his compatriot Daniel Cates in the final duel. The public has thus attended to an original meeting between two aces of poker. As runner-up, Cates has pocketed €1, 305, 000. Igor Kurganov completed the podium and has got a reward of €1,128,300.

The Day 3 of the WPT World Championship ended on the qualification of 18 players for the penultimate day of the Main Event. 68 players returned in the poker room of the Borgata in Atlantic City. Eric Afriat keeps his lead at the beginning of the day and remained chipleader before the Day 4. Eric Afriat collected 2,029,000 chips at the end of the day, while his runner-up, Abe Korotki, counted 1,616,000. Other players occupy also a comfortable place at the start of the Day 4. It’s the case of Anthony Gregg (1,499,000), Ryan D'Angelo (1,369,000), Curt Kohlberg (1,097,000), Justin Young (993,000), Byron Kaverman (974,000) and Ray Qartomy (955,000). The Day 4 will be also marked by the presence of notable players like Tony Dunst, Keven Stammen, Tom Dobrilovic, Hans Winzeler, Bobby Oboodi, Byron Kaverman as well as Brock Parker.

New home ground of poker, the region Asia-pacific has been entitled to its world championship of poker since last year. After a successful first edition, the World Series Of Poker Asia-Pacific (WSOP APAC) are coming back this year with a quite full program. On the contrary of the previous edition, the WSOP APAC 2014 reserves ten bracelets. In fact, ten major events rewarded with WSOP bracelets, against six in 2013, will be organized from October 2nd to 18th of this year. Numerous players stood out during the first edition of the WSOP APAC. While Daniel Negreanu offered himself the Main Event, Philipp Gruissem stood out in the High Roller. The travel in Melbourne was also gratifying for Phil Ivey who won his ninth bracelet.

Most of renowned players on the circuit of North American live poker were present at the Borgata in Atlantic City for the grand final of the season XII of the World Poker Tour (WPT). The Main Event of this World Poker Tour World Championship started on Monday with the participation of 328 players during two departure days, 105 incomers in the Day 1A and 223 in the Day 1B. Out of the 328 participants who have paid the buy-in of $15,400, only 200 managed to qualify for the Day 2 of the tournament. During the day of Wednesday, these 200 survivors began the Day 2 with Jason Koon as chipleader. Other notable players such as Men Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Chris Moorman, Vanessa Rousso, Phil Hellmuth, Marvin Rettenmaier, Mukul Pahuja, Greg Merson or Joseph Cheong started also the day. Paul Volpe, Brandon Steven and Scott Seiver met in the temporary top 10.

While the winner of the season 10 of the European Poker Tour (EPT) still remains to determine on the occasion of the EPT Grand Final of Monte Carlo, the organizers of this circuit announced on Wednesday the preliminary program of the European Poker Tour Season 11. The greatest poker festival of Europe will start the new season with a stage in Spain in the month of August. Barcelona is thus going to inaugurate the season 2014-2015 of the European Poker Tour, from August 16th to 27th, with the EPT Barcelona Poker Festival. This Spanish festival of poker will be enriched with the holding of one stage of the Estrellas Poker Tour 2014. Barcelona has always been a crucial step for the EPT. During the previous edition, the event has recorded more than 9,000 registrations at the Casino Barcelona.

The Committee of the Assembly of the State of California organizes this Wednesday, April 23rd an audience especially focused on online poker. California is one of the States which intend the regulation of online gambling, as it is the case in New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada. But numerous subjects still remain to be discussed before the State opens to an interstate regulated market of online gambling. Thus, the hearing of the day will concern the implications of the authorization of online poker on the tax plan. The complete agenda isn’t known yet but at least two points are going to be discussed. The first is about the recent controversial debate of the partnership between the operator of online poker PokerStars and several playrooms of the State, including the federal tribe of Morongo Band of Mission Indians. Note that during last month, about twelve other tribes let known their opposition on this alliance.

After a season crowned by huge success, the circuit of poker France Poker Series (FPS) comes back for a new season by this week. The season 4 of the France Poker Series is going to be inaugurated by a stage in Monaco, a very first for the circuit, from April 23rd to 27th, by the occasion of the EPT 10 Grand Final. The FPS Monaco will take place in Monte Carlo in the sumptuous Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. 48 events are planned during these five days, including the traditional Main Event. Apart from this FPS Main Event with a buy-in of €10,000 + €600 and the various satellite tournaments, the players will be able to discover a wide range of tournaments from an entry fee of €110, following the examples of the NL Turbo, Pot Limit Courcheval, PLO Turbo Bounty, Chinese Open Face, PLO Turbo, NL - Last Chance Turbo, NLH, NLH Turbo, High Roller, as well as the Super High Roller with a buy-in of €100,000.

Since last year, the city of Atlantic City has become one of the main actors of online poker in New Jersey. This increasing fame of Atlantic City has led the organizers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) to organize there the grand final of this season. In fact, the WPT Championship is going to take place in Atlantic City this week, after 11 years in Las Vegas. The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa will be the host of this great event which will close the season XII. According to the president of the establishment, Tom Ballance, the fact that the WPT Championship leaves Las Vegas for Atlantic City for the first time shows the potentiality of the State of New Jersey, and more precisely Atlantic City, in the industry of online gambling since the opening of the legal market in November of the past year. For the president of the World Poker Tour, Adam Pliska, the choice of the city was adopted to highlight the availability of online poker in New Jersey.

The European Poker Tour Sanremo (EPT) ended during the last weekend on a second triumph of Victoria Coren Mitchell, a first on this circuit of live poker. It was necessary to wait for the tenth season to see a player realizing a double victory in the European Poker Tour. Other players such as Mike McDonald (five final tables), Arnaud Mattern (three final tables), Jason Mercier, Kevin MacPhee or Ram Vaswani were in the running to win a double victory but it was finally the British woman player who was the first to realize it. Victoria Coren Mitchell marked the story of the circuit in 2006 by being the first woman player winning a stage of the EPT, during a stage of the circuit in London in front of 397 opponents. She pocketed £500,000 in a tournament with a buy-in of £3,500.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) and the Tiger Wood Foundation organize the poker tournament Tiger’s Poker Night by the occasion of the Tiger Jam 2014. This poker event will be held on Friday, May 16th in Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino of Las Vegas, in the United States. As a reminder, the Tiger Jam is a charitable event organized by the king of green, Tiger Woods, for the benefit of his foundation working for health and children’s education in the United States. The community of poker is invited to this charitable work during this Tiger’s Poker Night. Tiger Woods will be present with the company of some icons of poker like the holder of 13 World Series of Poker bracelets, Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, as well as the presenter of the WPT and not just any member of the Poker Hall of Fame Mike Sexton.

Since last Tuesday, the Aspers Casino of Westfield in Stratford has been hosting the edition 2014 of the APAT World Championship Of Amateur Poker. This London poker tournament stands out by its 16 events rewarded with bracelets with a buy-in of £55 to £220. The Event#1 £55 NLH Championship was won by Van Thang Nguyen for a prize of £2,175. One of the events the most waited by players present in the poker room of Aspers Casino these last days was the WCOAP High Roller (Event#3), a tournament with a buy-in of £220. The event gathered 62 players, generating a prizepool of £12,200 among which £3,670 for the winner.

After the Paddy Power Irish Open in this April, the season II of the Card Player Poker Tour (CPPT) will link up with a new stage in Jacksonville at the beginning of May of this year. The bestbet Jacksonville is going to be the host of this poker tournament which counts 12 events during 12 days. The gambling facility stands out by its poker room which is one of the greatest in Florida and undoubtedly in the world with 70 poker tables. During his last passage in Jacksonville, in August 2013, the CPPT II gathered 255 players during the Main Event with a buy-in of $1,500. This event was won by Harvey Vandeven for an earning of little more than $74,000.

The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was won by Eric Afriat in front of an impressive field of 1,795 incomers. Exceeding such field in a poker tournament like the World Poker Tour (WPT) is a real achievement, especially as the final table was composed by renowned players and regulars of the circuit, following the example of Mukul Pahuja, Chance Kornuth, Matt Stout, Jacob Bazeley and James Mackey. Leader for the title of Player of the Year of the WPT Season XII, Mukul Pahuja was the strong man of this poker event. He counted three final tables this season and even started this day as chipleader. But he was eliminated by the Quebec player Eric Afriat in a final played on a five-level game.

On Wednesday, Mukul Pahuja is going to begin the final table of this Main Event of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown 2014 as chipleader. 18 players came back in the poker room of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, in Florida, for the Day 4 of the Main Event. Jakob Bazeley started the day with the biggest stack in front of Chance Kornuth, Eric Afriat, Justin Young, Mukul Pahuja, Michael Garraway, Matt Stout, Barry Hutter, Blake Purvis as well as Jordan Scott. But at the end of the day, Bazeley finishes in the third place of the chipcount and conceded the first place to Mukul Pahuja, with a huge stack of 18,895,000 chips.

Last week, the Borgata hotel & casino in Atlantic City took measures to avoid the repetition of the scandal of false chips, occurring during an event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) approved in the end of April the introduction of new chips for live poker tournaments at the Borgota. Christian Lusardi, accused of cheating for introducing false chips, remains in prison while waiting for his ruling. But these measures weren’t sufficient for the participants, whose prizepool has been frozen by the organizers, while there were still 27 players left. Some players have even decided to bring proceedings against the Borgata.

Phil Ivey is an icon in the field of online and live poker tournament with his 9 World Series of Poker bracelets and his gains of $22 million in career. But recently, Ivey was subject of a lawsuit for cheating. Borgata Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City accused Phil Ivey of deceit during his four passages in the gambling facility in 2012, during which he won more than $9.6 million at baccarat. Phil Ivey is accused of "edge sorting", a technique which allowed the players to now the value of the cards thanks to the pattern on the edge of cards’ back. These differences of pattern are generally manufacturing defects, but the players manage to reap benefits from them on tables.

Since a few days, the Borgata Casino of Atlantic City has been the host of the penultimate stage of the World Poker Tour season 12: WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. Numerous events followed one after the other since the opening of the tournament in March 27th of this year, but the Main Event has always raised the keen interest of the visitors. The event gathered 1,795 incomers during these three departure days. But at the beginning of the Day 3, there were only 114 players who pretend for the title and for the gain of more than $1 million promised to the winner. These survivors of the Day 2 are already in the money because the event guaranteed 170 paid places.

After the scandal of last January about the fraud on chips, the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City resumes its activities of live poker by proposing since last week its traditional spring tournament, the Borgata Spring Poker Open. This event stands out mainly by the introduction of new chips manufactured by Game On Chip Company that the Division of Gaming Enforcement of the State of New Jersey approved a week ago. The Borgata Spring Poker Open started on last Monday with the Event#1 which guaranteed a prizepool of $1 million for a buy-in of only $560. This poker tournament has raised the passion of visitors because 2,500 registrations have been registered during the four departure days.

The French Regulation Authority of online gambling (ARJEL) published on Monday, April 14th its report on online gambling in France during the 1st quarter of 2014. According to the ARJEL, the market of online poker is breaking into a difficult beginning of the year, compared with other online gambling. The bets at online poker showed a new decrease during the three first months of the year. Since 2012, poker has been attracting less and less players. The average number of active players each week during the Q1 2014 fell by 12%, compared with the same period of 2013. Cash games haven’t been saved by this regression, with a drop of 19 % at €1.20 billion, against 1.476 billion during the same period. Nevertheless, the buy-ins of poker tournaments have progressed by 9% to €407 million in the Q1 2014, against 375 million in the Q1 2013. But this raise wasn’t enough to contain this new recession of online poker during the 1st quarter 2014.

The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, in the United States, received since March 27th of this year the penultimate step of the Season XII of the World Poker Tour (WPT). This Florida poker festival will be closed by a few days by the final table of the Main Event with a buy-in of $3,500, for a prizepool guaranteed of $5 million. As a reminder, the season will end in April 21st of this year with the WPT World Championship. The Main Event of this poker tournament began in Thursday with the participation of 479 players. Numerous players are waited because the Main Event of the WPT Seminole counts two other departure days (Day 1B and 1C). At the end of the first day, 175 players qualified for the Day 2 of Sunday.

The circuit of poker European Poker Tour is currently receiving its penultimate stage of the season in the Casino Sanremo, but the fanatics of European live poker are already turned towards the EPT Grand Final of Monte Carlo. Thus, the month of April will be very busy for the regulars of the European Poker Tour. In fact, the EPT started yesterday and will last over ten days, in other words until April 20th, while the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Casino is going to receive the EPT Grand Final from April 23rd to May 2nd. This next to last stage of the season 10 of the European Poker Tour will be original because in addition to the classic events of the EPT Grand Final, the organizers have concocted a tournament of high stakes poker broadcaster in live streaming which should delight as well players as spectators.

Like each week, the Global Poker Index (GPI) poker brings an update of the classification of the 30 best players in live poker tournaments. Daniel Negreanu takes back the lead of the ranking on April 7th, after having been pushed back in the second place by Ole Schemion during last week. By excluding the mishap of last week, Negreanu is at the lead of the GPI Top 300 for the eighth week. The German looses three places and is located behind Vanessa Selbst who occupies this week the second place of the classification. Marvin Rettenmaier and Jason Mercier are always in the 4th and 5th place. Losing two places this week, Dan Smith (8th) remains in the Top 10 but behind Mike McDonald (6th, +1) and Sorel Mizzi (7th, +2). Ravi Raghavan enters in the top 10 and pushes back Shannon Shorr in the 10th place (-2).

Rich of its five years of existence, the Chicago Poker Classic (CPC) comes back this winter with its sixth edition. Like last year, the Horseshoe Hammond casino will be the host of this poker festival of the State of Indiana, in the United States. This event will be held from April 29th to May 12th 2014 and guarantees a prizepool of more than $2.5 million. The CPC 2014 counts ten major events, following the example of the $350 NLH which guarantees a prizepool of $1,000,000. Last year, this poker tournament was won by Craig Casino for a gain of $169,000. This year, the organizers hope to exceed the field of 5,165 players of last year.

Decidedly, taking one's leave in the world of live poker has become a trend in 2014. Sam Holden has decided to stand back in order to continue his studies. In March of this year, the Italian player Filippo Candio decided to retire from this universe because of problems with the press. As a reminder, Candio finished in the 4th place of the Main Event of the WSOP 2010, and won five major events, among which four occurred in Italy. After the November Nine 2010, it was the turn of one of the November Niners of the WSOP 2011 to bow out, or more precisely to take a step back on poker tournaments. According to the young 25-year old English, the reason of this withdrawal is the envy to carry on with studies in philosophy in the University of Kent, in the United Kingdom.

In last January, a poker event of the Borgata Winter Poker Open which took place at the famous Borgata casino of Atlantic City was cancelled because of fraud. In fact, the Big Stack NLHE poker tournament with a prizepool of two million dollars for a buy-in of $560 was canceled by the organizers and the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, after that the circulation of false chips was known. Three months later, the casino announces the introduction of high-tech new chips. The development of these new chips is part of the new security measures that the gambling facility has taken in order to prevent any risk of recurrence, because we have to remind that Borgata casino was subject of a legal proceedings from some participants, for not taking the necessary measures to avoid the incident. Note that the frost of the prizepool has arisen the dissatisfaction of players, among whom 27 were still in the running to win the first prize of $372,000.

Last week, the circuit of live poker Mega Poker Series (MPS) in partnership with Turbo Poker inaugurated its national circuit in the casino of Gujan Mestras. 163 players participated in this first step of the Mega Poker Series National, which stood out with its moderate buy-in of €660. The Main Event guaranteed a minimum gain of €1,260 for the 21 paid places. Roberto Beloki was the bubble boy of this poker tournament. After three days of competition, the final table was played between the ten survivors of the tournament. Jean François Vallière took the lead of the final table with almost 2.8 million chips, followed by Christophe Faurie (1,166,000), Nicolas Merceron (1,099,000), Damien Naguy (966,000), Max Moreno (934,000), Olivier Sintes (864,000), Mecit Turan (821,000), Julia Vassort Salvans (456,000), Yanis Berrandou (377,000) and Patrick Marchive (284,000).

After a week of fierce competition in the poker room of Casino Cirsa, the Estrellas Poker Tour Valencia (ESPT) ended on the beautiful victory of Fabio Sperling. 414 poker players took part in the Main Event, but only eight of them were qualified for the final table and pretend for the €77,000 promised to the winner, namely Haritz Doyharzábal, Jordi Martínez, Benjamín García, Raúl Alonso, Amir Farhangi, Vicente Serra, Fabio Sperling and José Martínez. José Martínez was the first player who left the final table for a prize of €9,400. Benjamin Garcia was eliminated in the seventh place by Fabio Sperling. He left the table with a gain of €12,940.

Since last Friday, the Casino Portomaso of Malta was the host of the poker tournament Alliance Poker Tour. The tournament aroused the keen interest of players of the region. Effectively, the majority of players present in the poker room of the Casino Portomaso where Italians. Numerous events were scheduled but the most expected by gamers was the Main Event. With a buy- in of €400, the event gathered a total field of 226 players, among whom 85 in the Day 1A and 141 in the Day 1B, generating a prizepool of €80,000. Blinds of 40 minutes were played during these two departure days in which 89 players survived. The 34 survivors of the Day 1A were joined by the 55 survivors of the Day 1B.

The Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) is a circuit of live poker extremely appreciated in Spain. Last week, the tournament linked up with the second step of its season V, in Casino Cirsa of Valencia. 415 players moved in Valencia to participate in the Main Event with a buy-in of €1,100. After four days of competition, the field was reduced to 8 players at the beginning of the final table. The Day 3 gathered the 31 last survivors of this poker tournament, but the third of the field was eliminated by the two first levels of the day. Jose Antonio Cenalmor was among the first players who left prematurely the poker room of Casino Cirsa. Steve Enríquez and Pablo Botana also were eliminated during the day, respectively in the 12nd and 10th place.

Since a few years, Macau is the archetypal destination of poker players with its high stakes tournaments. Macau stands out also by its regular tournaments which are taking place at the poker room of City of Dreams. For 2014, Macau is going to receive 9 events of major tournaments of the Asia Pacific. After the tournament Macau Millions 2014 in last March, Macau will be again the host of a tournament during next month, in the margin of the Season 8 of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). The City of Dreams will receive the APPT8 Macau in May from 14th to 25th. Throughout these 12 days, numerous tournaments are going to be organized to allow all visitors to take part in the event. Numerous satellites are accessible by $22 (HK$170), to participate in the Main Event with a buy-in of $3,200 (HK$25.000).

One year after the launching of the first poker site in Nevada, the market of online poker inside the State has difficulty to find its bearings. During the first month of launching, the revenue of online poker didn’t manage to compete with other online gambling, namely casino games, slot machines and sports betting. In February, online poker generated a gain of $824,000, or the double of bingo ($490,000), but it is widely below of earnings from other online gambling in Nevada. It’s because Nevada is a small State with a «saturated market», given the limited number of players. And it’s the reason for which Nevada has signed an agreement of sharing of liquidities with Delaware, but the process is currently remaining pending. According to experts, 500 players connected at the same time are required to make online poker profitable in Nevada, while now, only 150 players are simultaneously connected on the three poker rooms approved, namely WSOP.com, Ultimate Poker and Real Gaming.

These last years, online poker in Europe knows a slowdown to the point to worry European operators and regulators. The sharing of liquidities on poker tables has been evoked several times during the meetings of main authorities of regulation of online gambling, among which those of France, Spain, Italy or Germany. But the process has become more complicated but the regulators have something to settle as a matter of priority. In fact, the sharing of liquidities on the market of poker in Europe isn’t a priority for regulators, especially after that France has retired from the project. The French amendment n°262 on the consumer law has been rejected by legislators in December 2013. This text would have allowed the country, and more precisely to the French Regulation Authority of online gambling (ARJEL), to open on the European market of online poker, thanks to the sharing of liquidities of poker tables.

After seven weeks leading in the Global Poker Index (GPI) classification of the 300 best players of live poker tournaments, Daniel Negreanu concedes the throne to the German Ole Schemion. The latter has caught his late on Daniel Negreanu after his 8th place rewarded with €15,000 in the tournament No Limit Hold'em of the EPT Vienna. This week, the Canadian is in the second place of the GPI, according to the update of March 31st of this year. Like during last week, we find Vanessa Selbst occupying the third place of the ranking, followed by Marvin Rettenmaier, Jason Mercier, Dan Smith, Mike McDonald, Shannon Shorr, and Sorel Mizzi who concludes the Top 10 by taking the place of Philipp Gruissem.

The organizers of the WSOP Circuit, the most select circuit in the universe of poker in the United States, have announced officially the date of the last step of the Season X. The poker tournament WSOP National Championship will take place in May, from 22nd to 24th of this year, at Bally of Atlantic City, in New Jersey. This event will group together the best players of the season. But before this final step of the WSOP Circuit, five other events are planned from this week. The Harrah's Cherokee casino in North Carolina will receive in April, from 3rd to 14th, the 18th step of the WSOP Circuit in which 12 events are programmed, including the Main Event with a buy-in of $1,675. After North Carolina, the WSOP Circuit will have a stop in Iowa, Philadelphia, Colorado and New Orleans.

At the beginning of the week, the local player Wes Holland won the Florida stage of the Heartland Poker Tour (HPT). The Daytona Beach Kennel Club & Poker Room of Daytona Beach was the host of this poker event which gathered a field of 227 players for its buy-in of $1,650. The player from Florida pocketed $80,993 on the prizepool of $337,500 after his victory in a final table composed by eight other players: Keith Romanovitz, Jeremiah Pierce, Gionni DeMers, Dalton Mills, Joe Froehle, Chris Lindh, Ed Buchanan and Saum Sharifi. The Texan Ed Buchanan was the first player who left the table for a gain of $8,775. Jeremiah Pierce was the next ($10,631), followed a few hands later by the elimination of Joe Froehle ($12,656).

System of classification very famous on the universe of poker, the Global Poker Index (GPI) wants to bring its contribution to players in search of the soul mate. Most of poker players on the GPI Top 300 ranking are young, rich but especially, single. A large number of them are living like Dan Bilzerian’s life, the most interesting man on Instagram, and are seeking for love. A survey of the GPI has revealed that 95% of the players of the classification are single or are living an open relationship, the players of the GPI Top 1,000 win more than $300,000 per year and the players of the GPI Top 300 count more than $1 million of gain per year. But the most amazing is that on the totality of persons who have interacted with the players of the ranking, only 3% are women, which leads to believe that despite money and fame, players of poker have difficulty to find love.

One year after electors voted for the legalization of online poker in New York, in the United States, the bill has finally been presented to the Senate. This great moment which could stand out forever the story of New York took place on last Friday. The said legislation qualifies poker as an intelligence game which requires a lot of competences. It stipulates also that the access to this interactive game should be a privilege and not a right, given that internet has become a highly preferred mean of entertainment. To protect players and offer them a safe and honorable environment of playing, it is even necessary to establish a legal structure.

Since Wednesday, the luxurious Splendid Hotel Spa & Resort of Montenegro has been hosting two large-scale poker events in Eastern Europe: the Russian Poker Tour (RPT) and the Lebanese Poker Cup (LPC). The Main Event of the RPT came to an end on Saturday with the victory of Komarov Georgyi for a prize of €62,000, while the Main Event of the LPC 2014 continues its progress until tomorrow. The event guarantees a prizepool of €200,000 for a buy-in of €1,650. The participants benefited from a departure stack of 30,000 chips, with blinds increasing each 45 minutes. After three days of fierce competition in the poker room of the Splendid Hotel, 35 players qualified for the Day 3.

After a week of game at the poker room of Hofburg Palace, the European Poker Tour Vienna has finally found its champion. This third edition of the EPT Vienna has ended on the victory of Oleksii Khoroshenin at home. The Ukrainian has started the final table in the 7th place of the chipcount with more than 2 million chips, while the chipleader, Anthony Ghamrawi, counted more than 5 million. Among the eight finalists of this poker tournament, we found Frei Dilling, Pablo Gordillo, Timo Pfutzenreuter, Simeon Naydenov, Rumen Nanev and Marko Neumann. Oleksii Khoroshenin was left behind at the start of the final table, but his victory was simply well-earned given his performance throughout the tournament. In fact, this 27-year young man has started the Main Event of the EPT Vienna as chipleader by the Day 1A. Everyone expected an overwhelming victory of Anthony Ghamrawi at the beginning of this day of poker but Khoroshenin and Marko Neumann have realized a remarkable comeback. The last heads-up was played between Oleksii Khoroshenin and Anthony Ghamrawi.
 
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