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In 2014, the France Poker Series (FPS) attracted a gigantic field of 1,095 participants. This year, the first starting day of the France Poker Series Season IV has brought together 467 poker players. And after ten 45-minute levels of play, only 213 would proudly make their own way to Day 2 flight. With a pretty modest stack of 321,600 chips, Jonathan Koskas enters the next battle with confidence. In fact, 888 players took part in this poker tournament on Day 1B, rising the total field to a record-breaking 1,355. Day 1B was played with the same structure as the previous day. Coming out lucky on the second starting day are 480 players with Florian Mann (175,000 chips) atop the chip count. Clément Jeunon is ranked second with 168,000 chips, followed by Rasmus Vogt (142,000), Karim Zeddag (133.000), Thomas Denis (125,000) Lieb Bechrir (115,000), Clément Maestracci (111,000), Cyril Ben Soussan (110,000) , Mecit Turan (108,000) and Arnaud Mattern (104,000).

Three days after the 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event kick-off at Crown Poker Room in Melbourne, the field of 127 poker players who part took in the battle is now trimmed to 30. Leading the pack for Day 4 flight is Raiden Kan; he possesses 1,775,000 in chips. He is ahead of Andrew Chen (1,165,000 chips), Brian Rast (1,156,000) and Gerald Karlic (1,085,000), the three other players who make it through the next phase with over 1 million chips. Richard Lyndaker (943,000), Lennart Uphoff (796,000), Joel Douaglin (765,000), Terence Clee (750,000), Calvin Ho (720,000) and James Rann (684,000) round out the chip count’s Top 10.

127 players would make it through the next phase of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event 2015. These Day 2 survivors will battle it out to reach, at least, the 72 ITM places on Day 3, or trying to remain in the race for the $ 1.6 million first-place prize. Jan Suchanek bags the largest stack up at the end of the day. He now possesses 483,900 chips. Keanu Simpson is right behind with 403,000 chips, followed by Michael Pedley (376,700), James Rann (360,000), Andrew Chen (344,000), Alex Antonios (329,000), Grant Levy (324,000), Michael Addamo (321,000), Don Mishra (320,000) and reigning champ Ami Barer (10th in chip count: 318,600). The latter is among the men to watch in this battle.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has just made a significant change regarding the structure of its Main Event. At first glance, it is a positive news for players. Actually, the organizers have decided to increase the ITM places to 1,000. Speaking of the November Nine, qualified players are guaranteed to leave with a minimum gain of $ 1 million. Thus, the $ 10 million first-place prize has been erased from the schedule for a better distribution of gains, and this, for the entire delight of November Nine finalists. This restructuring move comes after high-profile poker players Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth shed some critism at the WSOP Main Event’s structure. Expectedly, it would lure many poker enthusiasts into attractions from July 5th, the kick-off date of the Main Event at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Of course, this is the very first move in the industry when a poker tournament guarantees 1,000 In The Money places.

The France Poker Awards ceremony will be run in conjunction with the European Poker Tour Deauville. It will take place on January 30th at Casino Barrière Deauville-O2 Sofa Bar. Seven trophies will be awarded, including the Player of the Year, the Female Player of the Year, the Best Performance of the Year, the Rookie of the Year, the Ambassador of the Year and the Poker Industry Person of the Year’s. After Paris, GPI’s France Poker Awards chooses to make an eventful stop in Deauville this year. Pending the official announcement, spreading rumours include Erwann Pecheux and Florence Allera among the potential nominees for the Player of the Year and the Female Player of the Year’s categories respectively. And this is evidenced by their noticeably high rakings on the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race. It is also worth noting that the nominees for the Jury Prize remain veiled. This year, the panel of jury include GPI’s founder Alexandre Dreyfus, Bruno Fitoussi, Laurent Dumont, Matthew Sustrac and Bruno Benveniste.

The $ 10,600 buy-in Main Event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2015 actually records a total field of 642 players with its three starting days. Run at the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne, Day 1A seduces 183, Day 1B 173 while Day 1C has 365 entries. In comparison to last year’s 668-player field, the attendance rate has slightly dropped. Anyway, the race promises to be exciting with a rich panel of world-famed poker players joining the event. Include the likes of Phil Ivey, Dan Smith, Ole Schemion, Igor Kurganov, Scott Seiver, Justin Bonomo, Sam Trickett, Jackie Glazier, Tobias Reinkemeier, Luke Brabin, Doug Polk, Pete Chen, Bryn Kenney and Tyron Krost. However, many of them were unlucky enough to make it through Day 2. Those hitting the rail on Day 1C include Igor Kurganov, Scott Seiver, Bryn Kenney, Tyron Krost and Dough “WCGRider” Polk.

Deauville is famous for its paradisiacal beaches and its idyllic scenery, with a beautiful panoramic view of the Atlantic Ocean. The seaside city remains one of the best destinations to spend one’s summer holiday. Alongside its tourist vocations, Deauville is also known for its casino, the mythical Casino Barrière; recall that in recent years, this gambling establishment has played host to the annual European Poker Tour festival. This year, the EPT Deauville kicks off this Tuesday, January 27th, and will run until February 7th. It actually features 45 events. This EPT stop at Deauville will be a great opportunity for poker enthusiasts across France to participate in the Grand Final of the France Poker Series Season IV. In fact, the FPS will open the festivity with a €1,100 buy-in poker tournament. As a reminder, last year, Dutchman Niels Van Leeuwen topped a gigantic field of 1,095 players to win the event for € 175,000 of prize.

The penultimate day of the 2015 Aussie Millions $ 100,000 Challenge was run on Monday at the Crown Poker Room in Melbourne. Play resumes today with 8 players remain in contention for the title. Ole Schemion is atop the chip count. With an impressive chip advantage (1.888 million chips) over his opponents, the German poker pro is best placed to win this poker tournament. While chip leader Ole Schemion can boasts himself with 1,888,000 chips on his hands, his nearest rival, Jason Mo, is heading to the final with a pretty modest stack of 1,150,000 chips. Of course, this ultimate race promises to be a hard fought final because, apart from Ole Schemionet Jason Mo, the remaining players include high-profile poker players such as Erik Seidel (1,083,000 chips), Justin Bonomo (833,000), Dani Stern (656,000), Richard Yong (554,000), Scott Seiver (545,000) and Alex Trevallion (291,000).

After his failure to get the AB2291 bill regarding online poker regulation in California passed in 2014, California State Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer went ahead and introduced a freshly-improved draft law on Friday. Following a related initiative undertaken by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (AB 9) late last year, Sir Jones-Sawyer remains optimistic in the regulation and taxation of online poker in California by putting the AB 167 bill on the table of discussion. Entitled "The Internet Poker Consumer protection Act of 2015”, this new bill includes some changes, especially regarding the “Bad Actor” clause on which the AB2291bill was severely criticized. As mentioned above, the AB 167 includes no “Bad Actor” clause but would focus on individuals rather than corporate entities. Expectedly, those who have defied a legislative investigative body in the United States would be banned from the California online gaming license-race.

Melbourne’s Crown Poker Room has been moving under the rhythm of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2015 for nearly two weeks now. Last weekend has been marked by two great events, attracting a noticeable number of local poker tournaments-enthusiasts. Indeed, the $ 25,000 Challenge Event is completed with the victory of local poker guru Alex Trevallion while the $ 100,000 Challenge is playing its ultimate day’ game. Alex Trevallion has bested a field of 65 players, including Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius. His first-place finish at the Aussie Millions 2015 $ 25,000 Challenge allowed him to earn $ 645,150 and a golden championship ring.

The Global Poker Index Player of the Year (GPI POY) race has just rebooted with the freshly-completed PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2015 (PCA), a great poker event held in the Bahamas, in the Atlantis Resort’s poker room to be precise. Not surprisingly, the driver’s seat goes to Ramin Hajiyev. He has performed well at the PCA 2015. He has even final-tabled two different events while reaching ITM places in the LAPT Bahamas Main Event and the $ 25,000 buy-in High Roller as well. In all, Ramin Hajiyev reached four In The Money places at the 2015 PCA. Jonathan Karamalikis finds himself in second position of the POY race. He has also earned four cashes at the PCA. Nicholas Petrangelo, winner of the $ 5,300 Turbo 8-Handed NLHE event and finalist in the $ 25,000 High Roller, secures the third position.

Ryan Dodge has just won the Pot Limit Omaha Event at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2015. This $ 1,150 buy-in event has attracted 244 players, nine of whom reached the final table. And it was highly talented poker guru Ryan Dodge who ultimately emerged victorious of the race. Indeed, the Event #5 of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2015 has seduced a wide panel of internationally-famed poker players. Ditto for the Main Event (which will kick off in a few days). These notables include Joseph Cheong, Ami Barer, Dan Heimiller, Mel Judahet and Billy Argyros. However, they all failed to reach the final table.

Online poker market in Delaware is experiencing a tough struggle 14 months later after its regulation. According to a report published by the Delaware State Lottery, the state’s three operators recorded in December an overall online poker revenue drop of 9.6% compared to figures reported the month before (from $ 31,610 to $ 28,589). Delaware Park secured the biggest market share in December with $ 15,964 of revenue, followed by Dover Downs with $ 7,625 and Harrington Raceway ($ 4,999). Of course, this downward trend does affect online gambling market in general. Revenues from poker, video lottery and online casino games fell by 4.5% to $ 169,606 against $ 177,532 in November.

Four championship rings have already been distributed since the beginning of the famed poker tournament- 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship. There are still 17 events to be played and many rings to be won at Crown Casino, in Melbourne, until February 2nd. After Vic Spadavecchia (Opening Event-Event # 1), Daniel Rudd (Shotclock Shootout-Event# 2) and Oliver Gill (8-Game Mixed-Event # 3), Sean O'Reilly has just joined the winners ‘circle by grabbing a championship ring home thanks to his win in the $1,150 buy-in NLHE Six-Max, Event #4. Recall that Sean O'Reilly beat Canadian lady poker pro Xuan Liu in a knotty heads-up. Actually 496 players took part in the battle, but only 7 remained in the ultimate race: Bobby Zhang, Xuan Liu, Adam Jarvis, David Urban, Sean O'Reilly, Robbie Fisher-O'Brien and Shivan Abdine.

Crown Casino of Melbourne has been abuzz for seven days now with the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2015. This seventh day is marked by the victory of Oliver Gill in the $ 2,500 buy-in 8-Game Mixed, the Event # 3 of this poker tournament. Oliver "Capitao" Gill has bested a field of 46 players to grab a championship ring and the $ 38,815 first-place prize. Event #3 kicked on Monday; it has seduced a wide number of Australian mixed game fans. The 46-player field was trimmed to 5 when the first day of play ended: Tony Bloom, Oliver Gill, Sam Khouiss, Mikal Blomlie and Jonas Mackoff.

According to a statement published by Global Poker Index (GPI), the first annual American Poker Awards is scheduled on February 27 in Los Angeles, California. The GPI founder Alex Dreyfus said that this initiative is a logical step forward to the European Poker Awards. The success of the latter has led the GPI to introduce the concept in North America where the company is actively working on rewarding North America’s best players, leaders in the industry, poker events, best e-poker initiatives and innovations... that have promoted the game of poker in the continent. Like the European Poker Awards, the GPI American Poker Awards feature numbers of categories including the GPI Player of the Year, the GPI Female Player of the Year, the Breakout Player of the Year, the Tournament Performance of the Year, the Event of the Year (Buy-in over $ 2,000), the Event of the Year (poker events with buy-in under $2,000), the Initiative of the Year, the Charitable Initiative of the Year, the Industry Person of the Year, the Media Person of the Year, the Poker Media Content of the Year and the Poker's Best Ambassador. Votes on each of these categories are expected to be placed by February 1st, 2015.

In recent years, Morocco has become a must-see destination for European poker enthusiasts, especially those from France. Every year, the country plays host to a series of poker tournaments including the Marrakesh Poker Open, the World Poker Tour and the National Tanger Poker Festival. Speaking of the Tangier Poker Festival (TPF), the event runs its 7th edition this year. As for the city of Tangier, it is a stunning tourist attraction with its breathtaking setting right by the Mediterranean Sea. Tangier is also famed for its casino facilities. As usual, “Casino de Tanger” will host the Tangier Poker Festival VII from February 26 to March 1st, 2015.

The first golden bracelet at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2015 founded a lucky taker yesterday night. Vic Spadavecchia actually wins the $ 1,150 buy-in Opening Event by beating Derek Wolters in the heads-up. Recall that he bested a super massive 1,211 player field to cash the $ 215,000 first-place prize in this poker tournament. On Monday, 15 players battled it out for the final table. Unlucky enough, Brendan Rubie failed to reach the final table but stuck as the bubble boy (10th place). In the hunt for the title were 9 finalists including Andrew Hinrichsen, Robert Spano, Robert Raymond, Vic Spadavecchia, Amer Akkari, Derek Wolters, Camil Debsia, George Tang and Don Mishra. 2011 WSOP Europe bracelet winner Andrew Hinrichsen was the chip leader at the start of the final table.

The Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) reaches its eighth season this year. Without a single doubt, the circuit has grown popularity among poker communities in Latin America. As mentioned on the freshly published schedule, the LAPT Season 8 includes six enticing stops, including the LAPT Grand Final in Brazil. Note that the season has already started in early January with the freshly-completed LAPT Bahamas Main Event held in the poker room of Atlantis Resort, a poker festivity ran alongside the 12th annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). May we remind you that Joshua Kay bested the massive 736-player field of this $ 3,000 buy-in event to earn $ 367,928 of the $ 1.9 million prize pool. He beat the European Poker Tour Prague Season 8 champion, Martin Finger, after a hard-boiled heads-up.

The poker room of Crown Casino in Melbourne (Australia) has been abuzz since last week with the Aussie Millions Poker Championship 2015. The festivity began with the $ 1,150 buy-in No Limit Holdem Opening Event. Interestingly, the event has played four starting days and recorded 1,211 entries. This massive field is actually bringing about $ 1,241,275 of prize pool, $ 215,000 of which is the reward for the winner while the one who would finish 108th ITM place will earn $ 2,500. After six days of battle, only 15 survivors (of the 153-player field on Day2) will return to the Crown Poker Room for the Opening Event’s Day 3. Of course, there is an opportunity for the lucky ones to win tickets for the 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship final table.

As well know, the Global Poker Index (GPI) publishes an update list of its Top 300 live poker tournament players in the world. Of course, this ranking is sure to experience some up and down movement with the results (pending) from the freshly-completed Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure 2015. The GPI’s Top 10 has encountered change, but Germany’s Ole Schemion remains atop the list for a fourth straight week. He is preceded by Pratyush Buddiga who jumped up six spots with his 7th-place finish at the 2015 PCA Main Event. The Top 10 includes Davidi Kitai (3rd, -1), Dan Smith (4th, +1), Bryn Kenney (5th, +1), Sorel Mizzi (6th, +3), Ami Barer (7, -4), Daniel Negreanu (8th, +39), Daniel Colman (9th, -5) and Olivier Busquet (10th, +24).

The Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure 2015 Main Event (PCA) has just ended with USA’s Kevin Schulz winning the top prize. In 2014, it took nearly 16 hours for the poker event to bring about a winner, Dominik Panka. This time, only six hours were enough for the lucky one to emerge from the final table of six. Interestingly, Kevin Schulz entered the ultimate battle second in chip count. He gradually amassed some chips and eventually sent chip leader Chance Kornuth to the rail. Following his 4th place at the WSOP 2012, this first-place finish remains the first big achievement Kevin Schulz has ever reached. Indeed, Schulz has been awarded the biggest seven-score win of his career, $ 1,491,580. May we remind you that he cashed $ 267,792 of prize for his 4th-place finish at the WSOP 2012.

New Jersey is one of the three States with legalized online poker market in the United States. In the last three months, internet poker revenues left some rooms for doubt regarding the profitability that the market could generate. Surprisingly, December 2014 has been a great month clothing New Jersey’s ipoker industry with great hope. Actually, online poker revenues reported in December have slightly increased compared to the previous month. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) announced on Wednesday that the revenues generated by legit ipoker operators within the State exceeded the $ 2 million mark following three consecutive declining months. December now totals $ 2.06 million in revenues. On year on year basis, these figures fell short of those of December 2013. In fact, the NJDGE reported that December 2013 recorded $ 2.9 million in revenues.

The Day 5 has just resumed with the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2015 Main Event (PCA) playing its 29-player field down to 6. Indeed, after about 12 hours of play, only 6 players would make it through the ultimate day. USA’s Chance Kornuth will enter the final battle as chipleader. With a stunning stack of 7,860,000 chips, the Florida native of 26 is well-positioned to grab the title. It is quite expectable given his impressive achievements over the past six years. As a reminder, he won both the WSOP 2010 and the Bellagio Cup 2014. For this to happen, Chance Kornuth will have to knock his compatriot Kevin Schulz and Rami Boukai out. Note that Schulz is heading to the final with 6,155,000 chips whereas Boukai, with one golden “World Series Of Poker” bracelet on hands, remains a formidable poker player to watch in this ultimate battle. He is the short-stack (780,000 chips) of the day though. Chips at stake now total 24,480,000.

The Season 2015 of live poker festival in the Asia-Pacific region begin this month with the Aussie Millions Poker Championship. Playing host to the great event is the legendary Crown Casino in Melbourne (Australia). Scheduled to run from January 14 to February 2nd, 2015, the 18th annual Asia-Pacific poker tournament festival will be played over two weeks with 21 events on the menu. The most anticipated battle remains the Main Event. However, the AMPC 2015 also includes other highly interesting events on the agenda. Speaking of the Main Event, the entry-fee is tagged $ 10,600. It has three starting day flights, from January 25 to 27 while the final table is scheduled on February 1st. Last year, Ami Barer won the title by besting a field of 668 players. Barer earned $ 1.6 million AUD and 2,100 Card Player POY points. It is worth mentioning that he finished 2nd place in the 2014 Player of the Year race.

The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2015 (PCA) has brought a great surprise. The Day 4 has just resumed with Brazil’s football legend “Ronaldo” reaching the Top 30 live poker tournament players. Indeed, Ronaldo has managed to make it through Day 4; however, he failed to qualify for the penultimate day. He finished 26th place for $ 42,180 of prize. As a reminder, Ronaldo was among the 57 players who entered the day. Only 24 of them will return at Atlantis Resort (the Bahamas) for the so-called “Semis”. After five levels of play, Brazil’s Mattar Pacelli rallied to jump up on top of the chip count with an impressive stack of 2,673,000 chips. France’s Emrah Cakmak comes second with 2,037,000 chips. USA’s Chance Kornuth is also among those possessing over 2 million chips. He will enter the Day 5 battle with 2,026,000 chips while his nearest rival, Sweden’s Andreas Samuelsson, has over 1.6 million chips.

While we are still far from seeing the game of “poker” as one of the competitive disciplines in the Olympic Games, the “sportify” project initiated by Global Poker Index (GPI) is marching straight forward as evidenced by the upcoming Global Poker Masters. From March 21 to 22, 2015, the best poker players in the world will gather in Malta for a team battle. Implicitly inspired from the Ryder Cup (golf) and the Davis Cup (tennis), the GPI is making a decisive first attempt by launching the Global Poker Masters, a poker-based competition which will be run alongside the 2015 European Poker Tour Malta. Of course, the event promises to be exceptional with the presence of notable names in live poker tournaments, especially those with high ranking on Global Poker Index. Eight countries will be represented in this competition. Each country has one team consisting of 5 players. For the moment, only four members of each team are known. Evidence is that each of the 8 competing countries will unveil their respective Wild Card later.

Of the 175 players who battled it out on Day 3 flight of the $ 10,000 buy-in PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, only 57 players now remain in the race. Almost two thirds of the field has left the poker room of Bahamas’ Atlantis Resort... empty-handed. Lucky enough, some high profile players have managed to reach the 119 “In The Money” places. This panel includes Daniel Negreanu, Shawn Buchanan Andre Akkari, George Lind, Max Silver, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Liv Boeree. Arne Kern is the bubble boy of the event. Many other notables including Connor Drinan and Chance Kornuth did not make the money.

According to reliable sources, Washington would be the next US State to legalize online poker. This news has come as a surprise since Washington State has always described (explicitly) such online gambling as a felony. With a new bill on the table of discussion, the 2006 law that prohibits e-poker gambling is sure to die. Actually, lawmakers in Washington have a different view on this matter since other States, including New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware; have successfully made a great leap into regulating online poker market. Last week, the bill named “HB 1114” was pre-filed for introduction by Representative “Sherry Appleton”. It would amend the 2006 law on e-gambling. Note that this new bill owes its birth to the hard work undertaken by “Curtis Woodard” and the “Washington Internet Poker Initiative”.

After Barcelona and Prague, the European Poker Tour (EPT) has just been serving poker fans with a new stop in the Bahamas, the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). Atlantis Resort plays host to the festivity. Actually, 816 players have registered themselves in the Main Event, but only 175 survive when Day 2 resumed. In fact, 507 participants joined back the poker room of Atlantis Resort; after five 90-minute levels of play, the field trimmed to 175. Walter Fisher is heading to Day 3 as chipleader. He has an impressive stack of 497,000 chips. Hugh Drummond and Juan Martin Pastor are also well placed with 456,800 and 446,000 chips respectively. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Daniel Negreanu, Liv Boeree and Brazilian football legend “Ronaldo” are among the 175-player field heading to the next phase of this PCA Main Event.
 
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