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The World Poker Tour Legends of Poker which took place from the 22nd till the 26th August in the prestigious Bicycle Casino of Los Angeles awarded a prize to the American Prahlad Friedman. After four days of hard battle, they were no more than six to reach the finale table and to be able to win the big check of one million dollar promised to the winner. During this finale table, Kevin Schaffal's presence was noticed, one of the nine finalists of the Main event of the World Series Of Poker 2009 which will take place in Las Vegas. Under a beautiful day, the head’s up finale of the "November Nine" will face Prahlad Friedman. Schaffel’s 1,850,000 chips placed him in position of short stack face to the mountain of Friedman having in total 6,600,500 chips.

To participate in large-scale tournaments of poker and to meet stars of this discipline, it is necessary to count tens of thousand of euros. Even if "France Poker Tour" knows a real success and even if its fame has already exceeded since well for a long time French frontiers, the French event continues to opt for the free access because of the legislation in this country. Like every year, fight for the title of "Champion of France of poker" promises to be warm. It is the French capital which will inaugurate the big coming back of France Poker Tour on Saturday, August the 29th. This inaugural stage will take place in the grandiose frame of Carrousel du Louvre.

Larry Burns is currently an interesting subject for the American press in the judicial heading. This person working as lawyer is recognized guilty of having organized secret tournaments of poker. The facts go back to 2007. Sentence was passed a little time after the congress rejected the second bill made by the democratic senator of New Jersey Robert Menendez. The court has just decided that poker is not a game of skill. Remind us that, Lawrence Burns was arrested for having organized illegal games of poker two years ago. Police infiltrated into the tournaments of poker he organized before it ends. The charges which are against Burns are: organization of 12 illegal tournaments of poker, excessive publicity, fraudulent organization of gambling games.

Among players of poker, professionals or amateurs, who never ever dreamed to get a big contract of sponsoring? The American player Darvin Moon is maybe an exception. In spite of his status, he has no sponsor and does not raise any logo of online poker room on his clothes unlike other players. For non-initiated persons, Darvin Moon will be in November Nine, it is to say that he is a part of the nine players who will go to Las Vegas on November for the great big final of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). As chipleader of the WSOP Main Event 2009, Darvin Moon appears as one of the big favourites for the title. We know that he would have declined up to here tempting tenders proposed by two giant of online poker.

After a communiqué which announces the existence of a second buyer apart from Gamynia Limited but whose name was not revealed yet, World Poker Tour Enterprise raises the sail on this mystery. They announced that they are going to give up a part of their assets to Peerless Media, a subsidiary of Partygaming which possesses the fourth biggest room of online poker in the world. By offering $12.3 millions for the World Poker Tour’s assets, Partygaming forestalls what Gamynia Limited intended to do which bid was 33 % lower. Details of this operation are the same that the agreement done with Gamynia Limited but PartyGaming has to pay $1 million of damages to Gamynia Limited.

Antoine Saout's final table at the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and recently, that of Adrien Allain during the Asian Poker Tour (APT) are the proofs that the French poker goes well. It is Macao, new Las Vegas of Asia which welcomed from the 19th till the 23rd of August of this year the stage of the Asian circuit of APT. The Main Event which took place at Galaxy Starworld Casino gathered a field of 326 players. The young French player, only 23 years old, was seen on the final table among big players. During this event, it was the player from Hong-Kong, David Steicke, who was indicated as the big favourite of this Asian tournament, but the presence of some poker player like JC Tran, which is doubtless one of the better poker player in the world in tournament wre counted during this tournament.

Legendary Texan Doyle Brunson has just proposed a new find. It is about the Poker Hall of Shame, which enthrones players who had adopted the most pitiful behavior in tables. But the legend of poker does not want to defray chronicle expenses; these players besides having unworthy behavior must also have the peculiarity to be dead. Doyle Brunson indicates on its blog that Poker Hall of Shame is going to indicate players having particularly been offensive with players or croupiers. Great players having marked his time by their genius but especially by their offensive comments will be included in Poker Hall of Shame. The grandfather of poker considers that his invention can call back players to be courteous with croupiers and other players. Players of poker will have to, according to Doyle Brunson, learn from Chip Reese and Barry Greenstein, two great names of poker who distinguished themselves by their cold blood.

After more than eight hours of finale table, it was the Russian player Max Lykov who won the European Poker tour (EPT) of Kiev. Having been chip leader during almost all the majority of the tournament, it was not a surprise. He got at the same time the €330,000 promised to the winner. The stage of Kiev which inaugurates this year the season VI of the European Poker Tour replaces the stage of Moscow because of the new law which forbids tournaments of poker on the Russian territory. 296 poker players from 33 countries were at this big first première of Kiev. On the finale table which was formed by essentially players of poker coming from the ancient countries of the East block, were seen three Russians, a Polonaise, a German, a Dutch, a Byelorussian and a Ukrainian.

International Poker Open of Ireland appears on the top of list of European amateur tournaments of poker the most waited this year. Two months before the beginning of the tournament which promises to be the biggest tournament of poker of the Old Continent, almost seats for International Poker Open are now sold. Last year more than 1,000 players came at the Irish capital. This year, organizers are waiting for 1,300 players which have 300 extra more than during the previous edition. According to organizers, 1,000 places on 1,300 will be attributed by some days. There is no more places for the day 1A, one day which counts nevertheless 500 seats. There are another 200 seats for the most fortunate persons who want to play at the Irish adventure by paying the buy-in themselves.

The American TV station ESPN (Entertainment Sport Programming Network Incorporated) and Harrah’s Entertainment which is the group owner of the World Series of Poker announced the signature of a new contract which is going to prolong for 7 years their partnership. Let us indicate that ESPN is a TV network dedicated to sports, it is a reference in his domain, and it could be compared with CNN for news or with MTV for music. WSOP attracts every year 82 millions TV viewers only in the United States what urged ESPN to preserve the rights of broadcasting until 2018. ESPN programs every year World Series of Poker since 2003, but the contract is going to expire after the World Series of Poker of 2010. This new contract will allow the TV station ESPN to detain the exclusivity of the broadcasting of WSOP until the year 2018.

We announced few times ago a sale of the assets of the parent company of the World Poker Tour (WPT) to Gamynia Limited. The amount of the deal was estimated at 9.075 millions of dollars. The agreement of the sale stipulated that the new buyer who will continue the activities of the WPTE including TV programs, the sponsoring and the distribution of operating licenses and will attack market of online poker. While they got ready to conclude the negotiation, a new potential buyer came. World Poker Tour has moreover just announced in a communiqué to financial markets that he have received a counterproposal which is in the way of study currently.

In the world of poker professional players, there is another discipline which consists in launching bets as crazy as absurd. The latest is the one launched by the Danish Gus Hansen to the "Tiger Woods” of poker Phil Ivey. When we know that both characters are two inveterate punters, we imagine easily that the stake will be out of the ordinary. Indeed, Phil Ivey could lose $1.1 million if he wins the finale of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and this sum will go to Gus Hansen. This last will offer $20,000 to Ivey if this poker player does not win the Main Event of the WSOP. If the opposite occur, it’s Hansen who will leave with the 1.1 million of dollars on the 8.5 millions which would be won by the "Tiger Woods" of poker in case of victory. He loses or he wins, it is simply about a bet winning/winning for Ivey.

In England, players of bingo are going to be able to devote to their passion without constraint and play freely. Thanks to an agreement done between Paypal and GTech G2 which is a company operating in the development and the distribution of software dedicated to online games, it will be possible henceforth to transfer money via Paypal and at advantageous rates. Currently, only a big site of bingo offers this service, but it would quickly be followed by other sites within the next month. The executive director of Gtech G2 declared some days ago the GTech G2 Company is happy to be able to propose to British players of bingo the simplicity and the safety which makes the reputation of the PayPal service and that the company looks ceaselessly for the best solutions possible for the subscribers of bingo. He added that the know-how and the experience of the company GTech G2 in the field of bingo and of industry of online game are henceforth coupled with the solution of electronic purse of the market which is Paypal.

Ceasar’s CUP could be for poker the "Ryder’s CUP" in golf, that is a confrontation of the old continent and the New World. The first edition of this new kind of tournament will be held in Casino Empire of London on September the 26th within the framework of the World Series of Poker Europe. Ceasar’s CUP announces as a totally original event in the world of poker. Two teams of eight players will meet in Hold' em No Limit Heads-up. The American team will be leaded by the Canadian Daniel Negreanu, four times winner of bracelet. This player had recourse to the service of one of the players of poker, the most complete in the circuit, Phil Ivey to strengthen his team. We shall also note the presence of Phil Hellmuth and John Juanda in this American team.

Due to its structure, the stage of the World Poker Tour in Borgata Casino is one of the most appreciated by poker players. Borgata is on the way to become the Mecca of poker on the Atlantic Coast of the United States. This year, organizers decided to strike even more hardly by placing the very high bar because the tournament shows in perspective a guaranteed prize pool of two millions of dollars against $500, 000 during the previous edition. The stage of the World Poker Tour in Borgata will take place from the 9th till the 26th of September and the buy-in will be fixed at $3,500. In spite of very rich poker tournaments during September (European Poker Tour, WCOOP, and World Series of Poker Europe) which will disperse poker players in the whole world, many of them have already announced their interest for the championship. This craze is once again the proof of the fame won by Borgata on the scene of poker.

In ten years, we noted a considerable evolution of poker tournaments either it is in games or in tournaments. The industry of poker has beside it several organizations asked to adapt itself to this evolution. Tournament Directors Association (TDA) is one of these organizations. It aims to maintain a maximum flexibility and to homogenize the regulation. In this perspective, a kind of summit dedicated to the regulation of poker was organized. Some modifications were done in the charter of rules; casinos which subscribed in this charter will apply the planned changes. Collectively created by Matt Savage, David Lamb, Linda Johnson and Jan Fisher, the TDA had during its creation as priority the establishment of a first charter of rules for poker tournament. In the United States, the TDA won certain fame beside casinos and gaming rooms in time, these last ones decided to adopt these rules, followed later by online poker room organizing poker live tournaments.

In January, 2009, German players of poker "Team Germany" knew how to show of what they were able by defending the colour of their country during the World Championship of Poker. Team “New Zealand” and “Team Italy” respectively took the 2nd and the 3rd positions during the finale. The 6th edition of this big event is going to allow 54 countries of the whole world to be in confrontation again for a total $290, 000 prizepool and take a chance for another title. Qualifying tournaments will take place from next August the 20th. Note that the team New Zealand and that of Italy are still ready to take up the challenge.

If Paris weakens a little bit face to poker, having allowed enthusiasts to play poker even through online website, Russia having downright banished this game and crossed it from the list of sports, the United States of America also adopted a position so firm in front of this game. The United States are strict: poker is not a game of skill! Therefore, after three days of lawsuit, Lawrence Burns, an organizer of private tournaments of Texas Hold' em in Pennsylvania was recognized guilty of having benefited from tournaments which he organized and made advertising about it. And it, in spite of the fact that his lawyer tried to convince the Jury during his plea, that poker is not a game of chance.

The owners of the mythical Bicycle Casino of Los Angeles have just offered themselves a colossal birthday present: a luxurious poker room. The new room baptized Grand Poker Ballroom will welcome from now all major events in the American west coast. This new expansion of Bell Gardens casino since its starting so relegates it as the biggest room of poker on all the American territory thanks to its numerous gaming tables and its dining service. A charitable tournament of poker marked the inauguration of this new structure at the end of July, but it is on next August the 22nd with the starting signal of the World Tour Legends of Poker that it will be officially inaugurated.

After ' Pot-Limit Omaha Poker: The Big Play Strategy ' published in December, 2007, Jeff Hwang releases his second book entitled " Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha, Volume I: Small Ball and Short-Handed Play ". The author declared that during the release of his first work, any editor of books of poker hadn’t bet on a publication talking about Pot Limit Omaha but tendency is at present taking a different direction. After Las Vegas and the WSOP success, Pot Limit Omaha indeed spread and in other circles and casinos of whole world. The first volume of Hwang is on the way to become a classical book dedicated to Poker, conferring to its author a new fame in strategy and in theory of PLO, lavishing to its readers a multitude of advices. "Advanced Pot-Limit Omaha” is not a book intended for beginners, it will be preferable to have already a certain experience of PLO because Hwang considers that readers have already acquired somethings about PLO.

Tom “durrr” Dwan’s announcement of the last month came as a bomb in the world community of poker. This gifted child of poker intended to play the « Challenge to durrr” in a live version during the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) which will take place in London on September. After some days of rumour, a challenger has just officially appeared. We are talking about the businessman of London, Sammy George. During his interview, Sammy George declared that he would put even one million on the table. Sammy George is renowned for his aggressive and daring game what made people call him under the nickname of "Any Two". Nickname get by its statement « any two cards can win before the flop and 72 is as good as AA to me". A strategy which was not proved as profitable because during the last “Poker den", “Any Two” had lost $78,425.

London will be the city of poker during a week by welcoming European Poker Tour (EPT) from September the 30th till October the 7th of this year. Because of perpetual increase of the number of participants, EPT of London moves this year to Hilton Métropole which can receive more than 1,000 players. The British event, due to the number of tournaments, is the biggest festival of poker EPT. London will offer in the program for example eagerly awaited High-Roller of 20,000 pounds, a European championship of 8-Game of 2,000 pounds, tournaments with low buy-in as well as other numerous tournaments.

Hairabedian alias "Terminator" has just got rid of the young wolf Alexandre Luneau after three days of battle which was held in the Circle Clichy-Montmartre. For these three days, 1,000 hands were played. This first confrontation is in the challenge which Hairabedian has just launched to all the players of French poker. Hairabedian thus wins his first duel with a final advance of €7,000. It is necessary to say that this one already get more than €13,000 of advance at the end of the Day 1 and an advance of €10,500 in the second day. After this first victorious match, he will again have to play against another young wolf Rui Cao in the course of which Terminator looked like outsider in the challenge he launched himself.

Irish Winter Poker is announced as one of the key events of this spring in poker. The organizing team, Paddy Power Poker, has just revealed the dates of the edition 2009 as well as those of its Main Event. We know that Irish Winter Festival of Poker will played during four days, from Friday, 23rd till Monday, October 26th, 2009. Irish Masters, main tournament of the festival will take place from 24th till 26th October. It is City West Hotel in the middle of the city of Dublin which is going to welcome this event with €1 million in prospect. This festival of Irish poker will be formed by 4 tournaments of Texas Hold' em No. Limit with one Main Event at €1, 650 and a great qualifying satellite at €165. Concerning the program, every tournament will begin early in the afternoon towards 2:00 p.m.

Once again the sites of sports bets will find it difficult to be patient, because the opening of the market of the game has just been postponed in the middle of the year 2010. In the meantime, it is the La Française Des Jeux who rubs hands, even if with in the opinion of Brussels this one is completely illegal, it's the same for PMU which holds the exclusivity on sports bets. France looks like bad pupil in this domain and the European Union does not stop enjoining Paris to enter the rank. Two reasons seem to be at the origin of this adjournment: first of all, there is a considerable financial risk and on the other hand there is incapacity of the State to settle this domain because the gambling games and sports bets remain taboo in the French society. Indeed, the market of the online game is estimated at two billions of euro next year and should reach more than 3 billions in 5 years.

The question which arises about Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes these last weeks is «who will be there “. Recently, the organizing team has just brought up to date the inscription list for Main Event, we list in many of great names of poker players what lets understand a promising final table. Let us remind that the big final is going to take place in Croisette from August 31st till September 5th at Palm Beach casino. This wonderful audience includes among others Freddy Deeb who is the winner of the World Series Of Poker HORSE in 2007, Phil Laak and his wife Jennifer Tilly, Antonio Esfandiari, Juha Helpi, the winner of the European Poker tour of Dortmund Sandra Naujoks, Alex Kravchenko and John Kabbaj. Many French poker players as the winner of the season 1 Alain Roy, Roland Rozel, Jean Philippe Rohr, Philippe Narboni or Eric Haik will also be there.

The two major tournaments on the international scene of poker are going to call in the English capital in a month: the World Series of Poker and the European Poker Tour (EPT). At the same time, we have just announced that as every big city of the world, London is also going to have its own poker tournament, English Poker Open. The event of London will mark the come back of the World Series of Poker on the Old Continent after a 40th American edition more than a success. The WSOPE which will begin this year its third edition is going to take place at the very prestigious Casino At the Empire from September the 17th till October the 1st of this year. This English edition of the WSOPE will come to complete annual World Series of poker of Las Vegas. It will be easy to cross in London celebrities of poker during this international festival because the best players of the entire planet are going to move to try to win the famous bracelet much desired.

As we all know, the American law prohibits online games activities as poker or black jack at the federal level and the simple fact of playing poker or all other games is very badly seen in a too puritanical society that is America. But the economic crisis which had a very bad effect in the country is the reason of the progression of online games industry in general and poker in particular. This prohibition makes lose every year in the American state around tens billions of dollars and the legalization of online games could be a blessing for the economy of this country. At present, fervent defenders of these games base their ultimate hopes on the second government bill. Indeed, the democratic senator of New Jersey, Robert Menendez has just introduced on August the 6th a new text at the Congress.

We rather knew Australia for rugby or the tennis tournament Open of Australia, but true amateurs of poker knew it too for "Aussie Millions". While the north hemisphere shivers in the wintry cold, it will be the summer on the island continent where will take place Aussie Millions, the biggest tournament of poker of the southern hemisphere. During two weeks, from January the 14th till the 31st, 2010, Melbourne will doubtless be the world capital of poker because of this tournament, one of the most important competitions which will begin after the New Year. Aussie Millions which celebrated last year its ten years of existence is the sixth biggest tournament of poker in the world. And according to statistics, the tournament shows an exponential growth if the number of participants and the amount of the gains, more than 8 million of dollars of prize among which 2 millions given to the winner, are considered. This poker tournament becomes well-known year by year and will certainly be at the level of its famous American and European homologues, by a few times.

Even though Dublin replaced the British capital by winning last month the title of World Capital of Poker, London does not intend to let so going away easily big meetings of this game or putting a cross on this title for ever. Indeed, London reacted by launching new events which could make its popularity rising during the selection of next year. For next September, with the end of holidays and the reopening going to come, the City will indeed welcome three big meetings of poker. If the WSOPE and the European Poker Tour (EPT) will already be held in this big city, English Poker Open, a new tournament dedicated to enthusiasts of this game will be proposed there too.

After the World Cup of poker (WCP) which takes place every year, a new named event "World Team of poker" has just made its appearance. It claims to be the first professional "sports" league of poker in the world. The championship was officially launched on Wednesday the 5th August, in Bicycle Casino of Los Angeles. The final structure of the league is still to be determined but we already know that it will include 32 teams of 5 players which are going to represent countries in the four corners of the world. World Team Poker has already chosen the captains of teams among the cream of the game. These captains are going to select their team-mates. As example, the American team will be taken by Phil Hellmuth, the man with 11 WSOP bracelets and at the same time record holder of victories in this championship.

He is neither the new king of poker nor the rising star of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) and nevertheless his name is well known in the small world of games. His name is Douglas Rennick and he has big problems: the American Justice accuses him of a big banking fraud, money laundering and illegal activities related to the online gambling games. In this affair, the justice claims to him $565,908,288. To allow poker websites, blackjack, roulette, slot machines portals and all sorts of "illegal" online games to pay players in the USA, this 34-years-old Canadian operated through dummy companies. He transferred capitals since a Cyprian company towards accounts based in the United States, then sent checks to individual companies. According to Rennick’s statements, this capital was supposed to settle invoices and salaries. He is thus accused having deceived American banking institutions by lying on the real destination of these funds. Let us remind that American law prohibits online games activities as poker or black jack at the federal level.

Coming back from a travel in three African countries, Guinea, Mali and Mauritania, the French Secretary of State for Overseas Development, Alain Joyandet made a declaration Thursday. He said that France studies at the moment "the creation of a specific game for Africa" a loto (French name of the bingo) or an online bingo. This project in gestation registered in the framework of the « innovative financing » as a supplement to the public help for the development. This online bingo could certainly be born in 2010. The French Secretary of State indicated having spoken about it with La Française des Jeux, the public organism in charge of the management of French games and bets on its territory. And again, according to Alain Joyandet, this bingo could bring more than €10 millions a year.

In front of the ceaseless increase of the various games and illegal bets which are played outside casinos on its territory, Netherlands looks into authorization of the legal tournaments of poker which can be done outside casinos. The purpose of this initiative is to reduce the games and bets which are made beyond the legality frame. In a letter sent to the Dutch Parliament, Minister of Justice of this country declares they will allow tournaments and games of poker somewhere else outside of Holland Casino firms. Let us indicate that Holland Casino firms belong to the State and detain the monopoly of games in this country. Netherlands thus is following the example of Switzerland which has already legalized tournaments of poker outside casinos.

In spite of the announcements of two consecutive profits since the beginning of the year 2009, World Poker Tour Enterprises, parent company of the World Poker Tour (WPT) has just sold its assets to Gamynia Limited. The amount of the transaction is $9,075 millions. Steve Lipscomb President of the World Poker Tour Enterprise thinks that this transaction is going to allow World Poker Tour to realize completely its potential via its two existing companies and that Gamynia and its partners possess resources which will help to invest and to integrate with efficiency World Poker Tour activity. In 2008, the company had almost gone bankrupt and was excluded from NASDAQ because of the fall of its shares around $1 caused by the difficult transfer of its assets. Yields of the tournament broadcast in the United States were also in fall. During the second quarter, a very modest benefit of $375,000 had been recorded by the company.

After the confirmation of the cancellation of the stage in Moscow of the European Poker Tour’s sixth season (EPT), Russian government having indeed decided to remove from poker the sporting status, Kiev opens its arms to it. From next August the 18th to the 23th, during 6 days, the beautiful Ukrainian city is going to become the European capital of poker. The buy-in of this tournament in Kiev will be fixed to €5,000. During this European Poker Tour stage, there will be daily satellites which will allow players to win their journey with $9,700 packages. Internet users can also win places for this event thanks to a series of online satellites.

After an amazing season 2, Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) restarts for a tour. Macao will open once again the ball for this third edition during this series of tournaments of poker live which will take place in Asia and in Oceania from the end of August 2009. This year, organizers hope to strike harder than the edition of the last year which was an enormous success if the number of poker players participating in is concerned. Note that during the season 2, 1,772 of the best poker players native to this region were in competition for a global prizepool around 5,000,000 dollars. The Asia Pacific Poker Tour season 3 will have 5 cities-stages which are Macao, Auckland, Seoul, a city of Philippines and Sydney. This year, organizers are almost unanimous to exceed the fateful line of 5,000,000 of prize.

A new game of poker for the console Wii can be downloaded in America since Monday. This new game has for title «Sexy poker ». Showed by its name, the game is a rather hot and roguish version of poker. In spite of the fact that the Japanese console is rather considered as "famial", the Japanese Nintendo company decided to attack a more mature public by proposing this "daring" version of poker. Every player will have the leisure to devote to strip-poker, against charming creatures coming out directly from Japanese Mangas. According to the progress of the set, these attractive ladies will undress themselves, but will keep swimsuits and underwear.

One of the tournaments dedicated to amateur players, Barcelona European Masters of Poker (EMOP) had just known its new champion. During the Catalonian step of this event organized by the Swedish firm Entraction Network, a tournament held at the Gran Casino of Barcelona, a large participation of Scandinavian players were observed. So, it was not a surprise if a Swedish, Anton Wigg wins this 4th stage of the European Masters of Poker. Five of the six last finalists at this event have the same nationality as Wigg except the Polish Maciej Swicarz. So, it was easy for Scandinavian players to win this 1,100€ buy-in poker tournament. Even if it was an amateur’s meeting, Wigg went home with a marvelous sum of 95,760€ and the champion title.

Virtual games and online gambling is in the way to become one of the biggest industries in the world. The number of enthusiasts of fight or adventure games, fanatics of online casino and internet poker, betting sport, roulette, black jack… continues to grow year by year. The stake they are placing on these websites and the subscription they buy on these gamble portals are more and more important. Despite of the global financial crisis which leads to a fall down of the dynamism of most economic sectors, online games hadn’t known these drops of their revenues, a fact which was nevertheless visible inside physical casinos activity such many firms based in Las Vegas of French big casino groups.

Who says that women haven’t their place in big poker tournaments as the World Series of poker (WSOP)? This year, enthusiasts of this game listened a lot about the French woman player, Estelle Denis who was classified among the last 400 players at the Main Event, what made the pride of all French. But all Spanish persons were also delighted thanks to the exploit of their compatriot, Margets Leo or Leonor, who was the woman who reached the best position in the classification during this Las Vegas tournament. Indeed, she was able to arrive at the 27th position among 6,494 players participating in the Main Event of WSOP and went back in Barcelona with a gain of $350,000.

How many times the United States tried to put an end to online poker on their territory? Despite this fight, gambling websites on the Internet still continue to supply American consumers even if severe penalties could be applied by the federal authorities. According to a recent study, 10 millions of Americans still play and bet on online casinos’ in the country against 2 millions for the United Kingdom and 1.3 millions for France. And it, in spite of the establishment on the American territory in 2006 of the law prohibiting online games or Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).

If Partouche Poker Tour was foreseen to be held from September the 1st till the 6th of this year, organizers have just reorganized the date of this big tournament of € 3 millions euro prizepool guaranteed. The group’s blog has just announced indeed that the PPT will be delayed for one day and will be held from August the 31st till September the 5th. According to observers, this competition and EPT Barcelona 2009 held on the same date was one of the reasons which brought the French group to revise its calendar. With John Duthie, the European Poker tour’s founder who becomes the organizing boss of this big French poker tournament, he certainly stands back about the existing context to make such decision.

Henceforth, casinos are on alert. The new high range hand phone created by Apple becomes a big concern for operators working on gambling games, especially on Blackjack. It is indeed possible to introduce applications as Blackjack Card Counter, iCount or Card Counter in an iPhone and it can manage without any trouble to count cards during a set of Blackjack. According to Randall Sayre, member of the authority in charge of the control of gambling games in the State of Nevada, "when the program is used in furtive mode ' the screen of the telephone remains off, and if the user knows well the keys, the program can run without problem and without being detected ". A real advantage for its owner in a set of Blackjack.
 
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