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Never did a live poker event with significant buy-in gather many players as the One Drop High Roller of the World Series Poker 2013. Limited to 48 players last year, for its buy-in of $1 million, the Big One for One Drop has seen its buy-in revised at $ 111,111$ and rebaptized One Drop High Roller. Consequently, 166 players registered to the event, modifying the prizepool at $ 17,891,148. Thus, the One Drop High Roller is currently the biggest tournament of the year in term of prizepool, which was still held by the Guangdong Asia Millions high roller and its pot of $ 15 million, at the beginning of the month. This huge prizepool will be shared between the 24 players « In The Money » and the five best players of the event will go back with checks amounted at more than $ one million each. The winner will pocket $ 4,830,619, while the first player eliminated in the money will pocket $ 173,723.

Since a few weeks, Jason Mercier monopolizes the first place of the classification of the 300 best poker players from all over the world. We find the same players in the Top 10 of the Global Poker Index (GPI) except that some of them exchanged their place. It is the case of Bertrand Grospellier who gave his place to Paul Volpe, following to his remarkable performances at the World Series of Poker 2013, which are currently taking place at the Rio Casino of Las Vegas. Having taken part in four poker tournaments of the WSOP 2013, Paul Volpe pocketed a total earning of $ 36,797, with as best result an 8th place at the 2-7 Lowball (Event #43). The American remains in the head of the GPI Player Of the Year with 760.79 points before Steven Silverman, Ole Schemion, Daniel Negreanu and Igor Kurganov.

Canadian players have been particularly successful during this edition 2013 of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP). Two of them have just won a golden bracelet. It is about Justin Oliver, champion of the Event # 38: $ 2,500 No-Limit Hold'em and Daniel Idema, the winner of the Event #39: Seven-Card Stud High-Low Eight-or-Better. From now on, Canadians took nine victories in bracelet-tournaments, a real record. Note that up to now, Canada had only 34 bracelets won during the 43 years of existence of the WSOP.

The casino owner Sheldon Adelson, owning several hotels and casinos established in Las Vegas, Singapore and Macau declared with intensity his reluctance to a possible legalization of online poker at the federal level. The CEO of Las Vegas Sands, who is conquering the Spanish market by implanting a hotel complex in the region, has effectively emitted outrageous comments on that subject, during a video interview. He did not mince his words by declaring that authorizing the operation of online poker at the federal level would be as “a road to shipwreck”. He also qualified poker such as cancer or drug, putting particularly in danger the life of young people; without forgetting to bring up the harmful effect of poker at the level of safety and environment.

It is still difficult to guess what future will have the market of online gaming of New Jersey and Nevada, the two American States having finished the procedures of legalization. It is here, especially about online poker. A priori, the market of New Jersey may be more attractive than the one of its counterpart, given the fact that the State is just near New York and Philadelphia, which counts respectively 8.5 and 1.5 million of inhabitants. In addition, the regulators, the legislators, the members of the industry of casino and the analysts of Wall Street consider that online gaming is able to generate an income of $ 1.2 billion during the first year for the State of New Jersey, or 40% of the revenues collected near the 12 casinos of Atlantic City in 2012. Note that the State of New Jersey has developed a very tight schedule and the regulatory Commission wants to start the activities about the end of the year.

The eyes of the French public were fixed on Gabriel Nassif during the final table of the Event # 37, the $ 5,000 Limit Hold'em of the World Series Of Poker 2013 (WSOP). Chipleader in the beginning of the final heads-up, in front of the American Michael Moore, the French had the luck to win the golden bracelet. But the chance decided differently, he eventually bowed in the second position. A little reminder concerning the progress of this event; 170 participants were present in the poker room, to take part in it. Gabriel had ups and downs, before rising on the second step of the podium. While there was only 12 players still in the running, he finished in the 9th position at the level of chip count. Thanks to an aggressive style of game and his ability to play poker well, Nassif has afterward raised at the place of chipleader with 1,680,000 chips in hand, against 870,000 for Michael Moore. But the American has immediately managed to reverse the situation for his advantage and finished to eliminate the French. He pocketed $ 211,743 and won the bracelet for the occasion, while the runner-up settled with a prize of $ 130,852.

The $ 5,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Max, Event#32 of the World Series of Poker 2013 reached its final table on Thursday, after a fierce battle between the 14 incomers of the Day 3. Jonathan Little, Vasile Buboi, Connor Drinen, Ryan D’Angelo, Leo Markholt and Erick Lindgren were the last survivors of this poker tournament, while in the beginning, the Event#32 gathered a field of 516 players, which generated a prizepool of $ 2,425,200. The event planned 54 paid places and the first eliminated of the ITM pocketed $ 9,240. Among the notable players who were eliminated in the money without reaching the final table, we can quote among others Matt Glantz, Eric Froehlich, Brock Parker, Justin Smith, Matthew Waxman, Max Steinberg, Dan Smith, Allen Bari or Andrew Robl, who was the bubble boy of the tournament, by being eliminated at one place of the final table.

After the success of the Big One For One Drop of last year which gathered 48 players for its buy-in of $ 1,000,000, the concept introduced by Guy Laliberté was renewed this year. Event #47 of this 44th edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the poker tournament was changed in high roller, an event which attracts numerous players in live tournaments. The One Drop High Roller will be accessible for a buy-in of $ 111,111 from Wednesday June 26, for a period of 5 days. This amount was chosen because 10% of the buy-in will be poured to the association One Drop, which means that the buy-in which will constitute the prizepool is about $ 100,000. According to the communication manager of the WSOP, Seth Palansky, 21 players have already registered in the tournament and 20 among them are not professional poker players. Like last year, several players were not professionals but businessmen and wealthy persons who wanted to support and participate in the noble cause defended by Guy Laliberté, with his association One Drop.

One of the renowned live poker tournaments in Pacific-Asia, the Asian Poker Tour (APT) met this year an important attendance during his stopover in the Philippines (Cebu, Manilla) and in South Korea (Jeju). In front of the success met by the circuit during the first half of the year, the organizers revealed the continuation of the season with three steps in the program. The second half of the season will start on July, with a stop in Macao and will be ended by a stage in the Philippines, in October. From next July 24 to 31, the APT will stop in China, in the special administrative region of Macao, more precisely for the APT Macau. The poker room of the StarWorld Hotel and Casino will be the host of this tournament, which will have 14 events with the HK$ 25,000 Main Event as sticking point.

Each week, the Global Poker Index (GPI) receives an update for the classification of the 300 best global poker players. For the update on the date of June 17, the rank has undergone some changes both inside the Top 10 and the rest of the classification. The five first places of the GPI remain unchanged with Jason Mercier on the top of the board, followed by Philipp Gruissem, Daniel Negreanu, Michael Watson and Stephen O'Dwyer. Marvin Rettenmaier (7th) and Bertrand Grospellier (8th) move back of one place by leaving the 6th position of the ranking to Joseph Cheong (+3). Paul Volpe finished also in the 9th place of the Top 10, after having collected 4 places in the classification.

On Tuesday, the French Minister of the Budget, Bernard Cazeneuve and the Minister of Sports Valérie Fourneyron, visited the hospital Marmottan (Paris 17th), an establishment which is specializing in the treatment of addictions. M. Cazeneuve announced that the government will make vote near the parliament, four measures to protect the players within the frame of fight against gambling addiction, including online poker. Since ten years, the establishment has been treating numerous cases of addiction to poker and other online gaming, apart from the other kinds of addiction. According to the professor Marc Valleur, from the hospital Marmottan, the institution treated 3,267 clients throughout the year 2012, among which 166 cases were bound to the problems of gaming addictions. Certainly, the figure is less important than those of drug addiction; however, the situation worries the public authorities.

The Canadian Jason Duval won on Monday his first WSOP bracelet, following his victory during the No-Limit Hold'em, the Event 28 of these World Series of Poker 2013. The 23-year-old young man stood out in a $ 1,500 tournament which gathered 2,115 participants, among whom Liv Boeree or the champion of the WSOP 2010's Main Event, Jonathan Duhamel. The Day 3 of the event started with the 16 survivors of this poker tournament, who were still in the running for the golden bracelet and a prize of $ 521,202. After 11 hours of playing, Jason Duval enriched the row of the Canadian holders of bracelet of this year (Charles Sylvestre, Benny Chen, Michael Malm, Levi Berger, Mark Radoja and Calen McNeil) by standing out in front of the 8 other finalists of the tournament: Tommy Townsend, James Lee, Majid Yahyaei, Stephen Bartlett, Dan Martin, Joe Cappuccio, Masayuki Nagata and Daniel Bishop.

While the eyes of the French poker community were riveted on David Benyamine during the Event 29, the $ 5,000 H.O.R.S.E tournament of the World Series of Poker, the French finished bowing in the 7th position, awarded by a premium of $ 40,000. A priori, it is necessary to wait to find a French player climbing the podium of Rio's poker room. For the moment, North American participants are the most dominant. Besides, two of them have just won a golden bracelet, namely Isaac Hagerling who triumphed at the $ 3,000 NLHE Mixed Max and Jason Duval who won the title of the $ 1,500 NLHE.

The German poker player, Phillip Gruissem, has just won four places and occupies from now on the second position of the global ranking Global Poker Index (GPI). This spectacular progress is due to his performance at the Guangdong Asia Millions, a deepstack tournament which was held in Macao, on last week. As a reminder, the German reached the bronze place during this Hold'em No Limit tournament. The two achievements that he realized in the month of April, including a victory at the $ AUD 50,000 No Limit High Roller of the World Series Of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) and a title at the Caesars Cup Invitational, have also been taken in account, which allowed him to climb the podium. Phil Gruissem has thus discharged Negreanu, who had just occupied this place. The Canadian is in the third position. The place of global leader always returns to Jason Mercier, who has 234 points more than Gruissem.

52-year-old, David Chiu has just conquered his 5th bracelet World Series Of Poker (WSOP) by winning the victory during the Event #23, a $ 2,500 Seven Card Stud. This poker tournament gathered a field of 246 participants which consist in majority, of professionals. It is necessary to say that Chiu has known some difficulties, before being able to climb the first step of the podium. He was on a highly raised final table, completed by five WSOP champions including Freddie Ellis, Michael Mizrachi, Frank Kassela, Gary Benson and Adam Friedman. They have respectively finished 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th. But he had also to face Scott Seiver, more persevering than never. This holder of golden bracelet stood up to him during the three days of competition and tried to bar his way during the final head's up. But for his great happiness, David Chiu has managed to emerge victorious and has pocketed the first prize of $ 145,520. His runner-up left with the sum of $ 89,980.

The operators of online poker in France are more and more conscious of the decline of the market. Face to their anxiety, the operators members of the federation Le Geste, namely Betclic, Pokerstars, la Française des jeux and Barrière called for the help from the authorities by sending a note to the Ministry of economy and finance. They think that a drop of the activity by more than 20% is to be planned for next year if any action is undertaken. In fact, it is necessary to say that the facts are eloquent, if we quote only the closure of about ten poker room, including the one of the Partouche group, which is effective from this Monday June 17th 2013, the fall of income by 13% observed during the first trimester of this year, or the decrease of the number of participations in organized tournaments. According to a professional, it is required to wait at least ten minutes to gather the necessary field.

The capital of Belgium will vibrate again with the poker tournament Summer Poker Challenge, from next July 5 till 7, just to offer for those who will not join the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, living an unforgettable summer event. This event is the logical result of the Spring Poker Open of last spring, which was a resounding success, in the Grand Casino of Brussels. Diverse tournaments are planned for this new event in the same place: a € 500 + € 50 Main Event, two Side Events, the € 300 + € 30 NL Hold’em – Bounty and the € 200 + € 25 NL Hold’em – Freezeout. On Friday July 5 at 7 p.m., the participants whose number is fixed to 150 at most will be called for the main tournament. Each player will have a stack of 20,000 chips, the levels will last 40 minutes and the re-registration are allowed for the unfortunate of the first rounds.

After the 28th edition in March, the Marrakech Poker Open (MPO) comes back for a new edition, since last Wednesday in the Casino of Marrakech, in Morocco. The event began with satellite tournaments and the deepstack tournament, but the real things started in the afternoon of this Friday with the Main Event. This main event is accessible for a buy-in of DHS 10,000 or € 910 and each participant started with 50,000 chips, on levels of 45 minutes. In last March, the DHS 15,000 Main Event of the MPO gathered 288 players, generating a prizepool of more than DHS 3.75 million. Olivier Estripeau pocketed DHS 700,940 (€ 63,722), after having won this poker tournament face to another French player, Sébastien Compte.

The 19th poker tournament played within these WSOP 2013 was a striking event of this edition for European and especially French speaking community. In fact, the Belgian player Davidi Kitai has just registered his name on the 1st place of the $ 5,000 Pot Limit Holdem of the international poker events. The victory was more than memorable because apart from the gain of $ 224,560 that Kitai will bring home, the 18 previous tournaments of these WSOP of this year, played up to now, have been all won by North American players. And within the batch of paid places of this same poker tournament, always to honor the French community, the French Bertrand Grospellier was also noticed by his 7th place and his gain of $ 34,341.

The first step of the European poker circuit Texa Poker Series will be held in San Remo, in Italia, this weekend. As a reminder, this event is organized by the company Texa Poker, in association with different European casino-owners including French operators. In the program, there will be two side events, satellite tournaments and the € 500 buy in Main Event. This key event of the Texa Poker Series San Remo, which will consist of three days of competition, will have a deep structure. The Shuffle and Deal will be given in the poker room of the municipal casino of San Remo, on Friday June 14. Each concurrent will receive 100,000 starting chips for blind levels of 100/200 and the field will be limited to 200 participants.

Becoming one of the greatest supporters of the Global Poker Index (GPI) since the purchase of the ranking by Alex Dreyfus and Zokay Entertainement, the Canadian professional of poker Daniel Negreanu has recently achieved numerous efforts in order to reach the top 20. A priori, he reached his goal, because after having occupied the 5th place of the classification last week, he is from now on at the second position. He owes this progress thanks to his victory at the World Series Of Poker-Asia Pacific and also to his participation at the final tables of the European Poker Tour Grand Final and the World Poker Tour Championship; without forgetting his paid place at the Event # 5 of the WSOP 2013. He needs more than 300 points to overpass the global number one, Jason Mercier.

Phil Hellmuth has particularly attracted the attention of the public in the Amazon’s poker room during the second day of the Event # 16 of the World Series of Poker 2013 (WSOP), a $ 10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em. He was effectively on the good way to win his 14th bracelet because he was among the eight last players still in the running. But Mark Radoja blocked his route by eliminating him at the fifth place. Then, the latter ousted Justin Bonomo and played the final duel face to Don Nguyen. Radoja dominated his opponent and at the 85th hand, he completely wrecked Nguyen. He then pocketed the reward of $ 331,490 and was entitled with the golden bracelet.

Mike Matusow won his fourth bracelet by giving himself the victory during the Event # 13, a $ 5,000 buy-in Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better. This 45-year-old professional of poker who won on the month of January 2013 the title of champion of NBC National head's Up Poker Championship has just proven one more time his performance, because he challenged more than 200 players composed of numerous notables of poker. Besides, The Mouth had to face major figures of poker just like David Baker, Gavin Smith, Matthew Ashton and Vladimir Shchemelev during the final. Apart from the golden jewelry and the huge privilege to be crowned world champion, Matusow received a bonus of $ 266.503.

Niklas Heinecker has just won the trophy of the GuangDong Asia millions, a High Roller tournament of $ 130,000 buy-in, organized in the province of Guangdong, near Macao, in China. Let us note that the winner is a regular of online poker, more known in the discipline of cash game High Stakes. He has just showed a high performance by managing to dominate well known poker players, having taken part to the tournament. It is his second feat in live tournaments. The German professional has then recorded the huge reward of more than $ 4,464,000 after having eliminated the Australian Jeff Rossiter in the final duel. The latter settled with the second prize of about $ 3,161,000. It is important to say that during the three hours of gaming, action was really present.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) are certainly the most preferred tournaments in the world of poker but it didn’t prevented numerous stars to make a pass on the event to go in Macao for the GuangDong Limited Asia Millions in the new poker room of PokerStars at the City of Dreams Entertainment Resort. As reason, the Main Event promises this time more than that of the WSOP with its buy-in of $ HK1,000,000 (about $ 130,000). Consequently, numerous renowned players answered to the call following the example of Gus Hansen, Isaac Haxton, Bertrand “ElkY” Gropellier, Jonathan Duhamel, Philipp Gruissem, Dan Smith, Sorel Mizzi or John Juanda, to increase the field at 71 players with 54 rebuys, which generated a prizepool of $HK 119,375,000 ($ 15,403,226).

The organizers of the World Poker Tour (WPT) have just revealed the program of the season 2013 which will have 11 steps. The Season XII will start with the WPT Cyprus from August 16 to 2 at the Merit Cristal Cove Hotel and Casino. After Cyprus, the WPT will stop at the Bicycle Casino of Las Vegas for the Legends of Poker, from August 29 to September 4. This poker tournament will stay in the United States with a stage at Atlantic City from September 15 to 20 for the WPT Borgota. The Aviation Club de France in Paris will be the host of the stage of the circuit, from October 25 to 30, with the WPT Grand Prix de Paris (€ 7,500 buy-in Main Event).

The final table of the Main Event of the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT) was played on last Wednesday with the 6 survivors from the five days of competition, which gathered 761 players. Pete Linton was the best placed at the beginning of the day with a huge stake of more than 11 million chips, but Jakub Michalak surprised by winning this poker event hand down, played on the London stadium, metamorphosed in a few days in a giant poker room. Having started the day with the smallest stake of the final table, beside Xavy el Fassy, Jakub Michalak resisted until the last minutes of the head’s up with the French. The two short stack at the beginning of the final table, Xavier el Fassy (4,555,000) and Jakub Michalak (4,825,000) succeeded to reverse the trend by eliminating one by one players present on the table, which were widely higher than them in terms of chipcount : Pete Linton (11,070,000), Alban Juen (7,615,000), Nick Hicks (6,230,000) and Gwendoline Janot (6,230,000).

Amateurs of poker of the French capital and from all parts of France met since Wednesday on the Champs Elysées, for the ACF Summer Series 2013 which take place at the Aviation Club de France. This poker festival will be held till next June 16 and consists of not less than about fifteen events, including satellite tournaments. During these eleven days of intense poker tournament, the Aviation Club de France will offer numerous tournaments with the current most preferred variants of poker, such as No Limit Hold'em, 8 Games and Pot Limit Omaha. The tournament started with the € 200 buy-in NLH Combine’m but the key point of the ACF Summer Series remains the Summer Deepstack, the major event which will be accessible to players by paying a €1,000 buy-in.

French players present in Las Vegas for the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) show a remarkable performance with the example of Fabien Marguerite who finished the Event #4 $1,500 NLH Six Handed at the 9th place for a gain of $ 20,709. The ascent of the French continues with that of Benjamin Pollack who is in the running, for a qualification at the final table of the $ 2,500 8-Game Mix, the Event #8 of these WSOP 2013. 388 players took the departure of this event and Benjamin Pollak occupies currently the 9th place in the chipcount with 133,000 chips with 19 remaining players at the end of Day 2. Marco Johnson is the chipleader at the beginning of the Day 3 with 354,300 chips but other reputable players are also in the race for the bracelet of this poker tournament like Greg Mueller and Robert Mizrachi.

The Main Event of the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) continued its course on Tuesday, with the Day 5 which gathered the 20 remaining players after four days of competition. At the end of the day, six players were qualified for the final with Pete Linton as chipleader. Linton counts 11,070,000 chips and forestalls widely his opponents which are at less than 8 million chips. Alban Juen is in the second place in terms of chipcount, with 7,615,000, followed by Nick Hicks with 6,230,000 chips. Three French representatives are still in the running for the title of the first ISPT, to know, Gwendoline Janot, Xavier el Fassy and Jakub Michalak. Gwendoline Janot is the best placed among the French clan, with a stack of 6,230,000.

The stadium of Wembley in London, hosted yesterday the Day 4 of the Main Event of the International Stadiums Poker Tour (ISPT) in which 98 players took the departure. Ole Schemion started the day as chipleader but after 7 levels of 75 minutes, he gave his place to Alban Juen. At the end of this day during which players having participated to satellites in several online poker rooms, but also live players took part, Alban Juen is the chipleader of the 20 survivors of the Day 4 with more than 5 million of chips. Just behind, we find Nick Hicks, Pete Linton and Jakub Michalak with more than 3 million chips. Among the survivors of the day, we can rely on the presence of Leigh Wilishire, Florian Holler, Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott, Léon Louis, Freddy Deeb, Praz Bansi, Ferhad Seyadi, Julien Gardner, Elia Bassam, Giuseppe Stagno, Neil Bernadout and James Sullivan for the Day 5.

This week, a new update was brought to the global ranking of the best poker players, the Global Poker Index (GPI). Jason Mercier remains the leader of the worldwide classification, while Michael Watson and Stephen O'Dwyer moved back by a place, by giving the second place to Daniel Negreanu. Marvin Rettenmaier occupies the 5th place of the ranking, just behind Michael Watson and Stephen O'Dwyer. In the French GPI ranking, Bertrand « Elky » Grospellier remains the leader and forestalls Roger Hairabedian, Philippe Ktorza, Fabrice Soulier and Aubin Cazals. « Elky » occupies this week the global 9th place, just behind Ole Schemion.

The second stage of the France Poker Series ended with the victory of Ibrahim El Feliani. This second stage of the Season 3 took place at the Seven Casino of Amnéville and was marked by the participation of 471 players for its Main Event. This field generated a prizepool of € 400,420 that was shared between the 50 best players of this tournament. Many renowned players in France have taken part in this event of € 1,100 buy-in, like Arnaud Mattern, Adrien Allain, Celine Bastian, Valentin Messina and Ronan Monfort. After three days of competition, the final table of the Main Event was played between eight players: Mokrane Boukedim, Dennis Frankenberger, Moussa Dahman, Ibrahim El Feliani, Rémi Grandemange, José Besalduch, Quentin Lecomte and Nicolas Feyssat.

After the online qualifications, the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT) has linked up with the Day 2, during which players have the opportunity to confront on the mythical stadium of Wembley, in London. Before this first live eliminating stage, the organizers announced the presence of 550 players, but after the two departure days, 761 players have taken part in this poker tournament. After the Day 3, there were only 99 remaining players with Ole Schemion as chipleader. The Day 2A has seen the qualification of 175 players out of the 319 registered, while the Day 2B gathered 442 players and only 246 among them survived at the end of the day. The Day 3 started with the 421 survivors of the two departure days, but after eight levels of 60 minutes, the majority of players were eliminated by giving chance to the first ISPT title to the 99 remaining players.

The Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas hosted on Wednesday, May 29 the Shuffle Up and Deal, the inaugural tournament of this 44th edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the tournament dedicated to employees. During more than 7 weeks, 62 golden bracelets will be available to be won during this world championship of poker. The key event of this circuit, the Main Event of $ 10,000 will be held from July 6 to 15, 2013, for a delayed final table, on November 4 and 5. The November Nine will confront with that in mind, at the Penn & Tell Theater of Rio. Among the novelties of this edition 2013 of the WSOP, we can quote among others, the Millionaire Maker, the Open Face Chinese Poker and the little One Drop poker tournament, which comes to complete the Big One For Drop of last year.

From this Thursday, Paris will receive a unique event which will gather poker, football and charity. Baptized European Football Poker Tour (EFPT), this 100% poker event is, as a reminder, an idea of Philippe Gauthier who, after his passage in the foundation of Jean-Alain Boumsong, decided to continue in sports and charitable events in order to collect funds for charitable associations. The Aviation Club de France and its poker room will be the host of these series of unique tournaments which will take place for four days. The money collected during this occasion will be poured to three associations: L’Etoile de Martin, Neuf de Cœur et J’apprends. This event is sponsored by football celebrities like Bruno Solo, Jean-Pierre Papin, Raymond Domenech and Pierre Ménès, but other celebrities, whose names will remain surprises, also decided to get involved in this cause.

This week, a new stage of the Card Player Poker Tour 2013 (CPPT) took place at Bicycle Casino of Bell Gardens in Los Angeles, in California. The program included 7 events, but the Main Event of $ 1,100 buy-in, was the high point of this tournament in which 369 players have taken part. But after three days of competition, the field was reduced to 9 players for the final table. Nichoel Jurgens widely led at the start of the final table with the double of her direct pursuer’s stake, 3,540,000 against 1,730,000 chips. But at the end of the day, the victory came back to Thomas Beckstead following a reversal of situation during the head's up with the chipleader of the day.

While Las Vegas is currently hosting the 44th edition of the World Series of Poker, the luxurious city of Cannes will offer to French amateurs of poker, the tournament Croisette Deepstack at the Barrière Casino. Baptized Croisette Deepstack, this poker tournament will be held from June 1st to 2nd, with many events which will allow French players to train more before travelling in Las Vegas, to participate in the world championship of poker and trying to win golden bracelets. During the weekend, the poker room of Croisette Barrière Casino will receive the Main Event of € 600 of entry fee and also a Freezeout tournament of € 150, in order to allow visitors to enjoy this trip in the Riviera. This main event will be based on a deepstack structure and a departure stack of 30,000 chips on levels of 45 minutes. Its Re-entry form allows players prematurely eliminated from the first day, to come back in the tournament in the next level.

After a step at River City Casino of St Louis at the end of the month of April, the Heartland Poker Tour continues with the before last step of the season, at the Casino Route 66 of Albuquerque in New Mexico. During this poker tournament, 100 persons paid the $ 1,650 buy-in to participate in the Main Event. This main tournament of the HPT, which guarantees a minimum gain of $ 4,641, reached its final table on Tuesday. Thomas Montoya, John Michalak, Craig Casino, Roger Martin, Norman Michalek, Cruz Baca, Kris Wagner, Charles Vargas and Allen Kessler were the nine survivors of the tournament, after a few days of competition.

This week-end, French amateurs of poker will be again under the spotlight with the France Poker Series, which will have a stop there for the second stage of the season. From May 30 to June 2, the Seven Casino of Amneville will host the FPS, which will propose as usual, numerous events. After the Snowfest Évian on last March, the East of France will be this time, honored before the summer holidays. In fact, the circuit will mark a long break after Amneville, before facing the stage in Cannes in September. The France Poker Series Amneville has 7 events including the Main Event. The latter is accessible after having paid a € 1,100 entry fee and participants are able to qualify through satellites organized since Tuesday.

As each year, the Venetian casino of Las Vegas organizes its appointment at the same time as the World Series of Poker (WSOP). A great series of tournaments is organized during this time of the Deep Stack Extravaganza, which gains recognition as a preparatory event for players who will take part in the WSOP. The Deep Stack Extravaganza III started on May 23 and its program includes many events apart from the classic Main Event of $ 5,000. This poker tournament organized four times a year is very popular and attracts numerous players from worldwide, who are discovering the famous Strip of Las Vegas and its poker room. French representatives were also present, by the example of Elie Payan who has just won the Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

The French Regulation Authority of Online Games (ARJEL) presented its results 2012 about the activity of online games, including sports betting, horserace betting and online poker in France. The report was well marked by the recession of cash game activity and the diminution of the number of active players accounts, but the Authority brings also some « propositions » to revitalize the sector and increase the attractiveness of the offer. The poker tournament activity has known an increase of 21% whereas cash game showed a decline of 5%. Certainly, the number of active accounts with less significant bets increased by 4%, but it did not compensate the important decrease of the accounts, with higher stakes of 20% more. In all, tournaments and cash game activities registered a diminution of the number of active players accounts to about 295,000 in 2012, against 300,000 the previous year. Consequently, the Gross Gaming Revenue decreased by 5% at euro 297 million.
 
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