Day 2 of the World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star saw 170 survivors, including 19 known players with a $ 5,000 bounty on their heads back on the tables. After another day of poker, there are only 24 title contenders. Among them, three “shooting stars”: Mike Matusow (352,000), Kathy Liebert (351,000) and Mike Sexton (361 000).
All rank high in the chip lead, found Joris Springael who set up a mat 1477000. Alen Sternberg and recent runner-up (second) WPT LA Poker Classic Vivek Rajkumar are not far and they have also crossed the one million mark in chips.
Phil Hellmuth victim Rajkumar
The day has been punctuated by deletions and the stars of the poker bonuses $ 5,000 on their heads are once again fell like flies. Phil Hellmuth has been victim of such rush of Rajkumar. Party in preflop with , The “poker brat” was the favorite face but ten on the board was eliminated.
Daniel Negreanu out
Daniel Negreanu also saw his tournament ended before reaching the 45 places paid. The “Kid Poker” has sent all his chips with on the flop Andrew Weisner and paid with . Neither the turn, nor the the river only came to the aid of Negreanu.
Chris Ferguson Bad Beat
In the category bad beat Chris Ferguson saw his aces cracked by on board and “Jesus” was also invited to take the way out. David Williams, ElkY, Jason Mercier, Howard Lederer, Nam Le, Men Nguyen, Dwyte Pilgrim, Gavin Smith, Hoyt Corkins, McLean Karr, Yevgeniy Timoshenko and Kara Scott were also added to the long list of eliminated on Day 2 before the money.
Eliminating Juanda ended the day
Once the unfortunate Layne Flack Eliminated in the bubble (it will console with three $ 15,000 bounty is harvested), the tournament continued until the last 24 remaining players are known. The time for Jennifer Harman to be out in 43rd position ($ 15,000) by Vivek Rajkumar with cons on the table . The day was finally reached on the elimination of John Juanda with cons The river of Table being fatal to the American.
Day 3 before starting this Thursday at noon (21h in France), Joris Springael, with a carpet of 1,477,000, is chip leader. The third day of competition will end when the six members of the final table will be known.
The Paris Saint-Germain receive beautiful Benfica Lisbon Thursday, March 17th at 19h in the second round back of the Europa League, it will feel to move out. Indeed, because of the strong Portuguese community in the Paris region, it was announced 30,000 fans in Lisbon’s Parc des Princes tonight. Beat Portugal (2-1), PSG is obliged to continue to win the European adventure.
Team type or not for PSG?
Antoine Kombouare which team he will line up tonight? Will he let his executives to stand as the last week in Lisbon at risk of harboring regret or will he play the best team three days before the clash against Marseille? These issues will remain on hold until kick-off but two things are certain. One, Peguy Luyindula is package and two, Paris must win to qualify. However, now three games (lost to Auxerre in Lisbon and home draw against Montpellier) than most Parisians have tasted victory. A 1-0 win would suffice to happiness PSG tonight and the club from the capital inherits a rating of 2.45 to win.
2.45 rating Benfica
If the PSG must manage its workforce to stay in the race on all fronts, Benfica has clearly made its choice. Outdistanced by Porto in the league, the people of Lisbon are all targeting the Europa League. The last weekend, Benfica played without the last ten incumbents cons Liga Sagres (1-1) in the second leg against Paris. Pablo Aimar and its partners will present so cool and confident at the Parc des Princes. Indeed, in their last 13 games they totaled 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. The Portuguese can also count on public support to win and the odds for them to do so is 2.45. A draw (score 3.00) also means qualification for Benfica.
Bet Live PSG – Benfica
The site also offers PMU.fr his players to bet live on the meeting PSG – Benfica. Predictions are a live mode paris more fun since the odds are constantly changing with time and the outcome of the game. For example, a rating that qualifies the MTP is 2.80. If Paris opened the scoring, the rating will drop and that of Benfica, initially 1.19, will increase.
The principle is the same for all Paris. Nene is the favorite Parisian side to score with a score of 2.20. For the Portuguese, who is Oscar Cardozo for the predictions to shake the net with a score of 2.30. If these two players do not score, as and when the match, their ratings will increase. Paris to perform live, it is best to watch the match on TV to adjust its Paris in terms of the dominance of a particular team. For information, PSG – Benfica will be broadcast at 19h W9.
PKR is organizing the 6th edition of the PKR Live 19 to 22 May 2011 at the Fox Poker Club (London). For the first time this year, direct registrations at the tournament will be allowed. Expected and a prize pool of € 235,000 for an entry price of 875 €. Of course, qualifications are available online, to win a package of 1,300 € from 1, 64 €.
PKR Live VI of the 3D real
The PKR Live is an event that is experiencing great success with the gaming community PKR , either in France or abroad and gives the opportunity for all poker fans to meet in 3D a reality that no has nothing virtual.
In November 2010, 150 players had paid the $ 500 buy-in, creating a prize pool of $ 75,000. Britain’s Andy “jjcooler” Sherwood took possession of first place. Qualified in a satellite at $ 27, he walked away with $ 20,000 in his pocket. “TilKo” best French place, finished 8th for $ 2,500.
For this sixth edition, a prize pool of £ 200,000 (€ 235,000) is expected. Apart from increasing the buy-in at 750 pounds (875 €), PKR allows direct registrations in the tournament, which was not the case in previous years. Other changes, PKR Live VI has only one tournament, taking place over four days with a structure deepstack (20,000 starting chips and blind levels one hour).
Monday, March 14th, Full Tilt Poker has announced the creation of Onyx Cup, a tournament series ‘live’ with buy-ins ranging from $ 100,000 to $ 300,000 with a total prize pool estimated at 30 million. There will be five preliminary tournaments plus a grand final in which $ 250,000 will receive $ 1M added to its kitty. Various tournaments are held on U.S. soil, Europe and Asia.
The Onyx Cup has sparked mixed reactions within the community of poker players. Some are delighted to be able to attend tournaments ‘Super High-Roller’, others have a more critical and reserved decision. The dividing line also within the drafting of PokerNews, why we left Chad Holloway and Rich Ryan debate the pros and cons of this new competition.
The Onyx Cup is bad for poker (Chad Holloway)
Three main reasons are that I am not an advocate of the Onyx Cup: a bad timing, unhealthy competition and a show that looks disappointing. First, Full Tilt Poker would he have picked a worse time to launch its championship? Launch this kind of tournaments when the world reflected through a recession at least a certain lack of savvy. Many poker players are struggling to make ends meet this month and asked to look at a show where the richest players in the world throw money out the window as if it were Monopoly money . Although I know that this kind of show meets the expectations of some fans, I still think this is the exception rather than the rule.
Not only the Onyx Cup is launched in economic doldrums, but it also comes into direct competition with other major tournaments. When several tournaments are scheduled at the same time, it is the average quality of each one who is diminished. And spectators who are paying the price.
Take the Grand Final of the European Poker Tour, for example. In the past, this tournament has attracted some of the biggest names in poker. Names that will now have to choose between EFA and the inaugural tournament of the Onyx Cup in Las Vegas. It is not difficult to imagine which of the two pros Full Tilt and will choose one who will collect the votes of pro PokerStars .
All the questions raised above leads directly to my next objection: the drift of competition between poker sites online. Recently, Full Tilt would have banned its pros on the show ‘High Stakes Poker’, sponsored by PokerStars. How long before they are prevented from going to play on all tours sponsored by PokerStars European Poker Tour North American Poker Tour in mind? Conversely, PokerStars does it prevent its players from appearing soon in the Full Tilt tournaments like the Onyx Cup? This competition is being done at the expense of quality tournaments and all those who watch them.
Prevent players from participating in certain tournaments does not benefit anyone. The quality of a tournament is directly linked to the field. As mentioned above, it is unlikely that pros like Negreanu, Jason Mercier, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Barry Greenstein appear at the Onyx Cup. Instead, we have players like Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Patrik Antonius and Erik Seidel who, despite all their qualities, are not really spectacular to watch him play.
In addition to all the barriers already mentioned, the Onyx Cup will also face other difficulties, such as competition from the newly created Professional Poker League, the very small number of qualifying tournaments and the difficulty in finding players who have the means to afford the Onyx Cup tournaments. I am not against the concept of a series of tournaments ‘Super High-Roller’, but then this copy needs to be seriously reviewed before reaching its full potential.
The Onyx Cup is good for poker (Rich Ryan)
In February, I wrote in the U.S. PokerNews Poker needed four major tournaments with buy-ins of $ 100,000. So when FTP announced the creation of Onyx Cup, I was obviously delighted. This championship will fulfill its mission perfectly, which is staging the world’s best players now compete for huge sums of money. Each year, during the Main Event World Series of Poker, the question everyone asks is “Is that a professional is going to win this time?” At the final table of Main Event 2009, which brought together all the fans? Phil Ivey or Darvin Moon? The pretty cute fairy tales are all full but people would much rather see the best players make the most spectacular shots, not high rollers put millions at stake by paying with .
This tournament series is designed for a specific category of players. These last two years, the circuit has been invaded by Tournaments buy-ins ‘lightweight’ bound for the average player. This is great for poker in general but it is not sufficient to satisfy the entire market. Phil Ivey himself has publicly admitted that he played more tournaments including the first prize will not reach at least $ 1M. And most of the best players are more or less on the same wavelength. The tournaments ‘low’ buy-in are simply not profitable for them, given the time they should spend. In short, there is only one way to satisfy this market elite tournaments, super high-roller ‘.
This is exactly the goal that has set the Oynx Cup and its effect on players ‘normal’ can only be positive. Not to mention the exceptional show that will be proposed, fairness and clear is not to be overlooked. If a tournament Onyx Cup takes place at the same time that another tournament in which you are engaged, your field should be easier to maneuver. Since the variance and character EV + are essential factors in choosing a tournament poker, most players should be happy not having to compete against the best in the discipline. I understand that players like Daniel Negreanu are the Onyx Cup with suspicion because it may come in direct competition with the EPT Grand Final. But if you are not involved in either of these tournaments, how does this affect you does it? All year, players must now-and-already make choices and make a cross on a lot of tournaments, whether due to fatigue, distance or other factors. This is not proof that a particular player is missing that it prevents us from following them remotely. As they say, ‘The show must go on’.
Regarding the battle between Full Tilt and PokerStars , I do not think that this is a big problem. Full Tilt does not stop to note that its tournaments are formatted as ‘Open’ and knowing Pokerstars, I have no doubt that seeing one or more of their players win the final table of a televised tournament siglé Full Tilt will not stop them sleeping, on the contrary. And if for some reason or another, the fight became more bitter and Pokerstars nevertheless decides not to allow its players to participate in the Onyx Cup, well, so we will just Dwan, Ivey, Antonius, and Seidel all the other champions do not carry a badge Pokerstars. Personally, I do not pose a big problem existential.
In conclusion, the Onyx Cup seems to be a good thing for poker because it will create a ‘buzz’ anthology. Whether you agree or disagree with me, I’m sure you will follow the results of this new league. Simply because they are important. The first hand has not yet been distributed that, already, everyone talks about the different forums and in all media related to poker. So imagine the media frenzy that will break when participants will win two or three of these tournaments in a row.
These next nine months, the poker world will stop breathing every Onyx Cup. If this kind of excitement is not good for poker, I wonder what will be.
The poker pro Leo Laslandes ‘Gastounet’ , recently sponsored by the room SajOO.fr was impromptu guide and reporter for shock from the meeting of two “expatriate online poker” in a dream villa in Marrakech, where Kevin Durand alias ‘Kgoule’ William and his roommate decided to move to escape the constraints of the French market.
The introduction of new rules in the online gaming industry has created an exodus of the best poker players online French beyond our borders to circumvent protectionist isolation created by the ARJEL .
Destination of choice as well as Barcelona, ??Thailand and Malta at the time, Marrakech became a haven for sharks national can legally play in the halls. Com or. Com.
Kevin ‘Kgoule’ Durand, voluntary exile
‘Kgoule at Stars on Fire
Professional poker player since 2006, Kevin Durand, alias ‘Kgoule’ has become known familiarly grindeurs French in the international ranking of the best tournament players online at the time the borders of France were not the walls virtual one-sided enclosure.
After living in Malta and then pauses poker in France, ‘Kgoule has put his bags in Morocco also take full advantage of the possibilities of stacking over the internet as we had explained in an interview about the site stacking ChipMeUp last December.
“I came to Marrakech to enjoy the climate among others,” said Kevin Durand, but also and above all “to have the opportunity to play on the rooms. Com. Especially since this did not prevent him from playing. Fr legally.
Marrakech. Com: the joy of grindeur
{Id: 8831} Another advantage is the cost of living, much less than in Barcelona or Paris, let alone London. For the price of a studio in Paris ‘Kgoule’ lives in a huge room in a luxury ‘riad’ (Moroccan villa) with terrace and lounge with huge windows overlooking directly not on, but in the pool!
Several tenants have already benefited from the unparalleled comfort, who spent several weeks or months in this “Bluff House” ca. Many of these visitors have their habits in Thailand among others, but again Marrakech has several advantages: proximity (3 hours) and the cost of round-trip (1 € each way on some low-cost airlines!) .
William: “The offer is unparalleled”
Gastounet and William
The latest arrival date in called William and plated his studies to devote himself to poker. “I started playing poker 8 years ago and I practice more seriously for the last 4 or 5 years” Grenoble explains that this carefully thought about his decision before moving. “I have not been so disappointed. com, but is mainly a tournament player’s offer is incomparable. com” he notes, pragmatic.
William hesitated six months, “I had a choice between three destinations, Spain, Thailand or Morocco,” before deciding to Marrakech, “the climate for life cheap, good atmosphere and a finally free enough country. ”
Kgoule prompt the “grindeurs” in Marrakech
A welcoming place, an exotic setting, a villa star and the chance to play. Fr as. Com, this may seem heavenly for online poker players that French ‘Kgoule prompted to imitate “all grindeurs, if you want to come play. com, or. com, you can come when there are events you are invited to Marrakech is not worried! ”
An offer made to literally by many major players in online poker as French Yoran Kerignard alias ‘Viiiruss’ or Junillon Antoine alias ‘tons26′ and many others like Leo Laslandes ‘Gastounet’ which lent itself to game time to postpone a visit to his guests.
Anyone who closely follows the news and far know that Japan has been assigned a week ago by the biggest earthquake in its history, followed by a devastating tsunami, and that victims should be counted in tens of thousands of people. Not to mention the serious nuclear disaster which now threatens Tokyo and could be at least as serious as that of Chernobyl.
Poker players are beginning to mobilize to assist victims and all of you behind your screens, can do the same.
Early initiatives
When the earthquake took place at the final table was played the Big Event at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, Chad Holloway, who was providing coverage of the tournament for PokerNews U.S., explains that “the poker room suddenly stopped playing for follow events on live television. Joe Hachem and Victor Ramdin, who were head-to-head final, have done the same and have even proposed a pause overnight. Finally, they finished their head’s -up but the gesture was nice. ”
Shortly after, the tweets started to sweep the world, sent by poker players collapsed to see the magnitude that took the disaster. Many players, such as Chino Rheem and Shane Schleger, broadcast a special edition of the American Red Cross, the 001 90999 to encourage donations. Send text message ‘REDCROSS’ to this number automatically added to your next phone bill a $ 10 donation for the Red Cross.
Justin “BoostedJ” Smith has even promised that he would give $ 1 for anyone who retwitterait from his post on the famous number 001 90999. If you want your turn to spread the tweet of Justin, just go on his Twitter page .
Come help the stricken Japan
If you do not have money, you can also donate your time by going to the Red Cross center closest to you to lend a hand to the volunteers who sort currently essentials to Japan.
The centers of the Red Cross near you
Finally some links to relief agencies sauton what to do with your money:
Red Cross: The mother of all agencies humaintaires, they have many offices around the world. Donate.
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Doctors without Borders: Present in some sixty countries around the world, “French Doctors” have already sent a team to Japan to help the wounded. Donate.
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Save the Children: They mobilize resources for children and families affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Donate.
Until March 30, 2011, The poker room online Pari Mutuel Urbain PMU Poker.fr organized under its promotion “Play less, earn more” a rake race that will save you up to € 46.500 for freeroll tournament entries and cash bonus of € 2.751.
An original concept
As part of this points race, PmuPoker.fr offers to compete in six different levels of rewards. Each level is tailored to the level of bankroll participants and presents a series of multiple targets. In the course of the race for points you will advance goals into objectives, in chronological order. The No. 1 goal that requires the most points to earn the most difficult and least rewarding. As to the progress of the race, the slope is gentler, the rewards are more generous and require fewer points to collect.
For example, in Stage 1 of this rake race, participants who have accumulated 15 points Poker Loyalty PMU will win tickets to five different freeroll tournaments and compete for a total prize pool of € 4,000. Players must first earn 5 points for winning an entry into a freeroll at 250 €. The accumulation of 4 extra points can save a second ticket for a € 500 freeroll. Collect 3 extra points can save a third ticket for a € 750 freeroll. For 2 points, players will inherit a fourth ticket for a € 1,000 freeroll. Finally, to complete the 5th and final goal of Level 1, you only win one more point to qualify for entry into a freeroll with a prize pool of 1,500 €. For just 15 reward points accumulated PMU Poker, players earn so 5 opportunities to build their bankroll free freerolls.
The Rake Race in practice
To participate in the rake race “Play less, earn more, sign up in the” My Portfolio “and then choose according to your bankroll and your rate of accumulation of points the level that best suits you. The beginners will feel comfortable in the early stages as players well “rolls” can skip to step 6 and to 25.000 € to win tournaments freerolls and bonus by accumulating 5.001 € 2.001 points. You can register for 6 different levels of competition and accomplish them one after the other.
We are used to score six figures (over $ 100,000 of earnings) at the major online poker tournaments on Sunday, the latest (see results poker online March 20) did not escape the rule.
But with the new formula multi-entries from Full Tilt Poker, whose success can not be denied, the big tournaments of the week are also beginning to offer huge prize pools.
$ 1.12 million at stake in 1K Monday
This Monday, March 14, the $ 1K Monday tournament guaranteed a $ 1 Million Full Tilt Poker has registered 1126 buy-ins, allowing ‘asforr’ to get a gain of $ 253,350.
This however, was not an easy task since winning the tournament, ‘asforr has come to the end of a final table extremely relieved, a true pool shark where you found many online poker sharks including Tom’ hitthehole ‘Middleton ( 2nd, $ 160,455), Aleh ‘oleg12345′ Plauski (3rd, $ 118,793) or Luke ‘IWEARGOGGLES’ Staudenmaier (7th, $ 33,780) to name a few.
Always at Full Tilt Poker, MiniFTOPS XIX continue to fill up with more than $ 1.5 million in prize pools distributed since Monday. Among the notable victories include those of ‘dmb2890′ and ‘IseeYourSoul’ which respectively won about $ 122,000 and $ 63,000.
Day 3 World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star Thursday, March 17 saw the number of survivors dropped from 24 to 6. The final table is known, and Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton will take place. Vivek Rajkumar is also part of the Top 6. After the WPT LA Poker Classic, he reaches for the second consecutive final table of World Poker Tour event. Finally the young and aggressive chip leader is named Steven Kelly, who already has a WSOP bracelet to his name.
Kathy Liebert eliminated only shooting star
To recap, the peculiarity of this WPT is known that several players have a $ 5,000 premium over their head and the player who eliminates stalling. From this Day 3, three “shooting stars” were still in the tournament: Mike Matusow, Mike Sexton and Kathy Liebert. The first two mentioned are the final table but the best player in the world was knocked out in 15th place for $ 29,500. On the table Liebert is carpet cons Ben Hamnett. The latter returns to win the pot with a square of five. Liebert does not return their cards but later admitted before the WPT cameras that she “had an ace with a good kicker. ”
Mike Sexton will not comment
For the first time in nine seasons, announcer Mike Sexton, WPT will not comment on the final table as it will participate. The task is still complicated for him because he is the short stack at the table with a stack 363,000. McCarrel Casey is featured in this uncomfortable position with 430,000 in chips with 22 big blinds.
Matusow: “My Time”
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow him to attend his fourth final table in World Poker Tour event and will have good flexibility with a carpet of 2,173,000. On the last shot of the day, the man with three WSOP bracelets won a pot of over 800,000 by eliminating Ty Reiman in seventh place in preflop confrontation cons . The the turn of the board ended the hopes of Reyman and Matusow was exulting: “This is my time, ladies and gentlemen, is my time! ”
Rajkumar with the greatest
Vivek Rajkumar, with 1,616,000, is also part of the carpet means. The Indian-American already has a WPT title, but he has just completed a performance worthy of the greatest. As John Juanda, Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Danny Wong, and Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi before him, Rajkumar has to climb for the second time in quick final table of a stage of the World Poker Tour. Indeed, in late February, he finished 2nd in the LA Poker Classic for a gain of $ 908,730.
Sternberg and Kelly, the big stack
Finally, the big stack at the final table will be in possession of Alan Sternberg (3,701,000) and chip leader Steven Kelly (4169000). Sternberg reached the top ranking after winning the biggest pot of the tournament so far. On the flop , Sternberg checked, Andrew Weisner put 100,000 and pay Sternberg. The turn is the and Sternberg checke yet. Weisner put 200,000 and Sternberg raised to 475,000. After a few minutes of reflection, Weisner announced “all-in for 1,236,000 and Sternberg pay quickly and shows . Weisner with is removed before the river and Sternberg won the monster pot.
After winning $ 1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout at the WSOP, the young Steven Kelly, 21, will try to add a WPT title to his list. The final table begins at 16h on Friday (1am in France).
The first stage of the Barrière Poker Tour 2011 new formula starts in less than a month and online qualifiers for the Main Event at 1,500 € BPT Toulouse are already available on BarrièrePoker.fr .
The LTI 2011 will consist of seven steps (Toulouse, Nice, Lille, Dinard Enghien, Trouville and Bordeaux) to be implemented between April and September. The first of these steps will take place from April 15 to 17 at the Casino Barrière de Toulouse and the top eight finishers of the Main Event will receive, in addition to their share of the prize pool, a package to 12.000 € to go participate in the World Series of Poker Europe held in Cannes in October.
Qualifications on Barrièrepoker.fr
Until 03 April on Barrièrepoker.fr, it is possible to qualify for the Main Event of the BPT Toulouse via freerolls or satelliites 10 € and 25 € offered daily on the site. On average, there are fifteen tickets to 250 € to win every day for one of three super-satellites to be organized by room Sunday, and the following two Sundays.
Freerolls
They are held Monday to Friday at 21.05 and guarantee each 10 tickets at 25 €
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Satellites at 10 € with Rebuys
They are held Monday through Saturday at 13:15, 16:45, 6:45 p.m. ET 21:15. They guarantee each ticket minimum to 250 €
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Satellites at 25 € Freezout
- Those who are held Tuesday through Saturday at 12:45, 18:45, 20:45, 10:45 p.m. 9:45 p.m. ET guaranteed two tickets each to 250 € minimum.
- Those who are held Sunday and Monday at 13h, 19h and 21h each guaranteeing five tickets to 250 € minimum
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The super-satellites to 250 € Freezout
These tournaments guarantee a total of 10 packages to 2,200 € for the Main Event of the BPT Toulouse. They will be held on Sunday 20 and 27 March and 3 April at 18h
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Each package includes ticket grafted Main Event (1,500 €) and three nights in hotel *** and 150 € credited to the account of the winning player.