To trace the unprecedented success of nineteenth FTOPS just look more closely at the figures and that is exactly what we propose to do.
116,901 participants, $ 39,599,432

With the new format invented by Full Tilt, the Multi-tournament entries (Re-entry) , the most optimistic forecasts have been largely exceeded in the rates of participation and prize pools of these FTOPS XIX.

With a guaranteed prize pool totaling $ 22 million, we almost get double that figure, just below the $ 40 million, representing just over 20% of the total prize pool of World Series of Poker 2010, all tournaments combined ($ 187 million)!
The gain in seven digits

Blair Hinkle

In all the major online tournaments, we are now accustomed to seeing six-figure scores, that is to say $ 100,000 or more. But during this FTOPS XIX not only the six-digit gains have increased, which is customary in this kind of series, but it has reached seven figures or earnings of over a million dollars which is rare on the Internet.

Thus, Blair Hinkle just won the largest individual gain in the history of the FTOPS . Largely leading to the classification of carpet in the main event $ 640, with the benefit of experience and a significant qualitative advantage, Hinkle not particularly wish to conclude a deal with his opponents.

Hinkle then proposed to clinch guaranteed gain of $ 1,150,000, convinced that other players would refuse this exorbitant amount. To his surprise (and that of many railbirds) this deal was quickly accepted. They left $ 5,000 tip and the final $ 1,145,000 cash! Although he did not win the title, this gain staggering FTOPS make history no matter what happens now.
Top 10 six-digit gains

The ten largest gains FTOPS XIX except that of Blair Hinkle. In all there were 62 performances will be more than $ 100,000, another record in the history of the series.

“GIAMPP” has officially won the tournament the most lucrative in the history of FTOPS but his fantastic performance remains somewhat tarnished by his decision to accept the deal final against Hinkle. Many people have questioned the validity of the agreement, however, gains ‘life changing’ (likely to change the life of a player) does not show up every day and that would not be happy instead of the Italian ‘GIAMPP’ and bringing it close to $ 900,000 in his bankroll?

The native of Cholet, chip leader at the time of the arrangement between the five remaining players, continued his domination in the resumption of the game to finally clinch the first prize of the tournament. Face-to-head, ‘Ryan_soldier has taken over El Weaky’ a player by the name of Leo Saddle totaling, according to the site SharkScope more than $ 60,000 of gains on PokerStars.fr. This number takes into account the € 22,698 to second place in the Sunday Special.
Five-digit gains Sunday Special

‘Cakosdu94′ (third to € 19,323), ‘croustibat35′ (4th for € 23,445) and ‘magic_chaton’ (5th for € 15,182) are the other five-digit gains of the tournament. In total, 270 players were rewarded for their efforts this Sunday, and among them include Leo ‘Gastounet73′ Laslandes, 75th for € 277.50, or ‘Siiicklas’, won the Main Event FCOOP last October for about € 100,000, which this time will only € 217.50 for its 99th place.
Results PokerStars pros

Three members of Team PokerStars Pros including two foreigners were present in the field of the Sunday Special. Dutchman Ruben ‘rubenrtv’ Visser best ending figured 591st position. His compatriot Joep van den Bijgaart, aka Pappe_ruk, saw his tournament come to an end prematurely at the 1553rd place. Finally, the French Julien Brécard ranked 1086th.
Results of the Special Sunday 200k guaranteed PokerStars.fr

Date: February 27 at 20:00
Alternative: No-Limit Hold’em
Entry ticket: 91 € + 9 €
Warranty: 200,000 €
Participants: 2152

The French Ktorza Phillippe, a member of Team PMU is part of the survivors with a comfortable mat of 475,000. Jason Dewitt, chip leader, is the only one to have crossed the million mark with a carpet of 1,023,000. Nevertheless, it is closely followed by Richard Toth with 993,000 in chips.
Hoyt Corkins bubble bursts

The event of the day will have been the accession to the money and it took 2 hours before the bubble bursts. The unfortunates who will leave with empty pockets of LA is nothing but Hoyt Corkins, holder of two WSOP bracelets and two WPT titles. The U.S. sent its professional carpet with but it has been paid by with Mike Sowers . Table he is not helped ending the day 3.
Phillipe Ktorza doing well

Previously, Phillipe Ktorza had not gone far from debauchery, the Bubble Boy but fate decided otherwise. After a series of raises the French see Dan Heimiller push belt. A member of Team PMU thought for nearly five minutes before paying with . Heimiller returns and the tournament is played so Ktorza on a coin flip. The flop but the fate falls on the turn and saves the French. The concludes the board and Ktorza password to 410,000. He finished the day in 13th place ranking with 473,000.
ElkY, Hellmuth, Ivey, Mercier, Matusow out

If the French had survived, many other players have not been so lucky. Starting with Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier who failed to leave his position short stack. Jason Mercier, eliminated a confrontation cons on a table Phil Hellmuth out of a bad beat with face on a board Mike Matusow, Phil Ivey and Tom Marchese also left the tournament at the Day 3.
From heavy to Day 4

But there are still great people still in the race to clinch the first prize of $ 1,654,120. Carlos Mortensen, world champion in 2001, is well positioned with a stack of 557,000. Allen Cunningham (5 WSOP bracelets to his name ) finished the day with 375,000. The ‘November Nine’ 2010 Jason Senti (437,000) and Michael Mizrachi (54,000) are still alive, as the winner of the 2005 WSOP Main Event Joe Hachem (115,000). All these poker stars will be back on Monday from 22:30 to battle.

Every Monday, Winamax.fr proposes a tournament where you’ll win a cash bonus every time you eliminate a player bounty. Tournaments ” Kill The Pro “allows players to face the Winamax Pro Team, the” Kill The Champions “to play against professional athletes.

The tournament Kill The People you can play at the same table as your favorite personalities, whether from the small screen, song, movies, etc. …

Peoples are recognizable at the tables with a red star that appears in front of their nickname. Will be present tonight: Pascal “sellempascal” Sellem, Philippe “phd59″ Dana Titoff “Tavarrez” Alain “Boubax” Bouzigues, Bruce “Bruce Toussaint” Toussaint, Philippe “LATEIGNE” Cura, Adel “myra75″ Bencherif, Valerie “valdamidot “Damidot, Fred fred77msg” Chau, Thierry “oly80″ Rey, Briand “Mimisiku95″ Ludwig.

Breakdown of premiums
- 50 € to those that control the first and second people.
- 100 € for those that eliminate the third and fourth people.
- 150 € for those that eliminate the fifth and sixth people.
- 200 € bonus for eliminations following.
- 500 € if the player removes two people.
- 500 € if the player removes a celebrity who had eliminated another before.
- 2000 € if the player removes 3 people.
- 2000 € if the player removes a celebrity who had eliminated two others before.
- 5000 € if the player eliminates 4 people.
- 5000 € if the player removes a celebrity who had eliminated three other previously
People Kill The results of the January 24

At the first occurrence of this tournament, was 10.000 € prizzepool guaranteed. But the 3942 participants generated a prize pool of € 17,739, to the delight of “venzkiller” which finished in first place for € 3,269.48 gain. To this, add € 1,400 for bounties which were distributed as follows:

- Alain “Boubax” Bouzigues 3078éme eliminated by “juliena380″ (50 € bonus)
- Thierry “Oly80″ Rey 2977th eliminated by “capuccino85″ (50 € bonus)
- Philip “lateigne” Cura 2506éme eliminated by “gwen16″ (100 € bonus)
- Fred “fred77msg” Chau, eliminated by 1950éme “JPetVicky” (100 € bonus)
- Christopher “Beaubizz” 1936éme eliminated by “julli34″ (150 € bonus)
- Valerie “Valdamidot” Damidot, 1604th eliminated by “ladynana” (150 € bonus)
- Bruce “JedBartlet” Toussaint, eliminated by 1468éme “stratol” (200 € bonus)
- Adel “Myra75″ Bencherif, eliminated by 1216éme “geulich93″ (200 € bonus)
- Pascal “Sellempascal” Sellem, 796th eliminated by “mud” (200 € bonus)
- Philip “Phd59″ Dana, 652nd eliminated by “jeanpoker14″ (200 € bonus)

With 532 enrolled, the guaranteed prize pool of € 75,000 event # 1 of 2 GSOP exploded to reach € 95.760. The championship of online poker Ongame. Com makes so clear improvement compared to the first French edition of GSOP which took place from September to October 2010. For the same playing conditions, the event # 1 was then attracted 398 players at the time and concentrate a prize pool of € 71.640 insufficient to meet the guarantee of 75,000 €.

“Zlatannn35 ‘champion again

Adrian “zlatannn35″ Allain is far from being a novice tournaments online. The young Breton was first established itself as one of the best players in the room PKR Poker.com room, he proudly represented by a victory in the Main Event of the Asian Poker Tour Macau in August 2009 for a gain of $ 391.593 after his win in a satellite package with a $ 5 buy-in. This performance also allowed to Allain be signed in the wake of the team PKR Pro.

Today, Adrian Allain sporting the colors of the team Barrière Poker, the official sponsor of the WSOPE to be held in Cannes in a casino of the group of 7 to 21 October 2011, after winning the 2011 Poker Player Cast Barrier around fifty participants.
Results GSOP 2 – Event # 1

Variation: NLHE
Buy-In: 180 € +20 €
Guaranteed Prize Pool: 75,000 €
Prize Pool owner: € 95.760
Participants: 532
Places paid: 76
Minimum earnings: € 276.03

Every Sunday at 21 o’clock PartyPoker.fr proposes a tournament whose prize pool is guaranteed by the room. Except the first Sunday of each month the € 100,000 guaranteed tournament for a buy-in of 215 €, the guaranteed prize pool is 50,000 € for a buy-in of 109 €.

With 10,000 starting chips and blind levels of 20 minutes beginning at 20-40, the tournament provides a structure that will appeal deepstack the best players. And if that were not enough, note the overlay of approximately 30% of the prize pool.

yanjojo was the last to surrender, ending up giving the victory to WafoAddict shortly after 3am. Separated the first € 8,250 of the 2nd place in the Altitude 100, the ticket costs € 134 + 10 €. For his magnificent performance, therefore WafoAddict wins € 23,000 and € 14,750 yanjoo.
Padoue23 again in the final

Among the finalists, we find again padoue23, who had already distinguished by a fine 7th place two weeks ago. Yesterday, he finished 8th.

If Padoue23 is a big frequenter of tournaments and SNGs from Everest, another finalist for this night only played his third tournament on the room: RadisSensuel, who reported his 6th place € 4500, is indeed a newcomer to the Altitude 100. Its return on average investment at Everest yet flirts with the 1.000%!
The ITM Altitude 100

A little farther down the earnings scale, there are two players known: Florient Leprovost, alias ‘Jackadi’, first, that religious participation to all editions of the Altitude 100 and is almost back once two in the money since mid-December. Until now the final table still eludes him, although he grazed the night with a beautiful 13th. The other ‘Regular’ is lefrappeur57 a nickname often in the spotlight, former race winner in 2010 and 43rd yesterday.

Congratulations also to the other players being able to go beyond the bubble and be part of the top 60 finishers. All have won at least € 350.
Qualify at Everest Poker

To try your luck next Sunday without risking your bankroll, not least a dozen satellites are organized daily by the room, with buy-ins ranging from 1.20 € to 13 €, without forgetting the Sit & Go Steps , which start at 1 €. To see all the satellites over the next 24 hours open, go to the lobby Everest and click on the tabs ‘Tournaments’ and ‘Satellites’.

392 players participated in this year’s 100k guaranteed tournament at Full Tilt flagship, the guarantee of € 100,000 providing an ‘overlay’ (prize pool is not covered by the buy-ins) to € 22,600.
‘Discooo’ champion ‘wylke’ biggest win

With his win result, “discooo ‘now exceeds $ 45,000 of earnings rooms all together, his previous best perf dating back to March 2009 version. Com Full Tilt with a 26th place in the € 750,000 guaranteed tournament which had reported $ 3,099.

If ‘discooo has won the victory, the Lille Guihard Vivien alias’ wylke’ which enlisted the biggest gain (€ 19,441.82) with a deal signed when he was chip leader, a gain ten times that he won last September, finishing second in a tournament at 10,000 € guaranteed.
‘Babsetvero’ plays ‘Poulidor’ on Full Tilt

Dolphin of the tournament, ‘Babsetvero is definitely subscribes to the positions of vice-champion, who finished in second place no less than six times on his ten best performances at Full Tilt Poker.
The pros and sharks in small form

Once is not custom, the Full Tilt sponsored pros will not shine in this edition of the 100K guaranteed, and Mihai Manole Michael Oestreicher both ends beyond the 200th spot.

As for the shark ‘Kzouls31′, he donned the suit against his ‘bubble boy’ of the final, finishing 10th for € 1,100 when he failed at the same time the bubble cashes Sunday Special PokerStars.

Tony Parker, the playmaker of the San Antonio Spurs in the league American Basketball is also one of the new representatives of the French room gambling online BetClick. Pro player with the Canadian Isabelle Mercier, he lends his image to the online poker room while the former footballer Marcel Desailly promotes services paris sports in the room.

Tony Parker is a true poker enthusiast, he has learned the basics there are a dozen years with his brother. Since then he has completed his apprenticeship by hiring Phil Helllmuth and he plans to participate in the Main Event World Series of Poker when he will put an end to his career.

Meanwhile, Tony Parker chomping at the bit by participating in charity tournaments and organizing private parties at his house, which are regularly invited his teammates in the Spurs. The regulars at her table called Tim Duncan, Bruce Bowen and Robert Horry. The former NBA star David Robinson is also sometimes present, and footballer Thierry Henry, also one of his best friends.

Qualify on BetClick

BetClick Poker Three players will have the privilege to go three days all expenses paid to San Antonio from April 7 to 10, sit at the table Tony Parker who receive home on April 8th and to attend the One of the home games of the San Antonio Spurs.

But for this they will first have to win one of the packages put in the game room. To qualify, three sets of satellites were put in place every evening from Monday to Saturday until March 20 on BetClick .
satellites 19h BetClick cost 250 Points and guaranteed 10 seats in the final
20h satellites cost 2 € + 0.30 € and qualify a player for every € 11 in the pot
21h satellites are free and guaranteed 20 seats in the final.

There will be a total of three weekly finals, scheduled for Sunday 06, 13 and 20 March
19h. And each will award a package to San Antonio.

Chad Holloway noted most of the big shots and we offer a summary of the first part aired this Sunday, Feb. 27 in the U.S. and that will only happen much later in France with the usual lag.
WPT Legends of Poker: Tournament single

WPT hundredth Kathy Liebert

As a prelude to this episode, we saw Kathy Liebert have the first WPT 100 Chip “commemorating its centennial WPT. Liebert around we could find the previous recipients of this award including Erick Lindgren, Jonathan Little and Faraz Jaka, the latter being removed in less than two hours. It was then time to observe the privileged spectators of the final table action.
Frankenberger shoot first

First hand the blinds 10.000/20.000 (ante 3000) Tom Lee with linkage to 50,000 Andy Frankenberger and follows with Tom Braband. The flop comes And all three players checked.
The dealer flips the turn that offer trips on Lee.

Braband, which is short stack is the first of 91,000 to relaunch with . Lee re-raises to 340,000, and discard Frankenberger Braband throws his two pair, Lee won the first one shot.
Braband double with three Kings

Andy Frankenberger raised to 60,000 from the button with Braband and performs a ‘smooth call’ with from the small blind. Both players are at the flop offering a pair Frankenberger.

The action was then: check, bet 150,000, all in for 399,000 more followed. The the turn puts an end to the suspense and River offers Braband doubled to 1,266,000 chips.
Jaffe calls the counters

The action comes after Braband to previous players have discarded and he raises to 75,000 from the button with . Jared Jaffe is then the small blind to 655,000 with carpets . The big blind out of the way and decides to pay Braband.

Jaffe dominates and nothing changes on the table . Jaffe double 1358., 000 and Braband is once again short stack.
Two arrows pierce Wilson

Kyle Wilson discovers and raised to 70,000, followed by Jaffe. The flop does not change and both players checked. On the turn Jaffe decided to check-raise the bet against Wilson at 150,000, making 350,000 in the middle. Wilson made a bit of acting and finally made rugs, covering Jaffe wisely decides to lie.
Miracle on the river for Brunetti

With in hand, Tom Braband raised to 75,000 in early position and receives paid by Franco Brunetti, who owns the other hand the big blind. The flop comes Brunetti and makes speech before taking the bet for 80,000 Braband.

Good idea since the turn brings a . Brunetti does not waste time and put 155,000, Braband decides to make carpets and Brunetti soon followed. Braband choose the wrong spot to bluff and found himself in very bad shape.

But the river is a Braband and hit a straight bullet to pass 1,295,000.

Tony Dunst, commentator with his show “The Raw Deal,” will not hesitate to critic Tom Braband on that hand. While respecting the player, Dunst said aloud in substance that viewers probably already thought of this one.
Brunetti first exit (6th, $ 63,000)

On the next hand, Franco Brunetti made preflop for his last 220,000 and Kyle Wilson followed him, the games are returned:

Brunetti:
Wilson:

Brunetti is ahead but not for long as the flop comes . Wilson receives a pair of 6 and rest but before the turn then to the river . Brunetti, qualified via a satellite, is then eliminated in sixth place for $ 63,000 in prize money.
Jaffe next on the list (5th, $ 83,000)

Tom Braband raised to 100,000 preflop with button and see Jaffe paid by the small blind and Wilson in late position. The flop does not act as all three players checked the turn but gets carried away .

Jaffe, with , Lets say to Wilson, who recently hit a set ‘trips’ with and placing 200,000. Braband following Jaffe and decided to make carpets for 620,000. Wilson has only to pay without headache and Braband can discard their cards. Jaffe needs a Jack in the river but instead receives an disposal documentation, Jaffe outgoing fifth for $ 83,000.
Four for a title at the end of the first part

They are then no more than four players on track and we finished this account of the First part of the final table of the Legends of Poker.

The end tournament will be broadcast next week in the U.S. and Chad Holloway again we tell all the big shots and the inevitable eliminations until we know the new champion of the WPT Legends of Poker.

Certainly one of the most prestigious live tournaments of the year, the aptly named Legends of Poker has hosted the likes of Doyle Brunson or Dan Harrington, both members of the Poker Hall of Fame and previous winners of this unique event.

Three of the final six players have already reached at least one WPT final table in the past, but each was in search of their first title. Here’s how the table is presented from the publication of this new episode televised World Poker Tour: