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NBC National Heads-Up Championship, which served just replacement program to the ‘National Hockey League, during its first broadcast in 2005, has since become one of the most anticipated programs of the year on NBC. From tomorrow until March 6, 1964 players will compete at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in head-to-head playoffs after paying $ 25,000 each at registration.

The launch party will take place tonight, Thursday, February 3, 2001, at PURE Nightclub in Las Vegas, and we thought it would be good to take a look at the selection process for this tournament, a true world championship a. Head-to-head, which it is possible to participate by invitation only.
The lucky

In 2008, NBC issued a statement explaining that “e selection committee has decided to implement a system of automatic invitations to future editions of the Heads-Up Championship.” This system worked as follows (names in parentheses those are the players invited to the 2011 edition):
The last five champions of the National Heads-Up Championship (Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed and Annie Duke)
The last two finalists unhappy the National Heads-Up Championship (Vanessa Rousso, Erik Seidel &)
The semi-finalists in the latest edition (Dennis Phillips & Scotty Nguyen)
Any player having returned the money in the last four editions (None)
The last three winners of the Main Event World Series of Poker (Jonathan Duhamel & Peter Eastgate)
The losing finalist the last Main Event World Series of Poker (John Racener)
All players who have won multiple bracelets at the WSOP last (None)
The ‘Player of the Year the last WSOP (Frank Kassela)
The winner of the Championship of Heads-Up the last WSOP (Ayaz Mahmood)
Champion Main Event final WSOP Europe (James Edge)
The ‘Player of the Year the last World Poker Tour (Faraz Jaka)
The winner of the last Grand Final of the European Poker Tour (Nicolas Chouity)
The ‘Player of the Year’ Card Player Magazine (Tom Marchese)
The ‘Player of the Year Bluff Magazine (Sorel Mizzi)
The ‘Player of the Year’ ALL IN magazine (None)
Qualifiers online or via NBC (Melburn Whitmire)
Qualifiers at Caesars Palace (Justin Young)

This system, which is now three years old, is it still relevant? Yes, but with few exceptions, for example, all former winners are part of the field, to put aside from the 2007 edition, Paul Wasicka. Similarly, it lacks one of the former World Champions, Cada, who was recently replaced by Sam Trickett. The Selection Committee also decided to use some of the seats usually for online qualifiers to invite several celebrities, including Gabe Kaplan, Emmitt Smith, Jennifer Tilly, Don Cheadle and Jason Alexander.

Of course, the system in question does not meet the 64 available seats. Vacancies are traditionally occupied by some of the biggest names in poker, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Doyle Brunson et al. For info, Doyle said recently that he would participate in the tournament if he felt fit enough. The last seat is filled at the discretion of the selection committee, and that’s where things get complicated. Many wonder why some players are technically outdated, were still preferred to players ‘modern’, and why the most entertaining players have not always been successful against other players, considered ‘boring’ .
Controversies galore

Poker forums have many discussions of the field this 2011 edition. Among the most critical choices, there is Phil Gordon, Kara Scott, Dwyte Pilgrim and, of course, all celebrities invited. With the exception of Pilgrim, who was one of the players who experienced the most success on the circuit in 2010, even if relatively little-known poker players, the other two players have not been successful tables for some time now. Similarly, many people think that players like Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Chris Moneymaker – in other words, players who are not necessarily the most exciting to watch him play – have been replaced by people a little more extroverted.

A thread started on the U.S. forum 2 + 2 contains dozens of critical posts, including that of “Carnivore” that directly target Moneymaker, Ferguson and Gordon: “Who wants to see these guys play? They are overwhelmed and very few charismatic “.

In the same vein, “BanSooners” posted on the forum to criticize the choice of Kara Scott: “Scott is very sexy but does not clearly deserves his seat. Now, let us remember that the tournament has been set up for television and it is hardly the only one not deserve his place. I do not need to mention all the names you will recognize them easily. ”

Regarding the players that many fans lament the absence of the names Sammy Farha, Luke Schwartz, Tony G, Justin “Boosted J” Smith Illari “Ziigmund” and Olivier Sahamies Busquet are those that occur most often whether for their mastery, their results or their potential for entertainment. NBC is apparently listening to his fans since the chain has recently sent an invitation to Busquet after Johnny Chan will be canceled Tuesday night. Anyway, there are still many people who do not participate in the tournament this year.

When the official list of participants has been posted on Twitter, even Negreanu went there of his opinion: “I’ll get in trouble! If the focus is on entertainment, Tony G and Luke Schwartz should have been there. Conversely, the presence of some old horses on the back, with no recent result and the potential for entertainment close to zero, is rather strange. ”

We can debate endlessly about the selection of guests at NBC National Heads-Up Championship. Have to give priority to performance? entertainment? Should lead to a vote open to the public? Anyway, the invitations for this year have already been sent. In 2011, the Mass is said.

Here is the complete list of guests this year. As in 2010, our two French David Benyamine and Bertrand ‘Eljky’ Grospellier will initially.

NBC National Heads-Up Championship, which served just replacement program to the ‘National Hockey League, during its first broadcast in 2005, has since become one of the most anticipated programs of the year on NBC. From tomorrow until March 6, 1964 players will compete at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas in head-to-head playoffs after paying $ 25,000 each at registration.

The launch party will take place tonight, Thursday, February 3, 2001, at PURE Nightclub in Las Vegas, and we thought it would be good to take a look at the selection process for this tournament, a true world championship a. Head-to-head, which it is possible to participate by invitation only.
The lucky

In 2008, NBC issued a statement explaining that “e selection committee has decided to implement a system of automatic invitations to future editions of the Heads-Up Championship.” This system worked as follows (names in parentheses those are the players invited to the 2011 edition):
The last five champions of the National Heads-Up Championship (Phil Hellmuth, Ted Forrest, Chris Ferguson, Huck Seed and Annie Duke)
The last two finalists unhappy the National Heads-Up Championship (Vanessa Rousso, Erik Seidel &)
The semi-finalists in the latest edition (Dennis Phillips & Scotty Nguyen)
Any player having returned the money in the last four editions (None)
The last three winners of the Main Event World Series of Poker (Jonathan Duhamel & Peter Eastgate)
The losing finalist the last Main Event World Series of Poker (John Racener)
All players who have won multiple bracelets at the WSOP last (None)
The ‘Player of the Year the last WSOP (Frank Kassela)
The winner of the Championship of Heads-Up the last WSOP (Ayaz Mahmood)
Champion Main Event final WSOP Europe (James Edge)
The ‘Player of the Year the last World Poker Tour (Faraz Jaka)
The winner of the last Grand Final of the European Poker Tour (Nicolas Chouity)
The ‘Player of the Year’ Card Player Magazine (Tom Marchese)
The ‘Player of the Year Bluff Magazine (Sorel Mizzi)
The ‘Player of the Year’ ALL IN magazine (None)
Qualifiers online or via NBC (Melburn Whitmire)
Qualifiers at Caesars Palace (Justin Young)

This system, which is now three years old, is it still relevant? Yes, but with few exceptions, for example, all former winners are part of the field, to put aside from the 2007 edition, Paul Wasicka. Similarly, it lacks one of the former World Champions, Cada, who was recently replaced by Sam Trickett. The Selection Committee also decided to use some of the seats usually for online qualifiers to invite several celebrities, including Gabe Kaplan, Emmitt Smith, Jennifer Tilly, Don Cheadle and Jason Alexander.

Of course, the system in question does not meet the 64 available seats. Vacancies are traditionally occupied by some of the biggest names in poker, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Doyle Brunson et al. For info, Doyle said recently that he would participate in the tournament if he felt fit enough. The last seat is filled at the discretion of the selection committee, and that’s where things get complicated. Many wonder why some players are technically outdated, were still preferred to players ‘modern’, and why the most entertaining players have not always been successful against other players, considered ‘boring’ .
Controversies galore

Poker forums have many discussions of the field this 2011 edition. Among the most critical choices, there is Phil Gordon, Kara Scott, Dwyte Pilgrim and, of course, all celebrities invited. With the exception of Pilgrim, who was one of the players who experienced the most success on the circuit in 2010, even if relatively little-known poker players, the other two players have not been successful tables for some time now. Similarly, many people think that players like Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Chris Moneymaker – in other words, players who are not necessarily the most exciting to watch him play – have been replaced by people a little more extroverted.

A thread started on the U.S. forum 2 + 2 contains dozens of critical posts, including that of “Carnivore” that directly target Moneymaker, Ferguson and Gordon: “Who wants to see these guys play? They are overwhelmed and very few charismatic “.

In the same vein, “BanSooners” posted on the forum to criticize the choice of Kara Scott: “Scott is very sexy but does not clearly deserves his seat. Now, let us remember that the tournament has been set up for television and it is hardly the only one not deserve his place. I do not need to mention all the names you will recognize them easily. ”

Regarding the players that many fans lament the absence of the names Sammy Farha, Luke Schwartz, Tony G, Justin “Boosted J” Smith Illari “Ziigmund” and Olivier Sahamies Busquet are those that occur most often whether for their mastery, their results or their potential for entertainment. NBC is apparently listening to his fans since the chain has recently sent an invitation to Busquet after Johnny Chan will be canceled Tuesday night. Anyway, there are still many people who do not participate in the tournament this year.

When the official list of participants has been posted on Twitter, even Negreanu went there of his opinion: “I’ll get in trouble! If the focus is on entertainment, Tony G and Luke Schwartz should have been there. Conversely, the presence of some old horses on the back, with no recent result and the potential for entertainment close to zero, is rather strange. ”

We can debate endlessly about the selection of guests at NBC National Heads-Up Championship. Have to give priority to performance? entertainment? Should lead to a vote open to the public? Anyway, the invitations for this year have already been sent. In 2011, the Mass is said.

Here is the complete list of guests this year. As in 2010, our two French David Benyamine and Bertrand ‘Eljky’ Grospellier will initially.

It is an incredible double has been achieved in the context of the event # 4 of the Grand Series of Poker 2, the championship of online poker has a total prize pool of 700,000 € will run until March 20, 2011 rooms on the network Ongame.fr. The player “fox1j” not only won the main event-1 rebuy 1 add-on € 10,000 Guaranteed Pot Limit Hold’em, but also won a victory in the mini event organized jointly. This double performance brings him an overall gain of € 3.470.
GSOP 2 – Event # 4

The event # 4 of GSOP 2 which was played in an alternative Pot Limit Hold’em ultimately very confidential in France as practiced by very few players and a guarantee of only relatively thin € 10,000 could have passed as an event of more unimportant . The tournament has focused in fact that 91 players but did not fail to attract some of the biggest online poker sharks in the image of French Mikael “MetsMagny” Oestreicher or Adrien “Zlatann35″ Allain excited by the smell of a bloody field maneuverable and reduces the prospect of a nice overlay which reached € 1.700.
METZMAGNY held in check

The French winner of the Sunday Million was long chip leader of this event # 4 before knowing a sequence of unfortunate blows which forced him to capitulate in 9th position for a gain of 264 €. MetzMagny conducting a revival at 7K with and got a call from the big blind chip leader of the whimsical “jean231104″ before pushing his last chips in with top pair on flop . “Jean231104″ paid with the nuts and a bunch with color .

Huge all’in 3way pot

The player “ireeman08″ would then seize the chip lead by winning a monster pot played carpet by three players. “Jean231104″ opened with a raise to 7K in early position. Flav “Gerard74″ Guénan 3bet all’in for conducting a 38.800 with pocket jacks while “ireeman08″ returned over everyone pushing 64.656 with a pair of Queens served. “Jean231104″ covering everyone decided to follow with pocket 88 and is literally was “crushed” on a board .
“Ireeman08″ explodes in the final heads-up

“Ireeman08″ would then literally collapsed in the final heads-up playing the tournament on a relatively weak hand. “Fox1j” opened the pot with a raise to 8,000. “Ireeman08″ was performing at 24.800 with a 3bet but underwent a 4-bet to 75.200 in response to his opponent. The player decided to follow and was a flop which sent in the air. “Ireeman08″ pushed his last chips in with top 24.038 pair and got paid instantly by paying a “fox1j” armed that was the shock result of a doublet of 4 turn-river.

“Fox1j” pocketed a first prize and € 2,294 for his win in event # 4, and a Grand Slam ticket worth € 1,000.

Doubled for “fox1j”

“Fox1j” would also be required to 126 in the event # 4 Mini 126 participants GSOP 2 front pocket for a first prize of € 1.176 + a Grand Slam Final ticket from 100 € Mini.

GSOP 2 – Event # 4 – results

Variation: Pot-Limit Hold’em 1 Rebuy – 1 add’on
Buy-in: 50 €
Guaranteed Prize Pool: 10,000 €

The poker room online Pari Mutuel Urbain PMU Poker.fr just launched a new monthly guaranteed prize pool tournament of 15,000 €. Added to the prize pool, a surprise in kind will be offered via a monthly bounty.
€ 15,000 and a win iPad

Tournament Special PMU € 15K Main Event will be held Saturday, March 26 to 19h (CET French time) and provide a starting stack of 5,000 chips with blind levels 15 minutes. The buy-in is 40.75 € 4.25 € and registrations are accepted until the end of Level 3 (Tournament ID: 2159098).

As for the surprise into play on 26 March will be an Apple iPad.
Satellites for the Main Event 15K € PMU

To qualify for the tournament guaranteed € 15K, satellites are available, including many free tournaments that function as Steps tournaments. Give access to freerolls tournaments € 1 and give them direct access to satellites at 5 €. You can also subscribe directly to any satellite.

Virtually unknown in France, Emmitt Smith is a living legend in the U.S. and the former American football makes its entrance into the world of poker. He was recently invited to compete in the NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas from March 4 to 6 and he also signed with Full Tilt Poker as a “Friend of Full Tilt” (Friend of Full Tilt).
Emmitt Smith becomes “a Friend of Full Tilt

Smith will represent the poker room online on a number of live tournaments, starting with the NBC Heads Up and the World Series of Poker this summer. He joined in as a “Friend of Full Tilt,” the presenter fights Free Fight Bruce Buffer, the tennis player James Blake, the actor Mekhi Phifer and practitioner Free Fight Matt Hughes.
Smith takes his brand of football

A picture of a Zinedine Zidane in football, Emitt Smith scored his borrowed football. Former running back (his job) now aged 41, Smith was the heyday of the Dallas Cowboys from 1990 to 2002 before finishing his career with the Arizona Cardinals from 2003 to 2004. Introduced the Hall of Fame in 2010, Smith won three Super Bowls with Dallas in 93, 94 and 96. With 18,355 yards gained ball in hand, he holds the absolute record in the NFL. He will have now to prove the cards.

The prize pool in Event # 5 Grand Series of Poker GSOP two series of online tournaments that takes place in the halls of the French network Ongame, was again off this Thursday, March 3.
GSOP 2 Event # 5: prizepool exploded yet

Guaranteed to 10,000 €, this tournament No Limit Hold’em has finally offered a total prize of 16,800 € to 133 with rebuys and 67 add-ons of the 160 participants, which has enabled ‘patoche420′ pocketed a first prize of 3,593 € in addition to the ticket for the final Grand Slam of € 1,000 buy-in.
‘Shooye’ misses the final bit

Remi Marlow

‘Carpiaupcl aura was the first to win one of 26 cashes for € 153.25, followed by a few’ regulars’ of Ongame like ‘TrueVOid’ whose earnings curve continues to climb with a nice consistency.

Another big player is paid but failed to reach the final table, Remi ‘shoooye’ Marlow who needs no introduction (winner of the Sunday Special and a particular FCOOP PokerStars) lost to a place bubble (11th, € 264.83), just before the bubble boy of the day ‘pingdif’ (10th, € 317.70).
Dubbed finals for ‘Fresh’ and ‘yo1383′

Final table, ‘MouloudPSG’ one imagines supporter of football club from the capital, imposed his rhythm in the early rounds but ran out of breath to go all the way, returning to the locker room early in 5th place, earning € of 1,008.

Just before him, the tournament had just lost a player who delights in these GSOP 2, ‘Fresh’ winning his second final in three days, this time cashing € 775.78 and bearing of its gains to a very respectable Ongame.fr total of more than 12,000 €.

Performance comparable to that of ‘yo1383′ taking € 1,311 in Event # 5 for his fourth place after his € 729.42 already acquired the final table of Event # 3 as he finished ninth.
‘Aurau’ dominated by the victor ‘patoche420′

Heads-up GSOP 2 Event 5

The two players heads-up play, ‘aurau’ and ‘patoche420′, presented themselves face to face with the carpet enough to deliver a great duel, the first to 519,000 and the second at 364,000.

‘Patoche420′ went up the slope by doing a “good call” with facing the implementation of 42,000 of ‘aurau’ on a table , The latter returning caught in a bluff well.

Shark in other places since having also made ??sparks in the Sunday Special in January , ‘aurau’ will fail to hold sway over his opponent.

‘Patoche420 to cash finally the last pot of the tournament cons on the table His pair of 7 he cons relating € 3,593 € 2,478 for ‘aurau’.

Carlos Mortensen was expected or Vivek Rajkumar, respectively vying for a fourth and second WPT title, but the young Gregory Brooks made ??a surprise by winning Thursday, March 3, the World Poker Tour LA Poker Classic. A victory that allowed him to become a millionaire.
Darryll Fish 6th for $ 235,350

Six players were back on Thursday at the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles to play the final table and the adventure quickly ended for Darryll Fish. After a raise to 150,000 Carlos Mortensen, Fish participated in rugs 1,230,000 for the big blind and pay instantly with Mortensen . Fish returns but Table does not assist him. He finished 6th for a gain of 235,350.
The shark Steve Gross finished fifth

A few minutes later it was the turn of the ‘shark’ online Steve Gross to leave the tournament after being away from the button with carpet . Vivek Rajkumar pays the big blind with . The board maintains high as before and sends Steve Gross seek his $ 304,000 check for his 5th place.
Amir Lehavot ends 4th for $ 421,680

Four hands later, Amir Lehavot adds to the list of eliminated. Lehavot, button, raised to 175,000, and Vivek Rajkumar follows the big blind. On the flop , Rajkumar check-raise the bet carpet Lehavot 235,000 and pay it with . Rajkumar shows . The at the turn and to eliminate river Lehavot to 4th place. A performance that brings in $ 421,680.
No fourth WPT title to Carlos Mortensen

On the 61th hand of final table, hopes of a fourth WPT title will fly to Carlos Mortensen. The Spaniard raised from the button to 200,000 and the other two players, Rajkumar and Brooks followed. The flop appears and Rajkumar checked, Brooks put 380,000 Mortensen raised to 800,000, Rajkumar fate of the coup and Brooks announced “all in”. Mortensen pay quickly and Brooks reveals for a straight draw both ends and a flush draw. The the turn is safe but Mortensen on the river allows Brooks to receive a color. Mortensen tournament ends on the 3rd place ($ 640,680).
Brooks Rajkumar dominates and wins his first World Poker Tour

Heads-up between then Gregory Brooks (14,450,000) Vivek Rajkumar (5.98 million). Since the 3rd hand of the day and a confrontation vs between the two men, Brooks took over the tournament and never released. The 23-year old native of New Jersey, will also go to the end. On the last hand he raised to 325,000 and Rajkumar pay. The flop fate and Rajkumar check. Brooks thinks putting 400,000 and Rajkumar 30 seconds before leaving carpets 3,500,000. Brooks decides to pay with . A choice that makes sense because Rajkumar reveals . The turn is the The river is the , And Gregory Brooks won the first WPT title in his career and a gain of $ 1,654,120. Rajkumar settle for $ 908,730 for 2nd place.

From 19 to 22 May 2011 will be held the 6th edition of PKR Live at the Fox Poker Club in London. This live event is held twice a year by PKR , the poker room in 3D. The big news this year is that registration is open to all and is no longer reserved for qualified players. The prize pool will be revised upwards and is estimated at £ 200,000, almost € 235,000.
PKR Live at the Fox Poker Club VI

The VI PKR Live will take place at the Fox Poker Club, London from 19 to 22 May 2011. Main event will be a buy-in of 750 pounds, or about 875 €. The prize pool is estimated at 200,000 pounds (approximately 235,000 €). This will be the largest prize pool in the history of PKR Live insofar as it will for the first time open to all and not just skilled players on the internet, as in previous editions.

So there are great chances that the winner of this year won more than $ 20,000 won by Andy Sherwood in November 2010 for PKR Live V.

The details of enrollment and qualifications in line is not yet known, but will come very soon.
PKR Live Program VI

Here is the program’s main event of PKR Live VI. Tournament Schedules (not announced yet) are planned.

The Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie has vetoed Thursday, March 3, 2011 to a bill that would have allowed New Jersey to become the first U.S. state to offer a legal and regulated online poker. State Sen. Raymond Lesniak, who introduced the bill, said he was somewhat optimistic about the chances of the bill revived soon.

“Unless they can work on some points, the Governor has destroyed a great opportunity to create jobs, increase revenues in Atlantic City and make New Jersey the Silicon Valley of the online game” Lesniak said in an interview call. “The use of the veto signal is so discouraging that I’m not particularly optimistic about the result of an agreement on this issue.”
The veto came from New Jersey Nevada

Lesniak blame the powerful casino group Caesars Entertainment, formerly Harrah’s, to be responsible for the decision of the Governor.

“I think this is due to a casino, Harrah’s, headed for Nevada, which has a disproportionate influence in the decision process,” said Lesniak. “They spent millions of dollars lobbying in Washington and they want no state, particularly New Jersey, takes the initiative in this area. They called the campaign manager for [Christie], participated in height of millions of dollars to the campaign of Governor and his report on the transition game, which was against the online gaming and sports paris. They do not care about New Jersey. They are interested in their corporate interests in Nevada . I understand that, but I think New Jersey is that interests me. Their position is harmful to Atlantic City casinos and the state. ”

The law would have allowed the creation of common platforms in Atlantic City, including the four properties of Caesars Entertainment, which would have been the operators of poker and casino games for New Jersey residents. Such a change would have boosted the struggling economy with $ 250 million in revenue the first year and 57,000 jobs, according to estimates by the association Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association.
Opportunities to circumvent the veto

Lesniak said he did not want to try to circumvent the veto by voting the bill by a majority of two thirds, although the project was approved with a higher proportion in the Senate (29-5) and Assembly (63 -11), because there is “no chance that the Republican legislators to go against a decision of the Governor.”

The only chance that New Jersey take a step in the direction of regulation is to introduce a new law that Lesniak did not want to do unless the Governor Christie is ready to discuss the changes he wishes in exchange for signature. “The governor should talk to me” Lesniak said, “He must think that it is ready to work for a project that fits its substantive concerns and not political concerns, otherwise it would only be time wasted.”

The decision was originally expected on February 24 or 45 days after the affirmative vote of the Assembly of New Jersey on January 10. But the Governor’s office has found to have more time because of recess. He used all his time and has finally released his veto.
A referendum in November?

In the reasons for his veto, Christie wrote that legalized gambling was limited to the borders of Atlantic City to improve the economy of the region by supporting the tourism industry and the expansion of casino games in addition to Atlantic City had to be approved by referendum.

Lesniak mocks the idea of ??a referendum.
“The idea of ??a referendum by November is a nonsense. We have online horse racing in New Jersey for which there was never a referendum. It simply delays the creation of employment, additional revenues and jeopardizes the entire project adds Lesniak.

Christie had the choice to sign the bill or do nothing and let the project become a law, or conditionally veto the legislation before returning legislators with instructions / or specific objections to a final veto.

As a former prosecutor from the Department of Justice and the Republican Party’s rising star with presidential aspirations, Christie could decide to go in the direction of his former colleagues in the department, or he simply thought that becoming the first governor to legalize online gambling would be detrimental to his future political aspirations. A referendum could allow Christie to approve the bill without compromising its political future.

“I hope the political ambitions are not responsible for the impediment to revitalize Atlantic City,” said Lesniak.

New Jersey could serve as a catalyst for other states and perhaps the federal government to implement an offer poker legal and regulated. In contrast, the veto may be a setback for the efforts of others.

“I hope I am wrong in the governor’s intentions. But it is hard to read the veto message in another way. I’ll try to get something that will be ready to sign and make a difference in common sense, but I’m not really optimistic “says Lesniak.

Saturday, February 26, 2011, 159 players have filled the tables of the Cercle Clichy, Paris, to attend the second edition of the tournament ‘Live’ PokerNews, after that which saw Bksinn triumph last October. This time, it is not a member of the Forum PokerNews prevailed but Haddouche Ahmed, a regular Cercle Clichy. For his victory, he walked away with € 2,700 and a package at 600 € for the tournament ‘Stars On Fire’ in Marrakech.
PokerNews ‘Live’: 16 paid, 12 packages

For 100 € for registration, the tournament PokerNews ‘Live’ open to all distributed over € 17,380 prize pool total, nearly € 2,500 dead money donated by PokerNews.

Top 15 finishers were paid (16 after a deal designed to burst a bubble recalcitrant) and 12 of them are ultimately left with a package for Marrakech. March 12 at 14h, they are invited to participate in the “Stars On Fire ‘, a side event of the Marrakesh Poker Open to be hosted by PokerNews in conjunction with the casino Es Saadi.

The principle of ‘Stars On Fire’: 225 € buy-in and one or two players to each table with a bounty of 100 € on their heads. In addition to the buy-in tournament, the package includes airfare with Peoples guests, two nights accommodation in single room with breakfast included in a 4 star hotel and dinners at the sumptuous buffet at the Casino de Marrakech Es Saadi. Planned departure on March 11 and return March 13.
Revenge of the ‘regs’ of Clichy

Despite fifty members of the Forum present in the field of the tournament ‘Live’ PokerNews, few of them have really shined this past Saturday, despite some ‘deep runs’ notable Cardo, our local star, jumped into 37th position Slowflex and died at the gates of cashes (19th). Among major contributors to the forum PokerNews only MrSneeze managed to resist the onslaught of the regulars of the Circle: A time chip leader, just after the bubble, it eventually bite the dust in 12th place after losing three-quarters of his stack when a semi-bluff attempt against the eventual winner of the tournament.

We will have the satisfaction of having three members of the Forum in Marrakech: in addition to Sneeze, Sandrine Esteban (Member of Team ‘No Limit French’ under the pseudonym MissParker72) reached the tournament in 10th place and thus the best performance of female the day. Lilian and Arnaud, alias ‘Lil28′ forum member for more than three years, the best performance of the PokerNews reaching the final table in 9th place in the tournament.

Until the next tournament PokerNews ‘Live’, scheduled in May, you still have a chance to win your seat for the ‘Stars On Fire’. To do this, go tonight, Friday, March 4 at 21h, the super-special satellite developed by the Cercle Clichy Montmartre: Against a buy-in € 150, 30% of the field is guaranteed to leave with a package for Marrakech. Again dead money in perspective …