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The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star in 2011 began Monday, March 14 and 142 players took part in Day 1a. After 10 levels played, there are still 57 and Brian Schmidt has held the top spot with 187,700 in chips.
The principle of the WPT Shooting Star

As its name (shooting stars) indicates the particularity of this event is to remove the stars. Thus, the head of several known players is a price and any person who removes a star wins $ 5,000. In addition, a bonus of $ 10,000 is awarded to players who finish at the top of Day 1a and Day 1b. In total, 45 players have a bounty on their heads and 25 of them have played on Day 1a.
Kara Scott has done it better output

Among the players “wanted” on Monday include Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Justin Smith, Dwyte Pilgrim, Tony Dunst, Joe Sebok, John Juanda, Erik Seidel and Jason Mercier. Of all the “shooting stars” playing in Day 1a, Kara Scott has done it best out ending the day in third place ranking with 137,100 in chips.
Scoop: Erik Seidel loses a tournament!

Erik Seidel’m the best player since the beginning of the year, it did not survive the first day. At level 8, shortly after he doubled against Men Nguyen, another player put a price, Seidel has once again sent all his chips with cons with John Pries . The board then instructed to remove it. Fair play, Seidel then signed with the tee-shirt pleasure given to each player who leaves a star.
Freddy Deeb among the stars eliminated

Freddy Deeb was also released later in the day. The blinds 400/800 with antes of 100, Deeb decides to pay and play his tournament on the Table . His opponent, Alex Yi, returns to the nuts (the nuts) and Deeb hides his hand. Other notable players took the way out on Day 1a which Dan Shak, Dan Harrington, Scott Seiver, Victor Ramdin, Joe Tehan and Jonathan Aguiar.
“This is what you deserve ENCU **! ”

As for survivors, Mike Matusow has distinguished himself on Monday. “The Mouth” finished in the Top 10 with over 100,000 chips and he again justified his nickname. One of the big hands of the day to Matusow ran against Richard Toth. As the table shows , Matusow and Toth push all their chips in the center and Matusow plays its tournament. He returned for two pair and a flush draw. Toth reveals for a set shot in turn. The falls into the river and the volcano explodes Matusow: “It’s what you deserve ENCU **! This is what you deserve ENCU **! “Matusow screams while running in the playroom
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow has struck again

Having calmed down a bit, Matusow returned to the table and gave a hug to Toth while apologizing: “I’m sorry, I do not think what I said, really. But far from stopping there, Matusow continued to speak loudly enough for the whole room could hear: “I finally punished for playing badly! I finally punished for playing badly! “That pot boosted to 74,000 while Matusow Toth, without flinching, fell to 35,000.

Day 1b of the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star 2011 begins Tuesday at 10 am (19h in France) to San Jose. Phil Ivey will include the game. Like Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier.

The major live tournaments at the time did not stop the online poker rooms to full international on Sunday 13 March, thanks to the series of low-cost online tournaments MiniFTOPS on Full Tilt Poker .

Twelve players have managed to win six titles in gains, especially ‘Graftekkel’ who won
a little over two hundred thousand dollars for second place in the PokerStars Sunday Millio n after a deal to four more known about the sharks he often illustrated including Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah and Will “WILLY-RUGS” Failla, or Anthony ‘wwwBTHEREcom’ Gregg who won his second major tournament in two months.
FTOPS mini but big prize pools at Full Tilt

With an entrance fee of $ 33, the MiniFTOPS Event # 24 attracted more than thirty-three miles buyins format allows multi-input, creating a prize pool of almost $ 1 Millon. ‘FiskenPPP’ took advantage of this craze to collect $ 120,807.06 after deal heads-up. In this tournament, Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah has almost succeeded a feat, two of his ‘clones’ winning the 13th and 35th places!

It is still among the regular tournaments of the room to look for the biggest gain won by Jason “Private ATM Helder who wins the high-hand the $ 750,000 Guaranteed for $ 135,797.35.
Anthony Gregg goes on with PokerStars

PokerStars Anthony ‘wwwBTHEREcom’ Gregg has added $ 94,435 in her kitty with a victory Sunday in the 500. This is the second major victory in 2011 by Gregg who won the Sunday Million in January for a gain of $ 195,000.

This victory brings to more than $ 315,000 in tournament winnings of online ‘wwwBTHEREcom’ only in 2011 on PokerStars. As for his profits on his favorite room, now they amount to over $ 380,000.

Mostly known by his nickname of ‘Nanonoko’ Randy Lew maddens counters on PokerStars and has been since well before its integration to Pro Online Team.

Kristy Arnett took the BCP 2011 for the meeting in person and learn more about the coach PokerNews Strategy.
Nanonoko, Supernova Elite 5 years

Supernova Elite (highest VIP status on PokerStars) since 2007, Randy Lew made his name in late 2009, passing the one million dollars in profit, a feat for a player who does not go beyond $ 5 / $ 10 . Since then he has raised more than $ 5 million in grinda tables 6-max cash games.

“Multitableur crazy” by Kristy Arnett, Randy Lew plays “24 tables of cash games 6-max simultaneously”, and he does not hide that he “would like to play more but that is the maximum on PokerStars.

Play to reach more than 200,000 hands per month, ‘Nanonoko’ uses “two 30 inch monitors but I only use 70% of the screen, I hate to turn my head constantly afraid that I it comes off “he laughs.
Nanonoko takes on the role of coach poker

Randy Lew

To those who wonder how one can become long term winner by playing as many tables at once and want to emulate the Californian, Randy Lew advised to increase the number of tables simultaneously by “gradual change” and not attempt to cross direct-build. “One player who did that probably short-failure” he says.

Coach poker online at PokerNews Strategy ‘Nanonoko offer long videos to its students, in which “we see that I play each and every hand I fold. (…) I’m not just saying that’ it’s standard ‘, I explain why. ”
Fascinated by “changing the game”

Happy with his new role as coach, lover of video games and poker, ‘Nanonoko’ knows to “consistently play to stay in touch with the latest trends.” Fascinated by the evolution of online poker in terms of strategy, Randy Lew likes to think that “if the videos I make are changing the game, so it’s good for poker.”

Real Madrid receives Lyon Wednesday, March 16 at 20.45 in the fourth round back of the Champions League. After the 1-1 draw at Stade Gerland, Lyon, obliged to mark and do not lose at Santiago Bernabeu is unfavorable ballot.

Real is ultra-favorite with odds of 1.22 on PMU.fr. The odds for a draw and a victory for Lyon, respectively, 4.60 and 9.00.
Real finally dominates Lyon?

The people of Madrid will they finally crossed the eighth since 2004 in the Champions League? After a draw in the first leg adorned with a precious away goal, the White House has in any case taken a nice option on the qualification. It remains to Merengue to beat their nemesis, Olympique Lyonnais. They can rely for that on the return of Cristiano Ronaldo (injured in recent weeks) and Karim Benzema, a player of Real formatted. A 0-0 draw may be enough to go to Madrid but they have heart to win for the first time in eight games against Lyon.
Madrid intractable home

The rating for doing this is 1.22. It must be said that statistics from Real Madrid at home are scary. In 14 games at the Santiago Bernabeu in La Liga this season, Real has become 14 times and scored 46 goals conceded only 6. Moreover, José Mourinho, the coach at the head of the White House, have not lost a home game for 9 years!
Lyon comes into form

Olympique Lyonnais will therefore have to make a feat to keep the last French team still competing in the most prestigious of European competitions. For this, Lyon will have to score, and good news for Claude Puel training runs at full throttle offensively in recent weeks with 16 goals scored in the last five days for a check of 4 wins and 1 draw. To go away, Lisandro Lopez could also play a role tonight.
The OL has always been a draw at the Bernabeu (rated 4.60)

In three matches at Santiago Bernabeu, Lyon has always been a draw and each time OL has scored at least one goal. An ideal scenario would be tonight and the odds for both teams are separated on a parity score is 4.60. A win Lyon, documentation of qualification, is a miracle as evidenced by the score of 9.00.
The Paris and interesting odds on Real Madrid

For players who want to bet on but Real are listing too low, it is possible to bet on the result at halftime to be more interesting dimensions. The odds for the Madrid lead at the break is 1.55. It rises to 1.60 if Real lead after 45 minutes and needed at the end of regulation time.

The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star continued Tuesday, March 15 with the Day 1b and 273 players including 26 “shooting stars” have joined the action. At the end of the day, the player with the most chips (197 900) is named Chris Trapani none other than the son of Marko Trapani, founder of the Bay 101 Shooting Star in 1997.
Trapani chip leader

Trapani saw his stack reach the top of the leaderboard at the last level thanks to two key strokes. On the first, he sent Erick Lindgren reach the public and on the second and took a nice pot McLean Karr.

According to the coverage of the team at the World Poker Tour, at the hand against Lindgren, both players send their preflop and they served the same pair. Trapani has and Lindgren . The flop Trapani button appears and flush draw. The made the turn and enter the draw on the river enters the picture. Lindgren left the tournament and Trapani also won $ 5,000 on this one for a player known to have removed.
A hand to $ 10,000

Then one of the last hands of the day, Trapani and Karr see the flop and the pot is already 25,000. Karr put Trapani 17,800 but raised to 38,000 and wins the pot. Although this hand is not spectacular, it is worth $ 10,000 because it allows Trapani finished the day chip leader and won the bonus awarded to the player finishing in the honorary position. For 1,400 in chips, Trapani passes right by Joris Springael who finished second with a stack of 196,500.
Carnage among the stars

Twenty-six players including the former WPT champions Eric Baldwin, Phil Ivey, Antonio Esfandiari, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Michael Mizrachi and David Williams all had a $ 5,000 premium over their heads. Barry Greenstein, Vanessa Selbst, Daniel Cates, Jennifer Tilly and Todd Brunson was also in this case and only nine of them survived.
Phil Ivey’s head fell

Ivey was eliminated in the last level of the day. He left early in the carpet floor to 4200 with blinds 500-1000 with antes of 100. Ronald Li was revived in the middle position to 8,500 and a player has paid to the button. On the flop Li has bet 5,000 and the button has sent his stack to 30,000. Li agreed to pay.

Ivey:
Li:
Button:

The appeared at the turn before the do so to the river. The ace allowed Li to eliminate two players and win the $ 5,000 placed on the head of Ivey.
ElkY alive

Among the players who are mounting fine rugs include David “Doc” Sands (175,000), Justin Young (165.800) and Randy Dorfman (156.500). Chris Ferguson (113 200) is the “shooting star” that it is better output. The French Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, who has no bounty on his head, has also taken the day 1b with a carpet of 62,200. However, Phil Laak, John Cernuto, Chau Giang, Allen Cunningham, Daniel Cates, and many others are part of the list of eliminated.

The tournament resumes Wednesday at 10h (19h in France) and PokerNews will make you a summary of the action.

The 2011 edition of Winamax Poker Open in Dublin (Ireland) will be held from 22 to 25 September 2011 at the Ballsbridge Inn. Winamax.fr offers the first online satellites to win a prize package worth € 1,100, including buy-in Main Event (550 €) over 550 € for travel and lodging. Won by Irishman Alan Trueick (€ 40,142) in 2010, organizers expect double the participants for the 2011 edition, is a prize pool of about 300,000 €.
Winamax Poker Open in Dublin

Last September, the Winamax Poker Open in Dublin in 2010 drew 313 participants, generating a prize pool of € 156,500. The largest share was then returned to the Irishman Alan Trueick (€ 40,142) for first place, ahead of French Roman Mahot (€ 24,649).

For the year 2011, more than 600 players are expected, which would take the total prize pool of 300,000 €. The Dublin Winamax Poker Open offers deepstack structure with 20,000 starting chips and blind levels of 60 minutes starting at 25-50. The tournament will be played shorthanded on tables of 6 players max.
Satellites and qualifiers

To get your package to 1,100 € you must play “Satellites Winamax Poker Open,” every Tuesday at 20:30 for a buy-in of 100 €, if you choose to register directly. The first of these satellites was held Tuesday, March 15 registered with only 4 of 740 € Overlay for 1.100 € guaranteed.

You also have the option to play qualifying tournaments to win a ticket to 100 €. Winamax.fr offers tournaments with € 5 rebuys (1,500 chips, blinds 6 minutes) or 10 € freezeout (3,000 tokens, 6 minute blinds) that can get a ticket at 100 €.

Although the biggest heavyweights of high stake cash games online have remained outside the light in recent days, the action at the tables has not been so far less exciting. The mysterious “XWINK,” has continued its tumultuous journey on Full Tilt while on Pokerstars.com, Gavin “gavz101″ has added $ 250,000 in his wallet additional confirm his impressive start to the year 2011.
The Roller Coaster continues XWINK

XWINK crossed swords with the player “NoPasaran” on tables Pot-Limit Omaha $ 300 / $ 600 “. In one of the most destructive hands of this confrontation, XWINK open raise to $ 1.800 for the button. NoPasaran raised to $ 5.400 on the big blind and XWINK pay to see the flop . NoPasaran continued aggression by betting $ 8.400 and XWINK pay. The falls on the turn. NoPasaran sends second salvo to $ 14.400. XWINK, mini raise to $ 28.800 and NoPasaran pay before you check on the fell on the river. XWINK covering his opponent makes a shove. NoPasaran instantly follows up to $ 29,000 and shot the winning hand to snatch a pot of $ 142.189, while XWINK can show that a simple top pair with .

If this seems extremely borderline hand, the biggest losses XWINK ‘based primarily on luck as evidenced by the following hand played NoPasaran always cons. XWINK min-raises to $ 1,200 from the button. The big blind, NoPasaran 3bet to $ 3,600. XWINK response by a 4-bet to $ 6,000. Nopasaran then places a 5bet to $ 18,000 before we see him back on top XWINK to $ 54,000. Finally NoPasaran hand carpet for $ 70.498. Pay with XWINK and finds himself face to favorite opponent.

The players decide to perform a “Run it Twice” and the first board is not in favor of XWINK as the second. XWINK hit in turn one set on the flop NoPasaran but inherits a flush draw which directly enter the fell on the turn. The falls on the river and allows NoPasaran to collect a lot of success with the whole pot.
Cochrane fire on PokerStars

Gavin “gavz101″ Cochrane has crossed the milestone of $ 1 million gain since early 2011 and was therefore the most powerful player currently on Pokerstars.com. The player has been especially full of nice set-up inflicted on his opponent.

Cochrane faced the particular player “understood” on tables of OLP to $ 50 / $ 100 to $ 250 Cochrane opened the button. “Included” 3bet to $ 750. Cochrane 4-bet to $ 2.250 and is jsute paid by his opponent. “Understood” performs a check-call a bet Cochrane $ 3.400 on the flop . The falls on the turn and this time they “understood” performs a check-raise to $ 35,899.50 on a second barrel Cochrane to $ 8.200. Cochrane replied with all’in reraise to $ 71,000 with and “inclusive” suite Set for a lower and a draw could give it a “wheel”. The falls on the river and allows Cochrane cash a pot of $ 133.484.

Thanks to word-of-mouth positive, the Cadet Club is gradually becoming one of the preferred venues for all players in the capital. While his regular tournaments gather hundreds of regular players at the start , its cash game tables double development with equal success.
Presentation of cash game at Cadet

Every day of the week, from 17h, there are at least nine tables are very active, six to 30 € (blinds: 2 € / 2 €), two to 100 € (blinds (2 € / 4 €) and a € 250 (€ 5 blinds / 5 €).

When we speak of a table of 30 €, this is actually a table where you can sit with 30 € cellar minimum. A Cadet, the maximum at these tables is set at 300 €, while all those posting higher blinds do not set an upper limit to the cellars of departure.

The number of tables still cash employed increases as the tournament’s first night release their disposal, with a peak weekly traditionally reached Friday evening. Depending on the application, the Club Cadet often opens tables to 500 € (blinds € 5 / 10 €) and 1.000 € (blinds € 10 / 20 €), as well as tables ‘Dealer’s Choice’ (Blind 2 € / 4 €).
The reasons for success

At this popularity, several explanations. Firstly, the opportunity for casual gamers to experience the atmosphere of poker ‘live’ at a lower cost, with stack at 30 €, that is to say fifteen blinds only. A practice which is also the delight of the players at ease in the game ‘short stack’.

Second, the policy of ‘zero tolerance’ adopted by the circle against the more agitated players who are no longer welcome at 14 rue Cadet. Coaching hesitate for a few months to cancel membership cards disruptive elements and the results were not long in coming: No more macho typing furiously on the table or taking part in their opponents. Now the atmosphere is quiet and noise tokens dominates all floors.

Last but not least, the policy of raising the circle is considered the best of Paris. It works as follows: The pots have not seen a flop or not having reached the 14 € are not taxed. From 14 €, dealers operate a fixed levy of € 2 plus 2% for every 100 € in the pot. The rake is limited to 24 €, whatever the final size of the pot;

Added to this ultimate standard deduction, which is then redistributed to players in full. Explanation: 2 € are taken when the pot is 50 €. A portion of the pot and used to cover up the ‘bad beat jackpot’, which rewards all players who lost a stroke with aces full or a superior hand, provided that their two hole cards were used in hand .

The other part of the pot is used to offer free tickets to players, attention obviously very popular with members of the circle. Cadet distributes the tickets in two different ways, by adding to prize pools of regular tournaments or her by donating directly to his most loyal players, chosen by a computer program recently developed in-house.

On the occasion of the Ligue 1 match between Marseille and Paris expected by all football fans in France, PokerStars.fr separates his tournament Sunday The Classico € 10 in two parallel editions on Sunday, March 20 at 18h, three hours before kick off the match at the Stade Velodrome.

On one side Marseille Classico and Classico Paris with the other € 25,000 guaranteed each and tickets SCOOP added to prize pools.
The Classico classic to a title

Name given to the match between PSG and OM, feuding brothers football hexagonal comparison between the historic rivalry between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain, the Classico PokerStars is also a Sunday appointment awaited every Sunday by fans of online poker.

For 10 € one can indeed dream of the win and more than 10,000 first prize of €, like ‘diegussbet, who won the last edition for this amount, beating a field of 5,820 players. As such the Classico is one of the online tournaments prize pools guaranteed to the most interesting anywhere.

Tom McEvoy is known for winning the main event World Series of Poker in 1983, becoming the first player qualified through a satellite to accomplish this performance. Professional player since 1978, is one of the few ambassadors veterans who are still playing. He holds four WSOP bracelets, has written a dozen books and won the Champions Invitational Tournament at the WSOP in 2009. With over $ 2.9 million in earnings during his career, Mc Evoy is now a member of Team PokerStars and one of the favorite candidates for the next election of Poker Hall of Fame.
PokerNews chats with Tom McEvoy in the Big Event in Los Angeles to discuss his role as ambassador of poker, the Poker Hall of Fame and its contribution to the world of poker.

We noticed that you took copious notes during the big tournaments, can you tell us what that is?
I am counting my chips after each level, if I go or I go down. Most of the time I just throw these notes later. I like knowing where I stand compared to the average stack. In general, I have half the average stack, so I do my calculations to see what I have to do to ensure my survival.

How do you feel about your role as an ambassador of poker on the last 28 years?
I am very comfortable. I got into this role indirectly after my victory in the main event. Of course, it had nothing to do with today, it was a gradual transition, as poker has become increasingly important. Even before the victory of Chris Moneymaker, I already wanted this role. Of course, today there are many more players, some people have a much more prominent position than mine in the poker industry, probably because I come from another region, but I am still an active player and I hope to win at least one other [big tournament] before dying [laughs].

In 2009, you win the Champions Invitational World Series of Poker. What does this victory mean to you?
For me, personally, was huge. I do not know if it had much impact on other people, but it is good to remember that we [veterans] are still able to play. Doyle Brunson had joked at the table: “Where are all Guys Internet? “. Peter Eastgate was the only player under 30. It was the first out. So it was really old school.

Speaking of the old school, I would like your opinion on Eric Seidel and the beginning of 2011.
Right now, it is undoubtedly the hottest player on the planet. It has always been a great player, but he has not had the recognition that I think it certainly deserves and receives now. He was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame last year. I was hoping it was me, but since this was not the case, I’m glad that he and Dan Harrington has been selected, it is on them that would be worn my choice. He just proved what he was capable, he has not needed with eight bracelets and all his other titles. It is just terrible. I do not know if anyone could replicate what he did.

In previous years, you have made ??announcements regarding the induction into the Poker Hall of Fame, can we expect the same this year?
Well, I’ll certainly try to be nominated. Everyone says that is a matter of time, we’ll see. I am 66 years old, I’m running out of time soon [laughs]. Assuming I’m nominated again, the fact that Eric Seidel and Dan Harrington are already present in the Hall of Fame increases my chances. They have a particular voting system, they are not only members of the Hall of Fame voting, but also members of the media, and some of them like the young faces of new players, it’s pretty hurtful.

One thing that people do not know maybe about you is your biggest influence that smoking be banned in poker rooms. Can you explain?
A great moment, I was fanatical. I organized the first tournament non-smoker in Las Vegas in 1999 and I was briefly the manager of the card room at the Horseshoe when the Behnen, Binions not in their control. I was friends with Benny Binion, Behnen, the grand-son of the founder, and was a heavy smoker. So I negotiated with him, I give him poker lessons and in return he makes the World Series non-smoker. Thus in 2002, held the first WSOP non-smoking, many people do not realize it is not so old, it goes back to 9 years.

People were tired [of smoke]. They used to call it the “Horseshoe Crud” [translator's note: "the shack" in reference to dirt] because there was no ventilation, so people breathed in left, right, they were live with it or not play. Not a good choice.

What are your plans for 2011?
I am very active with Deepstack University and of course I always represents Pokerstars. I’ll play as many tournaments as I can, but I travel much less than before. I like staying home and not being on the road too. Obviously, I’m going to be very active in the World Series.