PartyPoker
also looks to grow outside of Europe, where it continues to maintain
a stronghold on the poker industry. Starting in Canada, where poker
is still in a growth period, PartyPoker hopes to see Scott at the
tables of various live poker events. After Season 8 of the World
Poker Tour (WPT) concluded with David Williams capturing the
$25,000 buy-in championship at Bellagio, Season 9 of the popular
poker tour is set to get underway in Paris, France on May 8th.
So
far the poker tournament series has announced four stops for
their 2010-2011 schedule. All four stops are scheduled in Europe with
the usual break in the action surrounding the World Series of Poker
which will take place from late May to early July:
*
WPT Grand Prix de Paris: May 8 – 15, 2010
Aviation
Club de France: Paris, France
*
WPT Spanish Championship: May 19 – 23, 2010
Casino
Barcelona: Barcelona, Spain
*
WPT London Poker Classic: Aug 29 – Sep 5, 2010
Palm
Beach Casino: London, England
*
WPT Amneville: Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2010
Casino
Municipal D Amneville: Amneville, France
Stay
tuned to Best Poker Players, as the full schedule of World Poker Tour
Season 9 events should be released in the coming weeks, including
dozens of stops at the biggest casinos and card-rooms around the
globe, culminating in the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship that
will once again take place at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
In
addition, the company remains poised to make a reentry into the
United States market should pro-gaming legislation pass Congress in
2010 or 2011. After having made peace with the U.S. government in
2009 by paying a sizable fine for offering online poker in
America in past years, PartyPoker has cleared its name with the
Department of Justice and likely plans to provide its services to
American players should the door be opened.
It
will not be surprising to see more moves from PartyPoker that
indicate its willingness and enthusiasm for gaining a wider range of
customers around the world, especially once again in the United
States.
The
winner of WPT will receive a WPT bracelet and a $25,o00
seat in the WPT Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The 2010
WPT Championship is currently being contested and will run through
April 24th. After Day 3, 35 of 195 players remain at four tables.
Shawn “Buck21″ Buchanan, champion of the WPT Mandalay Bay Poker
Championship in 2007, is the current chip leader with 1,841,000
chips. His closest competitors are Heather Sue Mercer (1,364,000),
Robert Cooper (937,000), Matt “All In At 420″ Stout
(919,500), and Billy Baxter (887,500).
Other
notables still alive include Faraz “The-Toilet” Jaka, Phil
Hellmuth, David Williams, David Benyamine, Jason Lester, Carlos
Mortensen, Scotty Nguyen, J.J. Liu, Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy,
Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin, reigning WPT Championship winner
Yevgeniy “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko, David “Devilfish”
Ulliott, and Josh Arieh. Play will resume at Noon Pacific Time as
players battle it out for the $1,530,537 first prize.
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