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Following the example of Italy, via Poker News Daily we learn that since June 24, PokerStars has blocked access to all users in France due to new regulations approved by the government a couple Gallo .

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From now on, the French players may choose to play in the regional site PokerStars.fr .

“All the money in the accounts of PokerStars.com is safe and available to be withdrawn. You have the money or continue playing PokerStars.fr” was the ad which users were trying to log into your account in the early hours of Monday.

Of course, these days PokerStars has seen a marked decrease in the number of users playing on the site . PokerScout According to the website dedicated to gather information about players of the rooms, on 24 June had 36 566 users in the room, about ten percent below the previous week, whose peak was 40 943 players.

Still, these numbers also affect the WSOP, which always mean a drop in users of the rooms. Responsible PokerStars.fr said they try to satisfy players who decide to remain Gauls on the site. “There will be free tournaments to win a place in the French Poker Series”, mentioned .

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Another small event is history in the WSOP, in this case the $ 1,500 NL Holdem 3097 attended by players looking for a bracelet.

The tournament ended at dawn on Monday and was Jesse Rockwitz who stayed with all the chips, getting his first bracelet and $ 721,373 dollars. This is the biggest prize Rockowitz has found in his playing career, although as said, has had some success also in online tournaments and his best result so far in the WSOP was a $ 5,051 U.S. dollars box .

As expected, the final table did not have the presence of any player with bracelets, but that did not stop that lasted almost ten hours were encouraged, especially by the friends of Thiago Nishijima, who finished the tournament in third place.

Among the 324 players who went through box in the event of the WSOP # 45 two Spanish followed suit charging in this massive tournament: Luis Ramon Rufas ‘ ringing ‘ and Manuel Labandeira . Luis finished the job Manuel 230 ° and a bit later in the 191st. They took $ 3,428 prize.

The heads-up pitted against Raymond Rockowitz Coburn, both players with approximately the same amount of chips. For nearly an hour and a half there were no major clashes, until, in a hand that seemed to yield nothing exciting, all the chips ended up in the pot.

On a flop 7 8 2 , Rockowitz bet 95,000, less than half the pot, and Coburn went up 500,000. Rockowitz rose again, this time to 1.3 million and paid Coburn. The turn was 6 945 000 , Rockowitz bet and was immediately Coburn all-in . Rockoitz asked the dealer how many cards had his rival and, after much thought, decided to see the bet. Coburn showed K 9 for a straight and Rockowitz 7 2 for two pair. The last letter was the 8 , giving the victory to Jesse who is considered the worst hand in poker .

Results of the final table of the $ 1,500 NL Holdem:

1. Jesse Rockowitz – $ 721,373
2. Raymond Coburn – $ 446,274
3. Thiago Nishijima – $ 315,828
4. Kevin O’Dell – $ 228,614
5. Michael Goldfarb – $ 167,405
6. Steven Brown – $ 124,006
7. Shaun Malough – $ 92,900
8. Justin Conley – $ 70,365
9. Johan Jakobsson – $ 53,892

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A year ago Chris Bell was, in his own words, in bankruptcy .

After a slump in tournaments, Bell had no money or confidence in his game and was considering leaving the poker. However, Erik Lindgren, a great friend, convinced him otherwise, acted as patron and advisor to Bell and yesterday, after a long journey, Chris took the victory in the $ 5,000 PL Omaha Hi- Low, won his first gold bracelet and $ 327,040 U.S. dollars .

“I want to thank Erik. Without him, I would be nothing in Las Vegas now. Many people gave up on me last year, but he did not, trust me. Without your friendship, I would not be here today

“were the moving words of Bell after winning the Heads-Up against Dan Shak, a renowned professional with several top positions in his career.

Were 21 players who returned to the last day of the tournament in search of prize and the coveted bracelet. Bell was in fifth place but throughout the day and up to the final table had to cope with very few chips, still in danger of elimination on several occasions.

The final table had the presence, among others, David Ulliot, Erik Seidel and Rob Hollink .

At the start of heads-up,

Shak and Bell were virtually the same amount of chips , little more than two million points. However, after two hours, about five in the morning and nearly empty auditorium, was the last hand.

Both players saw the flop

8 K 2 , Shak Bell bet 100,000 and rose to 460,000. Bell paid and after seeing the K the turn , Bell was all-in after the bet Shak, showing K 10 9 8 , well ahead of the A 9 8 7 which showed Shak, who still could claim half the pot with any 3, 4, 5 or 6. However, the river was the 9 and ended the tournament. Results of the final table of the $ 5,000 PL Omaha Hi-Low

Chris Bell – $ 327,040

1. Daniel Shak – $ 202,142
2. David Ulliott – $ 150,925
3. Joe Ritzi – $ 113,444
4. Erik Seidel – $ 85,800
5. Leif Force – $ 65,311
6. Rob Hollink – $ 50,014
7. Perry Green – $ 38,549
8. Jeremy Harkin – $ 29,886

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