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Sport | poker |
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Founded | 2010 |
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Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() ![]() |
Sponsor(s) | PokerStars |
Tournament format | Texas Hold'em |
Official website | pokerstarslive.com/fps |
The France Poker Series (FPS) started in May 2010, is a major regional poker tour in France and French speaking countries. The tour is sponsored by PokerStars.com, like its counterparts, the European Poker Tour (2004), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (2007), Latin American Poker Tour (2008) and North American Poker Tour (2010). [1]
The FPS is a series of poker tournaments that ran for 6 seasons from 2010 to 2016 and 29 stops in France, Morocco and Monaco, where the best poker players from the region and the world competed for the title of champion of FPS.
In 2017, the series was discontinued, as well as other poker series around the world sponsored by PokerStars.net, rebranding to the PokerStars Festival for country tours and PokerStars Championship for major regional tours, which brought together all other regional tours such as LAPT (Latin American Poker Tour), EKA (Eureka Poker Tour), IPT (Italian Poker Tour), ESPT (Estrellas Poker Tour) UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour), among others. In 2018 the PokerStars Festival was discontinued. [2]
In 2022, PokerStars.net announces the return of the France Poker Series in events that took place in France and Monaco. [3] [4]
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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1-2 May 2010 | ![]() Casino de Beaulieu | 149 | €157,345 | ![]() | €40,123 | |
25-26 September 2010 | ![]() Casino de Divonne-les-Bains | 399 | €421,344 | ![]() | €108,894 | |
16-17 October 2010 | ![]() Casino de Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | 228 | €235,488 | ![]() | €42,175 | |
13-14 November 2010 | ![]() Casino Le Lyon Vert | 228 | €342,144 | ![]() | €88,444 | |
18-19 December 2010 | ![]() Grand Casino de Forges-les-Eaux | 265 | €279,440 | ![]() | €75,000 | |
9-14 February 2011 | ![]() Cercle Haussmann Paris | 567 | €979,776 | ![]() | €244,036 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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30 November-4 December 2011 | ![]() Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida | 305 | Dhs 3,579,785 (~€320,045) | ![]() | Dhs 900,000 (~€80,463) | |
31 January-6 February 2012 | ![]() Casino Barrière de Deauville | 329 | €315,840 | ![]() | €82,000 | |
21-25 March 2012 | ![]() Casino d'Evian | 296 | €284,160 | ![]() | €70,000 | |
10-13 May 2012 | ![]() Casino Tranchant Seven, Amnéville | 317 | €304,320 | ![]() | €70,000 | |
27 June-1 July 2012 | ![]() Casino du Lac de la Magdeleine, Gujan-Mestras | 172 | €165,120 | ![]() | €43,000 | |
11-14 October 2012 | ![]() Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida | 208 | Dhs 2,219,360 (~€194,302) | ![]() | Dhs 505,000 (~€44,212) | |
13-19 November 2012 | ![]() Cercle Cadet, Paris | 715 | €709,738 | ![]() | €150,000 | |
30 January-3 February 2013 | ![]() Casino Barrière de Deauville | 828 | €794,880 | ![]() | €165,000 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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21-24 March 2013 | ![]() Casino d'Evian | 280 | €268,800 | ![]() | €60,000 | |
30 May-2 June 2013 | ![]() Casino Tranchant Seven, Amnéville | 417 | €400,320 | ![]() | €92,000 | |
23-29 September 2013 | ![]() JOA Royal Casino Cannes-Mandelieu | 559 | €536,640 | ![]() | €92,000 | |
16-23 November 2013 | ![]() Cercle Cadet, Paris | 818 | €811,980 | ![]() | €153,000 | |
22-26 January 2014 | ![]() Casino Barrière de Deauville | 1,095 | €1,051,200 | ![]() | €175,000 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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23-26 April 2014 | ![]() Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort | 837 | €811,890 | ![]() | €150,000 | |
2-5 October 2014 | ![]() JOA Royal Casino Cannes-Mandelieu | 582 | €558,720 | ![]() | €91,000 | |
21 November 2014 | ![]() Cercle Cadet Paris | CANCELLED by PokerStars [26] due French authorities decided to close down Cercle Cadet for an "undetermined amount of time" after an operation carried out by the French Judicial Police (DCPJ) on Oct. 14. [27] | ||||
20 December 2014 | ![]() Guaranteed Prize Pool €10,000 Casino Barrière de Deauville | 164 | €21,254 | ![]() | €5,000 | |
28 January-1 February 2015 | ![]() Casino Barrière de Deauville | 1,355 | €1,300,800 | ![]() | €197,000 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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28 April-2 May 2015 | ![]() Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort | 993 | €963,210 | ![]() | €177,000 | |
21-26 July 2015 | ![]() Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille | 745 | €715,200 | ![]() | €122,000 | |
15-20 December 2015 | ![]() Casino Barrière de d'Enghien | 940 | €902,400 | ![]() | €147,000 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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25 April-6 May 2016 | ![]() Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort | 1,261 | €1,223,170 | ![]() | €218,000 | |
19-24 July 2016 | ![]() Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille | 726 | €696,960 | ![]() | €121,000 | |
20-25 September 2016 | ![]() Casino Barrière de Deauville | 615 | €590,400 | ![]() | €113,030 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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28 April-7 May | ![]() Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort | 1,918 | €1,841,280 | ![]() | €250,000 | |
4-9 October | ![]() Casino de Divonne-les-Bains | 628 | €603,020 | ![]() | €113,670 | |
18-27 November | ![]() Pasino Grand Aix-en-Provence | 779 | €747,840 | ![]() | €141,200 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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15-26 February | ![]() Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile | 2,071 | €1,988,160 | ![]() | €287,830 | |
26 April-6 May | ![]() Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort | 2,138 | €2,052,480 | ![]() | €307,160 | |
15-23 July | ![]() Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris) | 1,384 | €1,328,640 | ![]() | €211,000 | |
3-8 October | ![]() Casino Grand Cercle Aix-les-Bains | 475 | €456,000 | ![]() | €90,070 | |
10-19 November | ![]() Pasino Grand Aix-en-Provence | 611 | €586,560 | ![]() | €110,400 |
Date | Event / City | Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize | Results |
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14-25 February | ![]() Palais des congrès de Paris | 4,149 | €3,983,040 | ![]() | €470,830 | |
24-28 April | ![]() Sporting Monte Carlo, Larvotto, Monaco | 2,096 | €2,012,160 | ![]() | €303,190 | |
30 September-6 October | ![]() Casino Grand Cercle Aix-les-Bains | 660 | €633,600 | ![]() | €122,150 | |
Sponsored Events | ||||||
8-20 May | ![]() Guarantted Prizepool €1,000,000 Circus Casino Resort, Namur, Belgium | 1,259 | €1,266,388 | ![]() | €200,000 |
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