Guillaume Darcourt

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Guillaume Darcourt (born in 1973 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French professional poker player. He is nicknamed The Boa. [1]

For eighteen months Loïc Xans followed Guillaume Darcourt to film a low budget documentary in French titled BOA that can be viewed on YouTube. [2] [3] The script was based on some professional circuits. [4]

He is currently sponsored by the ONPOK structure, and previously by the teams Poker770 [5] and PMU.

He won the WPT Bucharest in March 2010 and reached 3rd place in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triple Chance at the WSOP 2010 in Las Vegas. [6]

He finished 3rd in the SCOOP Main Event in 2011 organized by the site Pokerstars.com. [7]

He reached 35th place in the Main Event of the WSOP 2011 in Las Vegas, about 6900 players. [8]

He won the WPT National Cannes 2013, [9] the same year his partnership with PMU expired. [10]

His tournament winnings amount to over $1.5 million. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Tissot, Julien (4 December 2015). "Vidéo : Regardez Boa, le documentaire sur Guillaume Darcourt". PokerNews - France (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Boa : le film de Loïc Xans sur Guillaume Darcourt". ClubPoker.net. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "3 raisons de voir Boa, le parcours du champion de poker Guillaume Darcourt". L'Express. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Huvelin, Gregoire; Tissot, Julien (3 December 2015). "BOA : Dans les coulisses de l'avant-première du documentaire sur Guillaume Darcourt". PokerNews - France. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mercato Poker : Guillaume Darcourt quitte Poker770 (interview vidéo)". PokerNews = France (in French). 31 July 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Alerte WSOP 2010 (Event #51) : Darcourt 3ème (223.459$), Ryan Welch sacré". PokerNews - France (in French). 2 July 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Pokerstars.fr SCOOP : Guillaume Darcourt 3e du Main Event". PokerNews - France (in French). 12 April 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  8. ↑ SCOOP : Guillaume Darcourt 3e du Main Event WSOP Main Event 2011: C'est terminé pour les Français
  9. ↑ Le Mestre, Johan (16 April 2013). "Guillaume Darcourt remporte le WPT National Cannes 2013". PokerNews - France (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "LE TEAM PMU POKER SE SÉPARE DE GUILLAUME DARCOURT, ÉMILE PETIT ET CLÉMENT BEAUVOIS". Club Poker. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Guillaume Darcourt's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
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