Apo Chantzis and his team at Texapoker, renowned for organizing tournaments across France, unveiled a groundbreaking announcement: the inaugural French Poker Championship (Championnat de France de Poker) , set to take place from September 7th to 17th, 2023.
The Pasino Grand in Aix-en-Provence, a partner of the event, will host the festival’s four main tournaments, each with a €1,000 buy-in: 8-max, 6-max, Heads-Up (HU), and Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO), with structures designed by Texapoker.
Championnat Schedule
This brand new, unprecedented festival in France offers an intensive 11-day poker program, poised to crown the French Champions and grant the winners of each discipline an exceptional package to the next WPT World Championship. Valued at $12,000, the package includes participation in the tournament scheduled to take place at Wynn, Las Vegas, from December 12th to 18th.
The festival, organized in partnership with PMU.fr, features four main events and several side events. The 6-max No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) tournament will kick-start the festival on September 7th. It includes three starting days and a deep structure with a stack of 50,000 chips over 40/50 minute levels (except for 1C Turbo with 20/25 minute levels), then 60-minute levels on Day 2 and 70-minute levels on the final day.
The championships continue with the Heads-Up format, capped at 128 players and spanning two days on September 11th and 12th, followed by the PLO 8-max event, also over two days on September 12th and 13th. Poker enthusiasts can look forward to a unique structure in France with a starting stack of 50,000 chips to multiply over 40/50 and 60-minute levels.
Finally, the 8-max NLHE will begin on Wednesday, September 13th, with three starting days and 50,000 chips played over 60-minute levels (30 minutes for the 1C Turbo), followed by 75-minute levels on Days 3 and the final day. This format provides ample opportunity for players to demonstrate their poker skills.
With an exciting line-up of tournaments, the French Poker Championship promises to be a thrilling festival of poker, offering participants an opportunity to compete against some of the best in the country and possibly secure a ticket to one of the world’s most prestigious poker events.