France Poker Series

France Poker Series
Sportpoker
Founded2010
Ceased2024
Replaced byPokerStars Open
Country France
 Morocco
 Monaco
 Belgium
Last
champion(s)		 Zine Benrebai (2024)
Most titlesYury Nesterenko (2014/2014)
Anthony Apicella (2014/2022)
Sponsor(s)PokerStars
Tournament formatTexas Hold'em
Official websitepokerstarslive.com

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]

History

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]
Discontinued: In 2024, PokerStars announced the new PokerStars Open that replaces the following tours: EKA (Eureka Poker Tour), UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour), FPS (France Poker Series) and ESPT (Estrellas Poker Tour), starting in March 2025.[5]

Results

Season 1

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
1–2 May 2010 FPS Beaulieu €1,200
Casino de Beaulieu
149
 €157,345 Jose Ignacio Barbero[6] €40,123 [1]
25–26 September 2010 FPS Divonne €1,200
Casino de Divonne-les-Bains
399
 €421,344 Serge Didisheim[7] €108,894 [2]
16–17 October 2010 FPS Saint-Amand €1,200
Casino de Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
228
 €235,488 David Jaoui[8] €42,175 [3]
13–14 November 2010 FPS Lyon €1,200
Casino Le Lyon Vert
228
 €342,144 Christophe Monnin[9] €88,444 [4]
18–19 December 2010 FPS Forges-les-Eaux €1,200
Grand Casino de Forges-les-Eaux
265
 €279,440 Mathieu Thiry[10] €75,000 [5]
9–14 February 2011 FPS Paris FINAL €2,000
Cercle Haussmann Paris
567
 €979,776 Marvin Rettenmaier[11] €244,036 [6]

Season 2

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
30 November-4 December 2011 FPS Mazagan Dhs 13,200 (~€1,180)
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
305
 Dhs 3,579,785
(~€320,045) 		Anas Tadini[12] Dhs 900,000
(~€80,463) 		[7]
31 January-6 February 2012 EPT/FPS Deauville €1,200
Casino Barrière de Deauville
329
 €315,840 Ludovic Sultan[13] €82,000 [8]
21–25 March 2012 FPS Snowfest Evian €1,200
Casino d'Evian
296
 €284,160 Veronika Pavlikova[14] €70,000 [9]
10–13 May 2012 FPS Amnéville €1,100
Casino Tranchant Seven, Amnéville
317
 €304,320 Ben Dobson[15] €70,000 [10]
27 June-1 July 2012 FPS Gujan-Mestras €1,100
Casino du Lac de la Magdeleine, Gujan-Mestras
172
 €165,120 Florian Desgouttes[16] €43,000 [11]
11–14 October 2012 FPS Mazagan Dhs 12,000 (~€1,050)
Mazagan Beach Resort, El Jadida
208
 Dhs 2,219,360
(~€194,302) 		Karim Rharbaoui[17] Dhs 505,000
(~€44,212) 		[12]
13–19 November 2012 FPS Paris €1,100
Cercle Cadet, Paris
715
 €709,738 Mateusz Rypulak[18] €150,000 [13]
30 January-3 February 2013 FPS Deauville FINAL €1,200
Casino Barrière de Deauville
828
 €794,880 Patrick Braga[19] €165,000 [14]

Season 3

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
21–24 March 2013 FPS Snowfest Evian €1,100
Casino d'Evian
280
 €268,800 Neil Raine[20] €60,000 [15]
30 May-2 June 2013 FPS Amnéville €1,100
Casino Tranchant Seven, Amnéville
417
 €400,320 Ibrahim Feliani[21] €92,000 [16]
23–29 September 2013 FPS Sunfest Cannes €1,100
JOA Royal Casino Cannes-Mandelieu
559
 €536,640 Giedrius Gradeckas[22] €92,000 [17]
16–23 November 2013 FPS Paris €1,100
Cercle Cadet, Paris
818
 €811,980 Rodolphe Dethiere[23] €153,000 [18]
22–26 January 2014 FPS Deauville FINAL €1,100
Casino Barrière de Deauville
1,095
 €1,051,200 Niels van Leeuwen[24] €175,000 [19]

Season 4

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
23–26 April 2014 EPT/FPS Monte Carlo €1,200
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
837
 €811,890 Yury Nesterenko[25] €150,000 [20]
2–5 October 2014 FPS Sunfest Cannes €1,200
JOA Royal Casino Cannes-Mandelieu
582
 €558,720 Yury Nesterenko[26] €91,000 [21]
21 November 2014 FPS Paris €1,200
Cercle Cadet Paris 		CANCELLED by PokerStars[27] 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.[28]
20 December 2014 STUDENT FRANCE POKER SERIES €150
Guaranteed Prize Pool €10,000
Casino Barrière de Deauville
164
 €21,254 Patrick Miangu €5,000 [22]
28 January-1 February 2015 EPT/FPS Deauville €1,200
Casino Barrière de Deauville
1,355
 €1,300,800 Anthony Apicella[29] €197,000 [23]

Season 5

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
28 April-2 May 2015 EPT/FPS Monte Carlo €1,200
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
993
 €963,210 Sebastian Supper[30] €177,000 [24]
21–26 July 2015 FPS Lille €1,100
Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille
745
 €715,200 Bart Lybaert[31] €122,000 [25]
15–20 December 2015 FPS ENGHIEN €1,100
Casino Barrière de d'Enghien
940
 €902,400 Arnaud Desbrosse[32] €147,000 [26]

Season 6

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
25 April-6 May 2016 EPT/FPS Monte Carlo €1,200
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
1,261
 €1,223,170 Stephane Dossetto[33] €218,000 [27]
19–24 July 2016 FPS/UKIPT Lille €1,100
Hotel Casino Barrière de Lille
726
 €696,960 Fabrice Casano[34] €121,000 [28]
20–25 September 2016 FPS Deauville €1,100
Casino Barrière de Deauville
615
 €590,400 Gabriel Nassif[35] €113,030 [29]

Season 2022

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
28 April-7 May EPT/FPS Monte Carlo €1,100
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
1,918
 €1,841,280 Lucas Scafini[36] €250,000 [30]
4–9 October FPS Divonne €1,100
Casino de Divonne-les-Bains
628
 €603,020 Nicolas Hamouni[37] €113,670 [31][32]
18–27 November FPS Aix-en-Provence €1,100
Pasino Grand Aix-en-Provence
779
 €747,840 Anthony Apicella[38] €141,200 [33]

Season 2023

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
15–26 February EPT/FPS Paris €1,100
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
2,071
 €1,988,160 Alan Goasdoue[39] €287,830 [34]
26 April-6 May EPT/FPS Monte Carlo €1,100
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
2,138
 €2,052,480 Daisuke Ogita[40] €307,160 [35]
15–23 July FPS Stade Jean-Bouin Paris €1,100
Stade Jean-Bouin (Paris)
1,384
 €1,328,640 Lorenzo Arduini[41] €211,000 [36]
3–8 October FPS Aix-les-Bains €1,100
Casino Grand Cercle Aix-les-Bains
475
 €456,000 Alban Juen[42] €90,070 [37]
10–19 November FPS Aix-en-Provence €1,100
Pasino Grand Aix-en-Provence
611
 €586,560 Sahil Chutani[43] €110,400 [38]

Season 2024

Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
14–25 February EPT/FPS Paris €1,100
Palais des congrès de Paris
4,149
 €3,983,040 Mateusz Moolhuizen[44] €470,830 [39]
24–28 April EPT/FPS Monte Carlo €1,100
Sporting Monte Carlo, Larvotto, Monaco
2,096
 €2,012,160 Atanas Malinov[45] €303,190 [40]
30 September-6 October FPS Aix-les-Bains €1,100
Casino Grand Cercle Aix-les-Bains
660
 €633,600 Zine Benrebai[46] €122,150 [41]
Sponsored Events
8–20 May BPC Namur €1,100
Guarantted Prizepool €1,000,000
Circus Casino Resort, Namur, Belgium
1,259
 €1,266,388 Rayane Benounnane[47] €200,000 [42]

Winners by country

Place Country Times
1st France
19
2nd England
2
Germany
2
Morocco
2
Netherlands
2
Ukraine
2
7th Argentina
1
Belgium
1
Brazil
1
Bulgary
1
Canada
1
Czech Republic
1
India
1
Italy
1
Japan
1
Lithuania
1
Poland
1
Switzerland
1
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Up to Season 2024 - FPS Aix-les-Bains

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