Key Takeaways
- The upcoming French Poker Championship (FPC) online tournament series, sees the overall level of guaranteed prize pools remain at €500k—the same as it was for the first FPC in 2013.
- Since that first FPC the French market has shrunk. The original schedule of 45 tournaments has been increased to 80 for 2015, and the Main Event has had its guarantee reduced from €150k to €100k—although the buy-in has also been reduced from €200 to €150.
The beginning of the month saw bwin.party migrate all of its remaining subsidiary poker rooms onto a single platform in the French regulated market.
The extra players in the same partypoker France player pool might have encouraged the poker room to chance additional guarantees with its upcoming French Poker Championship (FPC) online tournament series, but the overall level of guaranteed prize pools remains at €500k—the same as it was for the first FPC in 2013.
