10 Mar 10
Big Names Joining EuroSportBET French Heads-Up Championship
The French Heads-Up Championship brought by EuroSportBET is set to start in one week. Joining PokerNoob and RobbieV will be some well-known faces like Tony G, Isabelle Mercier or Luke "FullFlush" Schwartz.
Between the 16th and 17th of March, the Casino of Evian will host the French Heads-Up Championship. 32 players will be joining the action and 
PokerNoob, along with RobbieV, will represent Team PokerStrategy.com in the main event.
The prize pool is set to €160,000 and we will see some of the best European players going head-to-head. EuroSport will provide a broadcast of this event to its European viewers in April.
Some notable poker pros have already confirmed that they will take part:
- Dave "Devilfish" Uliott
- Tony G
- Luke "FullFlush" Schwartz
- Isabelle Mercier
- Leo Margets
French pros will also be present at the tables. 3rd place finisher at the 2009 WSOP Main Event Antoine Saout, as well as 2001 World Heads-Up champion Bruno Fitoussi will take part in this exclusive tournament.
Below you can find the list of participants:
| EuroSportBET French Heads-Up Championship | |||
| PokerNoob |
Bruno Fitoussi | Cyril André | Mickaël Seban |
| RobbieV |
Fabrice Soulier | Roger Hairabedian | Aurélien Guiglini |
| Dave Uliott | Ludovic Lacay | Jean Paul Pasqualini | Alexia Portal |
| Tony G | Anthony Lellouche | Eric Haïc | Lou Diamond |
| Luke Schwartz | Nicolas Lévi | Guillaume Darcourt | Koen De Bakker |
| Isabelle Mercier | Alexandre Luneau | Manu B | TBA |
| Leo Margets | François Balmigère | Jens Kyllonen | TBA |
| Antoine Saout | Rui Cao | Djamel Maestriaux | TBA |
*Please note that three remaining spots are yet to be announced.
About French Heads-Up Poker Championship
The tournament will gather 32 of the best live and online poker players in Europe in a set of heads-up matches. The tournament format is double elimination, which means that if a player loses his first match, he has to win his way back up in the losers' bracket.The whole event will take place between the 15th and 21st of March, with the main event lasting for two days - the 16th and 17th of March. The organizer is EuroSportBET, the sports betting operator belonging to the big European sports TV channel EuroSport.
