New York 1/19/2010 11:12:41 PM
Kris Leppens: The new emission Star of Poker winner
Kris Leppens, the 24-year-old Belgian is the new winner of second stage of emission Star of Poker that is organized by the French channel Canal+.
Kris Leppens, the 24-year-old Belgian is the new winner of second stage of emission Star of Poker that is organized by the French channel Canal+. This tournament was held in the hamlets of Saint-Name Bretèche. Leppens defeated some of his greatest colleagues like Bertrand Elky Grospellier, who ranked third in the world and Bruno Fitoussi, who is the first among French players. Grospellier is the player who won both World Poker Tour or WPTand European Poker Tour or EPT.
Canal+, the premium French pay television channel aired the program on last Tuesday evening. Kris Leppens won €100,000 jackpot and by winning the tournament he proved his caliber. People turned around to watch the entry of the new start in the Poker arena. He now has the chance to participate in the final tables of the tournament where the stake is even higher, €200,000. Leppens looked quite happy and he profusely thanked the organizers for holding such a grand tournament.
Leppens strated playing poker when he was in university and the sheer pleasure of the game was the only motivation. As confessed by him, he exerted the maximum to win the jackpot. He has now managed a part-time job so that he can devoted more of his time on the play and developing strategies as the money to be earned is quite high.
With Kris Leppens we would see another winner from the first round, Lorik Cana, who is a professional football player from Albania. The third round of the tournament Star of Poker will be held and recorded on 28 January, 2010. The studio has been designed in the Parisian style. The winner of this round will then face the winners of previous rounds in the final. The match is going to be really exciting, especially for these new-age poker stars and their fans.
