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Guillaume Darcourt (born in 1973 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French professional poker player. He is nicknamed The Boa.[1]

For eighteen months Loïc Xans followed Guillaume Darcourt to film a low budget documentary in French titled BOA that can be viewed on YouTube.[2][3] The script was based on some professional circuits.[4]

He is currently sponsored by the ONPOK structure, and previously by the teams Poker770[5] and PMU.

He won the WPT Bucharest in March 2010 and reached 3rd place in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triple Chance at the WSOP 2010 in Las Vegas.[6]

He finished 3rd in the SCOOP Main Event in 2011 organized by the site Pokerstars.com.[7]

He reached 35th place in the Main Event of the WSOP 2011 in Las Vegas, about 6900 players.[8]

He won the WPT National Cannes 2013,[9] the same year his partnership with PMU expired.[10]

His tournament winnings amount to over $1.2 million.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ « Video : Watch Boa, The documentary on Guillaume Darcourt
  2. ^ "Boa : le film de Loïc Xans sur Guillaume Darcourt". Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ^ "3 raisons de voir Boa, le parcours du champion de poker Guillaume Darcourt". L'Express. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ^ Huvelin, Gregoire; Tissot, Julien. "BOA : Dans les coulisses de l'avant-première du documentaire sur Guillaume Darcourt". Poker News. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ^ Mercato Poker : Guillaume Darcourt quitte Poker770 (interview vidéo)
  6. ^ « Alerte WSOP 2010 (Event #51) : Darcourt 3ème (223.459$), Ryan Welch sacré »
  7. ^ Pokerstars.fr SCOOP : Guillaume Darcourt 3e du Main Event
  8. ^ SCOOP : Guillaume Darcourt 3e du Main Event WSOP Main Event 2011: C'est terminé pour les Français
  9. ^ Guillaume Darcourt remporte le WPT National Cannes 2013
  10. ^ « Le Team PMU Poker se sépare de Guillaume Darcourt, Émile Petit et Clément Beauvois »