Jump to content

Guillaume Darcourt

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 $1.5 million.[11]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Tissot, Julien (4 December 2015). "Vidéo : Regardez Boa, le documentaire sur Guillaume Darcourt". PokerNews - France (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Boa : le film de Loïc Xans sur Guillaume Darcourt". ClubPoker.net. 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 (3 December 2015). "BOA : Dans les coulisses de l'avant-première du documentaire sur Guillaume Darcourt". PokerNews - France. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Mercato Poker : Guillaume Darcourt quitte Poker770 (interview vidéo)". PokerNews = France (in French). 31 July 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Alerte WSOP 2010 (Event #51) : Darcourt 3ème (223.459$), Ryan Welch sacré". PokerNews - France (in French). 2 July 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Pokerstars.fr SCOOP : Guillaume Darcourt 3e du Main Event". PokerNews - France (in French). 12 April 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  8. ^ SCOOP : Guillaume Darcourt 3e du Main Event WSOP Main Event 2011: C'est terminé pour les Français
  9. ^ Le Mestre, Johan (16 April 2013). "Guillaume Darcourt remporte le WPT National Cannes 2013". PokerNews - France (in French). Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  10. ^ "LE TEAM PMU POKER SE SÉPARE DE GUILLAUME DARCOURT, ÉMILE PETIT ET CLÉMENT BEAUVOIS". Club Poker. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Guillaume Darcourt's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
[edit]