The tour operated on a three-tiered structure, with two levels of satellites eventually feeding into the Main Event held at the Palm Beach casino in Cannes.
As of 2010, the Main Event was held in September, with the competitors playing until the nine-player final table is reached, at which point the tournament adjourns.
In a format similar to that of the World Series of Poker Main Event, the final nine players returned in November to play until a champion was crowned.
This was not the first time he had been caught cheating; earlier in 2010 at the European Poker Tour stop in Tallinn, he was found to have used colleagues posing as bloggers and journalists to signal his opponents' hole cards.
[2] The 2010 main event also sparked a controversy, after the tournament staff was accused of making dubious rulings in favor of local players.