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Poker.co.uk - Poker News Archive
Tuesday 24th July 2007 Europe’s Biggest Poker Event on its Way
Phil Hellmuth has staked his claim to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe, running from September 6th to 16th, stating that, “I’m going to London to make history again by winning the first WSOP bracelet ever awarded outside of Las Vegas.”
Registration for the event, which will be held at three London casinos, Fifty, in St James; The Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square, and The Sportsman, in Marble Arch, has only been open for two weeks, but WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack has announced that, there are already “Over 60 WSOP bracelets between the pre-registrants so far. The inaugural World Series Europe will have a world-class field.”
Big names include: Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Allen Cunningham, Erik Seidel, Roland de Wolfe, Jennifer Harman, John Juanda, Todd Brunson, Eli Elezra, and Humberto Brenes.
For less stellar players there are still a number of options outside the £10,000 direct buy-in. A number of satellites are operating at online poker rooms, including Titan and Full Tilt Poker, which has a number of European Series packages hilariously titled ‘plan B’.
Betfair, the event’s main sponsor is pushing hard, and has committed to sending 125 players, with their Head of Poker, Ben Fried explaining that, “We want to have a strong presence on the ground at this event. It’s a fantastic opportunity for our players to compete against some of the greatest in the world.”
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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