WSOP Europe Starts Tomorrow

Published on 18 Sep 08 10:51 by meta

Tomorrow, the second edition of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) will kick off in the London Empire. Four tournaments are scheduled. The highlight will be the six-day £10,000 Main Event.

Pros from Overseas announced themselves

The opportunity to win one of the coveted WSOP bracelets will entice some of the Big Names into the English capital. Phil Hellmuth, Erick Lindgren, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman and David Rheem will try to take the first European bracelet back to the USA amongst other players.

Furthermore, two members of the November Nine, Peter Eastgate from Denmark and Ivan Demidov from Russia, will take part in the event.

3 Bracelets given away last year

Last year, all three bracelets stayed in Europe. The Norwegian Anette Obrestad became the youngest bracelet winner of all time when she won the Main Event. Thomas Bihl won the H.O.R.S.E Event and took the first ever WSOP bracelet given away on European ground back to Germany. Finally, the Italian Dario Alioto emerged victoriously from the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event.

Tomorrow the Kick Off with a Low Buy-in NLH Event

The event begins with a four-day £1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event with two starting days. Last year, a low-priced Hold'em event was missing in the tournament schedule, and thus a new WSOPE participants record is to be expected.

The Main Event will begin on September 27th and primps with the title "the Most expensive tournament in Europe". £10,000 is the buy-in, which 362 players paid last year.

Watch it live on the Net

This year, poker fans from Europe, the USA, Brazil and Mexico will be able to follow the action live on ESPN360.com.

WSOP Europe 2008 Schedule
Date	Tournament	Buy-in
Sep 19th - 22nd	No-Limit Hold'em	£1,500
Sep 22nd - 24th	H.O.R.S.E	£2,500
Sep 24th - 26th	Pot-Limit Omaha	£5,000
Sep 27th - Oct 2nd	No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	£10,000