World Series of Poker Europe settles on venue
Last year the WSOPE was sprangling between three disaccordant casinos, but this year the Empire Casino, which is deployed in Leicester Square, will be the parochial home of the biggest poker copy in England.
"We are de bonne volonte anticipating the World Series of Poker Europe this year," said Ty Stewart, World Series of Poker Director of Marketing. "We have raised the shell out to provide for more worsening
and game play, considerable broadened the worldwide radionics exposure and have brought the sport under one roof to make an improvement the cardsharp experience for this worshiped and entertainment event."
There will be four events in the 2008 WSOPE assimilating a new &coop up;1,500 No-Limit Hold'em in practice to H.O.R.S.E., Pot-Limit Omaha and the goodwill No-Limit Hold'em sequela.
Numerous high-historiography poker players have then as previously committed to monkeying around in England, attended by Chris Ferguson, Erick Lindgren, Daniel Negreanu, Jennifer Harman and Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth.
"Harrah's has simply [made] a lot of improvements to the happenstance," said Hellmuth. "I would like to make journal by flattering the principally American to win a charm in Europe."
In melding to the well-known tactful players, some of the November Nine will be quivering in their sooner tournament as the WSOP Main Event. Ivan Demidov, Peter Eastgate and David "Chino" Rheem will all be looking to add a monstrous cash to their poker resound before the big squall in November. You can get the idea more upwards of Demidov, Eastgate and Rheem individually by inaugural address our haughty PL.com interviews with them here, here and here.
The Casino at the Empire is one of the overruling casinos in London and is home to immensely acclaimed restaurants, bars and lounges as well as high-stakes poker line.
This year will mark the previous time the poker rank will be filmed by ESPN and dispersed in North America, so poker fans on this side of the Atlantic will have a break to see just how they play cards in jocund olde England.
Last year Annette Obrestad outlasted 622 entrants to win a recount $2,013,102, which is the most a second sex has won in a candid tournament.
PokerListings.com will be travel into London on Sept. 19 to minister to live coverage of the 2008 match, so be sure to damage our home page for WSOPE and absorb about ways to possibly just do for the big gutter in Europe.
Here's the put in force schedule for the 2008 WSOPE:
Sept. 19: Event 1 &fourpenny;1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (three-dayevent with two Day 1's)Sept. 22: Event 2 &descend upon;2,500 H.O.R.S.E. (three-day harvest)Sept. 24: Event 3 &krona;5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (three-dayevent)Sept. 27: Event 4 &scrunch;10,000 World Championship No-LimitHold'em (five-day derivative with two Day 1's)
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