July 10, 2008
The WSOP Europe schedule has been announced and will again be held in London, which is in Europe, by some strange coincidence.
If you’re not WSOP’ed up and out, or even if you are but can allow two months heal your wounds, the WSOPE will begin on September 19th with four (count ‘em…four) events as follows:
Event 1 - Sept. 19th - 1500 Euro No-Limit Hold’em (3 days)
Event 2 - Sept. 22nd - 2500 Euro H.O.R.S.E. (3 days)
Event 3 - Sept. 24th - 5000 Euro Pot-Limit Omaha (3 days)
Event 4 - Sept. 27th - 10,000 Euro World Championship No-Limit Hold’em (5 days)
All of the above will be bracelet events held at the London Clubs International, and five additional non-bracelet events will be scheduled and announced at a later date.
For the sake of trademarks, the importance of which is pointed out by Wicked Chops, it should be noted that the WSOPE is officially the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe(sm) Presented by Betfair.com.
June 22, 2008
Oops, I may have been drawing lots of conclusions from the WSOP about the state of the poker economy under a false assumption pretense … Tao of Pokerati listeners have probably heard me ramble incessantly about how there’s so much less online money here this year. While technically that is true … the lack of online-company hospitality suites is not necessarily a recessionary indicator. As WSOP title-sponsor Everest Poker has opened up a suite, and other European sites have partnered up to open “The Champions Lounge” … the real reason that there’s no Full Tilt suite, no PokerStars Lounge, etc. is simply because sites that accept American players aren’t allowed the Rio exhibition space this year.
Will seek confirmation on this … but until then, just know that wherever poker’s fiscal health stands, the pure Europeans will be the ones living the cush life during the main event this year.
Posted by
DanM at 11:54 am
March 18, 2008
Mark your calendars before the dollar goes even lower against European currencies … WSOP-Europe 2008 is set for September 19-October 1. Click below for further details and the full press release:
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Posted by
DanM at 11:33 pm
March 12, 2008
Sorel Mizzi, courtesy of Betfair
Back in November of 2007, it was reported here and here and here that online pro Sorel Mizzi bought an account from ex-Bluff editor Chris Vaughn midway through a tournament and proceeded to win under Chris’ name.
The sordid details proved that they cheated, lied about it, got banned from Full Tilt, and finally owned up to it. Chris was fired from Bluff, and Sorel went on playing poker on various online poker sites and in live tournaments.
In February, Betfair signed a sponsorship deal with Sorel. Huh? A known cheater who was banned from one of the biggest online sites in the world signed to endorse another online site?
Evidently, Sorel is sorry. He claims to have learned a lesson and writes about it in a recent blog post on Betfair.
You be the judge.
