WSOP-Europe Updates:
Young Dane has two more bracelets than Gus Hansen,
American pros making a stand in HORSE
American pros making a stand in HORSE
WSOP World Standings have been updated … to reflect results from Event #1 #56 of the WSOP Europe WSOP, currently taking place in London.
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With a 24-year-old Jesper Hougaard’s bracelet win in £1500 NLH, Denmark steps up to a higher tier of poker dominance in the world. And Ohio (one of four American states with a 2008 WSOP-E cash thus far — the others being Washington, California, and Nevada) scooches past Georgia (the state, not the former Soviet republik) in the standings.
UPDATE: This is not just Denmark’s second ’08 bracelet … it’s also Hougaard’s! He won one of the WSOP 1500s in Las Vegas this summer. (Hmm, maybe a little premature in naming Player of the Year?)
Not surprising, the Euros dominated the first event of WSOP-E. Specifically, England kicked the most arse overall.
Technical note: Pounds were converted to dollars on an exchange of £1=$1.832. This resulted in $2,892 of further inexactness in the $181.81 million of 2008 WSOP prize money awarded thus far.
BTW, some pretty exciting action going on in Event #2 #57 — £2,500 HORSE … they’re getting near the bubble (18 remaining, 16 get paid) with some interesting names on the leaderboard:
Click here to follow the action at WSOP.com.
