Joined: Feb '11
Location: Portugal
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The theme is the World Series again but this time in Europe. The 5th edition of the World Series of Poker Europe is already waiting for the calendar and Cannes best players in the world to find a successor to James Bord.
Casino Barrière de Cannes Croisette and the Hotel Majestic Barrière are the stages of this majestic event that will take place in southern France, between 7 and 20 October 2011. This year, the WSOPE will have seven tournaments with bracelets at stake - the highest number ever.
"Cannes along with him to our new partnership, Barrière Poker will offer players the best experience ever in the World Series of Poker Europe." said Ty Stewart, Vice-President of the WSOP. "Players will find non-stop action throughout the two weeks, in addition to all the attractions of Cannes. "
The tournament 6-Handed No Limit Hold'em, with a buy-in of € 2500 € +180 and a structure of three days, will kick off this event on 7 October at 17:00. The novelty is more resonant of a new tournament format 4 days with a "split", 9-handed on Day 1, 6-handed on Day 2, Heads-Up on Day 3 and 4. The All-Around Championship No Limit Hold'em, as is known, has a buy-in of 10,000 € +400 €.
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Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
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Thats great news, Cannes it's a really nice there, i actually was there for three days on a holiday trip two years ago. I wasn't in any of the casinos but they looked nice. Now i really bet that after what happend to the online poker industry in United States, will see a lot more of participants from Europe and way less participants on WSOP. I'm also looking forward to see what poker pro players will register to this event since from what i understand the WSOPE it's not sponsored by a known poker platform like pokerstars, full tilt poker or even bodog. This could mean some restrictions for some pro poker players to join and play in this event. I know full tilt poker banned all their pros to participate at high stakes poker since the table brand of the series was sponsored by pokerstars. It would be really a shame to see that top pros can't participate die to their sponsorship contracts.
