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Title: WSOP Europe Post by: Div on February 26, 2007, 07:54:18 PM Has this been mentioned yet? WSOP Europe to be launched (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070226005283&newsLang=en) in London this September.
Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: ripple11 on February 26, 2007, 08:01:36 PM Great stuff!.......but its a bleeding nightmare....I've just filled in the calender for all the events I'd like to qualify for/play.WHAT A GREAT YEAR AHEAD......but I dont think its going to go down well with the wife!! ;D Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: snoopy1239 on February 26, 2007, 08:02:23 PM How can you have a World Series Europe? Isn't there a contradiction there?
Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: boldie on February 26, 2007, 08:05:16 PM How can you have a World Series Europe? Isn't there a contradiction there? not more then the WSOP in the states lol Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: boldie on February 26, 2007, 08:06:51 PM btw a 10k£ buy-in Holdem event?
Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Div on February 26, 2007, 08:54:15 PM btw a 10k£ buy-in Holdem event? You looking for backers? Will be interesting to see how many of the Yanks come over for a $20,000 tourney. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: boldie on February 26, 2007, 08:55:14 PM btw a 10k£ buy-in Holdem event? You looking for backers? Will be interesting to see how many of the Yanks come over for a $20,000 tourney. lol..I'm guessing plenty but even qualifying for it will cost a fair amount. I think it's a bit much. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: tikay on February 26, 2007, 08:57:13 PM btw a 10k£ buy-in Holdem event? You looking for backers? Will be interesting to see how many of the Yanks come over for a $20,000 tourney. lol..I'm guessing plenty but even qualifying for it will cost a fair amount. I think it's a bit much. Twice as much as the WSOP Main Event! Think that's called the tail wagging the dog. Be nice to play it though. We wish...... Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: boldie on February 26, 2007, 09:16:23 PM btw a 10k£ buy-in Holdem event? You looking for backers? Will be interesting to see how many of the Yanks come over for a $20,000 tourney. lol..I'm guessing plenty but even qualifying for it will cost a fair amount. I think it's a bit much. Twice as much as the WSOP Main Event! Think that's called the tail wagging the dog. Be nice to play it though. We wish...... yeah be a great tourney Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: matt674 on February 26, 2007, 10:30:14 PM £20 says that there are no 75/150 or 150/300 levels..... ;whistle;
Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: scottm on February 26, 2007, 10:43:48 PM £20 says that there are no 75/150 or 150/300 levels..... ;whistle; rotflmfao rotflmfao Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: temp0r on February 26, 2007, 11:05:35 PM under 21s able to enter you think?!
Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: AndrewT on February 26, 2007, 11:18:50 PM under 21s able to enter you think?! No reason why not - the WPT event in Paris is 18+ Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Royal Flush on February 26, 2007, 11:21:36 PM under 21s able to enter you think?! Yes. The first signs that Harrah's are going to break into UK poker through LCI, happy days! Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Horneris on February 27, 2007, 05:27:05 AM Pretty Happy with this news.
Great for us under 21s. Ill be hitting the satellites hard when they start in May. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: ripple11 on February 27, 2007, 10:33:28 AM Interesting using 3 casinos at once!!....does anyone know the bus that goes from Marble Arch to Piccadilly??..... when they move the BB .
Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: boldie on February 27, 2007, 10:36:34 AM Interesting using 3 casinos at once!!....does anyone know the bus that goes from Marble Arch to Piccadilly??..... when they move the BB . lol Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Sheriff Fatman on February 27, 2007, 11:37:48 AM Interesting using 3 casinos at once!!....does anyone know the bus that goes from Marble Arch to Piccadilly??..... when they move the BB . If they move the short-stack though, they'll be less burdened by all the chips they have to carry. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: ripple11 on February 27, 2007, 11:42:27 AM Interesting using 3 casinos at once!!....does anyone know the bus that goes from Marble Arch to Piccadilly??..... when they move the BB . If they move the short-stack though, they'll be less burdened by all the chips they have to carry. lets face it , with a 10 grand buy in they're bound to provide a cab. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: BrumBilly on February 27, 2007, 12:05:23 PM Saf a tha riva? Not at this time of nite!
Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: AlrightJack on February 27, 2007, 05:23:08 PM I'll be very surprised if the events, the buy-ins and the dates for this are not changed before they fully launch the schedule.
A £5,000 HORSE event seems ludicrous A £2,500 PL Omaha is more realistic but still probably too big a buy-in for such an event fro Uk players and too small to attract many US players to travel for it. A £10,000 buy-in main event is way too high - £5,000 would be big enough. The dates for the HORSE and PL Omaha clash with GUKPT Plymouth, which will drain many from their potential base of UK players. The dates for the £10,000 main event are likely to clash with EPT London. I don't think they have thought this though very well. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: AndrewT on February 27, 2007, 06:15:31 PM The dates for the HORSE and PL Omaha clash with GUKPT Plymouth, which will drain many from their potential base of UK players. The dates for the £10,000 main event are likely to clash with EPT London. Last year the EPT London was 21-24th Sept - WSOP Europe main event is 10th-16th Sept, so no clash there unless the EPT want to engineer one. As for the HORSE and Omaha, the players who would be interested in these are not going to be swayed by a £1,000 event all the way down in Plymouth - the lure of becoming a bracelet holder in an elite, non-holdem event will be bigger. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: AlrightJack on February 27, 2007, 07:25:01 PM The dates for the HORSE and PL Omaha clash with GUKPT Plymouth, which will drain many from their potential base of UK players. The dates for the £10,000 main event are likely to clash with EPT London. Last year the EPT London was 21-24th Sept - WSOP Europe main event is 10th-16th Sept, so no clash there unless the EPT want to engineer one. As for the HORSE and Omaha, the players who would be interested in these are not going to be swayed by a £1,000 event all the way down in Plymouth - the lure of becoming a bracelet holder in an elite, non-holdem event will be bigger. Although not yet announced, I believe the EPT were looking to run earlier in September this year. IMO they will still sell out 400+ seats easily for an EPT event even if they are up against WSOP, but how many will WSOP get for a £10,000 one up against an EPT? I still think the HORSE and Omaha events are pitched at the wrong levels for a first venture into the UK. They would be far better running a series of £1,000 - £2,000 events leading up to a £5,000 main event. This could include an Omaha and mixed game such as HORSE as well as a cheaper NL game. By appealing to the specialists and the very high rollers only they are missing a real opportunity to get into the UK market. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: boldie on February 27, 2007, 07:58:01 PM The dates for the HORSE and PL Omaha clash with GUKPT Plymouth, which will drain many from their potential base of UK players. The dates for the £10,000 main event are likely to clash with EPT London. Last year the EPT London was 21-24th Sept - WSOP Europe main event is 10th-16th Sept, so no clash there unless the EPT want to engineer one. As for the HORSE and Omaha, the players who would be interested in these are not going to be swayed by a £1,000 event all the way down in Plymouth - the lure of becoming a bracelet holder in an elite, non-holdem event will be bigger. Although not yet announced, I believe the EPT were looking to run earlier in September this year. IMO they will still sell out 400+ seats easily for an EPT event even if they are up against WSOP, but how many will WSOP get for a £10,000 one up against an EPT? I still think the HORSE and Omaha events are pitched at the wrong levels for a first venture into the UK. They would be far better running a series of £1,000 - £2,000 events leading up to a £5,000 main event. This could include an Omaha and mixed game such as HORSE as well as a cheaper NL game. By appealing to the specialists and the very high rollers only they are missing a real opportunity to get into the UK market. My impressionw as that these weren't the only events but there are other events surrounding it. These are the big ones though and I think plenty of people will play the 10k buyin one if you can get online qualifiers a good structure and get the American pro's to come over aswell. I'd be surprised if there wouldn't be a fair few showing up for it Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Jim-D on February 27, 2007, 08:00:13 PM GUKPT Plymouth!!!
20 minutes from my door.....Lovely, Be trying my damdest to qualify for this baby. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Horneris on February 28, 2007, 03:51:15 PM GUKPT Plymouth!!! 20 minutes from my door.....Lovely, Be trying my damdest to qualify for this baby. Plymouth sounds about right for a Man United fan. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: sledge13 on February 28, 2007, 04:36:53 PM Plymouth sounds about right for a Man United fan.
:)up Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: dealerFROMhell on March 01, 2007, 03:14:57 PM A £10,000 buy-in? You must be joking. I'd be surprised if they get 150 runners. Unless the top pros from around the world are in attendance, this will be a total flop.
Pun very much intended. Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: boldie on March 01, 2007, 03:16:18 PM A £10,000 buy-in? You must be joking. I'd be surprised if they get 150 runners. Unless the top pros from around the world are in attendance, this will be a total flop. Pun very much intended. but that's what I mean..the top-pro's will surely be there. a 10k£ buy-in event for which you also get a bracelet?? JEsus I expect them to be floggni towards London en masse Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Suited_Jock on March 01, 2007, 03:19:41 PM A £10,000 buy-in? You must be joking. I'd be surprised if they get 150 runners. Unless the top pros from around the world are in attendance, this will be a total flop. Pun very much intended. No way this will be a flop I expect them to accomodate a full house Matt Title: Re: WSOP Europe Post by: Ironside on March 02, 2007, 01:59:43 PM A £10,000 buy-in? You must be joking. I'd be surprised if they get 150 runners. Unless the top pros from around the world are in attendance, this will be a total flop. Pun very much intended. No way this will be a flop I expect them to accomodate a full house Matt you canhave your full souse aslong as i get quads |