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Shame, if true.

Empire is a terrible venue, but rather it was in England than France!

just been confirmed

norrrr Sept was pretty sick for UK poker- wont be the same without the WSOPe here

Pretty bad considering France ringfences their players and has one of the strictest regulatory stances on poker, while the UK is one of the most liberal gambling places in the world.

I did think that the WPT-EPO-EPT-WSOPE all in one month was way too much, just a shame that the fanciest one had to go. I hope this means they have the WPT at a different time of year as a result so people make a bigger deal of it.

Sad that it is leaving the UK, not sad that it's leaving The Empire, pardon the imperialist pun.

I cannot think of a worse Venue than The Empire for such a Tourney, with players all over the place, all scrunged up in little alcoves & side-rooms. It cannot possibly enhance the brand.  It (The ME) carries a £10k price tag, it's not a Tenner Rebuy.

Really they should have it in a new European venue every year anyway, make it like a world cup of poker

Plus is the venue they are using the one that had all the horror stories on 2+2 about preferrential treatment for local players? Casino Barrière de Cannes Croisette

The France poker scene is absolutely booming at the moment, this could well double the main event size imo.

actually Floppy speaks the truth, forgot about this, didnt about 800 Frenchies go to the deepstacks in Dublin last week?

900 in Deauville with 55% of the field being French.

The partouche in cannes was amazing, if it's not in London then my second choice would be Cannes or Monte Carlo but as the EPT already has their flagship leg there I'd like to see Cannes how something big.

God please no  :dontask:

+ the infamous blogger cheating scandal!!

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2010/11/pokernews-op-ed-ppt-cheating-scandal-and-the-poker-media-9319.htm

Actually turns out that was at the venue across the road with a similar name.

Let's hope it's different then, from the general sounds of Frenchy events we'll by lucky.

Still, not the best piece of publicity...

these events just gained a whole lot of value...

tell me about it - French players - shippppp ittttttt! :)up

Safe to say this is more about the WSOP wanting an online presence in France than anything else.

You mean WSOP.com? Are they planning a french skin because right now they only have UK players on their site?

this. before there was little way of justifying a £10k buyin in a very pro and shark infested comp. Now this starts to look like one of the best value comps in the world. I'll take the over on 4 wsope ME staking threads, anyone want action?  

You mean staking threads where 4 people get all their action sold? Because anyone can start a thread, I would for a giggle if you had money on it.

And if so, I like your side anyway, just asking.

Not as such. More a partnership. It's expensive to launch in France. They did a deal recently in France that was essentially a JV with an Italian poker site, shared revenues in return for exclusive rights to promote WSOP tournaments and satellites. Similar thing I would expect. Barriere casinos are linked with the FDJ for online poker so that's a pretty powerful partner.

I mean a deal in Italy not France. My bad.

yes, 4 soldout staking threads. obv wont take action from flushy or dubai, as it would reduce potential investment by 90%

Never mind "my bad", post more please.

EPT Grand Final no longer held in Monte Carlo dude

http://www.wsop.com/news/2011/Feb/3220/YES-WE-CANNES-WSOP-EUROPE-MOVING-TO-FRANCE.html