The World Series of Poker Europe is just around the corner on Oct. 9 to Nov. 2 at Europe's biggest poker room King's Casino, located on the border of German in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. The series will attract some of the biggest names in poker from around the world with 10 WSOP gold bracelet events.
The series has a long and storied tradition starting with Norwegian online phenom Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad taking the world by storm winning the first WSOP Europe Main Event in 2007. A decade later, Marti Roca de Torres became the latest winner.
Here is a look back at the history of the WSOP Europe.
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WSOPE 2007 (London)
The WSOP Europe all began during the poker boom in 2007 when the WSOP partnered with British gaming giant Betfair for three events at the Casino at the Empire, located in the heart of the British capital in Leicester Square. This marked the first time the WSOP held its festival anywhere outside of the United States.
Germany's Thomas Bihl was the first player to win a WSOP Europe gold bracelet after he navigated through a field of 105 entrants and bested Jennifer Harmen heads-up to win the WSOP Europe £2,650 H.O.R.S.E. event for £70,875 ($142,723). A decade later, this stands as Bihl's biggest win and his only time appearing at a final table in a WSOP event.
Italy's Dario Alioto won his first and only WSOP gold bracelet in the festival's second event after shipping the WSOP Europe £5,250 Pot Limit Omaha Event for £234,390 ($471,999).
However, this festival will be remembered for Norwegian teenager Annette Obrestad, who at age 18 years and 364 days made WSOP history at the time by becoming the youngest player to win a WSOP gold bracelet. Obrestad, who was well-known for dominating opponents online at the time, outlasted a field of 362 entrants to win the seven-figure top prize of £1,000,000 ($2,013,733). While this is Obrestad's only time in the WSOP winner's circle, she has been successful for years and has nearly $4 million in total live cashes to her name.
2007 WSOPE Events and Winners
Buy-in | Event | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize | Prize in $ |
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£2,650 | H.O.R.S.E | 105 | Thomas Bihl | Germany | £70,875 | $142,723 |
£5,250 | Pot-Limit Omaha | 156 | Dario Alioto | Italy | £234,390 | $471,999 |
£10,350 | Main Event | 362 | Annette Obrestad | Norway | £1,000,000 | $2,013,733 |
Empire Leicester Square
PokerNews reporting for the 2007 WSOPE.
WSOPE 2008 (London)
The WSOP Europe returned to the Casino at the Empire the following year, and a fourth event was added to the schedule with the WSOP Europe £1,575 No-Limit Hold'em event kicking off the schedule.
Denmark's Jesper Hougaard, who earlier in the year found WSOP gold in Las Vegas, won his second gold bracelet of the year (and poker career) after outlasting a field of 410 players to bank £144,218 ($262,291).
Afghanistan's biggest live tournament winner Sherkhan Farnood shipped the WSOP Europe £2,650 H.O.R.S.E. for £76,999 ($140,039). This was his last cash record by The Hendon Mob before he was put under house arrest a couple of years later. Farnood reportedly died of natural causes this past summer while in prison.
Norwegian poker legend Theo Jørgensen won his only WSOP gold bracelet in his storied poker career after shipping the WSOP Europe £5,250 Pot Limit Omaha Event for £218,626 ($397,617).
The Main Event attracted 362 entrants; the same number as the inaugural event the year before. It was Indonesia's John Juanda, who is 11th on The Hendon Mob All Time Money list with almost $24.1 million in cashes, who was the star of the show after he binked the WSOP Europe £10,350 Main Event for £868,800 ($1,580,096). This was the fourth of five WSOP gold bracelets Juanda has won.
2008 WSOPE Events and Winners
Buy-in | Event | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize | Prize in $ |
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£1,575 | No-Limit Hold'em | 410 | Jesper Hougaard | Denmark | £144,218 | $262,291 |
£2,650 | H.O.R.S.E. | 110 | Sherkhan Farnood | Afghanistan | £76,999 | $140,039 |
£5,250 | Pot-Limit Omaha | 165 | Theo Jorgensen | Denmark | £218,626 | $397,617 |
£10,350 | Main Event | 362 | John Juanda | Indonesia | £868,800 | $1,580,096 |
PokerNews reporting for the 2008 WSOPE.
WSOPE 2009 (London)
For a third straight year, the WSOP Europe returned to London in 2009. As was the case in 2008, the festival featured four bracelet events.
It was déjà vu all over again. In 2008, Hougaard won the opening event after claiming his first WSOP victory earlier in the year in Sin City. England's JP Kelly repeated the same feat by winning his first WSOP gold bracelet in Las Vegas before winning his second gold bracelet in London, shipping the WSOP Europe £1,075 No-Limit Hold'em event for £136,803 ($225,535). Kelly also became the first winner of a WSOP gold bracelet on home soil in a WSOP held outside of the United States.
Canada's Erik Cajelais became the first player born in North America to win a WSOPE bracelet after he won the WSOP Europe £2,650 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha event for £104,677 ($172,572).
Finland's Jani Vilmunen notched the biggest win in his poker career after winning the £5,250 Pot Limit Omaha event for £204,048 ($336,396).
Meanwhile, CardPlayer CEO Barry Shulman won his second WSOP gold bracelet in a big way after shipping the WSOP Europe £10,350 Main Event for £801,603 ($1,321,534). He defeated Daniel Negreanu heads-up (£495,589/$817,035). His son Jeff Shulman finished 5th in the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas that year, taking home $1,953,452.
2009 WSOPE Events and Winners
Buy-in | Event | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize | Prize in $ |
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£1,075 | No-Limit Hold'em | 608 | JP Kelly | United Kingdom | £136,803 | $225,535 |
£2,650 | Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha | 158 | Erik Cajelais | Canada | £104,677 | $172,572 |
£5,250 | Pot-Limit Omaha | 154 | Jani Vilmunen | Finland | £204,048 | $336,396 |
£10,350 | Main Event | 334 | Barry Shulman | £801,603 | $1,321,534 |
PokerNews reporting for the 2009 WSOPE.
WSOPE 2010 (London)
In 2010, the WSOP Europe returned to London for the final time with an expanded schedule of five gold bracelet events.
Leicester City Schedule
Many big names found WSOP gold bracelets in this festival including American Phil Laak, Australia's Jeff Lisandro, England's Scott Shelley, and Denmark's Gus Hansen.
England's James Bord became the first English player to win a WSOP Europe Main Event with his gold bracelet coming with a massive cheque of £830,401 ($1,281,048).
2010 WSOPE Events and Winners
Buy-in | Event | Entries | Winner | Country | Prize | Prize in $ |
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£2,650 | No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed | 244 | Phil Laak | United States | £170,802 | $263,494 |
£5,250 | Pot-Limit Omaha | 120 | Jeff Lisandro | Australia | £159,000 | $245,287 |
£1,075 | No-Limit Hold'em | 582 | Scott Shelley | United Kingdom | £133,857 | $206,499 |
£10,350 | Heads-Up | 103 | Gus Hansen | Denmark | £288,409 | $444,925 |
£10,350 | Main Event | 346 | James Bord | United Kingdom | £830,401 | $1,281,048 |
PokerNews reporting for the 2010 WSOPE.
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The fifth World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) took place from October 7, 2011 to October 20, 2011. There were seven bracelet events, culminating in the €10,400 WSOPE Championship No-Limit Hold'em event. Events were held at the Majestic Barrière Cannes and the Le Croisette Casino Barrière in Cannes, France.[1][2] The 7 official gold bracelet events were complemented by a total of 51 other events in the two-week schedule, the most prominent of which is the €550 Ladies only event.[1]ESPN broadcast the Main Event on its worldwide television network, and all official gold bracelet events streamed live on WSOP.com.[1]
The first four WSOPEs were held at the Casino at the Empire in Leicester Square, London, making 2011 the first WSOPE not held in London and the first whose buy-ins and prize funds were fixed in euros instead of British pounds.[3] 2011 marks the first time that the WSOP Player of the Year Award included all open bracelet events at both the WSOP and the WSOPE, meaning that the results of the 2011 WSOPE and those of the 2011 World Series of Poker are being combined to determine the player of the year.[4] The 2011 WSOP Europe main event was an 8-handed event.[5]
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Event schedule[edit]
# | Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | Results | Reference |
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1 | €2,680 Six Handed No Limit Hold'em | 360 | Guillaume Humbert | €215,999 | Azusa Maeda | Results | [6] |
2 | €1,090 No Limit Hold'em | 771 | Andrew Hinrichsen | €148,030 | Gianluca Speranza | Results | [7] |
3 | €5,300 Pot Limit Omaha | 180 | Steve Billirakis | €238,140 | Michele Di Lauro | Results | [8] |
4 | €3,200 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | 258 | Tristan Wade | €182,048 | Michael Watson | Results | [9] |
5 | €10,400 No Limit Hold'em (Split Format) | 125 | Michael Mizrachi | €336,008 | Shawn Buchanan | Results | [10] |
6 | €1,620 Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha | 339 | Philippe Boucher | €124,584 | Michel Dattani | Results | [11] |
7 | €10,400 WSOPE Main Event Championship | 593 | Elio Fox | €1,400,000 | Chris Moorman | Results | [12] |
Main Event[edit]
The 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event ran from October 15-20. The event drew 593 entrants, creating a prize pool of €5,692,800. The top 64 players made the money, with the winner earning €1,400,000.
Final table[edit]
Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elio Fox | 3,990,000 (22.4%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Cody | 2,685,000 (15.1%) | 1 | 3 | $875,786 |
Dermot Blain | 2,405,000 (13.5%) | 0 | 2 | $9,053 |
Chris Moorman | 2,230,000 (12.5%) | 0 | 12 | $1,129,832 |
Brian Roberts | 2,000,000 (11.2%) | 0 | 4 | $47,220 |
Max Silver | 1,825,000 (10.2%) | 0 | 1 | $84,361 |
Moritz Kranich | 1,660,000 (9.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shawn Buchanan | 1,015,000 (5.7%) | 0 | 26 | $1,936,315 |
*-Career statistics before start of 2011 WSOPE Main Event
Final Table results[edit]
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Elio Fox | €1,400,000 |
2nd | Chris Moorman | €800,000 |
3rd | Moritz Kranich | €550,000 |
4th | Brian Roberts | €400,000 |
5th | Dermot Blain | €275,000 |
6th | Shawn Buchanan | €200,000 |
7th | Jake Cody | €150,000 |
8th | Max Silver | €115,000 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ abc'2011 World Series Of Poker Europe - Cannes, France'. WSOP.com. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^'Friday, October 07, 2011 to Thursday, October 20, 2011'. WSOP.com. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^'About World Series of Poker Europe'(PDF). WSOP.com. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^Holloway, Chad (June 9, 2011). 'Changes to the World Series of Poker Player of the Year'. Poker News. Retrieved September 18, 2011.
- ^'2011 World Series of Poker Europe: Saturday, October 15, 2011 to Wednesday, October 19, 2011: Event #7: WSOPE Main Event Championship'. World Series of Poker. October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
- ^'Event #1: Six Handed No Limit Hold'em'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 9, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^'Event #2: No Limit Hold'em'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 11, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
- ^'Event #3: Pot Limit Omaha'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^'Event #4: No Limit Hold'em Shootout'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ^'Event #5: No Limit Hold'em (Split Format)'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
- ^'Event #6: Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 15, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
- ^'Event #7: WSOPE Main Event Championship'. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 20, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
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