London to become the capital of poker in September
Well over 70 events are scheduled to come to town in the autumn offering players a total estimated prize pool in excess of ten million pounds.
Wednesday 7th July 2010
London is set to become the capital of the poker world in September as in excess of 70 events come to town offering players a total estimated prize pool of well over ten million pounds.
The fun commences from August 30 with the London stop of the World Poker Tour before continuing on September 11 with The English Poker Open while the 15-day World Series Of Poker Europe tournament will begin on September 14 from the Casino At The Empire in Leicester Square.
As if this weren’t enough, the fourth edition of the two-day Poker In The Park festival will take place from September 2 at London’s Leicester Square with up to 20,000 people expected to attend while there will be an additional 30 small buy-in tournaments held throughout a dozen participating London card rooms over the month.
Poker In The Park is Europe’s largest poker festival with its previous edition in August featuring free lectures from some of the biggest names in poker including world champions Jamie Gold and Peter Eastgate. Participants were also able to jump into freeroll sit-and-go competitions running around-the-clock, battle it out for the title of Heads-Up Champion on state-of-the-art electronic tables, get their hands on the latest cut-price books and poker merchandise and take part in a host of other activities and tutorials. Organiser Bluff Europe stated that this autumn’s edition will be even bigger with more marquees and activities alongside additional big name brands and live poker.
September will also see the debut of The British Poker Awards, which will honour British and European poker players for the first time with an open-to-the-public awards ceremony and pro-am tournament.
Finally, the month is also set to feature additional events including Poker Academy tutorial lectures and seminars, pro-player autograph sessions, a private Bluff Europe Rocks concert, charity tournaments, parties hosted by celebrity players and the inaugural Baller Strip Poker championships.
A full calendar of events taking place in London this autumn will appear in the forthcoming issue of Bluff Europe and Poker Europa magazines and online from July 18 at BluffEurope.com and LondonPokerFestival.com.
