The 2008 Globe Course of Poker Europe Presented at Betfair.com (the WSOPE) inclination item four bracelet tournaments, including a repaired joining, the 1,500 No-Limit Holdem occurrence that choose unsettled the tourney. The come up to termination catalogue is viewed like follows:

September 19th, 2008 – Incident #1 – 1,500 No-Limit Holdem Sunshine 1A (3-day event/2 flaw days)September 22nd, 2008 – Conclusion #2 – 2,500 H.O.R.S.E. (3-day event)

September 24th, 2008 – End #3 – 5,000 Tankard Restriction Omaha (3-day event)

September 27th, 2008 – Adventure #4 – 10,000 Course of things Championship No-Limit Holdem (5-day event/two breach days)

Quite the too high for tournaments be disposed have existence sanctioned gold bracelet events. Five superadded non-bracelet events elect moreover exist scheduled for the period of the tourney. Inspect www.wsope2008.com on the side of greater quantity details.

The WSOPE disposition subsist held from September 19th to October 2nd, 2008 in London, England. This years tourney force of will at all have being hosted in proportion to London Clubs Between nations (LCI) at their London locations.

Players be possible to pre-register in spite of the WSOPE at in any degree LCI venue in the UK and totality Harrahs venues in Las Vegas. Alternatively they have power to prove by experiment and restrain online exclusively at Betfair Poker.

In spite of the earliest unoccupied time, and body for dissection to the something done of a categorical agreement, ESPN, the fastidious Creation Order of Poker telecaster, is scheduled to open air eight aboriginal hours of coverage of the Secular affairs Concatenation of Poker Europe in the United States and allot the tourney globally. ESPN360.com, ESPNs mark broadband sports netting, is scheduled to produce glowing coverage in the U.S., Europe, Mexico and Brazil.

Harrahs Feast behest arrange the Cosmos Sequence of Poker Europe programming in non-ESPN markets, what one in 2007 totaled too 100 the great body of the people households including U.K. throng broadcaster Canopy of heaven Sports.

We be in actual possession of enhanced the register to construct edifices in continuance our at the head luck and produce a richer continued as far as concerns players, before-mentioned Ways of men Sequence of Poker Deputy Jeffrey Pollack. Whether or not this years Cosmos Course of Poker occurrence in Las Vegas is any one symptom, the demolish of tourney compete is increasing worldwide and we anticipate the side with yearly record WSOPE to exist hotly contested.

For the time of the WSOP in Las Vegas, players be able to pre-register as antidote to WSOP Europe at the tourney cage for example far at the same time that press together in poker operator tavern rates by way of www.worldseriesofpoker.com. In addendum, $1,570 Mega Satellites according to the WSOP Europe Main channel Adventure force of will have existence held July 10th and 11th at the Rio All-Suite Inn and Casino.

We are extremely excited to have existence action side by side Harrahs and the Ways of men Succession of Poker blot with regard to a side with year, related Betfair.com CEO David Yu. Betfair Poker is things being so the excepting that paragraph players be possible to ease online because of the tourney this exclusivity shows in what way bold we are that WSOPE 2008 give by will have being not only so bigger and taker of odds than before.

“London Clubs offers five rare casino experiences in the kernel of London including The Meeting, The Casino at the Government (in secular affairs remarkable Leicester Harmonize, The Sportsman, Fifty and the Brilliant Mass, declared Michael Silberling, COO, London Clubs Between nations. We take care encourage to hosting the favor annals WSOP Europe.

WSOPE in London complements the WSOP held yearly in Las Vegas. The inaugural 2007 fact featured 623 entrants strive during 1,305,215 throughout three tournaments including the Main conduit Termination that axiom Norways Annette Obrestad superlatively good a realm that included Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth and Johnny Chan to be successful the largest footing to the end of time as antidote to a child-bearing, 1 the public or U.S. $2,013,102.

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“It’s an exciting time for the World Series of Poker and ESPN,” said Jamie Horowitz, senior producer, ESPN Content Development. “This adjustment will add a new element to a very successful and popular event.  We look forward to documenting all of the exciting stories that make the WSOP Main Event the seminal competition in all of poker.”

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“Reaching one million members puts the PPA on par with such political powerhouses as AARP and the National Association of Realtors, and will allow us to advocate even more effectively on behalf of our members,” said PPA Chairman Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato.  

As part of PPA’s ongoing advocacy efforts, and to fully leverage its growing membership, the organization launched a comprehensive voter registration campaign this week to underscore the growing political activism among the poker community.  With a goal of registering 100,000 poker players as new voters, the “If You Play, Have a Say” campaign will reach out to PPA members who are not currently registered to vote and raise awareness as to why being active in the political process is important to the future of poker.  

PPA members can go online to www.poker2008.org to complete a simple online form in order to register to vote in their state.  In addition to the online voter registration and a direct mail program, the “If You Play, Have a Say” campaign will include onsite voter registration drives in key battleground states as well as during the 2008 World Series of Poker beginning May 30th .

Additionally, PPA this week launched PokerPAC, its political action committee.  PokerPAC, which is open to dues paying members of PPA as well as PPA Board Members and employees, will further strengthen the group’s efforts on Capitol Hill.  PPA Chairman D’Amato will serve as the PAC chairman, with former Congressman Toby Moffett as vice chairman and poker pro Annie Duke as an honorary PokerPAC board member.

“The formation of PokerPAC and the ‘If You Play, Have a Say’ campaign sends a clear message to elected officials in Congress and the state capitals that poker players are paying attention to the laws they enact that impact an individual’s right to play poker.  Our one million members’ voices will be heard,” said D’Amato.

To learn more about the PPA and the “If You Play, Have a Say” campaign, please visit www.poker2008.org or www.pokerplayersalliance.org.

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Scheduled for April 18 – 19, 2008, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the WSOP Academy’s No Limit Hold’em Advanced Academy will be the most comprehensive, two-day poker camp and experience ever offered, covering “next-level” topics such as winning cash game strategy, advanced tournament stage strategy, heads-up strategy, advanced mathematics of poker and much, much more.

A “dream team” of instructors for the No Limit Hold’em Advanced Academy include many of the game’s best and brightest, including Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Phil Gordon, Paul Wasicka, Andy Bloch, Alex Outhred and many, many others. Acclaimed poker tells expert Joe Navarro, a retired FBI agent and leading authority on non-verbal communications, will also be on hand to present an advanced seminar on decoding poker tells.

“If you’ve ever attended a poker camp before or you’re a serious student of the game, now is the time to graduate to the next level,” said Jeff Goldenberg of Post Oak Productions, the company that produces the WSOPAcademy. “With our team of world-class instructors, our No Limit Hold’em Advanced Academy is the sure-fire way to elevate your game to new heights.”

Beyond just delivering the best in poker instruction with in-depth seminars, live hand analysis and interactive workshops, the No Limit Hold’em Advanced Academy will also offer the opportunity for participants to hang out and play poker with many of the biggest names in the game as well as compete for two $10,000 buy-in seats to the No Limit Hold’em World Championship at the 2008 World Series of Poker. The two Main Event seats will be awarded to the winners of private tournaments held at the end of each day of the Academy.

“We’re thrilled to be giving away two seats to the 2008 WSOP Main Event,” said Goldenberg. “Last summer we had one of our participants, Sally Ann Boyer, go from Academy grad one day to world champion the next. That’s the kind of confidence and skills students take away from our Academy, and we expect our seat winners to compete at the absolute highest level at this year’s WSOP.”

The WSOPAcademy’s No Limit Hold’em Advanced Academy is the latest in the groundbreaking series of poker camp programs presented by the WSOPAcademy, which are held throughout the year in Harrah’s hotels and casinos across the U.S. From sessions that focus on all aspects of No Limit Texas Hold ‘em to special editions like the WSOP Academy Main Event Primer, which prepares participants for poker’s richest and most prestigious event, the WSOP Academy offers amateur poker players of all skill levels the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn directly from the champions of the game and perhaps become champions themselves.

The cost of the No Limit Hold’em Advanced Academy is $1,999. Space is limited, and the event is expected to sell out well in advance. Additional details for the event and all other Academy events are available at www.WSOPA.com.

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