WSOP Europe '08 Schedule

WSOP Europe 2008 Schedule;
ESPN Deal Announced

Harrah's Entertainment has announced
the schedule for the 2008 World Series
of Poker Europe (WSOPE), to be held
September 19th to October 2nd, 2008
in London, England.

The series is expanded slightly over the
inaugural 2007 version, and will this year
included four bracelet events and five
additional non-bracelet preliminaries.

The series will be sponsored by Betfair
and will be held at several London Clubs
International properties – Empire,
The Sportsman and Fifty. Two other London
LCI properies, Golden Nugget and
Rendezvous, may also be part of the mix
when the preliminary schedule is confimed.
Sportsman, Leicester Square and Fifty were all
part of the inaugural 2007 proceedings as well.

The four bracelet events, including the addition of
a £1,500 No-Limit Hold'em freezeout to start
the proceedings, have been scheduled as follows:

• (9-19-08) Event #1, £1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
(three-day event / two opening days)

• (9-22-08) Event #2, £2,500 H.O.R.S.E.
(three-day event)

• (9-24-08) Event #3, £5,000 Pot Limit Omaha
(three-day event)

• (9-27-08) Event #4, £10,000 ME No-Limit Holdem
(five-day event / two opening days)

In related news, Harrah's announced a deal
with exclusive WSOP telecaster ESPN to
broadcast eight hours of WSOPE coverage in 2008.
The coverage will be aired globally. The details of
the live broadband coverage on ESPN360.com
have yet to be confirmed. Harrah's will complement
ESPN's coverage by distributing WSOPE content
into non-ESPN markets.