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WSOP and Poker Tournaments

The World Series of Poker first started in 1970 at Binion’s Casino in Las Vegas and today is considered the most prestige’s poker tournament held any where in the world. In the last few years the field of players has been enormous in number and the prize money has been several million dollars to the winner of the tournament. They have been showing the poker tournaments on TV and the camera view of what each player is holding has helped to gain a huge TV audience. Three factors have attracted the large number of players to tournament poker. The many televised tournaments that are now shown on TV are one factor of the growth. Another factor is the many satellite tournaments where a player can pay a small entry fee and win the entry into the tournaments. The final factor is the popularity of Internet poker and the many tournaments that offered daily at these online poker casinos, there are literally thousands of them to choose from. This has allowed many young players to gain experience and they now make the final table at many tournaments that are shown on TV.

There is a significant difference between tournament poker and cash game poker. When you lose all of your chips in a cash game, you can purchase more. In a tournament when your stack is gone, you are over in that tournament. So the secret is to maintain your chip total at a good level and try to make the final table where the prize money is the highest. When the blinds are low, the player can take some flyers with suited connectors and lower pairs. When the blinds get really big, the better hands may not come and you need to be more aggressive or you will be blinded out of the tournament. It is easier said than done to wait for really concrete starting hands in tournament play. Aggression is rewarded and the art of the bluff is a big part of the way the game is played. Calling significant raises in tournaments must be done only when you have a solid hand or have many outs that can give you a winning hand. Gambling early on in the tournament on marginal hands is a sure way to get eliminated from the tournament. Of course if the cards are running over you, then you can play almost any two cards in Holdem. For new players the budget tournaments that are held daily on virtually all the sites are a superb place to learn to play tournaments.

WSOPE Qualifiers on UB.com

Time to Check out the New WSOPE Qualifiers on UB.com

The World Series of Poker Europe main event is returning to London’s Casino at The Empire Sep. 23-28 and UB wants to send you there.

From Sep. 1-12 UB is offering players the chance to earn a seat for as little as $10.

Players can qualify through $10 Ultra Turbo Rebuy and $55 Freezeout feeders, or buy-in directly to the $500+$30 3-Seat Guaranteed WSOPE Super Satellite scheduled for Sep. 12 at 2:30 p.m. ET.

Visit UB.com for details!

World Series of Poker Europe Satellites

The World Series of Poker Europe is recognized as Europe’s leading poker tournament, with a £3 million prize pool attracting poker players from all over the globe. For the fourth year running, Betfair will be supporting the tournament by hosting satellites and arranging direct buy-in options for Betfair customers.

The five bracelet events in 2010 will feature buy-ins ranging from £1000 to £10,000 and they will all be hosted at the Empire Leicester Square Casino in London during September.

You can join any of their satellites today for as little as $0.50 to win a WSOPE Package or secure your seat by buying in directly to any of the five events through the Betfair Poker client. Experience the greatest live poker tournament in Europe with Betfair,  I am sure they will  give you a good time.

All World Series of Poker Europe Satellites  and the  World Series of Europe 2010 Schedule can be Found in the Direct Link below:

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World Series of Poker Europe History:

In marketing the WSOPE, Harrah’s Casino did not rely upon the reputation of Harrah’s or the WSOP alone. On July 5, 2007, Harrah’s announced its alliance with England-based Betfair, one of the largest online gaming companies in the world. The agreement builds on Betfair’s European reputation in advertising the WSOPE while creating the largest agreement between a web-based and brick-and-mortar casinos.

Due to changes in U.S. laws, effective in 2007, the WSOP could no longer accept money from online gambling companies. This prevented the WSOP from acknowledging WSOP qualifiers from online events. The WSOPE is not bound by this limitation. The United Kingdom Gambling Act of 2005 allows for legal regulated online poker sites. Furthermore, as the laws that govern the age of gambling differ in England than the U.S., the WSOPE admits younger players.

In 2007, four of the five finalists at the first event of the WSOPE had won bracelets. Thomas Bihl, however, outlasted each of them to claim the first-ever WSOPE bracelet. No previous bracelet winners played at the second final table; Dario Alioto won the bracelet. Annette “Annette_15″ Obrestad, became the youngest player to win a WSOP bracelet event at age 18 years, 364 days in the final event of the tournament