swampster Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Barriere Casino in Cannes will be hosting the WSOPE from October 7-21, presumably at the expense of London. Only a translates news story on Google but this is big news. Let's hope for some decent qualifiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlunB Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Re: WSOPE moving to France I think this was always part of the grand plan. Probably a good thing for poker in Europe as it was always a bit underwhelming at the Empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlunB Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Re: WSOPE moving to France Does this mean we can all stop pretending it's an important tournament now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampster Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Re: WSOPE moving to France i know Barcelona was mooted last year but obviously France got the nod with the new regulations ?? Anyway, might make a more interesting trip than jumping on the tube Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlunB Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Re: WSOPE moving to France I think it's more than that. They want to get online sites up and running in France, but want to do it in partnerships rather than launching wsop.fr as that would cost a lot of money. Soooooo. Sign a deal with the FDJ-backed barriere site to have a WSOP endorsed site. Move the WSOPE to France. Take a chunk of revenues from barriere.fr poker site for no outlay. Profit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampster Posted February 9, 2011 Author Share Posted February 9, 2011 Re: WSOPE moving to France Harrahs out for profit? Surely not.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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