Online Poker Player Wins Direct Entry To WSOPE

Online poker play "jujumalo" is the first player at Everest Poker to win direct entry to the upcoming World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) main event. 245 players from Europe and South America took part in the tournament, with 107 of those, including jujumalo, hailing from France.

WSOP Europe main event, a £10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'Em Championship, is scheduled to run over 6 days, beginning September 10, with players divided into three participating casino locations; The Empire, Fifty and The Sportsman. By September 13, players will be consolidated to The Empire for the duration of the championship.

Everest Poker will hold their next WSOP Europe main event direct entry tournament on Saturday, August 4, then another on Saturday, August 18. Each WSOPE direct entry tournament guarantees one seat at the main event to the winner. The prize package includes entry fee, travel expenses and accommodations.

Everest Poker property manager, Jonathan May expressed the poker room's excitement, "Getting to send our players to a historical event like the first World Series of Poker Europe event is fantastic. We fully believe that the WSOP Europe is going to become a rival to its American counterpart very quickly."

May then commented on the company's outlook, "We look forward to seeing more players take a shot at winning a seat at the biggest European poker event so far. Our satellites for these tournaments start out low and give players with any size of bank roll the chance to win big!"