The Main Event of the 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Starts at Noon!
It’s that time of the year, on Saturday, October 27, at noon local time Day 1A of the final bracelet event of 2018 which is Event #10: €10,350 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event will kick off. The first of two starting flights will see players from all over the world come together at the King’s Resort to take their shot at winning the coveted gold WSOP bracelet and Main Event title.
This is the tenth edition of the WSOPE with Annette Obrestad becoming the first ever WSOPE Main Event champion in London. With four editions in London, two in Cannes, one in Paris, one in Berlin, the last edition took place here in Rozvadov with Marti Rocca De Torres victorious and claiming the first-place prize of €1,115,207 after defeating 528 other hopefuls.
Past World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Winners
| Year | Location | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | London | Annette Obrestad | ￡1,000,000 |
| 2008 | London | John Juanda | ￡868,800 |
| 2009 | London | Barry Shulman | ￡801,603 |
| 2010 | London | James Bord | ￡830,401 |
| 2011 | Cannes | Elio Fox | €1,400,000 |
| 2012 | Cannes | Phil Hellmuth | €1,022,376 |
| 2013 | Paris | Adrian Mateos | €1,000,000 |
| 2015 | Berlin | Kevin MacPhee | €883,000 |
| 2017 | Rozvadov | Marti Rocca De Torres | €1,115,207 |
Structure
There is a guaranteed prize pool of €5,000,000 that comes with the buy-in of €10,350 and players will receive 100,000 in chips at the start of their day. Levels will last 90 minutes each with a 15-minute break after each level. There are seven levels of play scheduled with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 4.
Players that fail to find a bag at the end of this day can reenter tomorrow, Sunday, October 28, which is Day 1B or on Day 2 before the start of Level 12. Registration will also remain open until then. The tournament will play down until a winner has been found on Friday, November 2.
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 90 minutes | 100 | 3000 | - |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 2 | 90 minutes | 200 | 400 | - |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 3 | 90 minutes | 200 | 400 | 400 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 4 | 90 minutes | 300 | 500 | 500 |
| 60-minute dinner break | ||||
| 5 | 90 minutes | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 6 | 90 minutes | 400 | 800 | 800 |
| 15-minute break | ||||
| 7 | 90 minutes | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Make sure to keep your eyes on the updates right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing them from the Czech Republic until the 2018 WSOPE Main Event Champion has been crowned.