Typically, the World Series of Poker announces official World Series of Poker tournaments. This time, however, King’s Casino announced its own set of events, the ones set for the WSOP Europe later this year. Half a day later, the WSOP website still had no listing of the WSOP Europe schedule, though it produced its own press release a day later.
Assuming that King’s Casino has cleared everything with WSOP executives, we’ll take the information as it comes.
The WSOP Europe will run from November 14 to December 8 with 15 gold bracelet-awarding tournaments and more than €11M in prize money guaranteed.
King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik also revealed a 2021 WSOP Circuit stop at his casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. This is set for August 12 to September 14.
WSOP Europe Dates Set
When the World Series of Poker announced the lineup of 2021 WSOP bracelet events, it was a multi-faceted beast. The first round was a WSOP Online series for US players in Nevada and New Jersey, with the second online series set for later in the summer for international players on GGPoker. The Las Vegas series was set for September 30 through November 23.
And the WSOP Europe would return from November 19 to December 8. Executives said only that the 15 bracelet events would take place at King’s Casino in Rozvadov, as in previous years.
The starting date seems to have changed, as the King’s Casino press release on July 12 set the dates for November 14 to December 8.
Tsoukernik was anxious to reveal the schedule. “After the difficult year 2020,” he wrote, “we are excited to give the players what they deserve and have been waiting for, the biggest tournament series in Europe with the biggest guarantees. We are looking forward to giving top service and hospitality for all poker players as per King’s Resort standards.”
WSOPE Schedule
All of the events offer prize pool guarantees, totaling €11.55M for the series. Without further ado…
Since the pandemic began, the international WSOP Circuit has been online. But the GGPoker experience doesn’t compare to the live one, so King’s Casino anxiously announced the return of that Circuit in mid-August. The WSOP has made no announcements whatsoever regarding the return of live Circuit events in the US or beyond.
Nevertheless, King’s believes that the 2021 WSOP Circuit will be in Rozvadov from August 12 to September 14. Across 17 official tournaments with gold rings for the winner, the series’ prize pools will also guarantee more than €3.5M.
The King’s Casino press release about the events includes chip stacks but no structure sheets or starting times. Those details will likely appear as the series approach.
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