Dublin has been chosen as Poker Capital of Europe 2008 by the magazine Bluff Europe. The Irish capital had a little range on London that finished at a good second place.

The top 5 of the list was:

1. Dublin
2. London
3. Vienna
4. Amsterdam
5. Barcelona

The jury was impressed about the pokerscene in Dulbin. There are many pokerrooms, clubs and tournaments available all over the town. And every year new poker tournaments seem to be started. And not only for the high stakes!

The most well known tournament is ofcourse the Irish Open, which attracks many proffesional players to Dublin. Also the first event of the WSOP Europe will be played in Dublin. There seemed to be no other city that deserved this price this year!

There will be a lot of poker in London this autumn. The World Series of Poker Europe start in September and in October the EPT is heading for London.

The EPT of London has one of the biggest price pools in the history. With a minimum of £1 million pounds, that means almost $2 million dollars it is the third biggest tournament of the year! The two tournaments with a bigger price pool were the WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E and the $100,000 Aussie Millions.

The poker scene is obviously growing in London, one of the main examples of this fact is of course the poker in the park initiative. This are free tournaments organized at the park and free to join for everyone.

Londen is preparing for the pokerplayers to arrive. The WSOPE runs from 19 till 27 September, with the main event being a Texas Hold’em tournament with a £10,000 pound buy-in. After the WSOPE the poker pro’s will have three days off till the EPT starts. From 1 till 6 October the EPT London will again bring all the finest poker professionals together in London.

For every poker lover London will be the place to be this autumn!