Blotter: The Battle Is On at WSOP Europe’s Caesars Cup
No doubt international poker fans have always felt some favoritism for their countries’ own pros. While the internet has made players from other continents much more accessible to a world audience, there’s no denying that Daniel Negreanu will find his biggest fans in America or that the notorious Annette Obrestad owes the majority of her fame to the European circuit. For decades now players from all nations have duked it out both live and online at major tournaments on both sides of the Atlantic, but never before have the United States and Europe been openly pitted against each other.
That’s all going to change at this year’s World Series of Poker Europe where a new event called “Caesars Cup” will set the stage for the first world poker war. Negreanu leads the U.S. team while Obrestad heads up Europe. They’ll each be competing on a team of eight pros, six of which will be their personal recruits. The final European player will be determined by a special leaderboard event currently being hosted by Betfair Poker. The deciding criteria for the final American player has not yet been announced.
The battle royale is set to go down on September 25 in the midst of the regular WSOP Europe action. Players from both sides will compete individually and as a team in some very unorthodox challenges. When the dust has settled, the team with the most points will take home the first Caesars Cup and a year’s worth of bragging rights.
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