��Ceasars Cup Debuts September 25th

July 9, 2009 four:50

For people not acquainted with this event, the Ceasars Cup is the poker equivalent to the Ryder cup in which teams from North America battle it out towards the best Europe has to offer you.

The Ceasars Cup will make its debut at the 2009 WSOP Europe event, and each and every group will comprise eight players who will will attempt to win points for their teams in a series of matches, which will contain heads up matches as well as group competitions.

This prestigious tournament is slated to start on the 25th September 2009 and the respective staff captains, namely Daniel Negreanu and Annette Obrestad have presently began deciding on the gamers who will be representing their continent.

Not surprisingly Negreanu's first option was Phil Ivey, the 7 times WSOP bracelet winner who is extensively deemed one of the greatest gamers in the globe. Joining team USA will also be final many years WSOP principal event champion, Peter Eastgate who at 22, was the youngest player ever to win the title. This will prove an exciting counter stability to Annette Obrestad who herself holds the record for being the youngest gamers ever to win a WSOP bracelet when she won the 1st ever Planet Series of Poker Europe Main Event in 2007. She was 18 at the time, one particular day brief of her 19th birthday. More Info I

Incidentally Obrestad is still not old sufficient to legally perform dwell poker in the States and the tournament will be played in Europe. She is also a sponsored expert for Betfair.


Bruce Stubbs, the Director of Poker at Betfair stated of the occasion,  What greater way to showcase poker at the WSOP Europe than to pitch the elite poker gamers from both Europe and the Americas towards each other. We all know that poker is a very competitive game, but with pride, bragging rights, and the Cup at stake, this promises to be a single of the highlights of this year's poker calendar.