World Series Of Poker Europe Moves To Paris

The World Series of Poker — a part of Caesars Entertainment Corp. — announced Monday that its 2013 European tournaments will be held just outside of Paris, France.

The 2013 rendition will be held Oct. 11-24 in the town of Enghien-les-Bains, less than 10 miles from Paris, at Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains.

The 2012 WSOPE was held in Cannes. Phil Hellmuth won the main event of the series.

“Part of our vision for WSOP Europe is to mix poker and pleasure — and introduce players to some of the most exciting destinations in Europe,” WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart said in a statement. “Barrière’s facilities in Enghien are amazing and there are likely 12 million Parisians all trying to make sure ‘Phillipe’ Hellmuth doesn’t win another bracelet on French soil. With our ideal dates scheduled to avoid conflicts for traveling players, expanded TV coverage and qualifiers planned, we expect to be back in record-setting mode in 2013.”

The scheduled has yet to be finalized, the WSOP said.

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