Plans for this year’s World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) have just been announced. The event is slated to play out from October 8 to 24 at the Spielbank Berlin casino in Berlin, Germany. This year’s series will be the eighth edition of the tournament and will feature 10 bracelet events along with cash games, satellites, and a variety of other tournaments.

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Since 2011, organizers have held the event in France, twice in Cannes and once in Enghien-les-Bains. This year, they make the move to Germany, a country which WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart calls “truly a hotbed for poker talent.”

“As home country to our reigning Player of the Year and 2011 World Champion, we look forward to discovering new names ready to perform on poker’s biggest stage,” he said in a press release. “Berlin became a logical choice city for WSOP Europe given its proximity to all of Europe, the experienced management team at Spielbank, and the gap of time since a major poker tournament has come to the city. We believe this truly will be the best organized and contested WSOP Europe ever.”

Other changes include the addition of two new bracelet events, a €550 buy-in “Oktoberfest” No Limit Hold’em event and a €550 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

The series will kick off on October 8 with a €2,200 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em event and culminate in the €10,450 Main Event on the 18th, followed by a €25,600 High Roller No Limit Hold’em tournament on the 21st. Also included on the schedule are several nontraditional events like a Monster Stack tournament, an eight-handed PLO event, a Turbo No Limit Hold’em event, and a Mixed event.

The two final events will be broadcast in the US and globally by ESPNand through Sport1in Germany. Preliminary events will be available through live streams on the web.

“We look forward to this new edition of the WSOP Europe for the first time in Germany and specifically our property in central Berlin at the Spielbank Berlin,” said Spielbank Berlin Director of Operations Marcel Langner. “It’s a great honor to host this event. We are sure all visitors will have a great time in Berlin (pictured). We will offer cash game and tournament play as well as the Oktoberfest special to welcome our guests from all over the world.”

Spielbank is no stranger to large poker tournaments and plans to designate two full floors and 90 tables for cash game and tournament play. The casino is not connected to a hotel, but players can make reservations in one of the 25 hotels within a half-mile of the venue.

In 2013, it was decided that WSOP Europe and WSOP Asia-Pacific would alternate yearly. Adrian Mateos was crowned victorious in the most recent WSOPE Main Event and took home a €1 million first place prize. That same year, Daniel Negreanu was awarded the 2013 WSOP Player of the Year before winning the High Roller event later that week. Other previous WSOPE Main Event winners include big-name players like Annette Annette_15 Obrestad, Phil Hellmuth, and John Juanda.

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