WSOPE starts Tommorow, Dave Cain smashes Poker World Record and more

The WSOPE starts Tommorow
It was the finest field ever assembled in Europe last year and Annette Obrestad made history for so many good reasons when she was crowned the Queen of Europe. This year it can only get bigger and better and we cannot wait to see by how much.
It seems the few big names that were missing from the field such as Mike Matusow and Phil Ivey will also be in attendance, with most of the big Vegas pros coming out for the main event. Last year not a single bracelet went back to America and with 4 on offer this time round, you can bet they'll be fighting to redress the balance.
The schedule is very similar to the year before with the big exception of the £1500 no

limit hold'em event that has been added to kick off the proceedings. The most fascinating thing about this will be seeing how many players' turn up for this event. At £1500 you can expect a lot of UK circuit players making their way to London and we have a sneaking feeling that this might be one of the biggest ever fields held in the UK and Europe.
For every chip count, bust out and bad beat story, look no further than Pokernews for our exclusive live updates throughout the event.

Dave Cain breaks the World Poker Endurance Record
At around 8pm last night Dave Cain broke the world record for playing non stop heads up poker, passing the 73 hour mark. I played him earlier this week and the loony hasn't stopped yet, as he is aiming for 100 hours that would take him up to midnight tonight. His reason? He doesn't want to have to come back and break the record again so he is adding more than a day to it.
Remember that Cain has done this all for charity and that makes him a bit of a hero in our eyes, even though he might be getting 40 winks right now, you can still donate to the attempt at www.pokerplayingmarathon.com.

GBPT Liverpool starts tomorrow
With possibly the most elite poker event outside of the $50,000 HORSE tournament starting in London tomorrow, you would almost be forgiven for forgetting that one of the premier tours in the UK returns to Liverpool tomorrow. The Great British Poker Tour Main event is a £550 freezeout and all eyes will be on the 'Greatest Homegame in the East Midlands' who produced the previous two winners Rupinder Bedi and Neil Blatchley.
This could be even better value than usual, with most of the top circuit pros in London for the WSOPE the field could be softer than most £500 freezeouts. Good luck to Pokernews magazine editor Mel Lofthouse who is playing in the event (We told you it was a soft field).

Qualify for the ECOOP with VC Poker
If you want to play in the third European Championships of Online Poker this year, the traditional method would be either to buy-in directly or win a satellite seat – neither of which are the easiest asks of a poker player.
But VC Poker have come up with a few novelty ways of securing your place in one or all of the ECOOP events this year, none of which costing you anything more than your loyalty.

• Tournament King – prove your poker prowess by placing on the final table in any 3 consecutive guaranteed rebuy events on a Tuesday and you will walk away with a complete buy-in package to all 14 ECOOP events worth $7,830
• FREECOOP – buy into an exclusive freeroll on 17th November with your VC Poker Action Points for a chance to win entry into one of the 14 ECOOP events (top 14 paid out)
• ECOOP Token – use your VC Poker Action Points to buy tournament tokens for entry into feeders and main events
• In addition a VC Poker player introductory offer awards players who generate a modest 100,000 Action Points in their first 30 days play on VCPoker.com with a token to the $1,500,000 main event worth $1,060.

Coming up on the Club next week on Sky Poker
Our friends at Sky Poker have given us the heads up on some great guests coming in to join Matt Broughton and Dan Lobb on next week's episodes of 'The Club'. On Monday the winner of the EPT "Best Newcomer" award Trond Eidsvig is on the phone discussing his latest form on the circuit and his search for a sponsor.
Julian Thew will be on the show on Tuesday, as will body language expert Richard Newman as he exposes the presenters own tells after studying their live game. GUKPT champion Sam Trickett will also be on the show talking about his future in the game after his big score in Luton. Also in the next week they will also be chatting to poker journalist David Bland and Ty Stewart, Jeffrey Pollacks right hand man at the WSOP.
Keep watching Sky Poker's 'The Club' in the coming weeks and you'll get a chance to see some of your favourite Pokernews staff in person. Also stay tuned for our exclusive interview with Michelle Orpe next week.

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