The 2010 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event Champion is UK Poker professional James Bord, from Stanmore, United Kingdom. He is a 29 year old professional poker player playing in only his second WSOP Europe event.

Originally a banking he quite to try his hand at playing poker for a living, this is his best finish and biggest payday ever. Bord has now cashed seven times at the WSOP, including a sixth place finish in Las Vegas earlier this year in the Deuce-to-Seven Lowball championship.

Bord is best known for cash games play rather than tournaments however he has spend the last nine months with his good friend Sam Trickett who has been coaching him in No Limit tournament play.

Bord staged one of the most dramtic comebacks of the year in tournament poker. He was short stacked at the start of final table play, and continued until play became three-handed. Even when play became heads up, Bord found himself at a disadavantage, being down almost 3 to 1 when the heads up commenced.

This didn't make a difference and Bord collected £830,401 for first place, equal to about $1,316,550 (USD). He was also presented with his first WSOP gold bracelet.

The final table top nine finishers were as follows:

• 1st – James Bord (Stanmore, UK)
• 2nd – Fabrizio Baldassari (Monte Carlo)
• 3rd – Ronald Lee (Jericho, NY -- USA)
• 4th – Roland de Wolfe (London, UK)
• 5th – Nicholas Levi (London, UK)
• 6th – Danny Steinberg (Fairfield, IA – USA)
• 7th – Dan Fleyshman (San Diego, CA – USA)
• 8th – Brian Powell (Louisville, KY)
• 9th – Marc Inizan (Pluguffen, France)

WSOP Europe Statistics

The top 36 finishers collected prize money. There were six former WSOP gold bracelet winners who cashed in this event – including Roland de Wolfe (4th), Hoyt Corkins (15th), Phil Ivey (19th), Greg Mueller (22nd), Barry Greenstein (23rd) and Freddy Deeb (30th).

This was the fifth and final WSOP gold bracelet tournament played this year in London. Recapping all five events which are now complete, the winners were:

WSOP Europe Winners

• EVENT #1: Phil Laak (£2,500 buy-in Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em) – won £170,802
• EVENT #2: Jeffrey Lisandro (£5,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha) – won £159,000
• EVENT #3: Scott Shelley (£1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em) – won £133,857
• EVENT #4: Gus Hansen (£10,000 buy-in High-Roller Heads-Up Championship) – won £288,409
• EVENT #5: James Bord (£10,000 buy-in Main Event Championship – won £830,401

This was the most successful of the four years that WSOP Europe has been played in London. The total prize pool and total number of entrants for 2010 exceeded all other years.

Tom 'durrrr' Dwan expressed his plans to win the upcoming WSOPE Main Event during an interview following his exit from the $7,000 PartPoker World Open in London.

Tom 'durrrr' Dwan has revealed he plans to win the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event to be held in London at the The Casino at the Empire between September 23rd and September 28th.

He was also quizzed regarding the current status of the new "Durrrr Challenge" with Daniel "jungleman12" Cates. Dwan commented that they have not taken a break however Dwan has been travelling to Europe for the upcoming Full Tilt Poker sponsored Million Dollar Cash Game which is also taking place in London.

Dwan is unavailable for the next three days and he knows Cates is on his way to London for the World Series of Poker Europe, where both players will be playing a lot of live poker so playing online will be taking a back seat for now.

Dwan asked Tatjana Pasalic when the WSOPE finished and when she replied "29th September" Dwan said he was "planning on winning that one," that he was saving "winning his bracelet bet until the very last event," and that he would be free to play after the Main Event had finished.

As reporting during the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas it was common knowledge Dwan had several large 'prop' bets with a number of high-stakes pros that centre around him winning a WSOP or WSOPE bracklet in 2010.

He came ever so close going into the Final Table of Event #11 of the WSOP, Tom 'durrrr' Dwan was in good shape to take his first WSOP Gold Bracklet and what is rumoured to be his biggest payday in sidebets for a win.

Simon Watt was the winner of the third $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship at this year's World Series of Poker. The 27-year-old software developer from Auckland, New Zealand. With his thrilling victory, Watt becames the first New Zealander in history to win a WSOP title. - Details of the full story - Top Poker Pros are breathing easy thanks to Simon Watt at the WSOP

We are into the 2nd week of August, the WSOP is on hold until the November Nine return on 6th November to Las Vegas to battle it out for the $8,944,138 first prize and the title of WSOP Main Event Champion.

In the online world we have the FTOPS XVII taking place at Full Tilt Poker running through to the FTOPS Main Event on Sunday August 15th. Followed by the WCOOP with $50 million guaranteed at Pokerstars from 5th to 26th September.

The Live Poker Circuit switches its attention to London with the London Poker Festival starting 30th August with the WPT London sponsored by Partypoker.

In Day 2 of Event #39 the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, it was similar to 14 final tables, only all were winner-take-all in this Shootout format.

After 12 hours of, all 14 of the ten-handed tables had played down to a single winner, each of whom now has a chance at a WSOP bracelet.

Derric Haynie was the first one through to tomorrow's final. He was followed to the next round by Steven Kelly, Jeffrey King, Michael Cooper, Heinz Kamutzki, and Paul Varano.

J.C. Tran with two WSOP bracelets already was the next one through, followed by Johnny Kitchens, Dustin Dirksen, and Justin Scott.

We crossed midnight, and four tables continued play, with all four down to heads up. Annette Obrestad and Fatima Moreira de Melo began their heads-up battle nearly even, but Obrestad eventually chipped up and eliminated the field hockey star.

Michael Pesek, Brett Shaffer, and Reagan Leman were the last to win their spots in the final. All 14 are guaranteed $6,940 for making it to Round 2, but the big money awaits those making it to the top spots tomorrow. Play will begin tomorrow as a 14-person multi-table tournament (two seven-handed tables), with each player starting with 450,000 chips.

Action continues tomorrow with another small field of opponents we wait to see who will take the $381,922 first prize and coveted WSOP bracelet.

Annette Obrestad is now a Full Tilt Poker Pro, having previously been a key member of the Betfair Poker Young Guns team following her win of the World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE)

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