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 Online
Poker Room That
Accepts The Euro
Looking for an
online poker room
that takes the Euro?
Look no further than
ChiliPoker
. ChiliPoker
not only accepts the
Euro but a whole
host of other
currencies from
around the world.
Finding an online
poker room that
takes the Euro is
especially
significant these
days as rankings now
show ChiliPoker's
network (iPoker)
sitting in second
place among the most
popular Internet
poker rooms in the
world. iPoker does
not accept US poker
players, nor does
Chili Poker for that
matter.
Europe has become a
hotbed for online
poker activity over
the past year.
2008
will mark the second
year for the World
Series of Poker
Europe.
The inaugural WSOPE,
held in 2007, marked
the first time that
a WSOP bracelet was
awarded outside of
Las Vegas. The World
Series of Poker
Europe has a unique
identity from the
Las Vegas WSOP, but
according to
Harrah's will remain
true to the
traditions and
heritage.
Annette Obrestad may
very well be the
"Chris Moneymaker of
the European Poker
Scene".
Moneymaker was the
obscure poker player
who came out of
nowhere to win it
big at the 2003
World Series of
Poker. His
victory is generally
credited for being
one of the main
catalysts for the
poker boom in the
years following his
win. Moneymaker was
working as an
accountant when he
won a seat into the
main event of the
2003 WSOP through a
US$39 satellite
tournament at the
PokerStars online
poker card room.
In
many ways,
Obrestad's win at
the first every
WSOPE, could be
considered a more
storied occurrence
as she became the
youngest poker
player to ever win a
World Series of
Poker bracelet.
She did so before
her 20th birthday.
The
Norwegian started
her poker career
online when she was
only fifteen years
old using the online
screen-name
"Annette_15". She
claims she never had
to deposit money on
any online poker
site. Instead she
made her initial
online bankroll by
winning freeroll
poker tournaments
from which she went
on to amass several
hundred thousand
dollars in winnings.
Between September
2006 and February
2007, she won over
$500,000 on
Pokerstars, $200,000
on UltimateBet, and
$136,000 on Full
Tilt Poker. As of
February 2008,
Pocketfives.com, a
site that tracks
online poker, ranks
her number 51. She
also has been the
site's top-ranked
player in the past.
As
for the Euro, it is
indeed remarkable to
point out that even
some North American
facing online
gambling sites have
begun paying those
customers based in
the US and Canada in
Euros.
It
should be noted that
ChiliPoker,
which is offering
tons of tournament
qualifications and
all new
depositors a 100%
Cash Bonus up to
$600, does not
accept customers
from the United
States.
---
Payton O'Brien,
Gambling911.com
Senior Editor
POBrien@CostiganMedia.com
Originally published
April 25, 2008 11:24
pm EST
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