Venue: The Casino at The Empire

Date: September 8-9

Buy-in: £5,000

Entries: 156

Prize pool: £779,400

If you’re uninitiated in the ways of pot-limit Omaha all you need to know is that it’s a game where a bit of gamble goes a long way. Which is one reason why it was a dead-cert for selection in the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe. The other reason being that it’s a game traditionally favoured this side of the pond.

At this year’s $10,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha event in Vegas, three of the final table were European players with Dane Rene Mouritsen, Finn Patrik Antonius and Jennifer Harman’s other half, Italian Marco Traniello, coming second, third and fifth respectively.