Editing World Series of Poker (section)

===2007 expansion – WSOP Europe===
{{Main|World Series of Poker Europe}}
The '''World Series of Poker Europe''' (WSOPE) is the first expansion of the World Series of Poker in series history. In September 2007, the first WSOP championship events outside of Las Vegas, complete with [[World Series of Poker bracelet|bracelets]], were held.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2007 |title=Harrah's Set to Launch World Series of Poker Europe |url=http://www.igamingbusiness.com/article-detail.php?articleID%3D12961 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930055513/http://www.igamingbusiness.com/article-detail.php?articleID=12961 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |access-date=June 27, 2015 |website=Gaming Business}}</ref>  The inaugural WSOPE consisted of three events held in [[London]] from September 6–17, 2007. The main event, a [[pound sterling|£]]10,000 buy-in no-limit hold 'em tournament, was won by [[Norway|Norwegian]] online prodigy [[Annette Obrestad]] on the day before her 19th birthday. This made her the youngest person ever to win a WSOP bracelet, a record that cannot be broken in the Las Vegas WSOP under current laws because the minimum legal age for casino gaming in [[Nevada]] is 21. Obrestad could play in the WSOPE because the minimum age for casino gaming in the United Kingdom is 18. While no definitive plans have been announced, WSOP Commissioner [[Jeffrey Pollack]] has indicated that in the next one to three years that other venues may start holding WSOP events.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} Two locations that have been mentioned as possible expansion sites are Egypt and South Africa,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bumbach |first=Mike |date=June 28, 2007 |title=World Series of Poker ups the ante, expands event to Europe - USATODAY.com |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/poker/2007-06-28-poker-europe_N.htm |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=USA Today}}</ref> and the [[World Series of Poker Africa]] was ultimately launched in South Africa in 2010. However, it is currently treated as a WSOP Circuit event, with no bracelets awarded. The next expansion of the WSOP that included bracelet events was ultimately to [[#World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific|Australia]].<ref name="WSOP APAC">{{Cite press release |title=WSOP Announces Partnership With Crown for April 2013 Event in Melbourne, Australia |date=April 30, 2012 |publisher=World Series of Poker |url=http://www.wsop.com/news/2012/May/3761/WSOP-ANNOUNCES-PARTNERSHIP-WITH-CROWN-FOR-APRIL-2013-EVENT-IN-MELBOURNE-AUSTRALIA.html |access-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref>

The WSOPE moved from London to [[Cannes]], France, in 2011. At that time, the buy-ins and payouts changed from being fixed in pounds to [[euro]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dalla |first=Nolan |date=October 12, 2011 |title=WSOP NEWS: AUSTRALIAN-PRO-ANDREW-HINRICHSEN-WINS-GOLD-BRACELET-AT-CANNES |url=https://www.wsop.com/news/2011/Oct/3555/AUSTRALIAN-PRO-ANDREW-HINRICHSEN-WINS-GOLD-BRACELET-AT-CANNES.html |access-date=2020-04-19 |website=World Series of Poker}}</ref> The event moved again in 2013, this time to the [[Paris]] suburb of [[Enghien-les-Bains]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=WSOP Europe on the Move |date=December 26, 2012 |publisher=World Series of Poker |url=http://www.wsop.com/news/2012/Dec/4143/WSOP-EUROPE-ON-THE-MOVE.html |access-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref>

From 2013 to 2017 the WSOPE was held only in odd-numbered years, with the newly launched World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) conducted in even-numbered years.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=WSOP Announces Change to International Event Format |date=November 25, 2013 |publisher=Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. |url=http://www.wsop.com/news/2013/Nov/4651/WSOP-ANNOUNCES-CHANGE-TO-INTERNATIONAL-EVENT-FORMAT.html |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref> WSOPE has been held annually since 2017.