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Los Angeles, CA (February 14, 2019) – WPTDeepStacks™ today announced the season-ending WPTDeepStacks European Championship at Casino Barrière Deauville in Deauville, France.
The Championship marks the conclusion of the WPTDeepStacks Europe season and takes place from May 9-12. The WPTDeepStacks European Championship Main Event carries a buy-in of €1,500 and is part of the complete WPTDeepStacks European Championship Deauville Festival that goes from May 6-12.
Players can earn their €2,000 WPTDeepStacks European Championship Package by winning a WPTDeepStacks Europe Main Event. Upcoming WPTDeepStacks Europe stops include WPTDeepStacks Barcelona powered by partypoker LIVE from March 14-17, WPTDeepStacks Amsterdam from March 28-31, and 888poker WPTDeepStacks Malta from April 11-14.
An exciting list of amenities for players to enjoy at the festival includes the WPTDeepStacks Europe Player of the Year party on Saturday, May 11 at the Barrière O2 bar, discounted hotel room rates at the Hotel Barrière l’Hotel du Golf, Hotel Barrière Le Royal Deauville and Hotel Barrière le Normandy, along with discounts at all Casino Barrière Deauville restaurants.
WPTDeepStacks last visited Deauville this past December, when Saul Berdugo conquered a field of 474 entries to win €98,000.
“WPTDeepStacks Europe is proud to announce this season’s WPTDeepStacks European Championship at Casino Barrière Deauville,” Hermance Blum, WPT® VP Europe, said. “WPT looks forward to finishing this season of WPTDeepStacks Europe on the highest note, and what better place to do so than at one of the top poker destinations in the world.”
Angelica Hael, VP of Global Tour Management for the World Poker Tour®, added, “Casino Barrière Deauville has proved to be an epicenter for a wonderful playing experience, making them a perfect location for our WPTDeepStacks European Championship.”
Bruno Chauvin, Casino Director of Casino Barrière Deauville, commented, “It is an honor to host the WPTDeepStacks European Championship. We are delighted to welcome all our players who will discover Deauville and the Barrière Resort in the summertime. All our teams across the Casino Barrière Deauville and the Hotels are dedicated to make this season-ending WPTDeepStacks Festival an unforgettable experience.”
To find a WPTDeepStacks event near you, check out the tour’s complete schedule on WPT.com.
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About Barrière
Barrière is a Brand under which the hotels, casinos and restaurants of two different groups, Groupe Lucien Barrière (GLB) et Société Fermière du Casino Municipal de Cannes (SFCMC) are marketed.
Founded in 1912 by François André and subsequently developed and managed by Lucien Barrière, Diane Barrière-Desseigne and Dominique Desseigne, Barrière has gone through many eras to become market leader in French casinos, a benchmark in the luxury hotel industry and a global player in the world of leisure and entertainment.
Barrière has developed an unrivalled offering in the top of the range leisure market, founded with the view to providing operational excellence, a quality of service that is second to none and French art de vivre. Today it owns 34 Casinos, 18 Hotels (mainly 5 stars) and more than 120 bars and restaurants, one of which is the renowned Fouquet’s in Paris (with subsidiaries in 6 other cities) and organizes almost 3,000 shows and events every year. In June 2018, the Group was authorized to open its 1st Gaming Club ** in Paris at 104, Avenue des Champs-Elysées
The turnover of the two Groups was 1.2 billion euros at the end of their financial year on 31st October 2018, and they now comprise almost 7,000 staff members.
Barrière is also well known in the food and beverage industry, serving some 2 million meals, in the leisure industry with 15 spas, 1 thalassotherapy centre in La Baule, 1 balneotherapy centre in Ribeauvillé, 3 golf courses and 2 tennis clubs, and is increasingly making a name for itself through its world renown Resorts located in many popular tourist destinations.
*including Le Carl Gustaf which will open last quarter 2019
** Opening in 2019
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