World Poker Exchange’s London Open 2005 Tournament Chip
Obsolete
Denom: $25
Issued: 2005
Last Update: 2022-04 25
Color: Green
Inserts: 6 sxs White
Mold: Plain
Inlay: OR-Gold
Updated info By: A.J. Giametta
WPE headquarted in Antigua
Type: Internet Casino
Status: Closed
Open: 1995, Close: 02/15/2012
World Poker Exchange, at one time was the world’s fastest growing online poker sites, hosted the The London Open in 2005 with, a high stakes, $2,000,000 minimum prize pot offline and with separate new issued special edition chips in partnership with FHM UK and The Bravo Channel, the UK’s leading men’s entertainment network, on August 4th through August 7th, 2005.
lifestyle poker tournament and will be held at a unique venue in London with exclusive social outings each night of the tournament, attracting both world-renowned poker players and celebrities from around the globe. The overall tournament will be filmed as a primetime TV special, “World Poker Exchange London Open,” and will also document the highs and lows of 10 FHM qualifying players as they play for the millions of dollars prize pool which will be broadcast on Flextech’s Bravo and freeview channel FTN, reaching 13 million homes.
The London Open 2005 World Poker Exchange
event was held at Old Billingsgate Market in London, UK — a landmark venue to showcase the new “Lifestyle’s Poker events.” The event’s prize pool fell way-short — paying only paying only $750,000 instead of the promoted
two million payday.
https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/591-iwan-jones-wins-2005-Lpndon-Open.
