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WSOB announcement

Posted By: Andy Bell
Date: Sunday, 12 April 2009, at 2:34 p.m.

In Response To: Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open (Bob Koca)

Gus Hansen was at the Nordic on friday to announce this year's WSOB tour.

WORLD SERIES OF BACKGAMMON® 2009, TOUR DATES, CITIES and WSOB RACE FORMAT

WSOB Cannes Riviera Cup 22 - 26 July Venue tba

WSOB Prague European Championships 9 - 13 Sept Venue tba

WSOB London UK Masters and WSOB Championship 21 – 25 Oct Venue tba

WSOB CHAMPIONSHIP will be a 32 player event this year, with €320.000 prize pool. Top 24 players from tour (the WSOB Race) will qualify to play online, they will boil down to 8. 24 others will win seats via Super Satellite events at both online and at our events.

There will be no Last Chance at our events, instead, €10,000 WSOBC seats will be played for.

Full details of tour, venues, launch date for online platform will be released early May. for up to date info visit www.worldseriesofbackgammon.com or Worldwide Backgammon News on Facebook.

I'll also upload some images from NO day 1 to Worldwide Backgammon News on Facebook as they arrive from our photographer.

Messages In This Thread

• Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open
  Bob Koca -- Saturday, 11 April 2009, at 9:21 p.m.
  • Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open
    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Saturday, 11 April 2009, at 10:53 p.m.
    • Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 12 April 2009, at 8:21 a.m.
      • WSOB announcement
        Andy Bell -- Sunday, 12 April 2009, at 2:34 p.m.
  • Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open
    Coolrey -- Sunday, 12 April 2009, at 4:42 p.m.
    • Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open
      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 12 April 2009, at 11:56 p.m.
      • Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open
        Coolrey -- Monday, 13 April 2009, at 3:00 a.m.
        • Swedish Fish/ Nordic Open
          Bob Koca -- Monday, 13 April 2009, at 6:45 a.m.