The 3rd Annual World Series of Poker Europe held at Empire Casino in Leicester Square, London, would see a total of four events and be highlighted by J.P. Kelly becoming the second player to win a WSOP and WSOP Europe bracelet in the same year. Daniel Negreanu made back-to-back WSOP Europe final table appearances, while Antoine Saout and James Akenhead followed in the footsteps of Ivan Demidov the previous year by final tabling both the WSOP and WSOP Europe Main Events in the same year.