{"id":26306,"date":"2013-03-15T15:59:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T14:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=26306"},"modified":"2020-12-16T07:15:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T07:15:06","slug":"wpt-national-london-is-living-up-to-its-motto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-london-is-living-up-to-its-motto.html","title":{"rendered":"WPT National London is Living up to its Motto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26311\" title=\"Lucille Cailly\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lucille-cailly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lucille-cailly.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/lucille-cailly-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The World Poker Tour National events pride themselves on giving players the full World Poker Tour (WPT) experience for a fraction of the cost. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/welcome-to-wpt-national-london.html\">The London edition of Season XI\u2019s Nationals<\/a> is playing out behind media row and although the tournament is in its infancy, there are a host of well-known players already in their seats \u2013 most of them French.<\/p>\n<p>If you make your way to Apsers Casino Westfield, enter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/\">welcoming poker room<\/a> and head to Table 2 you will discover three such well-known players. Poker legend <strong>Chris Bjorin<\/strong> is seated there, as is the man ranked 67th in the world Fabrice Soulier. Last but certainly not least is the delectable <strong>Gaelle Baumann<\/strong>, who you may recall finished 10th in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/my-top-10-poker-moments-of-2012-by-mike-sexton.html\">much to the delight of Mike Sexton<\/a>, and was the last woman standing in that tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, players are rubbing shoulders with Spanish high-stakes specialist <strong>Raul Paez<\/strong>, <strong>Manuel Bevand<\/strong>, the EPT Grand Final runner-up <strong>Lucille Cailly<\/strong> (pictured) and the current EPT San Remo champion <strong>Ludovic Lacay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Usually you would have to pay several thousand pounds or euros to play against these stars, now you can come see their smiling faces for a fraction of that, just \u00a31,650 in total. You don\u2019t even have to be French because we love and welcome everyone here. Come on down. You know you want to.<\/p>\n<p>There are currently 66 players in their seats right now, but late registration is open for another seven hours, giving you plenty of time to come and buy in.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chip counts of the rich and famous<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lucille Cailly \u2013 25,000<br \/>\nManual Bevand \u2013 25,000<br \/>\nGaelle Baumann \u2013 25,000<br \/>\nLudovic Lacay \u2013 25,000<br \/>\nFabrice Soulier \u2013 25,000<br \/>\nChris Bjorin \u2013 25,000<\/p>\n<h3>Who is the most famous player you have shared a table with?<\/h3>\n<p>Have you played against a famous poker player? How did it turn out for you? Let us know in the comments below and remember to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PartyPoker\"><strong>follow us<\/strong><\/a> on Twitter and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PartyPoker\"><strong>like us<\/strong><\/a> on Facebook now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Poker Tour National events pride themselves on giving players the full World Poker Tour (WPT) experience for a fraction of the cost. The London edition of Season XI\u2019s Nationals is playing out behind media row and although the tournament is in its infancy, there are a host of well-known players already in their<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wpt-national-london-is-living-up-to-its-motto.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":26311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26306"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100859,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26306\/revisions\/100859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26306"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}