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The World Poker Tour (WPT) needs a bigger rucksack after announcing plans to host a televised WPT Main Event in Europe for the first time in four years.

The Season XVI WPT European Championship is scheduled to take place Jan 5-15, 2018, with the Spielbank Casino in Berlin, Germany acting as hosts.

It will be the first time the WPT has held a tournament in Germany, and the first time a European Main Event has been te