some more news on WORLD SERIES OF BACKGAMMON on TV.

Poker Channel Europe are airing an 'abridged' version of the WSOB 2 including all the record breaking Main Event finals plus the season opening Preview Show AND the Season Review Show which features Gus Hansen playing former bg player full time poker pro Arnaud Mattern for US$10,000 in a short format match.

Here's the schedule:


TUESDAYS at 9pm CET from Nov 23rd

the Preview Show - Tuesday 23rd Nov - Jessie is in Cannes to find out about backgammon and the forthcoming tour

UK Masters final - Tuesday 30th Nov
John HURST (Eng) v Christian PLENZ (Ger)

Nordic Open final - Tuesday 7th Dec
Tassilo RZYMANN v Hans Christian MATHEISEN

Season Review show 10 - Tuesday 14th Dec
a review of the season, build up to Cannes final and WSOB Championship

Cannes, final - Tuesday 21st Dec
Gus makes the final in Cannes and meets USA's Bob KOCA

WSOB Championship, semis and final - Tuesday 28th
16 players qualified for the season finale, €160k shootout


WSOB is hosted by Jessie Cantrell, with commentary by Gus Hansen, John Clark; guest commentary by Sander Lylloff, Falafel and Morten Holm

The shows will be on in France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Benelux, Austria, Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Serbia, Czech Rep, Greece, Monaco, Hungary, Romania, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia and Latvia

Visit www.pokerchanneleurope.com to check what platforms Poker Channel is on in your country.

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