Henrik Johansson Wins a 2nd WSOPE Bracelet for Team 888poker

GIBRALTAR, October 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Henrik Johansson, an http://www.888poker.com VIP from Sweden, won the 2^nd bracelet event at WSOPE 2013, €1100 NLH Rebuy. Henrik is a longstanding VIP with 888poker and won his way to this year's World Series of Poker Europe through a VIP raffle competition on the online poker site.

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The €1100 NLH Rebuy tournament saw 659 entries with a total prizepool of €632,640 with Johannsson getting €129,700 for first first place win.

To find out how the final hand went down go to http://uk.888poker.com/poker-tournaments/wsope/Herik-Johansson-Bracelet-Winner  for the full story.

Itai Pazner, Senior Vice President of 888.com congratulated Henrik, stating: "It's always exciting to see one of our loyal customers do so well, this year's WSOPE is starting out with a bang and with such a talented and large team on the ground I think we could see a few more bracelets in this year's series. Enjoy Henrik, I hope our Team helps you celebrate!!"

Henrik's win is the second bracelet for this year's WSOPE after Team 888poker ambassador won the 1^st bracelet win yesterday in the €1100 NLH Ladies Event. If Team 888poker continues on this bracelet chasing streak we could walk away with many more bracelets, possibly 8, the sites magic number.

For more information about this release or 888poker.com, please contact Global Marketing and PR Director, Jennifer Von Strohe at media@888poker.com and jennifer.von-strohe@888holdings.com.  

SOURCE 888poker.com