Can Europe Take Down the World Cup of Poker, Too?

Just as the spell was broken in Rio de Janeiro last night and Germany became the first European football team to win the World Cup on South-American soil, chances are improving for Europe in the #WSOP2014  #mainevent, with a chip leader from Sweden and many other players from all parts of the continent.

There have only been two European champions in the past ten years: @Peter Eastgate (2008) and @Pius Heinz (2011). Day 6 chip leader @Martin Jacobson may well be the next one.

An unusually colorful group of 27 players are advancing to Day 7 and will play down to the final #NovemberNine; here are the European hopefuls:

@Andoni Larrabe Sanchez	@Felix Vincent Stephensen	@Jorryt Van Hoof

@Maximilian Senft	@Andrey Zaichenko	@Yorane Kerignard

@Craig McCorkell	@Iaron Lightbourne	@Oscar Kemps

Photos: WSOP photo gallery