How it works

Register
Play Any
Minimum of 60 Live events In France
MINIMUM 60 Online & bounty events In France
120 Winners
2nd - 6th Place
Top 5% of Each Event
Online Semi-Final To be announced..
120 Winners
Finally, a total of 240 live and online players compete to become the National Champion The top 18 best Country players qualify also for the Grand Final to become the: "EUROPEAN-OPC CHAMPION"

The French-OPC stages

Play the French Open Poker Championship

Country’s best 18 players play in the European Grand Final

Host Date and location will be …soon announced.

The host date and Location will be announced later

The Prestigious Live Grand Final date will soon be announced!

  • The winner of the local event goes forward to the National Final.
  • Players finishing 2nd to 6th will go to the Online National Semi-Final.
  • The online Semi-Final is on the Country sponsor’s website.
  • The top 120 players from the Semi-Final also win entry to the National Final.
  • Together with the 120 local event winners making the National Final 240 contesters.
  • There will also be multiple weekly announced Free Second Chance Online events.
  • Second Chance’s online events schedule will be announced in a timely matter
  • Any player who is correctly registered with a player’s account can join these events for free.
  • The top 5% from each Second Chance event will be forwarded to the Online Semi-Final.
  • This enables players at local events to invite their friends to join to take part in it.
  • Anyone can play provided they are first registered as an E-OPC member.
  • E-OPC events are intended to be a fun and educational experience.
  • All while creating a Local, City, or European Open Poker Champion.
  • Giving talented players a chance to become maybe rich & famous.
  • Each event winner receives a Trophy as  E-OPC Champion for that venue.
  • All the event winners will automatically be entered in that year’s E-OPC Grand Final.

Register to play any of our Live or Online Second Chance events.

Compete (for your country) in the European Open Poker Championship.

And claim your place in the finals!

French
City Poker Champion

National
Poker Champion

European
Poker Champion

The Prize pool is soon to be announced

Meet the players

Passionate about the game

Frank Op de Woerd

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Paul Leckley

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Michael Mizrachi

Love to play by International Rules Globally as it nutralizes many discrepancies.

Jan Peter Jachtmann

On my pokertrips, I always hated to face different rules for special situations.

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Noah Boeken

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Adam Neal

Love the transparent ease of international rules for all players.

Erich Kollmann

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