How it works

Register
Play Any
Minimum of 60 Live events In Sweden
MINIMUM 60 Online & bounty events In Sweden
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 Swedish-OPC stages

Play the Swedish Open Poker Championship

The top 18-players of each country will compete in the European-OPC Grand Final

The host date and Location will be announced later

The prestigious live European-OPC Grand Final date will soon be announced!

  • Anyone can join the tournament events for free provided they are registered as a player on the European-OPC website.
  • The winners of local events go on to compete in the national final.
  • Players finishing 2nd to 6th will go on to compete in the online national semi-final.
  • The online semi-final will be held on the country sponsor’s website.
  • The top 120 players from the semi-final will enter the national final, making up the 240 contesters of the national final together with the 120 local event winners.
  • There will also be multiple free online Second Chance events, the schedule of which will be announced weekly.
  • The top 5% from each online Second Chance event will go on to compete in the online semi-final, which enables players at local events to invite their friends to participate as well.
  • Each event winner receives a trophy as the champion of that local or national tournament event.
  • Prizewinners receive the cup and all possible extras into their account.
  • All event winners will automatically be entered in that year’s European-OPC Grand Final.
  • European-OPC tournament events are intended to offer a fun and educational experience while creating local, national, and European
  • Open Poker champions, giving talented players a chance at, possibly, becoming rich and famous.

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 Grand Final!

Swedish
Preliminary round winner

Swedish-OPC
Champion

European-OPC
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

It is so much better now to play by basic International Poker Rules.

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.

Govert Metaal

Official playing with the International Rules is a confirmation towards all players that they will be threated with binding respect.

Noah Boeken

The International Poker Rules are the best rules for all the players, no matter who you are!

Adam Neal

Love the transparent ease of international rules for all players.

Erich Kollmann

Poker event organizers invite international players from various countries. They should play by International Poker Rules, fair and consistent.

Patrik Antonius

Add credibility and fairness to the game of poker globally, and play by International Poker Rules.

Barny Boatman

The game of poker is complicated enough without confusion over rules. The IP Rules are the perfect answer.