London (PRNewswire) -- The first round in the new battle for global poker bragging rights goes to Europe, thanks to Thomas "Buzzer" Bihl who made poker history today at the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe Presented by Betfair. Bihl, a native of Frankfurt, Germany, who started playing poker just four years ago, won 70,875 pounds Sterling and the first-ever WSOP bracelet awarded outside the United States.