The 2015 Norwegian Championships will be held in Norway for the first time, after Amaya Gaming subsidiary Global Poker Tours Ltd declared their intent to host a series of events in the coming months.

Norwegian poker is coming home.

That’s the revelation greeting Norwegian based poker players after Amaya Inc. subsidiary, Global Poker Tours Ltd, announced plans to host the first legal live poker series in the Scandinavian country.

It’s great news for Norwegian based poker players who, for the past 13-years, have had to travel as far and wide as Ireland, England and Latvia to play in their home based Championship event thanks to archaic gaming laws.