European Poker Tour Grand Final Kicks Off With €100,000 Event MondayPoker's Biggest Names Head To Monte Carlo To Play For Millions |
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The PokerStars European Poker Tour Grand Final returns to Monte Carlo this week after a brief one-year stint in Madrid. The concluding series of the EPT’s eighth season kicked off today with an absolutely massive €100,000 buy-in super high roller eight-max no-limit hold’em event. This will be the highest buy-in event in the EPT’s history, topping the $100,000 buy-in events at the past two PokerStars Caribbean Adventures, as the current value of the euro makes this particular event a $131,390 buy-in in U.S. dollars.
The tournament is also being played as a re-entry event, with registration open for the first four levels and re-entry available until the end of day 1’s eight levels. Before play began there were already 34 confirmed participants, including Viktor “Isildur1” Blom, Phil Ivey, Daniel “Jungleman12” Cates, Daniel Negreanu, Sam Trickett, Patrik Antonius, Scott Seiver, Jason Mercier, Jonathan Duhamel, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Vanessa Selbst and Eugene Katchalov.
In addition to this massive tournament, the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Casino is slated to host a total of 37 events. Other highlights include a €25,500 no-limit hold’em eight-max high roller and the €10,600 EPT Grand Final no-limit hold’em main event.
Last year’s Madrid running of this main event drew 683 entrants, building a prizepool that topped $10 million in U.S. dollars. Eventual champion Ivan Freitez took home €1.5 million ($2.2 million) and 2,400 Card Player Player of the Year points.
Here is a look at the complete schedule of the 2012 EPT Grand Final (excluding satellites):
| Event | Date | # of Days | Buy-In |
| Event 1 – No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller 8 Max | 4/23/12 | 3 | €98,500 + €1,500 |
| Event 3 – No-Limit Hold’em Heads-Up (64 Player Max) | 4/24/12 | 2 | €5,000 + €250 |
| Event 11 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo | 4/25/12 | 1 | €300 + €30 |
| Event 8 – Pot-Limit Omaha Six Max Turbo | 4/25/12 | 1 | €5,000 + €200 |
| Main Event | 4/25/12 | 6 | €10,000 + €600 |
| Event 12 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Max Turbo | 4/26/12 | 1 | €5,000 + €200 |
| Event 13 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty Eight Max | 4/26/12 | 1 | €2,000 + €100 |
| Event 14 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo | 4/26/12 | 1 | €300 + €20 |
| Event 15 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty | 4/27/12 | 1 | €1,000 + €50 |
| Event 16 – No-Limit Hold’em | 4/27/12 | 2 | €5,000 + €250 |
| Event 17 – Pot-Limit Omaha One Rebuy | 4/27/12 | 2 | €1,000 + €100 |
| Event 18 – No-Limit Hold’em Trubo “Win the Butoon!” | 4/27/12 | 1 | €300 + €30 |
| Event 19 – No-Limit Hold’em | 4/28/12 | 2 | €2,000 + €150 |
| Event 20 – No-Limit Hold’em “Win the Button!” Eight Max | 4/28/12 | 2 | €1,000 + €100 |
| Event 22 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo | 4/28/12 | 1 | €300 + €30 |
| Event 23 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Max | 4/29/12 | 2 | €1,000 + €100 |
| Event 24 – No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Eight Max | 4/29/12 | 3 | €25,000 + €500 |
| Event 25 – MIxed Game Eight Max | 4/29/12 | 2 | €1,000 + €100 |
| Event 27 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo “Rivers!” | 4/29/12 | 1 | €300 + €30 |
| Event 28 – No-Limit Hold’em Six Max | 4/30/12 | 2 | €5,000 + €250 |
| Event 29 – No-Limit Hold’em | 4/30/12 | 2 | €1,000 + €100 |
| Event 30 – No-Limit Hold’em Ladies | 4/30/12 | 2 | €1,000 + €100 |
| Event 31 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty | 4/30/12 | 1 | €1,200 + €100 |
| Event 32 – No-Limit Hold’em Hyper Turbo | 4/30/12 | 1 | €100 + €20 |
| Event 33 – No-Limit Hold’em Tournament of Champions | 5/1/12 | 1 | € 0 |
| Event 34 – NO-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty | 5/1/12 | 1 | €1,000 + €50 |
| Event 35 – No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Edition of EPT Main Event | 5/1/12 | 1 | €300 + €30 |
| Event 36 – No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Turbo Six Max | 5/1/12 | 1 | €10,000 + €300 |
| Event 37 – No-Limit Hold’em Hyper Turbo | 5/1/12 | 1 | €100 + €20 |
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