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Poker Stars European Poker Tour Announces New Schedule

First Event Kicks Off in Barcelona in Early September

by Kristy Arnett  |  Published: Jun 12, 2008  |  

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The European Poker Tour is nearing its fifth season, and with the success of last year’s installment that saw the biggest prize pool ever generated outside of Las Vegas in the Monte Carlo Grand Final, organizers look forward to even bigger turnouts and prize pools.

The first event of this year’s EPT will take place in Barcelona at the beginning of September. The tour will stop in nine countries, and chief executive of the EPT John Duthie says that they are expecting to add new venues to the tour.

The following is the EPT season five schedule:

Tournament Location Venue Dates Buy-in Entry cap
EPT Bacelona Open Barcelona, Spain Casino Barcelona Sept. 10-14, 2008

€8,250

 700
EPT London London, England Victoria Casino Oct. 1-5, 2008

£5,400

500
EPT Polish Open Warsaw, Poland Hyatt Regency, Warsaw Nov. 15-19, 2008

ZI 21,000

 TBC
EPT Prague Prague, Czech Republic Hilton Hotel Dec. 9-13, 2008

€5,250

 600
EPT French Open Deauville, France Casino Barriere Jan. 20-24, 2009

€5,300

 700
EPT Scandinavian Open Copenhagen, Denmark Casino Copenhagen Feb. 17-21, 2009

52,250 DKR

 500
EPT German Open Dortmund, Germany Casino Hohensyburg March 10-14, 2009 €5,250 500
EPT San Remo San Remo, Italy Casino San Remo April 18-23, 2009 €5,250 800
EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo, Monaco Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort April 28-May 3, 2009

€10,600

 1,000


PokerStars will, of course, be running satellites for each of these events. Last year, of the 5,902 players who competed in a events, 1,682 of them were PokerStars qualifiers. Satellites for the Barcelona event will begin on July 7 and start as low as $2.20. Players can also take advantage of a special PokerStars deposit bonus from Card Player.

 
 
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