EPT London Poker Festival Kicks Off WednesdayCard Player Will Provide Live Updates From the Series |
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It’s not only the field-sizes that are growing on the European Poker Tour, it’s also the number and variety of tournaments that are being offered.
Beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 30 and running until Oct. 7, the EPT London Poker Festival will feature new events, such as the £2,000 European 8-Game Championship, a £1,000 pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event, and a £1,000 six-handed no-limit hold’em event, among others, with 16 in total.
The series will still feature staples such as the £5,000 main event and the £20,000 high-roller event. These tournaments were both won by Americans last year, with Michael Martin (pictured left) pocketing $1,753,600 for the main event and Jason Mercier (pictured below right) banking $905,141 in the high-roller tourney.
The Card Player Live Updates team has made its way to London and will be providing coverage for the entire duration of the festival, starting with the high-roller event and finishing up with the main event. You can get all of your tournament information by clicking on the tournaments tab on the Card Player homepage.
The EPT London Poker Festival will no doubt benefit from the World Series of Poker Europe series that is currently running at the nearby Casino at the Empire. The WSOPE is scheduled to wrap up on Oct. 1 before all of the action moves over to the London Hilton Metropole Hotel.
The tournament was previously held at the Grosvenor Victoria Casino, but officials expect a much larger field than last year’s count of 596 and need the extra space. The extra space will accommodate as much as 800 players, and PokerStars is anticipating a main-event prize pool that could grow to as much as £4 million.
Here’s a look at the entire schedule of events:
| Date | Time | Buy-In | Event/ Game | Duration |
| 9/30/2009 | 12:00 | £20,000+£500 | High Roller | 3 days |
| 9/30/2009 | 14:00 | £1,000+£100 | 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em | 2 days |
| 9/30/2009 | 20:00 | £1,000+£100 | Pot-Limit Hold’em/Omaha | 2 days |
| 10/1/2009 | 14:00 | £1,000+£100 | 6-Max Pot-Limit Omaha 2X Chance | 2 days |
| 10/1/2009 | 18:00 | £2,000+£150 | 8-Game Championship | 2 days |
| 10/2/2009 | 12:00 | £5,000+£250 | Main Event Day 1A | 5 days |
| 10/2/2009 | 17:00 | £550+£50 (Rebuy) | Super Satellite | 1 day |
| 10/3/2009 | 12:00 | £5,000+£250 | Main Event Day 1B | 5 days |
| 10/3/2009 | 20:00 | £1,000+£100 | Pot-Limit Omaha 8/ob | 2 days |
| 10/4/2009 | 16:00 | £2,500+£200 | No-Limit Hold’em | 2 days |
| 10/5/2009 | 14:00 | £2,000+£150 | Pot-Limit Omaha 2X Chance | 3 days |
| 10/5/2009 | 17:00 | £200+£30 | Ladies Only | 1 day |
| 10/5/2009 | 20:00 | £1,000+£100 | No-Limit Hold’em | 2 days |
| 10/6/2009 | 14:00 | £500+£50 | 8-Game | 2 days |
| 10/6/2009 | 18:00 | £1,500+£100 | No-Limit Hold’em | 2 days |
| 10/7/2009 | 13:00 | £500+£50 | Pot-Limit Omaha Shootout | 1 day |
| 10/7/2009 | 13:00 | £500+£50 | No-Limit Hold’em Shootout | 1 day |
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