European Poker Tour - Season 9

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The European Poker Tour Season 9 schedule has been announced! The new season has fewer stops but more poker, as each event will be a 10-day festival with tournaments for all types of player. The tour stops in all of Europe’s premium poker destinations, and online qualification will be available very soon.

For the full EPT9 festival schedule, please visit the official EPT website.

Mohsin Charania wins EPT Season 8 finale

Season 8 of the world’s richest poker tour has drawn to a close at the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final. Over the course of nine days, the planet’s best poker players battled for huge sums of money in the exclusive surroundings of the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel. The €10,300 Main Event was won by American player Mohsin Charania, who collected the trophy and €1,350,000 in first place prize money. In total, 665 players competed in the Main Event, creating a massive prize pool of €6,650,000, with the top 97 places paid.

The Tournament of Champions closed out the celebrations, as all previous EPT Main Event champions played for a Season 9 passport. The winner was EPT6 Warsaw champ Christophe Benzimra from France, winning entry to all events next season. For full coverage, check out the PokerStars Blog and PokerStars.tv.

$100,000 Super High Roller

The Super High Roller event was one of the richest live poker tournaments ever staged in Europe, and it attracted the cream of the world’s poker talent. A stacked final table included Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu and Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, plus Tobias Reinkemeier, who won the High Roller event at the EPT Grand Final last year. The eventual winner was US pro Justin Bonomo, who scooped an eye-watering €1,640,000 for the win.

$25,500 High Roller

The 8-Max High Roller tournament featured a top quality field with Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu making a deep run all the way to second place and €598,600 in prize money. The winner was Russia’s Igor Kurganov who closed out a million-euro payday, taking home €1,080,000.

For more information about the other stops on Season 8 of the European Poker Tour, including all side event results, and details of Season 9, visit the official EPT website.

EPT Season 8 Results and Winners

Event	Dates	Prize Pool	Winner
EPT Tallinn	August 2-7, 2011	€1,071,600	Ronny Kaiser (€275,000)
EPT Barcelona	August 27-September 1, 2011	€4,055,000	Martin Schleich (€850,000)
EPT London	September 30-October 6, 2011	£3,351,350	Benny Spindler (£750,000)
EPT San Remo	October 21-27, 2011	€3,734,694	Andrey Pateychuk (€680,000)
EPT Loutraki	November 15-20, 2011	€1,344,000	Zimnan Ziyard(€347,000)
EPT Prague	December 5-10, 2011	€3,501,700	Martin Finger (€720,000)
PCA	January 5-15, 2012	€10,398,400	John Dibella ($1,775,000)
EPT Deauville	January 31 - February 6, 2012	€4,267,200	Vadzim Kursevich (€875,000)
EPT Copenhagen	February 20-25, 2012	DKK10,046,400	Mickey Petersen (DKK2,515,000)
EPT Madrid	March 12-17, 2012	€2,313,450	Frederik Jensen (€495,000)
EPT Campione	March 26-31, 2012	€2,764,500	Jannick Wrang (€640,000)
EPT Berlin	April 16-21, 2012	€3,725,000	Davidi Kitai (€640,000)
PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final	April 23-May 1, 2012	€ 6,650,000	Mohsin Charania (€1,350,000)

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