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European Poker Tour - Season 8
LATEST NEWS:
Satellites for EPT Copenhagen and Madrid are running now from €5.45 or 100 FPP - and you can win a prize package that includes Main Event buy-in, accommodation and money for expenses. To find the qualifier tournaments in the PokerStars lobby, select ‘Events’ and ‘EPT’.
European Poker Tour (EPT) Season 8
The richest poker tour in the world is back for an incredible eighth season. It’s the live tournament series that stages big-money poker events in some of Europe’s most exclusive and exciting destinations. You can win your seat to by playing in online qualifier tournaments for just a few euros - which you could turn into hundreds of thousands if you run deep in a Main Event!
Season 8 will see new stops on the schedule, as the European Poker Tour (EPT) expands its reach, with an all-new stop in Loutraki, Greece. Regular events in Barcelona, London and Prague are on the list too, as well as the annual trip to The Bahamas for the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) - the largest live poker event in the world held outside of Las Vegas.
Winning an EPT title is the high point of any poker player’s career, and at every stop hundreds of PokerStars qualifiers, professional players and members of Team PokerStars Pro sit down to take their shot at glory. All roads lead to the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final at the end of April 2012, so start your qualification campaign now and be part of the world’s biggest poker tour.
EPT Season 8 Schedule
The full Season 8 schedule is below. Please note, the schedule is subject to change at any time at the organizer’s discretion.
| Event | Dates | Venue | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPT Tallinn | August 2-7, 2011 | Swissotel | €4,000 + 250*** |
| EPT Barcelona | August 27-September 1, 2011 | The Arts | €5,000 + 300 |
| EPT London | September 30-October 6, 2011 | Metropole | £5,000 + 250* |
| EPT San Remo | October 21-27, 2011 | Casino San Remo | €4,600 + 300 |
| EPT Loutraki | November 15-20, 2011 | Club Hotel Casino | €4,000 + 400 |
| EPT Prague | December 5-10, 2011 | Hilton | €5,000 + 300* |
| PCA | January 5-15, 2012 | Atlantis | $10,000 + 600* |
| EPT Deauville | January 31 - February 6, 2012 | Casino Barriere | €5,000 + 300** |
| EPT Copenhagen | February 20-25, 2012 | Casino Copenhagen | DKK 35,000 + 2,250** |
| EPT Madrid | March 12-17, 2012 | Gran Casino | €5,000 + 300* |
| EPT Campione | March 26-31, 2012 | Casino di Campione | €5,000 + 300* |
| EPT Berlin | April 16-21, 2012 | Spielbank | €5,000 + 300* |
| PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final | April 23-May 1, 2012 | Monte Carlo Bay Hotel | €10,000 + 600 |
*3% of the main prizepool will be held back to meet the cost of floor staff and dealers.
**4% deducted from prizepool to pay government and local taxes.
***5% deducted from prizepool to pay government and local taxes.
EPT Season 8 Highlights
Deauville | 889 players | €4,267,200 prize pool | 1st: Vadzim Kursevich (€875,000)
Another huge field gathered in Normandy in Northern France as 889 players registered for the EPT Deauville Main Event. It was Vadzim Kursevich from Belarus who took the title and €875,000 in first place prize money. He beat French PokerStars.fr qualifier Paul Guichard when he rivered a straight to get past Guichard’s flopped set. There was also a deep run for Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano, who finished 7th for €110,000.
PokerStars Blog | PokerStars.tv
Prague | 772 players | €3,501,700 prize pool | 1st: Martin Finger (€720,000)
Records were smashed in the Czech capital - as players warmed up by taking part in the largest-ever online tournament at PokerStars, before the biggest-ever Prague Main Event field of 772 sat down to play for more than €3,500,000 in cash. Germany provided the winner, when Martin Finger scooped the title and €770,000 in first place prize money after his A-K flopped trip Kings against heads-up opponent David Boyaciyan.
PokerStars Blog | PokerStars.tv
Loutraki | 336 players | €1,344,000 prize pool | 1st: Zimnan Ziyard(€347,000)
History was made as the European Poker Tour visited Greece for the first time ever, and 336 players turned up to create a prize pool of over €1,000,000. It was UK player and PokerStars qualifier Zimnan Ziyard who took it down, after reaching the final table as chip leader. He clinched the title and €347,000 in cash after a thrilling heads-up battle with Hauke Heseding from Germany.
PokerStars Blog | PokerStars.tv
San Remo | 837 players | €3,734,694 prize pool | 1st: Andrey Pateychuk (€680,000)
The biggest field of EPT Season 8 so far gathered in San Remo, with 837 players contributing to a huge prize pool of €3,734,694. Russia’s Andrey Pateychuk came out on top, taking the title and €680,000 in first place prize money, after a hard-fought heads-up battle against Bulgaria’s Dimitar Danchev. The end came when Pateychuk’s K-Q of spades made a flush against Danchev’s pair of sevens.
PokerStars Blog | PokerStars.tv
London | 691 players | £3,351,350 prize pool | 1st: Benny Spindler (£750,000)
After several near-misses at previous EPT events, Germany’s Benny Spindler finally booked his first major title win with victory in London. It was an incredible performance that saw him cut his way through the final table, busting runner-up Steve O’Dwyer heads-up to take prize money of £750,000. Spanish Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor also came close, eventually finishing in 4th for $200,000.
PokerStars Blog | PokerStars.tv
Barcelona | 811 players | €4,055,000 prize pool | 1st: Martin Schleich (€850,000)
A massive 811 players turned out for the EPT’s regular visit to Barcelona, and a star-studded field competed over six days for a combined prize pool of just over €4,000,000. One of the stars was Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov, who went close to his first-ever EPT title, finishing 3rd. Germany’s Martin Schleich took first place and €850,000, when his A-9 held against Dragan Kostic’s A-7.
PokerStars Blog | PokerStars.tv
Tallinn | 282 players | €1,071,600 prize pool | 1st: Ronny Kaiser (€275,000)
The opening event of Season 8 of the European Poker Tour took place in Tallinn, Estonia, with a high-class field of 282 players registering to play the Main Event. The first champion of the new season was Switzerland’s Ronny Kaiser, who made quick work of the final table, wrapping things up in four and a half hours. The title and €275,000 in prize money was his when his A-9 crushed Grzegorz Cichocki’s 8-6.
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