PokerStars.com Announces EPT Season Five Schdeule
Europe's largest and most prominent traveling poker series, the PokerStars.com-sponsored European Poker Tour, has today announced its much-awaited Season Five schedule.
Beginning with a September kickoff event in Barcelona, this season brings the return of the Deauville, France event, in addition to the return of other popular stops. The schedule as initially announced includes nine dates, as follows:
EPT Barcelona Open
September 10 - 14, 2008
Casino Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Entry Fee: €8,000 + 250
Player Cap: 700
EPT London
October 1 - 5, 2008
Victoria Casino
London, England
Entry Fee: £5,200 + 200
Player Cap: 500
EPT Polish Open
November 15 - 19, 2008
Warsaw Hyatt Regency
Warsaw, Poland
Entry Fee: ZI (Zloty) 20,000 + 1000
Player Cap: (t/b/d)
EPT Prague
December 9 – 13, 2008
Hilton Hotel
Prague, Czech Republic
Entry Fee: €5,000 + 250
Player Cap: 600
EPT French Open
January 20-24, 2009
Casino Barriere
Deauville, France
Entry Fee: €5,000 + 300
Player Cap: 700
EPT Scandinavian Open
February 17 - 21, 2009
Casino Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Entry Fee: 50,000 + 2,250 DKR
Player Cap: 500
EPT German Open
March 10 – 14, 2009
Casino Hohensyburg
Dortmund, Germany
Entry Fee: €5,000 + 250
Player Cap: 500
EPT San Remo
April 18 - 23, 2009
Casino San Remo
San Remo, Italy
Entry Fee: €5,000 + 250
Player Cap: 800
EPT Grand Final
April 28 – May 3, 2009
Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Entry Fee: €10,000 + €600
Player Cap: 1000
According to EPT chief executive John Duthie, "The new EPT season includes all the events which have made the past four seasons such a triumph with record fields across Europe and record prize pools. We have set very high standards and aim to improve on this still further in Season 5." Duthie also noted the return of the popular French event, cancelled last year to circumstances beyond the EPT's control, and noted several important facts and figures illustrating the enormous popularity of the EPT. Among the EPT's credentials:
● Total EPT Season Four prize pool of $62 million (almost €40 million);
● 5,902 total EPT Series championship event entries (including 1,682 online qualifiers via PokerStars);
● Largest single prize pool ever generated for a non-Las Vegas event — $3 million (over €2 million) for the Season Four EPT Grand Final.
Online qualifiers for the new Season Five EPT events begin on PokerStars July 7th, with entries priced as low as $2.20. Prize packages won online at Stars also include top-flight accomodations and spending money.
Additional information on specific sites and dates and the ET in general is available at www.ept.com.
