Pokerstars.net EPT Vienna Kicks Off Today
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The eye-opening surroundings of the Kursalon right in the heart of Vienna city centre are about to welcome hundreds of poker players and distribute them around the tables for the first time in donkey's years as the EPT returns to this historic and beautiful city.
For EPT history you need to look back to 2004 and Season One, where an explosion in the poker world was in the process of boosting fields and bringing the game to a wider selection of people around Europe. Pascal Perrault was victorious then, taking €184,500 for the top spot and putting Vienna on the European Poker Tour map, but this event is the first time it will have returned.
The tournament can accommodate 600 players, and we're going to have a busy couple of Day Ones - the first swathe are going to be allowed in to the room shortly and we expect the first cards to be in the air at midday local time.