The EPT is back in Monaco! After a two-year hiatus, PokerStars' flagship European event has returned to the principality in the south of France as the 2018 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT. The Monte Carlo stop has a long and rich history featuring the best in poker from all of Europe and beyond. Past winners of this prestigious event include Rob Hollink (2005), Pieter de Korver (2009), Mohsin Charania (2012), Steve O'Dwyer (2013), Adrian Mateos (2015) and defending champion Jan Bendik (2016).

The 2018 schedule is jam-packed with no less than 39 events, varying in buy-ins from €330 all the way up to €100,000. Highlighting the schedule are the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller (April 27-29), the €5,300 EPT Main Event (April 28-May 4) and the €25,000 EPT High Roller (May 2-4).

Over the course of the next 11 days, PokerNews will be your one-stop shop for everything regarding this storied event. As a special occasion, we've set up one page containing feature coverage for all your PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT needs. Make sure to bookmark this page and check back regularly for highlights of all the big events, interviews with players, off the felt activities and information on how to win one of the six €30,000 Platinum Passes up for grabs throughout the 11-day festival.

Shedding it's Grand Final moniker this year, the €5,300 EPT Main Event will kick off on April 28. For the first-time ever in Monte Carlo, players are allowed a single reentry if they run out of chips. Once the Main Event rolls around, PokerNews will kick things into high gear and provide start-to-finish coverage of this seven-day event. Sit back and enjoy as we bring you the all the poker updates from the Le Sporting Casino at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort.