European Poker Tour

The European Poker Tour (EPT) kicked of it’s fifth season in Barcelona in September. The “Tour” travels around eleven of Europe’s most historic City’s including; Prague, San Remo, Monte Carlo and London. The buy in ranges dramatically from event to event although players can expect to pay between $7,000 and $16,000 to participate in a EPT event. Prizepools for EPT events range significantly although it is rare to find less than seven million dollars in the pool, and with each season the size seems to keep growing! Although there is often participation limits imposed on events which means that the prizepool for the majority of events is limited. The exception to this is the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure which has no limit on the amount of entrants.

EPT Faq’s

How old do you have to be to enter a EPT event?

You must be at least 18 years old. Although some venues may have different age restrictions.

How much does it cost to enter EPT events?

This depends on the venue, there are different buyin costs for different tournaments, ranging from $7,000 to $16,000.

Season 5 European Poker Tour Winners

Barcelona Open : Sebastian Ruthenberg – $1,919,010

London : Michael Martin – $1,753,600

Hungarian Open : Will Fry – $1,00,000 (600,000 Euros)

Warsaw : João Barbosa – €367,141

Season 4 European Poker Tour Winners

Barcelona Open : Sander Lylloff – $1,557,031

London : Joseph Mouawad – $1,138,160

Baden Classic : Julian Thew – $872,040

Dublin : Reuben Peters – $745,668

Prague : Arnaud Mattern – $991,760

PCA Caribbean : Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier – $2,000,000

German Open : Mike McDonals – $1,381,728

Copenhagen : Tim Vance – $1,210,699

Warsaw : Michael Schulze – $1,385,149

San Remo : Jason Mercier – $1,364,330

Monte Carlo Grand Final : Glen Chorny – $3,090,600

EPT Satellites

The only poker site which runs EPT satellites is PokerStars.Com. Last season (season 4) saw PokerStars send 1600 online players to European poker tour events! This year I’m sure PokerStars will be sending more players to EPT events then ever before.

PokerStars EPT Steps

PokerStars runs “step” tournaments for EPT events during the season(September-May). Players can start at the bottom step for $7.50 and work their way to the final sixth step. Alternatively players can start at a higher step, which will command a pricier buyin but in return they will be closer to the elusive final step. Players can even choose to start at the sixth final step which will cost $2,100 to enter.

These step tournaments start at all hours, with over 90,000 players connected to PokerStars at peak times you will always find satellites starting at PokerStars.