Pokerstars.com European Poker Tours
The prestigious PokerStars.com European Poker Tour or EPT has established itself in the world of live tournaments as one of the grandest and most well received, world famous poker tournaments that has been running with much success for almost six years now. Each year, the number of players increases and more money is at stake for these poker stars. Literally going all over Europe, its fifth season had events in Budapest (Hungary), Deauville (France) , the Bahamas and in Monte Carlo. The tournament’s culmination event was able to rake in a whopping 935 players, each with a €10,000 buy-in. This made the pot an incredibly large amount of €9.35 million, an amount comparable to the high-rolling Las Vegas poker tournaments! It currently holds a record of being the wealthiest poker tournament done in the world (outside of Vegas). After the EPT grand finals ended and computations were made, it was surmised that the total prize amounted to €54 million with almost 8,000 players joining.
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour, true to its nature of being lived, receives coverage from the critically acclaimed Sunset + Vine, a TV production company broadcasting the tournament for the whole world to witness. It is backed by a remarkable production team which includes BAFTA award winner John Duthie (Executive Producer) who is a famous director of UK prime time dramas among other things and TK Poker Events Internation CEO Thomas Kremser (Tournament Director) who is famous for the numerous successful festivals around the world. Sponsored by PokerStars.com which is the world’s biggest name in online poker and the online gaming industry as a whole with millions upon millions of players from all over the globe and up to 200,000 players simultaneously playing poker online, it’s no wonder the EPT is such a magnificent success!