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Title: EPT Season 4 Post by: tikay on June 13, 2007, 01:53:08 PM Here is an extraxct of an e-Mail I had from John Duthie/EPT/PokerStars. "The most exciting news for next season is that the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), to be held next January at the Atlantis Casino Resort in the Bahamas , has been added to the EPT schedule. The PCA, a hugely popular event, is now ‘an official EPT tournament’ and we are delighted to welcome it to our list of events." Full information on this event will be available soon on the EPT.com website. Season 4 of the EPT includes all the events which made Season 3 such a success, with record fields and sell-out tournaments across Europe . EPT Season 3 saw 3,483 players taking part, creating a total prize pool of nearly €27 million. Season 4 will starts in Barcelona in August, and new events are expecting to be added in due course. Last season ended with the spectacular Monte Carlo EPT Grand Final, our biggest event to date, and the richest tournament ever held outside of Las Vegas . Gavin Griffin took the title of EPT champion, winning €1.8 million, after qualifying on PokerStars in a $240 Double Shoot-Out. "We have raised the buy-ins across the board to €8,000. This decision is based on the limited number of people who can be accommodated at our EPT venues, and the fact that the €10,000 EPT Grand Final - our most expensive event - proved so popular," added John Duthie. The schedule so far is as follows: Casino Barcelona Barcelona SPAIN EPT BARCELONA OPEN August 28 - Sept 1, 2007 €7,700 + 300 600 Victoria Casino London ENGLAND EPT LONDON September 25-29, 2007 £5,200 + 200 500 Grand Casino Baden Baden AUSTRIA EPT BADEN CLASSIC October 7-10, 2007 €7,600 + 400 400 Royal Dublin Society Dublin IRELAND EPT DUBLIN October 30 - November 3, 2007 €7,700 + 300 500+ Atlantis Resort and Casino Paradise Island BAHAMAS PokerStars Caribbean Adventure January 4-10, 2008 $7,800+200 No cap Hilton Hotel Prague CZECH REPUBLIC EPT PRAGUE Tbc tbc 500 Casino Hohensyburg Dortmund GERMANY EPT GERMAN OPEN February 5-9, 2008 €7,700 + 300 500 Casino Copenhagen Copenhagen DENMARK EPT SCANDINAVIAN OPEN February 19-23, 2008 57,750 + 2,250 DKR 500 Hyatt Regency, Warsaw Warsaw POLAND EPT POLISH OPEN March 11-15, 2008 29,000 + 1,000 PLN TBC Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort Monte Carlo MONACO EPT GRAND FINAL April 12-17, 2008 €10,000 + €600 No cap Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: KingPoker on June 13, 2007, 01:55:24 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!!
Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: Graham C on June 13, 2007, 02:15:49 PM Sounds pretty good. With you on that KP, EPT looks a great tour to be involved in. Going to try and qualify for one this season.
Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: matt674 on June 13, 2007, 02:23:08 PM Makes perfect sense moving the Bahamas event.
As part of the WPT they would be restricted in the amount of advertising they could use. Now if the event is part of the EPT schedule and takes place outside of US soil then they can promote their site as much as they like without fear of being sent to Guantanamo Bay :) Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: sharpy on June 13, 2007, 02:27:04 PM Wow well done to John Duthie,especially in turning a WPT event into a EPT event. This does suggest that 'pokerstars' see that the EPT is an expanding market where as the WPT may have reached it's peak.Or is that just an european perspective? Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: matt674 on June 13, 2007, 02:31:14 PM Wow well done to John Duthie,especially in turning a WPT event into a EPT event. This does suggest that 'pokerstars' see that the EPT is an expanding market where as the WPT may have reached it's peak.Or is that just an european perspective? May have more to do with America trying to ban online pokersites Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: tikay on June 13, 2007, 02:31:14 PM Wow well done to John Duthie,especially in turning a WPT event into a EPT event. This does suggest that 'pokerstars' see that the EPT is an expanding market where as the WPT may have reached it's peak.Or is that just an european perspective? A European perspective - holding an EPT in the Caribbean! I suppose Golf did the same thing, so it was only a matter of time. I wish them every success. Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: sharpy on June 13, 2007, 02:35:37 PM The European Golf Tour plays in every continent except the americas I think.There is no reason that the EPT can't have a leg in Asia in the future Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: lucky_scrote on June 13, 2007, 03:16:27 PM Yes at last i can see where the EPT will be going this season, Barcelona here i comeeeeeeeeee!
Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: KingPoker on June 13, 2007, 03:18:02 PM Yes at last i can see where the EPT will be going this season, Barcelona here i comeeeeeeeeee! dont try playing footie with the locals outside the casino tho! Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: lucky_scrote on June 13, 2007, 04:47:03 PM Yes at last i can see where the EPT will be going this season, Barcelona here i comeeeeeeeeee! dont try playing footie with the locals outside the casino tho! ;yellowcard; Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: Royal Flush on June 13, 2007, 06:32:52 PM Yes at last i can see where the EPT will be going this season, Barcelona here i comeeeeeeeeee! dont try playing footie with the locals outside the casino tho! Neverends. Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: portfolio on June 13, 2007, 06:34:44 PM Yes at last i can see where the EPT will be going this season, Barcelona here i comeeeeeeeeee! dont try playing footie with the locals outside the casino tho! Neverends. standard. Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: Colchester Kev on June 13, 2007, 06:36:09 PM Insta - handoverwalletament
Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: henrik777 on June 13, 2007, 07:03:54 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!! Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! I used to say the same but after the way the clocks have been altered in the WPT & EPT events to suit cameras i changed my mind. The day they finish the events with no change to the structure just to chase a finnish then i'll reconsider. The EPT is still good and expanding but the changes to the end of tournaments is just wrong. Sandy Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: NoflopsHomer on June 13, 2007, 07:09:10 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!! Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! I used to say the same but after the way the clocks have been altered in the WPT & EPT events to suit cameras i changed my mind. The day they finish the events with no change to the structure just to chase a finnish then i'll reconsider. The EPT is still good and expanding but the changes to the end of tournaments is just wrong. Sandy When have the EPT changed their clocks? ??? Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: tikay on June 13, 2007, 07:18:55 PM Insta - handoverwalletament Papillon kept his money in a "charger". Quite safe there, I'd say..... Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: Colchester Kev on June 13, 2007, 07:21:54 PM Insta - handoverwalletament Papillon kept his money in a "charger". Quite safe there, I'd say..... Not in Flushys case ;) Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: Royal Flush on June 13, 2007, 07:23:55 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!! Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! I used to say the same but after the way the clocks have been altered in the WPT & EPT events to suit cameras i changed my mind. The day they finish the events with no change to the structure just to chase a finnish then i'll reconsider. The EPT is still good and expanding but the changes to the end of tournaments is just wrong. Sandy Thought i should add that the TV stage of the GUKPT is exceptionally well run, the TD is stood over the table with a stop watch, any time there is an outside influence requiring the game to stop (basically the TV crew) then the TD pauses the clock, it should be the standard for TV tournaments. Not to mention pausing the clock on the bubble. Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: henrik777 on June 13, 2007, 07:26:49 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!! Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! I used to say the same but after the way the clocks have been altered in the WPT & EPT events to suit cameras i changed my mind. The day they finish the events with no change to the structure just to chase a finnish then i'll reconsider. The EPT is still good and expanding but the changes to the end of tournaments is just wrong. Sandy When have the EPT changed their clocks? ??? Without searching the live updates for proof i seem to recall it's happened a few times to reach a speedy conclusion. Sandy Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: byronkincaid on June 13, 2007, 07:45:46 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!! Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! i realise they were having to turn people away last season and why they are doing it but 8K buyin is gonna make it a lot harder to sat in for near busto people like me. Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: NoflopsHomer on June 13, 2007, 07:47:44 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!! Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! I used to say the same but after the way the clocks have been altered in the WPT & EPT events to suit cameras i changed my mind. The day they finish the events with no change to the structure just to chase a finnish then i'll reconsider. The EPT is still good and expanding but the changes to the end of tournaments is just wrong. Sandy When have the EPT changed their clocks? ??? Without searching the live updates for proof i seem to recall it's happened a few times to reach a speedy conclusion. Sandy I know it has happened in WPT events, but I can't remember any EPT's that I've covered where this has been the case. If you could point them out to me, as I'd like to know when and why they did this, if that is the case. Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: byronkincaid on June 13, 2007, 07:52:54 PM barcelona season 2?
Title: Re: EPT Season 4 Post by: Royal Flush on June 13, 2007, 07:58:29 PM How much do i NEED to satellite my way into an EPT for season 4!! Id rather play in them than a world series event anyday!!!!!!!! i realise they were having to turn people away last season and why they are doing it but 8K buyin is gonna make it a lot harder to sat in for near busto people like me. Good, it gives you something to aspire to join! I am of the belief the EPT should always be sold out JUST, the buyin should be just high enough that there is never any demand for more seats. It should be the summit of european poker. |