- The EPT’s partnership with the Estrellas Poker Tour has created the largest ever poker festival to take place in Spain.
- The € 5000+€ 300 EPT Barcelona Main Event starts on September 1.
- For the first time ever on the EPT, PokerStars is allowing players to buy-in directly to any of the planned 27 tournaments by way of their PokerStars.com or PokerStars.eu accounts.
The PokerStars sponsored European Poker Tour (EPT) opens its tenth season in Barcelona by partnering with the Estrellas Poker Tour to create the largest ever poker festival to take place in Spain.
Starting this week cash games and a variety of preliminary events are taking place at the Casino de Barcelona at Port Olimpic with the € 5000+€ 300 EPT Barcelona Main Event starting on September 1.
Also, for the first time ever on the EPT, PokerStars is allowing players to buy-in directly to any of the planned 27 tournaments by way of their PokerStars.com or PokerStars.eu accounts. This includes the Main Event as well as featured events like the 8-handed €50,000 Super High Roller with Unlimited Re-Entry, the €10,000 Heads Up Championship and the €10,000 High Roller which are spread throughout the schedule of events.
Last year, EPT Barcelona drew over 1000 runners to provide the field with a prizepool of nearly €5.25M with over €1M for first place. PokerStars will also be bringing back EPTLive starting on August 30 with coverage of the €50k Super High Roller Day 1 and continuing through September 7 with coverage of the Main Event Final Table, which will be shown complete with commentary courtesy of veterans James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton, as well as hole cards.
All the action from EPT Barcelona will be available from the PokerStars blog.
