Season 5 - European Poker Tour

EPT Season 5

Europe’s biggest poker tour returns for Season 5 in Barcelona September 2008! The tour will also make stops in London, Warsaw, Prague, Deauville, Copenhagen, Dortmund and San Remo. The action then moves to Monte Carlo, for the prestigious Grand Final, taking place April 28 - May 3 2009.

With multi-million dollar prize pools being generated at each event, EPT tournaments always attract the circuit’s greatest players. The Monte Carlo Grand Final is one of the biggest poker events in the world, and is the tournament that all players want to win.

Don’t miss out on becoming the next European Poker Tour champion. See below for the schedule of Season 5 events.

EPT Season 4 Highlights - PokerStars Qualifiers and Team PokerStars Pro

A total of 5,902 players took part in Season 4, 1,682 of which won their seats via PokerStars online satellites. The tour made stops in 11 different countries and generated a season prize pool of over €40,000,000 ($62,000,000).

Satellite qualifiers Reuben Peters, Tim Vance, Jason Mercier and Glen Chorny all picked up huge prizes for winning EPT events. Peters won €532,620 ($767,597) for his victory in Dublin, while FPP qualifier Vance earned €834,590 ($1,224,988) for his win in Copenhagen. Mercier walked away with €869,000 ($1,372,893) for taking down the San Remo event, while Chorny won €2,020,000 ($3,203,671) for his Monte Carlo Grand Final victory. Team PokerStars Pro member Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier won $2,000,000 for his success at the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.

Watch highlights from EPT Seasons 1-4 at PokerStars.tv. See the PokerStars Blog for reports from all EPT Season 4 events and the latest Season 5 news.

Season 5 Event Schedule

Visit the EPT site for more details of Season 5 events.