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EPT Grand Final - MADRID, SPAIN!

Dates -

EPT San Remo - April 27 - May 3
EPT Grand Final - May 7 - 12

Those are the Main Event dates. The packages will be SR - 26 to 4 and Madrid 6-13.

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

02-21-2011 , 06:41 AM

#202

ezdonkey

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(Last exam on 7th of May. fk school or fk pokrs. MEBBEEH HMM! :|)

02-21-2011 , 06:57 AM

#203

rylya

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Hello, my name is Ruslan Prydryk, I took 8th place in the main event in Deauville. In the casino cashier, I asked for 50,000 euro to put into my account Poker Stars/ However So far I have not got the money. Contacted me from the casino of Deauville and me informed that they could not put it on my account Poker Stars and have asked me to send bank details. However, until now I have the money and never got it. Help me translating my winnings into my account poker stars.

02-21-2011 , 07:47 AM

#204

DickFuld

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Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,113

Sigh ept san remo is scheduled directly at same time as the WPT $10k in florida. I realize it's eu vs us but come on, that field has to draw quite a few americans who would def want to play both...

02-21-2011 , 08:01 AM

#205

aprilsfool_pwns_72

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when will SCOOP be?

02-21-2011 , 08:51 AM

#206

DickFuld

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According to the scoop web site which has a countdown for 2011 scoop I quickly estimated (could be wrong by a cpl days?) that it would start sunday may 1 at 1 PM eastern.

02-21-2011 , 09:03 AM

#207

Todd Terry

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Good choice of venue IMO. Having the Grand Final conflict with the SCOOP is a disaster though if that is in fact happening.

02-21-2011 , 11:36 AM

#208

tufat23

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DAMN APRIL IS BUSYYYYYYY

02-21-2011 , 09:47 PM

#209

FatalError

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I'll be in Florida with Spanish people, close enough

02-21-2011 , 10:54 PM

#210

SpaceyFCB

grinder

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RaineTech

According to the scoop web site which has a countdown for 2011 scoop I quickly estimated (could be wrong by a cpl days?) that it would start sunday may 1 at 1 PM eastern.

I think it's Saturday April 31st.

Greets. K.

02-22-2011 , 03:15 PM

#211

PSLive Neil

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Hi All,

Cross posting Tatsu's thoughts from the EPT Madrd threads...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poker Tatsu

Hi All,

A lot of consideration went into selecting an EPT Grand Final for this year, and we're both proud and happy that Casino Gran Madrid agreed to host the event - which we expect to again be the largest poker festival ever held in Europe.

Some of the reasons why we believe Madrid is an excellent location for this event, and a significant step forward in the evolution of the EPT:

The Madrid casino is a beautiful venue with one of the largest gaming floors in Europe. This allows us to set up 100+ tables for the Main & Side events - allowing more players to participate (and larger prize pools). We wanted to accommodate players who in previous years have rocked up to the registration area as some events have been starting, only to learn they were on an alternate list or no more seats were being sold. The venue in MC only allowed a total of 70 tables, and they were split across 2 areas.
They have great cash games at the Casino (certain to be particularly juicy during the EPT), and very good dealers to run them. In MC we were not able to run cash games for our players and this resulted in a lot of complaints.
In Spain we can spread almost any game we want, and that will be reflected in the full side event schedule being released shortly. In MC we were only able to run Hold'em.
The Casino Gran Madrid has great food! Among the best food in any casino in Europe. For players and our staff, this is obviously important. And in Madrid the late-night food options are incredible and varied. Think of it as a tasty opportunity to explore the wonderful world of Tapas!
The nightlife and culture of Madrid make it one of Europe's leading tourist destinations. Whether for yourself, or friends and family you'll be bringing along, it's worth taking some time to check it out.
Generally speaking, Europeans are not required to pay taxes on poker winnings from tournaments held within the EU. Monte Carlo is not in the EU, and in surveys that tax issue was the single most-often cited reason players had for why they chose not to play in previous years (the second most-cited reason was the €30 cheeseburger). This will be the first year the EPT Grand Final is being held within the EU, and the tax benefits will result in a big participation boost, particularly from Scandinavian players.
There are 3 direct flights a day from Nice! After EPT San Remo, you can either spend a few days on the beach or just fly direct to Spain.
In respect to the comments about the distance of the casino to downtown Madrid, note that EPT Hotels will have several options to choose from. While there are no 5-Star hotels next to the casino, there are several 3-Star hotels quite close to it. So players will be able to choose whether they prefer luxury or proximity. And we will be runningg LOTS of shuttlebuses back/forth to/from the PS qualifiers' hotel to the casino, about every 30 minutes throughout the day.
Online satellites will be running on PokerStars.fr and PokerStars.it, as well as PokerStars.com and PokerStars.net. This means that players from the emerging poker markets in Europe will be well-represented in Spain and it should be a colourful multicultural event!

Just a few things to consider during this discussion...

Cheers,

Jeffrey Haas
http://www.ept.com

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

02-22-2011 , 03:17 PM

#212

PSLive Neil

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Hi All,

In case this got missed, PokerStars partnered with Shamballa Jewels for EPT Copenhagen and they are providing a bracelet to the winner of EPT Copenhagen. It was specially designed for this event and looks really nice! It is on display outside the tournament room.

Check out the pics (because I am too lazy to Imageshack

) from EPT Facebook page...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...d=325598729621

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

02-22-2011 , 10:39 PM

#213

chasern1

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,223

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeilJ

) from EPT Facebook page...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/...d=325598729621

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

link doesn't work for me...

02-22-2011 , 10:48 PM

#214

DickFuld

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,113

What is the main stars hotel for the ept grand final? Or at least the nicest 5 star one you guys are offering regardless of distance?

03-03-2011 , 01:15 PM

#215

AATOJA

newbie

Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 32

Anyone know how Easter (in Italy, no less!!!) will affect EPT San Remo turnout? Has this taken place on Egg day before, and what's with the 800 cap when 1200+ played last year???

03-03-2011 , 05:39 PM

#216

FDSaussure

old hand

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,242

Quote:

Originally Posted by AATOJA

Anyone know how Easter (in Italy, no less!!!) will affect EPT San Remo turnout? Has this taken place on Egg day before, and what's with the 800 cap when 1200+ played last year???

idk did they move Sam Remo to the week before???

03-03-2011 , 09:57 PM

#217

PSLive Neil

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Hi AA,

Doesn't conflict with Easter. We are a couple days after.

I hope to have all three remaining schedules up on Monday. Berlin might go out tomorrow but that's 50/50. It needs one more signature and I don't think I will get it for tomorrow.

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

03-06-2011 , 12:09 AM

#218

PSLive Neil

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Hi All,

EPT Awards update -

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/EuropeanPokerTour

EPT Player of the Year: Fernando Brito (1st) extends his lead by 400 points after winning the NLHE Turbo Bounty side event at EPT Copenhagen. He is now 1,225 points ahead of 2nd place John O’Shea who will need some serious legwork to catch up to the runaway leader.

New additions to the top 10 are Martin Jacobson from Sweden (previously 12th) and John Eames from UK (previously 40th). Michael Tureniec from Sweden earned 800 points for his EPT Copenhagen Main Event win but adding to his previous 500 points is now placed at 14th overall.

With nearly 500,000 EPT points already distributed over ¾ of season 7 we are now reaching the final stages leading up to the Grand Final in Madrid this May. An estimated 150,000 EPT points are still to be handed in the next events and Fernando Brito cannot physically win them all. Who will rack up the most points in the final stages and who will clinch the Awards and the coveted trophies?

For constant updates, please check www.europeanpokertour.com/awards

EPT PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Rank Player Country Pts
1 Fernando Brito Portugal 3450
2 John O'Shea Ireland 2225
3 Dario Alioto Italy 2075
4 Konstantin Puchkov Russia 1880
5 Kent Lundmark Sweden 1780
6 Martin Jacobson Sweden 1610
7 Vegard Nygaard Norway 1580
8 John Eames UK 1550
9 Kristijonas Andrulis Lithuania 1535
10 Marvin Rettenmaier Germany 1495
11 Toby Lewis UK 1420
12 Kayvan Payman Canada 1375
12 Yotam Bar Yosef Israel 1375
14 Michael Tureniec Sweden 1300
15 Will Molson Canada 1255
16 Kyle Bowker USA 1250
17 Galen Hall USA 1200
17 David Vamplew UK 1200
19 Marcel Luske Netherlands 1195
20 Tomer Berda Israel 1180
21 Matthias Kurtz Germany 1175
21 Maxim Panyak Russia 1175
23 Marton Czuczor Hungary 1174
24 Daniel Negreanu Canada 1160
25 Roberto Romanello UK 1100
25 Jan Bendik Slovakia 1100
27 Mikhail Lakhitov Russia 1091
28 Matthew Ashton UK 1075
29 Shander de Vries Netherlands 1070
30 Max Lykov Russia 1055
31 Kaveh Payman Canada 1025
32 Chris Oliver USA 1020
33 Jonathan Jaffe USA 1015
34 Kevin Stani Norway 1000
34 Lucien Cohen France 1000
34 Michael Eiler Germany 1000
37 Marcin Horecki Poland 980
37 Jannick Wrang Denmark 980
39 Giuseppe Pantaleo Germany 975
39 Andreas Wiese Germany 975
39 Leo Fernandez Argentina 975
42 Eugene Katchalov USA 970
43 Kevin Vannicola Canada 960
44 Byron Kaverman USA 950
44 Bulat Bikmetov Russia 950
44 Nikolay Evdakov Russia 950
47 Sorel Mizzi Canada 935
48 Marco Leonzio Italy 934
49 Georges Yazbeck Lebanon 920
50 Imre Leibold Estonia 900
50 Anton Ionel Romania 900
50 Nicolas Chouity Lebanon 900

EPT Omaha Award: The winner of the EPT Copenhagen PLO side event Feridun Bolezek from Sweden earned 400 points so there are no changes to the top 10 for the Best EPT Omaha Player. Dario Alioto is still in the lead with 1,025 points.

EPT OMAHA PLAYER

Rank Player Country Pts
1 Dario Alioto Italy 1025
2 John O'Shea Ireland 900
3 Bjorn Verbakel Netherlands 550
3 Joel Casper USA 500
3 Sam Chartier Canada 500
3 Philip Junghuber Austria 500
3 Niclas Fjellstrom Sweden 500
3 Bartolome Gomila Romero Spain 500
3 Stig Härold Sweden 500
3 Gary Mills Germany 500

EPT Mixed Games Award: With no eligible Mixed Games events played at EPT 7 Copenhagen there were no changes to this ranking.

EPT MIXED GAMES PLAYER

Rank Player Country Pts
1 Matthew Ashton UK 1075
2 Dario Alioto Italy 1050
3 Anders Berg Norway 850
4 John O'Shea Ireland 825
5 Greg Raymer USA 580
6 Marcel Luske Netherlands 550
7 Allen Chang USA 500
7 Florian Bussmann Germany 500
7 Sebastien Sabic France 500
7 Ofir Abramovici Israel 500
7 Benjamin Pollak France 500
7 Chris Bjorin Sweden 500

EPT Heads-Up Award: The winner of the EPT Copenhagen Heads Up side event Jannick Wrang from Denmark earned 400 points so there are no changes to the top 10 for the Best Heads-Up Player of the Year Award.

EPT HEADS-UP PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Rank Player Country Pts
1 Diogo Veiga Portugal 860
2 Richard Gryko UK 825
3 Nikolay Evdakov Russia 750
3 Daniel Colman USA 750
5 Santeri Valikoski Finland 675
5 Mark Radoja Canada 675
7 Tom Pomponio USA 500
7 Pieter de Vries Netherlands 500
7 Annette Obrestad Norway 500
7 Alexander Roumeliotis Sweden 500

Best EPT Country Award: With all 9 Spanish qualifiers failing to cash at EPT Copenhagen, Spain’s percentage dropped from 18,78% to 18,02%. This however is still enough to hold on to the leading spot in the Best EPT Country race.

Closely behind Spain in the 17% range are Norway, UK and Finland. Norway made a grand entrance to the top 10 having 20 players cash out of a total 112 Norwegian entries to EPT Main Events this season. United Kingdom has been providing a solid performance for the past events and firmly holds to a top 3 spot again while Finland’s performance in Copenhagen sees them leap to 4th place and into the very tight chasing pack. Elsewhere in the ranking Romania fails to follow through their opening performance and is dropped dangerously to 9th. Italy, USA, Russia and Netherlands maintain their percentage but are unable to improve their position.

Best EPT 7 Country

Rank Countries Entrants Cashes Percentage
1 Spain 222 40 18,02%
2 Norway 112 20 17,86%
3 UK 376 67 17,82%
4 Finland 130 23 17,69%
5 Italy 286 48 16,78%
6 France 731 117 16,01%
7 Netherlands 179 28 15,64%
8 USA 1084 168 15,50%
9 Romania 111 17 15,32%
10 Russia 301 44 14,62%

EPT Best Online Qualifier: Martin Jacobson from Sweden holds on this his lead in the Online race and adds 180 points to this count by qualifying online to EPT Copenhagen and min-cashing at the Main Event. His direct follower Anton Ionel from Romania also qualified online (earning 100 points) but failed to cash at the Main Event and so Jacobson is now 640 points clear in first place. But the current EPT Best Online Qualifier Pierre Neuville from Belgium has qualified for all 9 EPT events of season 7 and min-cashed at EPT Copenhagen to add 180 points to his count. He leapfrogged Dmitry Vitkind from Russia and Konstantinos Nanos from Greece and is now lurking dangerously behind in 3rd place.

EPT Best Online Qualifier

Rank Players Total Live Online Pts
1 Martin Jacobson 1940 1440 500
2 Anton Ionel 1300 900 400
3 Pierre Neuville 1240 340 900
4 Dmitry Vitkind 1188 688 500
5 Konstantinos Nanos 1150 750 400
6 Chris Oliver 1120 1020 100
7 Michael Eiler 1100 1000 100
8 Sam Stein 940 840 100
9 Jan Bendik 900 600 300
9 Kevin Stani 900 800 100
9 Kevin Macphee 900 300 600
9 Alex Wice 900 600 300

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Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

03-06-2011 , 12:54 PM

#219

tufat23

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What do any of those people win?

03-06-2011 , 05:01 PM

#220

PSLive Neil

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Hi Tufat,

All Award winners win a full package to the first event of EPT Season 8.

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

03-07-2011 , 08:33 AM

#221

bergeroo

old hand

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Neil,

Are you guys plnning many seat only sats to Berlin? Or seat and money rather than the hotel?

03-07-2011 , 10:31 AM

#222

Pocket9s

journeyman

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Why arent there any steps for snowfest anymore? they stopped when there was over 2 weeks away from the event

03-07-2011 , 11:53 PM

#223

PSLive Neil

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Hi All,

I know it isn't Monday everywhere, but I am 8-9 hours behind most of you and busy in Los Angeles...so here it is (still on Monday). Website is still being updated so you guys can have it first

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TIME # EVENT BUY IN

April 4 - Monday
19:00 1 NL - Unl Re Buy's Super Satellite to Main Event €200 + €20
21:00 2 NL - Turbo €300 + €30

April 5 - Tuesday
12:00 3 Main Event Day 1A €5,000 + €300
20:00 4 NL - One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event Day 1B €500 + €50

April 6 - Wednesday
12:00 3 Main Event Day 1B €5,000 + €300
20:00 5 NL - Turbo - Bounty €1,000 + €1,000 + €100

April 7 - Thursday
12:00 3 Main Event Day 2 €5,000 + €300
20:00 6 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €2,000 + €150

April 8 - Friday
12:00 3 Main Event Day 3 - play down to 24 players €5,000 + €300
12:00 7 NL - Heads Up - 32 Player Cap - Day 1 €3,000 + €200
13:00 6 NL - Holdem - Day 2 €2,000 + €150
16:00 8 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
20:00 9 PLO - Single Rebuy - Day 1 €1,000 + €100

April 9 - Saturday
12:00 10 NL - Holdem - Women's Event €300 + €30
12:00 3 Main Event Day 4 - play down to 8 players €5,000 + €300
12:00 7 NL - Heads Up - 32 Player Cap - Final Day €3,000 + €200
12:00 11 NL - Holdem - "8 Max" - Day 1 €10,000 + €300
13:00 6 NL - Holdem - Final Day €2,000 + €150
13:00 8 NL - Holdem - Final Day €1,000 + €100
13:00 9 PLO - Single Rebuy - Final Day €1,000 + €100
14:00 12 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
18:00 13 NL - Turbo - Bounty €500 + €500 + €50
21:00 14 NL - Turbo €300 + €30

April 10 - Sunday
12:00 3 Main Event Day 5 - Final Table €5,000 + €300
12:00 11 NL - Holdem - Final Day €10,000 + €300
12:00 12 NL - Holdem - Final Day €1,000 + €100
13:00 15 NL - Turbo - "6 Max" €5,000 + €200
14:00 16 NL - Turbo - EPT Main Event - 15 min levels €300 + €30

***All tournaments may have a day added or subtracted at Tournament Director discretion

----------------------------------------------------

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

03-08-2011 , 12:00 AM

#224

PSLive Neil

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Hi All,

EPT SR schedule will be a few more days. EPT Grand Final schedule is below, although subject to small changes as we have some great announcements coming

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TIME # EVENT BUY IN

Daily
16:00 Cash Games Various

May 5 - Thursday
12:00 1 NL - Holdem - High Roller - Day 1 €25,000 + €500

May 6 - Friday
12:00 1 NL - Holdem - High Roller - Day 2 €25,000 + €500
14:00 2 NL - One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event €500 + €50
19:00 3 NL - Unlimited Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event €200 + €20
21:00 4 NL - Turbo €300 + €30

May 7 - Saturday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 1A €10,000 + €600
12:00 1 NL - Holdem - High Roller - Final Day €25,000 + €500
17:00 6 NL - Turbo - Randomized Bounties €800 + €200 + €100
19:00 7 NL - One Re Buy Super Satellite to Main Event €500 + €50
21:00 8 NL - Turbo €300 + €30

May 8 - Sunday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 1B €10,000 + €600
18:00 9 NL - Turbo - Bounty - "8 Max" €1,000 + €1,000 + €100
21:00 10 NL - Turbo - Bounty €300 + €100 + €30

May 9 - Monday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 2 €10,000 + €600
12:00 11 NL - Turbo - Bounty €500 + €500 + €50
17:00 12 NL - Holdem - "8 Max" - Day 1 €5,000 + €250
18:00 13 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
21:00 14 NL - Turbo €300 + €30

May 10 - Tuesday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 3 - play down to 24 players €10,000 + €600
12:00 15 NL - Heads Up - 64 Cap - Day 1 €5,000 + €250
12:00 16 PLO - Turbo - Bounty - "Single Reload or Addon" - "8 Max" €500 + €500 + €50
13:00 12 NL - Holdem - "8 Max" - Final Day €5,000 + €250
13:00 13 NL - Holdem - Final Day €1,000 + €100
17:00 17 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €2,000 + €150
19:00 18 NL - Super Satellite - 1K Women's (Event #20) €100 + €10
21:00 19 NL - Turbo €300 + €30

May 11 - Wednesday
12:00 5 Main Event Day 4 - play down to 8 players €10,000 + €600
12:00 15 NL - Heads Up - 64 Cap - Final Day €5,000 + €250
12:00 20 NL - Holdem - Women's Event €500 + €50
12:00 21 PLO - "8 Max" - Day 1 €5,000 + €250
13:00 17 NL - Holdem - Final Day €2,000 + €150
14:00 22 NL - Holdem - Day 1 €1,000 + €100
18:00 23 NLH / PLO - Bounty - Day 1 €1,000 + €500 + €100
21:00 24 NL - Turbo - Bounty €300 + €100 + €30

May 12 - Thursday
12:00 5 Main Event - Final Table €10,000 + €600
12:00 21 PLO - "8 Max" - Final Day €5,000 + €250
12:00 22 NL - Holdem - Final Day €1,000 + €100
12:00 23 NLH / PLO - Bounty - Final Day €1,000 + €500 + €100
12:00 25 NL - SNE Special Event Invitation
12:00 26 NL - Turbo - High Roller €10,000 + €300
13:00 27 NL - Turbo - EPT Main Event - 15 minute levels €300 + €30
20:30 EPT7 Awards and Party

May 13 - Friday
12:00 28 EPT7 - Special Televised Event Invitation

***All tournaments may have a day added or subtracted at Tournament Director discretion

---------------------------

Cheers,

Neil
PokerStars Live Events Specialist

03-08-2011 , 12:18 AM

#225

Holdem1588

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 418

Good looking schedules Neil!!

Any idea when qualifiers can know what starting day they are given for Snowfest? Also If I am arriving a day earlier than my guest will they have any problem using the pokerstars shuttle. I listed their name on the Reg Online form. Thanks for the help.

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