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Even though it was held in Madrid last year, Monte Carlo will give place to the EPT Grand Final this year. The Grand Final will take place between April 23-May 1, 2012.
The biggest European poker tournament series, the European Poker Tour started out in 2004, since then they have been through 8 seasons, this year the 8th Grand Final will be held. It was organized in Monte Carlo every years except last year, when the event moved to the Casino Gran Madrid [3], in the heart capital of Spain.
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The number of participants seems a bit lower than expected this year, (2011: 686 participants, 2010: 848 participants, 2009: 935 participants), nevertheless last year's final was very successful. Bertrand ’ElkY’ Grospellier earned €525,000, winning the Grand Final High Roller event, defeating Benny Spindler heads-up and the €10,000 Main Event was won by Ivan Freitez for €1,500,000.
PokerStars now revealed that they relocated the final event to its original place, the Monte Carlo Casino in Monte Carlo. The €10,600 event will be held between April 23-May 1, 2012 and will "attract the best players in the world, who will do battle for millions of dollars in cash and one of live poker’s biggest first-place prizes" - according to PokerStars [5].
Of course there will be many side events held besides the €10,600 Main Event, the most interesting is bound to be the €100,000 Super High Roller tournament, where only the biggest whales will compete.