European Poker Tour Kicking off in Barcelona

PokerStars [3]’ EPT7 Barcelona main event starts today. Held until 27th November, the buy-in for the event is €5,300.

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Casino de Barcelona (annexe at The Arts Hotel)

Besides London and Copenhagen (and also Monte Carlo, in case the Grand Finale is held there), Barcelona is the only venue that hosted an event in every EPT Season. In 2004, the buy-in was €1,000 and Swedish Alexander Stevic took down the main event, winning €80,000. In Season 6, the 478 players had to pay €8,000 each, amassing a prize pool of €3,382,000; the winner was American Carter Phillips, earning €850.000.

This time, the buy-in is lowered to €5,000+€300 and the tournament takes place at the Casino de Barcelona. Among the expected poker pros are Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier, Kevin Stani, Pierre Neuville, Stephen Chidwick and Arnaud Mattern.

The structure of the event is the usual: players start with 30,000 in chips, blinds begin at 50/100, antes enter at level 5. During Day 1, blinds increase in every hour, after that, in every 75 minutes.

For more details and schedule, visit the official EPT website here [5].