About EPT
The PokerStars European Poker Tour is world's richest and most popular poker tour. Since 2004 the EPT has staged nine hugely successful seasons that have spanned the continent.
Season 9 sees the world’s best poker tour focus on bigger festivals and more events. There are eight stops including the 2013 PCA, and every stop features more poker, more variety and more buy-in levels. All of the events take place at premium destinations and Season 9 kicks off in style in Barcelona, before moving on to San Remo, Prague, Deauville, London, Berlin and the Grand Final in Monte Carlo in May 2013. Each stop will be unmissable, and provide an unforgettable experience for all levels of players.
Season 8 featured tournaments right across Europe as well as spectacular 'Festivals of Poker' such as EPT London and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. New to the schedule for Season 8 were stops in Loutraki in Greece, Campione in Italy, and for the first time ever, a regular season stop in the Spanish capital Madrid. There were also welcome returns to classic EPT destinations such as Prague and Copenhagen, and the season signed off in style. PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final held April 23-May 1, 2012, was the richest poker event ever held in Europe, with more than €19 million awarded to players during the nine-day event.
Many EPT events are filmed for television and the show is broadcast throughout the world. The final table of Season 7's Grand Final made TV history, being filmed 'as live' with hole cards revealed and shown in simultaneous broadcasts on TV channels across Europe as well as in Russia and Canada.
Edgar Stuchly - President
Edgar Stuchly has almost 20 years experience in the poker industry, most recently with Casinos Austria, where he was Head of Poker for four years. In his time there he managed European Poker Championships, and founded the Casinos Austria Poker Tour (CAPT). In 2009 he was also recognised as ‘Poker Staff Person of the Year’ for his contributions to the live poker industry in Europe. Edgar is the official spokesperson for the EPT, helping refine the vision for the tour, improve the customer experience for participating players, and grow the brand across Europe.
About www.pokerstars.com:
PokerStars.com is the world’s largest regulated gaming operator and poker site, with more than 49 million members. It’s the first choice of the world’s top players, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else, and with the best security online. More hands have been dealt on PokerStars.com than any other site; that’s over 75 billion hands and more than 500 million tournaments played.
PokerStars.com and PokerStars.eu operate worldwide under licenses from the Isle of Man and Malta governments, respectively. PokerStars also operates under separate government licenses in Denmark, France, Italy, Belgium and Estonia.
PokerStars.com stages some of the biggest online poker tournaments in the world, including the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) and the Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), and is the official sponsor of some of the biggest live poker tournaments in the world, including the European Poker Tour (EPT), the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) and the UK & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT).
PokerStars.com is also home to a team of sponsored players known as Team PokerStars Pro. This elite group of players travel the world competing in international tournaments. For a complete list, visit the Team PokerStars Pro home page.
EPT theme tune
The theme music for the European Poker Tour television show was written by composer Simon Darlow. Download "EPT Theme" (.mp3 format, 2.79MB).
