QUALIFY ONLINE
This is your chance to compete with the world’s greatest players in one of Europe’s most spectacular cities. Play EPT satellites on PokerStars and take your seat for as little as €5.45 or 100 FPP. When you’re there, you can expect the full PokerStars experience – your package includes your buy-in, luxury accommodation and €600 to spend.
Satellites are running now on PokerStars.com giving you the chance to win a prize package worth $12,460 including buy-in to EPT Warsaw (25,000 PLN), a week’s accommodation at the Hyatt Regency Warsaw, casino food and beverage package and $1,000 spending money.
Finding our EPT satellites is easy. First, download the free PokerStars software. Then, click “Events” and “EPT” in the game lobby and register for the satellite of your choice. See our How To Qualify page for more information.
LIVE SATELLITES IN POLAND
Casinos Poland is running a series of live satellites for EPT Warsaw at poker rooms throughout Poland. Buy-ins start from as little as 200 PLN (23 Euros approximately).
Casinos Poland’s poker rooms in the following cities are all taking part with various events scheduled: Gdynia, Katowice, Kraków, Poznań and Wrocław as well as the Warsaw Hyatt Regency where EPT Warsaw is being held.
Please see http://casinospoland.pl/en/?ID=137596&article_id=218490 for full details on when and where these live satellites are taking place.
The last chance to win your seat to EPT Warsaw will be the Super Satellite being held on the eve of the Main Event - 19 October 2009, with a buy-in of 1,000 + 100 PLN (re-buy).
BUY IN DIRECTLY
If you're a PlatinumStar VIP or higher, you can buy in to EPT events using your PokerStars T$. Requests should be submitted to registrations@pokerstars.com before the final online qualifying tournament on PokerStars (typically two Saturdays before the event). Players buying in using T$ will be PokerStars sponsored players for the duration of the EPT event, and are required to wear a PokerStars logo throughout the tournament.
You can also buy-in direct via the registration page on the Casinos Poland website: http://casinospoland.pl/polishopen08/register.php?s=2&idt=2
| Venue | Casinos Poland Hyatt Regency |
| Location | Warsaw, Poland |
| Dates | October 20-25, 2009 |
| Buy-In | 23,500+1,500 PLN |
| CAP | 400 |
| Rank | Name | TLB Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 4102 |
| 2. | Luca Pagano | 4060 |
| 3. | Johannes Strassmann | 3466 |
| 4. | Sebastian Ruthenberg | 3218 |
| 5. | Antony Lellouche | 3083 |
| 6. | Mike McDonald | 2987 |
| 7. | Joao Barbosa | 2627 |
| 8. | Dario Minieri | 2562 |
| 9. | Jason Mercier | 2491 |
| 10. | Kevin MacPhee | 2470 |
| Rank | Name | Top Ten Cash |
| 1. | Glen Chorny | $3,170,600 |
| 2. | Pieter de Korver | $3,008,852 |
| 3. | Poorya Nazari | $3,000,000 |
| 4. | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | $2,992,995 |
| 5. | Jason Mercier | $2,604,337 |
| 6. | Gavin Griffin | $2,429,103 |
| 7. | Sebastian Ruthenberg | $2,426,417 |
| 8. | Michael Martin | $2,397,730 |
| 9. | Denes Kalo | $2,308,870 |
| 10. | Nicolas Chouity | $2,261,238 |
