There will be some changes for the 10th season of PokerStars European Poker Tour, which begins on August 26th in Barcelona, Spain. According to a forum post by PokerStars' live events coordinator, Neil Johnson, it will now be possible to register for all high roller, super high rollers and Main Events until Day 2. Besides that, it will be possible to register for all side events until the end of levels five and all high roller events will be played over three days - two starting days (10 levels each day) and a final third day. Lastly, there will be a change in the payout structure...
"We will pay one person less than full tables so all payouts will be made AFTER a table breaks, instead of before. If we're paying out nine tables (eight handed still) instead of paying 72 places as in EPT9, we will pay 71 places so all tables will balance and be playing the bubble equal handed," Johnson said.
The European Poker Tour has made its annual return to Deauville, France. The tournament festivities will run January 22 - February 1 with close to 50 tournament scheduled, including the €5,000 + €300 buy-in Main Event on January 26 and the €10,000 + €300 High Roller (re-entry) on January 30. The Main Event attracted 782 players (€3,753,600 prize pool) to the Casino de Deaville last year and Frenchman Remi Castaignon ended up winning the whole thing for a first prize of €770,000; the High Roller was won by Vojtech Ruzicka (from Czech Republic) who overcome a field of 71 players (14 rebuys were made) to lay hands on €313,000!
The 10th season of PokerStars European Poker Tour kicks off today in Barcelona, Spain (
