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POKERSTARS CONFIRMS DATES FOR SEASON 7 OF THE EUROPEAN POKER TOUR

Mai 17, 2010

PokerStars.com, the world’s largest poker room, today confirmed most dates and destinations for
Season 7 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT).
The new season launches with a €4,250 debut event in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, from August 11-
16. Tallinn has already proved a hit with poker players; more than 300 took part in the first PokerStars
Baltic Festival last October. The advent of an EPT event at the luxurious Swissotel will delight players
across the Baltic and Nordic regions, as well as the rest of Europe and beyond. A summer-time visit to
this stunning city is likely to have widespread appeal.
As well as this new destination, Season 7 will also see the EPT make return visits to the golf haven of
Vilamoura in Portugal (August 28-September 2), ‘EPT Snowfest’ in the stunning ski resort of Saalbach-
Hinterglemm in Austria (March 20-25) and Germany’s capital city of Berlin (April 5-10). All these events
debuted in Season 6 and proved very popular.
The new season is set to include many events which are now considered ‘staples’ of the tour, such as
Barcelona, Prague, Deauville, San Remo and Copenhagen, not to mention the flagship ’Festival of
Poker’ events in London and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.
John Duthie, CEO and EPT Founder, said: “The EPT just gets bigger and better every season and it
shows the passion and enthusiasm players feel for our events. Season 6 had a thousand more players
than in Season 5 and we expect the numbers to keep on growing. The prize pool last season was well
over €56 million – a €4 million increase on the previous year. Side events also proved a major attraction
in Season 6 and we expect participation in these to increase even more next season.”
EPT, sponsored by PokerStars.com, is now the world’s richest poker tour in terms of both players and
prize pools. PokerStars.com is the world’s largest online poker site, with over 35 million registered
players worldwide.
Online satellites for EPT Tallinn, the first event of Season 7, are set to launch on PokerStars.com in
mid-June with buy-ins from just a few dollars.
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Season 7 schedule is as follows, EPT Grand Final details
will be released shortly:

EVENT MAIN EVENT DATES VENUE BUY-IN CAP
EPT TALLINN AUG 11-16 2010 SWISSOTEL €4,000 + 250*** 600
EPT VILAMOURA AUG 28– SEP 2, 2010 SOLVERDE €5,000 + 300* 700
EPT LONDON SEP 29 – OCT 4, 2010 METROPOLE £5,000 + 250* 1000
EPT BARCELONA NOV 22-27, 2010 THE ARTS €5,000 + 300 1000
EPT PRAGUE DEC 13-18, 2010 HILTON €5,000 + 300* 700
PCA JAN 8- 14 2011 ATLANTIS $10,000 + 300* 1600
EPT DEAUVILLE JAN 26-31, 2011 CASINO BARRIERE €5,000 + 300** TBC
EPT COPENHAGEN FEB 17-22, 2011 CASINO COPENHAGEN
35,000 + 2,250
DKK**
600
EPT SNOWFEST MAR 20-25, 2011 ALPINE PALACE €3,500 + 250* 500
EPT BERLIN APR 5-10, 2011 GRAND HYATT €5,000+ 300 1000
EPT SAN REMO TBC TBC €5,000 + 300* TBC
TBC TBC TBC €10,000 + 600 TBC
* 3% of tournament prize-pool will be withheld to cover the costs of floor staff and dealers.
** 4% of tournament prize-pool withheld for government taxation
*** 5% of tournament prize-pool withheld for government taxation
Currency conversions used herein are approximate and may change. See www.ept.com for further details.

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