European Poker Tour 2010

This year has seen an exciting EPT with thousands of players, massive wins and stunning locations; now it is the final stop at Monte Carlo

There were nine levels, each taking one hour, on the first day of the EPT Monte Carlo. The first day (Day1A) saw 351 poker players paying a €10,000 buy-in so that they could take part in this great poker challenge. At the end of the day there were 173 players who had managed to qualify for the main day event.

The leader from the first day with 175,000 chips was Simon Munz from Germany with Chris Bjorin from Swedish a close second; he currently has 171,000 chips in his stack. In third place was Antonio Palma from Portuguese who has 169,000 chips and in fourth place the PokerStars player David Paredes with 144,600 chips. However, only 28 of the 173 players who have qualified for the main event have over 100,000 chips.

Day1B, the second part of Day1 is usually far more crowded than the preceding day and over 500 people are expected to take part.
The EPT (European Poker Tournament) is the largest poker event held throughout Europe featuring stops in a number of cities. This year’s EPT begun at Kiev where 296 players took part in the €5,000 and the final prize pool was worth a massive €1,391,000. The event was won by Maxim Lykov from Russia who took home €330,000.

Following Kiev the tour went to Barcelona where 428 players paid €8,000 to enter the event. The well known American player Carter Phillips won the event and the first prize of €850,000.

Next the tour went to London where the event had a buy in of £5,000 and saw a massive 730 players from across the globe come together to player. The event was won by Aaron Gustavson and had a first prize of £850,000.
The next stops on the tour were Warsaw, Vilamoura, Prague, Deauville, Copenhagen, Berlin, Snowfest in Austria and San Remo. Over 5,000 players took part in the events trying to win their share of the €20,000,000 available in prize money. The most notable win of the tour so far goes to Liv Boeree, the astrophysicist and model. She won the San Remo poker tournament and took home the massive prize of €6,014,000.

Monte Carlo brings the EPT to an end this year and it should be an exciting finish. However, if you are a tournament enthusiast don’t worry as the World Series of Poker is just about to begin.