PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final

In 2012 Europe’s richest poker tour returns to Monaco in style, with the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final. This glittering event will draw Season 8 to a close in one of the world’s most exclusive and luxurious destinations, and award millions of euros in cash prizes.

After a one-year break, the EPT finale returns to its spiritual home in Monaco. The tournament room will be Le Sporting located in the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort, Av Princesse Grace, and the poker festival will run from April 23-May 1, 2012.

The PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event will have a €10,600 buy-in and the world’s best players, including Team PokerStars Pros like Daniel Negreanu, Jason Mercier and Liv Boeree, plus hundreds of PokerStars qualifiers, will take part.

In Season 7 the EPT finale took place in Madrid, Spain, where 686 top players created a prize pool of €6,860,000. The big winner was Ivan Freitez from Venezuela, who took home the title and €1,500,000 in cash. In Season 8 the total prize pool and first place prize are set to be even bigger - find out how you can be part of it by visiting PokerStars and www.montecarlocasino.net.