World Championship of Poker 2008
PokerStars is revving up for their WCOOP which is guaranteeing $30 million in prize money across 33 events. The main event is guaranteeing $10million in prize money alone.
In the past, PokerStars qualifiers Reuben Peters, Tim Vance, Jason Mercier and Glen Chorny all earned huge cash winnings for victorious EPT events. Peters won €532,620 ($767,597) for his victory in Dublin, while FPP qualifier Vance earned €834,590 ($1,224,988) for his win in Copenhagen. Mercier walked away with €869,000 ($1,372,893) for taking down the San Remo event, while Chorny won €2,020,000 ($3,203,671) for his Monte Carlo Grand Final victory.
EPT Budapest : A new venue at the Sofitel Hotel. I’ve actually stayed at this hotel during a vacation. It’s attached to the Las Vegas Casino. It has a nice breakfast buffet fwiw 
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Season 5 European Poker Tour Schedule
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TOURNAMENT |
VENUE |
CITY/ |
DATES |
BUY-IN |
CAP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Casino Barcelona |
Barcelona SPAIN |
Sept 10-14, 2008 |
€8,000 + €250 |
600 |
|
|
Victoria Casino |
London |
Main Event October 1-5, 2008 High Rollers event October 5-6 |
£5,200 High Rollers event £20,000 + £300 |
500 & 100
|
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Sofitel Hotel |
Budapest. HUNGARY |
October 28-November 1 |
€4,000 + €350 |
TBC |
|
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Hyatt Regency, Warsaw |
Warsaw |
November 15-19, 2008 |
PLN 20,000 + PLN 1,000 |
400 |
|
|
Hilton Hotel |
Prague |
December 9-13, 2008 |
€5,000 + €250 |
600 |
|
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Atlantis Resort |
Nassau |
January, 5-10, 2009 |
TBC |
TBC |
|
|
Casino Barrière |
Deauville |
TBC |
€5,000 + €300 |
700 |
|
|
Casino Copenhagen |
Copenhagen DENMARK |
February 17-21, 2009 |
DKR 50,000 + DKR 2,250 |
500 |
|
|
Casino Hohensyburg |
Dortmund |
March 10th-14th, 2009 |
€5,000 + €250 |
500 |
|
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San Remo |
San Remo |
April 18-23, 2009 |
€5,000 + €250 |
800 |
|
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Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort |
Monte Carlo |
April 28 – May 3, 2009 |
€10,000 + €600 |
1,000 |