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PokerStars adds Vienna to EPT Season 7

You’ll be accustomed by now to the fine places frequented by the European Poker Tour and its players. Monte Carlo, Deauville, San Remo and Barcelona to name just a few. Now you can add Vienna to the list of must-play venues as PokerStars today announced the EPT circus would pitch its tent in the Austrian capital this season.

It’s been six long years since the EPT last went to Vienna, and there’s no doubting the October 26 through 31 tournament – with a €5,300 buy-in – will be a welcome return to the schedule.

And even more good news – PokerStars is guaranteeing a €500,000 first prize!

The event is taking place in the stunning 19th century Renaissance-style Concord Card Casino at the Kursalon palace in Vienna’s beautiful City Park.

Vienna is a cultural capital of Europe, once home to Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Johann Strauss, not to mention Hedy Lamarr and Maria von Trapp. Expect plenty of local poker talent to play, including Team PokerStars Pros Sebastian Ruthenberg and Sandra Naujoks, along with Austrian-born team member Johannes Steindl and PokerStars SportStar Boris Becker.

“I am really looking forward to playing in an EPT event held in my new home town,” Steindl said. “I have been living in Vienna for three months and it is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. I’ll be playing my best game to try and take home the €500,000 guaranteed first prize!”

Johannes Steindl in WSOP action

EPT Season 7 kicks off next week in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, with a six-day, €4,250 event. Then the tour heads to the Algarve resort of Vilamoura. Here, as well as the six-day, €5,300 Main Event, players will be able to take part in an exciting Fairways and Felts Challenge, a special event combining a round of golf with a poker tournament.

For more information, please visit the EPT website.

EPT releases Season 7 schedule

With Season 6 of the EPT still just a recent memory, the European Poker Tour has released a fantastic and surprising schedule for Season 7.

The seventh year of the EPT will add brand new cities and a few unexpected stops along the way.

The new season launches with a €4,250 debut event in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, from August 11-16. Tallinn proved to be a big hit last year when more than 300 played the first PokerStars Baltic Festival.

Tallin, Estonia – by Ethan Lindsey

Season 7 will also see the EPT make return visits to Vilamoura, Portugal (August 28-September 2) and the ski destination tournament ‘EPT Snowfest’ in Austria (March 20-25). The EPT will also be going back to Germany’s capital city of Berlin (April 5-10).

As always, new season will include many events of the events you’ve come to expect like Barcelona, Prague, Deauville, San Remo and Copenhagen, not to mention the flagship ‘Festival of Poker’ events in London and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.

Online satellites for EPT Tallinn will launch on in mid-June.

For a complete look at what’s to come, see the EPT Season 7 schedule page.

Max Lykov wins EPT Player of the Year

Young Russian Max Lykov, who won EPT Kyiv at the start of Season 6, has been named Player of the Year at the EPT Awards in Monte Carlo.

The ceremony was hosted by Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren and EPT founder John Duthie and took place at the stylish Karement Club at the start of the EPT Grand Final wrap party on Friday.

Lykov was already leading the race to be Player of the Year before the Grand Final started. As well as Kyiv, he made the money in two side events and finished 13th at EPT Snowfest. However his cash in the very first event of the Grand Final – the €5,250 heads-up tournament – gave him an extra 19 points and put him well ahead of his opponents.

He said: “This is awesome. I worked very hard to win this. I played almost all the EPT Main Events, I played a lot of side events. I am very pleased. This is great for my profile as a player.”

Max Lykov