Keys Dates Announced for Next Season of the European Poker Tour, Barcelona Kickoff

The European Poker Tour announced key dates for Season 13, with the tour once again kicking off in Barcelona in August.

Scheduled to run Aug. 16-28, 2016, EPT Barcelona will return to the schedule for the 13th year and look to continue its record-setting ways. Last year, the EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event attracted a wall-busting field of 1,694 entries and generated a €8.215 million prize pool. Winning the event was none other than John Juanda, earning more than €1 million for the victory.

“Season 12 has been yet another record-breaker for the EPT with our biggest schedules ever and a record-breaking number of players,” said Edgar Stuchly, EPT President. “EPT Barcelona is always an astonishing festival and so we’re really looking forward to heading back to Spain in August after our traditional summer break.”

EPT Barcelona will be partnering up with the Estrellas Poker Tour yet again, and the Estrellas €1,100 Main Event will also look to set another record after last year’s field hit 3,292 entries. Mario Lopez won the event for €408,000.

At Season 12’s PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final, it was kicked off by a €10,300 High Roller, won by Chance Kornuth for €351,108. Season 13’s EPT Barcelona will do the …

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