PokerStars Expands European Poker Tour Schedule, Makes New Take care of NHL’s Crimson Wings
The 2022 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) remains to be underway, however plans are already in place for the 2023 model. Arising subsequent 12 months will likely be two new stops, providing much more alternatives for poker gamers in several international locations to seize a number of the tens of millions of {dollars} that will likely be out there.
The Eiffel Tower sits within the background of the River Seine in Paris. The French metropolis will likely be a brand new cease for the European Poker Tour in 2023. (Picture: Time)
The 2023 EPT will kick off in Paris from February 15-26 on the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile. It’s not the primary time that the EPT has visited France, having beforehand appeared on the On line casino Barriere de Deauville from 2005 to 2015.
That is the primary time the poker tourney will come to Paris. The announcement comes at virtually the identical time the World Poker Tour introduced a brand new cope with France’s poker event organizer TexaPoker to convey dwell tournaments to the nation.
Poker-Hopping Round Europe
After the occasions in Paris, the EPT heads to Monte Carlo for 11 days of poker motion. The sequence on the Monte-Carlo On line casino begins on April 26 and runs by way of Could 3, after which the EPT will transfer to Barcelona, Spain.
That cease will run from August 21 to September on the EPT’s favourite spot in Spain, On line casino Barcelona. This previous EPT predominant occasion on the on line casino attracted 2,284 entries, setting a document for the biggest EPT predominant occasion.
After that, it’s time to maneuver the EPT to Cyprus, one other new cease on the tour. The brand new Benefit Royal Resort On line casino & Spa will host the sequence on October 11-22, though one other venue would welcome it. The Metropolis of Goals Mediterranean ought to be open by then, and staging the EPT there would have been a coup for Melco Resorts and Leisure.
The Benefit already has expertise holding poker tournaments. It hosted the Triton Poker Coin Rivet Invitational in September, the place PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton pocketed $5.5 million for taking down the occasion. That was his greatest win up to now and pushed the UK poker professional above $12.68 million in lifetime money winnings, in accordance with Hendon Mob.
The final cease for the 2023 EPT will likely be at King’s On line casino in Prague, Czechoslovakia, which can host the occasion from December 6-17. King’s On line casino is one other common cease for the EPT and is on the brink of kick off this 12 months’s final cease on Wednesday.
PokerStars Expands Presence in Sports activities
PokerStars has partnered with the Detroit Crimson Wings of the NHL. It’s the first time PokerStars has landed a partnership in US sports activities, and finds the Flutter-owned poker operator changing into an official sponsor of the staff.
PokerStars and the Crimson Wings have teamed as much as give hockey followers and poker gamers the chance to earn prizes by way of completely different collaborations. These prizes embody staff memorabilia, sport tickets, and different merchandise, in accordance with a press launch.
By means of the multi-year association, PokerStars branding will likely be featured on the Crimson Wings’ advertising and marketing materials, and vice versa. The identical goes for the poker platform’s logos inside Little Caesars Area throughout residence video games.
Pokerstars is the newest, however not the primary, gaming firm to accomplice with the Crimson Wings. FanDuel, which Flutter additionally owns, connected with the staff in April of final 12 months when it additionally turned an official accomplice.
