PokerStars.com, the world's largest poker room, today confirmed most dates and destinations for Season 7 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT).

(A PRESS RELEASE FROM POKERSTARS)

The new season launches with a €4,250 debut event in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, from August 11-16. Tallinn has already proved a hit with poker players; more than 300 took part in the first PokerStars Baltic Festival last October. The advent of an EPT event at the luxurious Swissotel will delight players across the Baltic and
Nordic regions, as well as the rest of Europe and beyond. A summertime visit to this stunning city is likely to have widespread appeal.

As well as this new destination, Season 7 will also see the EPT make return visits to the golf haven of Vilamoura in Portugal (August 28-September 2), 'EPT Snowfest' in the stunning ski resort of Saalbach-Hinterglemm in Austria (March 20-25) and Germany’s capital city of Berlin (April 5-10). All these events debuted in Season 6 and proved very popular.

The new season is set to include many events which are now considered 'staples' of the tour, such as Barcelona, Prague, Deauville, San Remo and Copenhagen, not to mention the flagship 'Festival of Poker' events in London and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure.

John Duthie, CEO and EPT Founder, said: "The EPT just gets bigger and better every season and it shows the passion and enthusiasm players feel for our events. Season 6 had a thousand more players than in Season 5 and we expect the numbers to keep on growing. The prize pool last season was well over €56 million - a €4 million increase on the previous year. Side events also proved a major attraction in Season 6 and we expect participation in these to increase even more next season."

EPT, sponsored by PokerStars.com, is now the world's richest poker tour in terms of both players and prize pools. PokerStars.com is the world’s largest online poker site, with over 35 million registered players worldwide.

Online satellites for EPT Tallinn, the first event of Season 7, are set to launch on PokerStars.com in mid-June with buy-ins from just a few dollars.

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Season 7 schedule is as follows, EPT Grand Final details will be released shortly:

EVENT EPT TALLINN
MAIN EVENT DATES AUG 11-16 2010
VENUE SWISSOTEL
BUY-IN €4,000 + 250***
CAP 600

EVENT EPT VILAMOURA
MAIN EVENT DATES AUG 28– SEP 2, 2010
VENUE SOLVERDE
BUY-IN €5,000 + 300*
CAP 700

EVENT EPT LONDON
MAIN EVENT DATES SEP 29 – OCT 4, 2010
VENUE METROPOLE
BUY-IN £5,000 + 250*
CAP 1000

EVENT EPT BARCELONA
MAIN EVENT DATES NOV 22-27, 2010
VENUE THE ARTS
BUY-IN €5,000 + 300
CAP 1000

EVENT EPT PRAGUE
MAIN EVENT DATES DEC 13-18, 2010
VENUE HILTON
BUY-IN €5,000 + 300*
CAP 700

EVENT PCA
MAIN EVENT DATES JAN 8- 14 2011
VENUE ATLANTIS
BUY-IN $10,000 + 300*
CAP 1600

EVENT EPT DEAUVILLE
MAIN EVENT DATES JAN 26-31, 2011
VENUE CASINO BARRIERE
BUY-IN €5,000 + 300**
CAP TBC

EVENT EPT COPENHAGEN
MAIN EVENT DATES FEB 17-22, 2011
VENUE CASINO COPENHAGEN
BUY-IN 35,000 + 2,250 DKK**
CAP 600

EVENT EPT SNOWFEST
MAIN EVENT DATES MAR 20-25, 2011
VENUE ALPINE PALACE
BUY-IN €3,500 + 250*
CAP 500

EVENT EPT BERLIN
MAIN EVENT DATES APR 5-10, 2011
VENUE GRAND HYATT
BUY-IN €5,000+ 300
CAP 1000

EVENT EPT SAN REMO
MAIN EVENT DATES TBC
VENUE TBC
BUY-IN €5,000 + 300*
CAP TBC

EVENT TBC
MAIN EVENT DATES TBC
VENUE TBC
BUY-IN €10,000 + 600
CAP TBC

* 3% of tournament prize-pool will be withheld to cover the costs of
floor staff and dealers.

** 4% of tournament prize-pool withheld for government taxation

*** 5% of tournament prize-pool withheld for government taxation