The European Poker Tour begins Today

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The European Poker Tour sponsored by PokerStars begins its fourth season with the start of today's event in Barcelona, Spain. The event features a ?8,000 buy-in. EPT Barcelona event is the first of nine events on the tour's schedule, continuing with a London event next month and culminating in the April, 2008 Grand Final in Monte Carlo.

The 2007 Barcelona EPT runs over the next five days, with two day one sessions today and tomorrow and a final table on Saturday September 1st.

On the eve of the tournament there were 490 players already registered, with a 600 maximum, a sellout seems likely. Among the top players starting today are Katja Thater, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, online poker stars Annette 'Annette_15' Obrestad, and Jon 'PearlJammer' Turner, while Wednesday starters include Greg Raymer, Humberto Brenes, Dario Minieri, and Isabelle Mercier.

No word yet on whether Daniel Negreanu who got bounced early from the Asia Pacific Poker Tour will make it to Barcelona. We would imagine that all the PokerStars players would make it as this is a PokerStars sponsored tournament.