1. European Poker Tour Prague
2. European Poker Tour Monaco 2021 Dates
3. European Poker Tour Monaco 2021 Date
4. European Poker Tour Monaco 2021 Schedule

This star-studded event will be held in Monaco, one of Europe's most exclusive destinations, and promises each player an incredible poker experience. The EPT festival, jointly organised with PokerStars and Casino de Monte-Carlo will take place from April 27-May 2. 2021 Monaco Grand Prix Pre & Post Tours. Monaco Grand Prix: Monte Carlo: May 20-24, 2021. We have partnered with R. Crusoe, one of the leading luxury tour operators to Europe to present these curated pre and post Monaco tours to come sightsee and take in the local flavor of intriguing regions in France or Italy. They will arrange for.

Festival Dates: Cancelled

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Not sure what to play or where to stay? Read on for more details before you join us:

The license holder and operator of this event is Société des Bains de Mer.

Sporting Monte-Carlo
26 Avenue Princess Grace
Monte-Carlo 98000
Monaco

Dress code: Casual, but no sportswear.
Minimum age: 18
NB: Must bring a valid government issued passport or ID to participate. Citizens of Monégasque nationality are not allowed to take part in any tournament or cash games.

PokerStars Travel offers a wide range of accommodation options, including discounted rates, specifically for PokerStars players.

To book your transfer or for accommodation information please visit the PokerStars Travel site. If you have any questions about accommodation email info@pokerstarstravel.com or call +34 93 325 6777.

European Poker Tour Monaco 2021 Dates

Airport Transfer

A dedicated airport transfer service from Nice airport to hotels is available to all players at special rates. To book your transfer email info@pokerstarstravel.com or call +34 93 325 6777.

BY AIR

Don’t let the fact there is no international airport in Monaco hold you back. The nearest airport is in France (Nice - Cote d'Azur Airport), which is roughly 22km (about 14 miles) from Monaco. The airport operates daily flights to most of the world’s largest cities, and PokerStars Travel can arrange a transfer for you from the airport to Monaco. There are also regular Rapides Côte D’Azur buses connecting Monte-Carlo with the airport’s terminals.

You can also fly from Nice to Monaco in only 7 minutes! Helicopters leave every 30 mins and provide a breath-taking flight over the French Riviera. To book your helicopter transfer contact PokerStars Travel, call +34 93 325 6777, or book directly on the MONACAIR website.

BY TRAIN

The Monaco - Monte-Carlo station is linked to neighbouring France and Italy, and most international trains will stop here, including the 'Ligure' (which links Marseille and Milan), 'train bleu' which operates between Paris and Ventimiglia, as well as the famous high-speed TGV between Nice and Paris also stop here. A TGV train between Paris and Monte-Carlo takes just under seven hours.

Cash Games

You can find the complete Cash Game information here.

€1/€2 games may be offered at non-peak times for limited number of hours, and a limited number of tables. Please speak with floor staff at the event to check availability.

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Even as the US begins to reopen its economy, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on plans for large gatherings worldwide.

Last week, PokerStars postponed the much-anticipated second run of its PokerStars Players Championship(PSPC).

The PSPC had been slated for August as part of this year’s European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona, traditionally one of the hottest stops on tour. Given the uncertainty surrounding live poker and international travel, however, PokerStars is pumping the brakes on the whole thing.

Neither EPT Barcelona nor the PSPC are entirely canceled. Both will run sometime in 2021, though PokerStars is still working on locking down the dates.

It is far from the only live poker tournament impacted by the global coronavirus outbreak.

Most notably, the World Series of Poker announced in April that it was postponing its summer series. The World Poker Tour has to date canceled two stops entirely and postponed 17 others.

Indeed, there’s almost no live poker of any significance happening anywhere in the world for the time being.

A black cloud with a Platinum lining

The announcement didn’t contain only bad news, however. PokerStars will make use of the delay to give away additional satellite packages known as Platinum Passes.

Unlike the first time around, PokerStars has yet to establish how many passes it plans on awarding for the next event. The general assumption, however, was that the number would be similar to the 320 it awarded for the inaugural event.

Along with the bad news about the delay, PokerStars revealed that it will award an additional 80 passes for a total of 400. It will also have to find new ways to award some passes it originally allotted to the Moneymaker’s Road to PSPC Tour. A few of those events have already been canceled due to the pandemic.

The extra Platinum Passes aren’t the only cause for excitement either.

EPT Barcelona tends to be the best-attended stop on the tour, including a record-setting 2019 Main Event with nearly 2,000 entries. Add to that the fact that players will be itching to return to the felt after many months without live poker, and there’s a good chance that the second PSPC will blow its predecessor out of the water.

PSPC a key marketing tool for PokerStars

The second PSPC has already been a long time coming.

European Poker Tour Monaco 2021 Date

The inaugural event took place in January 2019 at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas as part of an attempt to reboot the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA). It also served as an olive branch to professional players unhappy with the path PokerStars was taking with increased rake and scaled-back rewards.

The 2019 event carried a $25,000 buy-in and was meant to be the most accessible tournament in history for those stakes. In addition to making the event rake-free, PokerStars spent the entire year leading up to it awarding 320Platinum Passes.

European Poker Tour Monaco 2021 Schedule

The result was a resounding success.

The tournament drew 1,039 entries between Platinum Pass winners and direct buy-ins, creating a $26 million prize pool. Ramon Colillas, a 30-year-old former fitness trainer from Spain, ultimately won the $5.1 million top prize after qualifying for free via one of those Platinum Passes.

A new venue for next PSPC

While the PSPC was a hit, it failed to redeem the PCA. Players have voiced numerous complaints about Atlantis over the years, and PokerStars finally elected to discontinue the event in 2020.

The PSPC needed a new home.

PokerStars chose EPT Barcelona as another high-profile stop, but that meant hosting the PSPC in August instead of January — and therefore a 19-month wait between the first and second events. Now the wait will end up being over two years.

Given what a marketing coup that first PSPC was, the delay is doubly unfortunate for PokerStars.