PokerStars Presents EPT Monte Carlo and SCOOP
In the United States, players only have access to PokerStars if they live in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Michigan. And those sites are not yet connected, so the player pools are limited. American players cannot access the global PokerStars-dot-com website from inside of the US. But there are times that poker players just have to follow the Stars. They have to go where PokerStars is.
There are two reasons to do just that in the coming weeks.
One is to jet over to Monte Carlo and play the EPT Monte Carlo. The last one that happened did so in May 2019. Then, the unfortunate thing (that thing being the pandemic) cancelled live poker for 2020 and 2021. Now, it’s back. And the 2022 EPT Monte Carlo kicks off on April 28.
The other reason SCOOP. The 2022 Spring Championship of Online Poker is set to run May 8 to June 1. It will be filled with 318 tournaments and guaranteed to pay out at least $78.5M. PokerStars is also adding $1M in extra value. That’s kind of a big deal.
EPT Monte Carlo: April 28 – May 7
PokerStars is hosting the long-awaited return of the EPT Monte Carlo, technically called the PokerStars European Poker Tour presented by Monte-Carlo Casino ®.
The full series begins at the Sporting Monte-Carlo on April 28 and runs through May 7. Players need only be 18 to participate. And it should be no surprise that there is a dress code – casual but no sportswear.
The venue will host a plethora of cash games, with No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha starting at €2/€5, Stud and Draw games starting at €5/€10. Players can also request Chinese Poker or mixed games.
The tournament series is a mix of EPT and FPS (France Poker Series) events, the latter offering lower buy-in opportunities. That full schedule, minus qualifiers and satellites, is as follows:
| (excluding sats & qualifiers) | EPT Monte Carlo 2022 | ||
| Event 1 | April 28-May 1 | € 1,100 | FPS Main Event (4 flights, 1 reentry/flight) |
| Event 4 | April 28-29 | € 10,200 | NLHE Mystery Bounty (1 reentry) |
| Event 5 | April 28 | € 550 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Freezeout |
| Event 8 | April 29 | € 1,050 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Knockout |
| Event 10 | April 30 | € 550 | 8-Game Mix (3 entries max) |
| Event 11 | April 30 | € 25,000 | NLHE (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 12 | April 30-May 1 | € 550 | FPS Cup (2 flights, 1 reentry/flight) |
| Event 14 | April 30 | € 2,100 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Knockout Freezeout |
| Event 16 | May 1-2 | € 2,200 | FPS High Roller (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 17 | May 1-3 | € 100,000 | EPT Super High Roller (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 19 | May 1 | € 1,050 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Freezeout |
| Event 21 | May 2-7 | € 5,300 | EPT Main Event (2 flights, 1 reentry) |
| Event 22 | May 2 | € 1,100 | NLHE Seniors (1 reentry) |
| Event 24 | May 2 | € 1,050 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Knockout Freezeout |
| Event 26 | May 3 | € 50,000 | NLHE (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 27 | May 3-4 | € 1,650 | PLO (1 reentry) |
| Event 29 | May 3 | € 2,100 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Knockout Freezeout |
| Event 31 | May 4 | € 25,000 | NLHE (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 32 | May 4 | € 5,200 | PLO (1 reentry) |
| Event 34 | May 4-6 | € 3,000 | 2nd Chance Mystery Bounty (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 35 | May 4 | € 10,150 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Knockout Freezeout |
| Event 36 | May 5-7 | € 25,000 | EPT High Roller (1 reentry) |
| Event 38 | May 5 | € 550 | HORSE (3 entries max) |
| Event 39 | May 5-6 | € 2,200 | NLHE Freezeout |
| Event 40 | May 5-7 | € 550 | NLHE Deep Stack (3 flights, unlimited reentry) |
| Event 41 | May 5 | € 1,050 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Freezeout |
| Event 42 | May 6-7 | € 2,200 | NLHE Deep Stack (1 reentry) |
| Event 43 | May 6-7 | € 25,000 | NLHE (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 44 | May 6 | € 2,100 | NLHE Hyper Turbo Knockout Freezeout |
| Event 45 | May 7 | € 330 | NLHE (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 46 | May 7 | € 2,100 | NLHE 6-Handed (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 47 | May 7 | € 5,200 | NLHE 6-Handed (unlimited reentry) |
| Event 48 | May 7 | € 1,050 | Last Chance Super Hyper Turbo Freezeout |
Players should check the Covid-19 website in Monte Carlo for the latest health requirements.
We're two weeks out from #EPTMonteCarlo 👇
Freebuy satellites to the Main Event are running now, and satellites to the €1,100 FPS Main Event start at just €5.50.
Hit the Events tab for the full schedule.
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— PokerStars LIVE (@PokerStarsLIVE) April 14, 2022
PokerStars SCOOP: May 8 – June 1
Another reason to travel abroad in the coming weeks is the annual Spring Championship of Online Poker. PokerStars just revealed the massive schedule and details.
The full series will run May 8 through June 1. There are 318 tournaments in total, as each of the 107 events offers low, medium, and high buy-in options. Buy-ins for the series start as low as $2.20 and get as high as $25K. Put them altogether, and there is a cumulative guarantee of $78.5M.
In lieu of typing up the entirety of the massive schedule, I’ll just put out some highlights and direct everyone to the PokerStars Blog for the full listing. The biggest highlights are, of course, the Main Events, all starting on Sunday, May 29. The No Limit Hold’em ones will run for four days in total, with the Pot Limit Omaha ones set to run three days. Here are the options:
Event 95-Low: $109 NLHE buy-in Main Event ($2.5M GTD)
Event 95-Medium: $1,050 NLHE buy-in Main Event ($4M GTD)
Event 95-High: $10,300 buy-in NLHE Main Evet ($5M GTD)
Event 97-Low: $109 buy-in PLO Main Event ($250K GTD)
Event 97-Medium: $2,050 buy-in PLO Main Event ($600K GTD)
Event 97-High: $10,300 buy-in PLO Main Event ($800K GTD)
On that same Sunday, May 29, SCOOP will offer a special single-day tournament for women only. The three versions of that one will be:
Event 96-Low: $5.50 buy-in NLHE PKO Women’s Event ($3K GTD)
Event 96-Medium: $22 buy-in NLHE PKO Women’s Event ($10K GTD)
Event 96-High: $109 buy-in NLHE PKO Women’s Event ($25K GTD)
Finally, another highlight of this 2022 SCOOP is that PokerStars is adding $1M in value. It is adding $250K worth of SCOOP tickets in the Pick-a-Box game, $300K in Fast Track satellites, $100K in leaderboard prizes, and more in Special Edition Spin & Go tournaments.
The #SCOOP 2022 schedule is locked in. 🔒
📆 May 8th – June 1st
▶️ 107 events
♠️ Buy-ins from $2.20, NLHE Main Events at $109, $1,050 and $10,300.
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