European Poker Tour

The European Poker Tour (EPT) is a series of poker tournaments created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold ’em popularity. Since 2011 the EPT has been sponsored and wholly owned and controlled by PokerStars the online casino and taped by Sunset + Vine for television broadcast across Europe.
By season 4 the buy-in for most EPT events was increased to €8,000. At 2007 exchange rates, this is approximately equal to the US$10,000 which is the buy-in for most major poker events.