EPT Makes First Stop in Budapest Today

PokerStars European Poker Tour will make its first stop ever in Hungary today when play begins in Budapest. This is the fifth season of the EPT and every year the tour adds new places to its schedule. Several professional poker players are set to attend the new stop on the tour.

The pros from the PokerStars Team will be in full force including Luca Pagano, Vicky Coren, Katja Thater, Dario Minieri, Bertrand Grospellier, Noah Boeken, William Thorson, Marcin Horecki and Alex Kravchenko.

Other players will e sponsored by PokerStars for the event as well. Those included are: Marcel Luske, Johnny Lodden, Jan Heitmann, Sebastian Ruthenburg and Kara Scott. Other players have qualified for the events and there is sure to be new faces on hand as well.

One player who qualified for the event is Valdemar Kwaysser. He is from Hungary and could possibly be a stand out in the tournament as it will take place in his native land. As we have seen before, many of these tournaments turn out young talent and they soon are signed to popular poker sites such as PokerStars.

The Budapest stop has a buy-in of €4,000 and PokerStars expects around five hundred players to participate. Play will begin at 1PM CET Today as the first of two Day 1’s. The Budapest event is expected to end on Saturday.