The EPT will be making a return stop in Warsaw Poland, from March 11-15, 2008. Casino Poland Ltd will host the Polish Open 2008 at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino. The event will follow the standard EPT4 structure for a five day No-Limit Tournament, and will cap the players at 400. The buy-in for the main event will be 21,000 zlotys ($8600 USD) which could create a prize pool of $3,280,000.

Europe’s most popular poker tour is now in its fourth season, and Season 3 saw sellout tournaments in Barcelona, London, Copenhagen, Dortmund and Warsaw. Last year’s EPT Final had a 10,000 EUR ($14,700) buy-in and accumulated a prize pool of $9,700,000. A whopping 706 players entered the event, making it the richest tournament ever held outside the U.S.

For more info on the event in Poland visit the home page of Casino Poland at   http://www.casinospoland.pl.

The Bodog Poker room will be celebrating its One Billionth Hand some time this month. In only three years the room has achieved this milestone occasion, and they are planning on celebrating it in a big way. Every day from Nov 5 to 26 Bodog Poker will be giving away $50 to ten players a day. The remaining $12,000 will be given to the player who wins the billionth hand, in the form of $1000 per month for a year.

Players at the table of the big hand will split $10,000, and there will be increasing giveaways after the 980,000,000th hand has been played. The prizes will be given away every five million hands until the billionth. Players involved in those hands will get $109 worth of tournament credits, which include the weekly $100,000 Guaranteed and Player’s Choice qualifiers. Those events can get you into a WPT or EPT event in the future.

The European Poker Tour will make a stop in Austria early this month when the EPT Baden Classic kicks off on Oct 7th. It’s the third event of the season for the EPT and the €8000 ($10,488 + $552) to enter is bound to attract the world’s best poker players.

Casino Baden will host the event, which will give the winner a seat in the Season Four EPT finale plus the cash prizes.

Schedule

October 6, 19:00 EPT Supersatellite
October 7, 18:00 Day 1 - EPT main event
October 8, 14:00 Day 2 - EPT main event
October 9, 14:00 Day 1 - Baden Open
October 9, 15:00 Day 3 - EPT main event
October 10, 15:00 Day 4 - EPT main event Final Table

Check out your online poker room for satellites for the event. If you’re a PokerStars player, you can buy-in with your VIP points.