The European Poker Tour (EPT) is gearing up for its biggest Grand Final series ever. On Monday, the EPT announced the addition of the “1,100 Monaco Cup as part of the 50-event festival at the Season 9 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino European Poker Tour Grand Final, which runs from May 6 through 15. The new Monaco Cup event will take place from May 11 through 15 and features a “500,000 prize pool.

“This is the first time that we have included an event of this nature in the schedule for the EPT Grand Final,” said Neil Johnson, head of live poker operations for PokerStars. “This event will feature three Day 1s and will give players the opportunity to re-enter on Day 1b and Day 1c. With a great structure and three different chances at the coveted first prize, everyone will get their shot at a piece of the first-ever “500,000 Monaco Cup.”

News of the Monaco Cup follows EPT President Edgar Stuchly’s announcement that the EPT Grand Final will also feature the largest festival of cash games in the tour’s history. The EPT will have full control of the cash games, offering a wide variety options from noon to 6 a.m. every day.

Lee Jones, head of poker communications at PokerStars, wrote about the EPT Grand Final cash games on Monday.

The EPT Grand Final series will kick off with the “10,600 EPT Grand Final Main Event, which will be covered from beginning to end by the PokerNews Live Reporting team. We’ll also be providing live updates of the “25,000 High Roller and “100,000 Super High Roller. Keep it locked in to PokerNews for exclusive coverage of the European Poker Tour.

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After recently announcing that PokerStars LIVE was heading to Macau’s City of Dreams, the room opened up Friday and did so with a bang.

The famed Macau Poker Cup kicked off the festivities in the new room and attracted 300-plus player fields for the first two events. In the first event, Pipi Huang defeated a field of 334 players to earn the HK$131,000 (approx. $16,900) first-place prize. This field set the side-event record in Asia for players in a single day.

In the second event, 310 players came out to action following two Day 1 flights of play. With numbers this strong already early in the series, things are shaping up nicely for the HK$11,000 (approx. $1,500) Red Dragon Main Event, which will alone boast a huge HK$5,000,000 (approx. $650,000) guarantee.

The Main Event is scheduled for April 24-28, and hopes are set high.

“We’re ecstatic about our start, but no doubt the record we want to break is 635 unique players for the Red Dragon.” said Robin Lim, PokerStars Senior Events Manager.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for updates on happenings at PokerStars LIVE at the City of Dreams, but you can also check out PokerStarsMacau.com for more information.

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