TORONTO, September 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
The Stars Group (Nasdaq: TSG) (TSE: TSGI) today announced that
the Barcelona stop on its PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT), one
of several major live poker tournament series sponsored by
PokerStars, came to a close on Sunday,
September 2, setting a PokerStars record for the number of
entrants to an EPT main event.
The EPT Barcelona Main Event attracted the largest live main
event player field in PokerStars EPT history with more than 1,900
entrants playing over six days generating a main event prize pool
of approximately €9.4 and a first-place prize of approximately €1.6
million. Overall, EPT Barcelona attracted over 4,500 players from
109 countries and generated a total of approximately 19,600 entries
across 35 tournaments and a total prize pool of $44 million.
PokerStars also awarded ten Platinum Passes to the PokerStars
Players No Limit Hold'em Championship (PSPC), which takes place in
January 2019, to the winners of EPT
Barcelona's main and headline events. Each Platinum Pass is worth
$30,000 and includes a $25,000 PSPC buy-in, accommodation at the
Atlantis Paradise Island Resort and approximately $2,000 for travel and expenses.
The EPT, which is regarded in the industry as one of the world's
most iconic live poker tours, has this year also stopped in the
Bahamas for the PokerStars
Caribbean Adventure and Monte
Carlo, and will stop for the EPT Open in Sochi in September
and EPT Prague in December.
About The Stars Group
The Stars Group is a provider of technology-based product
offerings in the global gaming and interactive entertainment
industries. Its brands have millions of registered customers
globally and collectively are leaders in online and mobile betting,
poker, casino and other gaming-related offerings. The Stars Group
owns or licenses gaming and related consumer businesses and brands,
including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt,
BetEasy, Sky Bet, Sky Vegas,
Sky Casino, Sky Bingo, and Sky
Poker, as well as live poker tour and event brands, including the
PokerStars Players No Limit Hold'em Championship, European Poker
Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour,
Asia Pacific Poker Tour, PokerStars Festival and PokerStars
MEGASTACK. The Stars Group is one of the world's most licensed
online gaming operators with its subsidiaries collectively holding
licenses or approvals in 19 jurisdictions throughout the world,
including in Europe, Australia, and the Americas. The Stars Group's
vision is to become the world's favorite iGaming destination and
its mission is to provide its customers with winning moments.
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