Eins, Zwei, PokerStars(.de)

EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo is starting again this week, if you didn't know. Obviously if you play poker on PokerStars you would. It is one of the biggest tournaments in the world and certainly in Europe. And since the Euro is so strong against the dollar right now, the 10K buy-in is a little bigger than regular WPT events and even the WSOP main event.

Speaking of the WSOP, PokerStars is commited to sending at least 1000 people to the main event this year. That would be almost a 6th of the entire field that played last year. That's insane! There are a lot of ways to get there, starting with some very small buy-ins and even FPP tournaments. One of the more popular ways to get in on the cheap is to play the steps sit-n-go single table tournaments.

Speaking of SNGs, PokerStars has introduced their "Battles of the Planets" SNG leaderboard event. There is a lot of free money being thrown at the winners of this one. You should definitely check it out, because from what I've seen these SNGs are pretty soft.

Last but not least, some of the biggest names in poker play on PokerStars and you can easily find them at the tables. Amongst these big name pros you can find WSOP bracelet winner Katja Thater as well as main event winners MoneyMaker, Hachem and Raymer.

So head on over and start playing!