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HUNGARY October 28-November 1 €4,000 + €350 500 EPT WARSAW Hyatt Regency, Warsaw Warsaw POLAND November 15-19, 2008 PLN 20,000 + PLN 1,000 400 EPT PRAGUE Hilton Hotel Prague CZECH REPUBLIC December 9-13, 2008 €5,000 + €250 600 POKERSTARS CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE Atlantis Resort Nassau BAHAMAS January, 5-10, 2009 €8,000 600 EPT DEAUVILLE Casino Barriere Deauville FRANCE January 20-24, 2009 €5,000 + €300 700 EPT COPENHAGEN Casino Copenhagen Copenhagen DENMARK February 17-21, 2009 DKR 50,000 + DKR 2,250 500 EPT DORTMUND Casino Hohensyburg Dortmund GERMANY March 10th-14th, 2009 €5,000 + €300 500 EPT SAN REMO San Remo San Remo ITALY April 18-23, 2009 €5,000 + €250 800 EPT GRAND FINAL Monte Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort Monte Carlo MONACO April 28 - May 3, 2009 €10,000 + €600 1,000       APPT Season 2 Event Schedule   TOURNAMENT VENUE CITY/ COUNTRY DATES BUY-IN CAP APPT Macau Grand Waldo Hotel & Casino Macau People’s Republic of China September 1-9, 2008 Main Event USD $3,200 (HKD $25,000) High Rollers Event USD $19,250 (HKD $150,000) 1,000 & 300 APPT Seoul Paradise  Walker-hill Casino Seoul S. 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EVENT No EVENT TOTAL ENTRIES TOTAL PRIZE POOL CHAMPION 1st PLACE 1 NL Hold'em [6-max] 7,217 $1,443,400 shane147 $200,856.66 2 PL 5-Card Draw 1,024 $204,800 ImBillMcNeal $34,201.60 3 Limit Hold'em 2,258 $451,600 cwp394 $73,385.00 4 2-7 Triple Draw 734 $146,800 playitsafe $24,809.20 5 High-Roller NL Hold'em 321 $3,210,000 dorinvandy $617,925.00 6 NL Hold'em* 7,351 $3,675,500 Calvin32 $452,086.50 7 PL Omaha [6-max] 2,457 $491,400 Mary 717 $71,730.20 8 8-game Mixed Event 1,128 $338,400 Ulett_23 $50,797.28 9 NL Hold'em [4-max] 3,290 $658,000 jonasof87 $95,410.00 10 Razz 1,288 $257,600 dinho_style $43,096.48 11 PL Omaha Hi/Lo 1,733 $519,900 92848 $88,383.00 12 Mixed Hold'em [6-max] 1,496 $448,800 Randers $66,000.00 13 NL Hold'em w/Rebuys 2,234 $188,100 lrdvoldemort $207,772.50 14 7-Card Stud 627 $1,278,600 Mildred53 $28,608.50 15 NL Hold'em [Heads-Up] 2,048 $614,400 Huxfluxen $89,744.00 16 PL Omaha [1R1A] 1,223 $546,000 Andy McLEOD $98,280.00 17 PL Hold'em [6-max] 960 $480,000 poker1O1 $80,400.00 18 HORSE 2,091 $418,200 Sensor $57,421.66 19 High-Roller HU NL Hold'em 64 $1,600,000 stevesbets $560,000.00 20 NL Hold'em* 3,467 $3,467,000 NYC P.I.M.P $257,953.38 21 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo 525 $262,500 weaktight $42,735.78 22 Mixed Omaha Hi/Lo [6-max] 620 $310,000 BUCKIZ6 $55,800.00 23 NL Hold'em [1R1A] 1,159 $1,460,000 ddrufnek $194,902.00 24 NL 2-7 Single Draw 308 $200,000 luvgamble $42,000.00 25 PL Omaha w/rebuys 748 $768,600 shaundeeb $144,112.50 26 NL Hold'em [6-max] 3,273 $981,900 rubenrtv $135,687.64 27 NL Hold'em Triple Shootout 729 $364,500 TheActionKid $76,545.00 28 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 829 $414,500 Big10 $69,801.88 29 NLHE w/Rebuys [6-max] 852 $1,260,500 PiKappRaider $211,133.76 30 PL Omaha 742 $742,000 salamandra24 $97,291.28 31 Limit Hold'em [6-max] 580 $580,000 aasezz $107,300.00 32 HORSE 125 $1,250,000 DocHolatchya $287,500.00 33 NL Hold'em Main Event* 2,185 $10,925,000 ckingusc $1,265,432.23