The European Poker Tour championship concludes its eight event tour this year. With a 10,000 Euro buy-in, this final event caps a very successful run of poker across the pond. Based upon the successful World Poker Tour in the US, the sister poker tourneys have quite the following and continue to widen the base of the popularity of higher stakes poker.

596 have posted the entry fee at the beautiful Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort for a chance at a one million euro plus first prize.

Bringing the coverage back to the states is the tournament sponsor's PokerStars Blog and for those who love watching live poker, a webcast has been set up for the final three days of the tourney at its "TV table". Be sure to head over to EPT Live starting on March 31st for all the exciting action.

Here's a little introduction to EPT Live and its schedule:

One of the grand rules of news distribution is to never--ever!--say, "We're bringing you all the news, but if you'd like to check out another news outlet, here's how to find it." It's just not good business to send your customers across the street. However, since I'm not selling anything here, I guess I can safely mention the coolest (baddest...sickest...what are the kids saying these days?) new innovation to hit the european poker tour.

If you head over to EPTlive.com, you'll see what I'm talking about. Starting in just a few days, you'll be able to see live streaming coverage of the EPT Grand Final featured table. You're going to be able to hear expert commentary and see all the action before it shows up on TV. Here's a schedule of the coverage:

March 31, 2007 EPT MONTE CARLO GRAND FINAL LIVE -- TV TABLE
DAY 3 Start: 1400 local, central European time (0800 ET)
Running time: approximately 8 hours

April 1, 2007 EPT MONTE CARLO GRAND FINAL LIVE -- TV TABLE
DAY 4 Start: 1545 local, central European time (1145 ET)
Running time: approximately 10 hours

April 2, 2007 EPT MONTE CARLO GRAND FINAL LIVE -- FINAL TABLE
Start: 1700 local, central European time (1100 ET)
Running time: approximately 8-10 hours