EPT Switch from Moscow to Ukraine
The EPT have announced that the August event that was due to be held in Moscow is cancelled due to a change in the legal status of poker in Russia, and will now be substituted by an event in neighbouring Ukraine.
The event that will run from August 18-23 2009, will be take place in Kiev (the capital city of the Ukraine) and will be held at the Kiev Sports Palace. The buy-in for the “EPT Kiev Sports Poker Championship” Main Event will be 5,000 EUR (4,700 + 300).
Kiev Sports Palace, Looks nice...
PokerStars.com the sponsors of the EPT and provider of most of the online qualifiers, have advised that any players that qualified for the Moscow event, will have their packages converted to EPT Kiev packages; they will also be eligible to take a credit for a future event, or receive the cash equivalent value as alternatives.
Full statement can be found here;
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