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16 players remain in pursuit of first prize of €1.8million; the largest prize ever in a European poker event. American Gavin Griffin begins the day as chip leader but the likes of Andy Black, Ram Vaswani, Philip Hilm and the formidable Carlos Mortensen are all vying for a place on the final table of this season's Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour. By the end of the day we will know who the final 8 will be.

Some of the best players in the world arrived in Monte Carlo hoping to make the final table. The 6-day event generated a prize pool of more than €6.6million - by far the biggest for a tournament in Europe, and a record outside of Las Vegas. 8 players remain from the 706 that entered. Someone will walk away with the first prize of €1.8million and be crowned Monte Carlo grand final champion.

The Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour is back for a fourth season and once again we kick off in Barcelona, Spain. Twenty-two champions have been crowned since Alexander Stevic won the first ever EPT here at Casino Barcelona and once again the world's finest have congregated in the Catalan capital for the richest poker tour in Europe. The increased buy-in from €5000 to €8000 has not put them off. 543 players have entered creating a prize pool of €4,181,000 and a first prize of nearly €1.2m. Poker legends Daniel Negreanu and Johnny Chan play in their first ever EPT event - could one of them add an EPT crown to their extensive CV's?

The 2nd show from the EPT in Barcelona sees Trond Eidsvig start as chip leader. Twenty-three other players remain from the 543 that started the tournament. Amongst those are Mark Teltscher, Philip Yeh and Jan Sjavik, all of whom know about how to win big.

13 players remain of the 543 that entered EPT Barcelona. The final table waits for eight of these players. Finland's Voitto Rintala was the first to go in unlucky 13th place, followed shortly by Philip Yeh; who was knocked out by Davidi Kitai's big slick. Kitai's luck however did not last long; his pocket queens running into Sander Lylloff's bullets putting him out in 11th place. Mohamad Kowssarie, long time chip leader throughout the tournament, goes out in 10th place and takes home €64,800. The dreaded 9th place and a payout of €64,800 goes to local boy Juan Maceiras.

The Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour returns to London for the fourth straight season and once again we're at the historic Victoria Casino. Players come from far and wide but in three previous years a Londoner has won the tournament! Patrik Antonius, Daniel Negreanu and Chris Moneymaker may have something to say about that. In all 392 players each paying £5000 entered, creating a prize pool of £2,038,400 and a first prize of £611,520. Many didn't survive the day; Patrik Antonius, Daniel Negreanu and Liz Lieu among the most notable. Gavin Griffin, EPT Season 3 Grand Final winner, also found the going tough.

392 players entered EPT London but only eight remain. Ian Cox began the day as one of the short stacks but couldn't turn that deficit around; he exited in 8th place earning himself £57,077. Chip leaders Florian Langmann and Joseph Mouawad soon emerged in a heads up battle. Mouawad patiently played his way to a memorable win and a first prize of £611,520.

Casino Baden is home to the 3rd leg of the Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour. Coverage starts with 32 players remaining of the original 282 that entered, including regular EPT entrants Julian Thew, Thierry Van Den Berg, Age Spets and Andreas Hoivold. With a prize pool of 2,143,000 twenty-four players will get paid and first place will walk away with 670,800.

The Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour from Baden will see someone walk off with the €670,800 first prize. Unfortunately Austrian Heimo Krainer goes home with nothing after going out in 25th place. We play down to eight players, one of which will become an EPT champion and take the first place prize money of €670,800.

282 players entered EPT Baden creating a prize pool of €2,143,200. We are down to our final eight. Chip leaders include England's Julian Thew, Denes Kalo of Hungary and Vladimir Poleschuk from Russia.

The Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island plays host to this European Poker Tour event. Play begins with 40 of the original field of 1136 players remaining. The huge field has created a prize pool totaling $8,594,876, with top prize taking home $2,000,000. Payouts began at 120 so every player remaining has already made the money. EPT regulars and big names remaining include; Bertrand Grospellier, William Thorson, Thierry van den Berg, and David Pham.

We join the EPT Pokerstars Carribean Adventure in the Bahamas with 18 players remaining, all fighting to win the top prize of $2,000,000. We play down to eight players and feature two different televised tables plus action from outer tables.

1136 players entered the PCA this year and we join the action with just 8 players remaining on the final table, all looking to win the first prize of $2,000,000.

Casino Hohensyburg plays host to leg 7 of the European Poker Tour. The event attracted 411 players, each paying 8.000.00 to enter, creating an overall prize pool of €3,164,700. We join the action with 32 remain and continue to play down to 16. Big names and EPT regulars which remain in contention include; Brandon Schaefer, Marcel Luske, Christian Harder, and Jan Heitmann.

We join leg 7 of the European Poker Tour with just 16 players remaining, all playing to win a first prize of €933,600. EPT regulars Johannes Strassmann of Germany, Mike McDonald from Canada and American Danny Ryan are in action.

411 players have been whittled down to a final table of 8, all competing for the first prize of €933,600. We watch the action unfold until the EPT season 4 Dortmund champion is crowned.

Monte Carlo…home to the rich and famous, and of course the high stakes gamblers of the world. 706 players entered this final event of the Pokerstars.com European Poker Tour. First prize is €1.8million, the largest prize ever to be won in European poker history, not to mention the coveted trophy. 32 players remain from the 706 who entered the Grand Final. Irelands Andrew Black starts as chip leader, followed by England's Dean Sanders.