From today until Sunday, the Casino de Espinho hosts the third and last event of the primary season of the PokerStars Portugal Poker Series. The tournament follows the primary successful stages in Vilamoura last April, and Figueira da Foz in June.

Today's €770 event starts at 2pm local time, and players gets 15,000 starting chips to play 60-minute levels. In other words, it's a cheap buy-in with a big-tournament structure.

A few miles clear of Oporto, the second one biggest Portuguese city, Casino de Espinho has the largest poker site in Portugal and is the normal home of the largest tournaments within the country, excluding the 2 EPT stages held in Vilamoura in seasons 6 and seven. With a capacity of as much as 300 players, that is expected to be the largest poker tournament of the year in Portugal and the largest prize pool as well.

Casino de Espinho

Moreover, Casino de Espinho is correct beside the beach and, with unusual temperatures for this time of the year of 30ºC, do not be surprised for those who see the cream of Portuguese poker players, including Team PokerStars Pros Nuno Coelho , Henrique Pinho and João Nunes, taking a dip right before heading to the tables.

For more information about this tour, please visit the PokerStars Portugal Poker Series page, while this weekend's event might be covered on our sister Portuguese PokerStars Blog.

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