The European Poker Tour announced dates for its Season 13 stops in Barcelona, Malta, and Prague (photo: PokerStars)

The 12th season of the European Poker Tour is wrapping up this week in Monaco with the conclusion of the series’ Main Event and EPT High Roller on Friday. But there’s no rest for the weary, as EPT officials announced dates for the first three stops of Season 13.

“Season 12 has been yet another record-breaker for the EPT with our biggest schedules ever and a record-breaking number of players,” EPT President Edgar Stuchly said. “EPT Barcelona is always an astonishing festival and so we’re really looking forward to heading back to Spain in August after our traditional summer break.”

EPT Barcelona is the first stop of the new season. The roving tournament series heads to the Spanish seaside city from August 16 to 28. Last year in Barcelona, longtime poker pro John Juanda took down the biggest EPT Main Event ever held for €1,022,593. All he had to do was outlast a mammoth 1,694-player field.

All told, EPT Barcelona had 71 tournaments last year and a total prize pool that nearly hit €40 million. This time around, highlights include a €5,300 EPT Main Event, €1,100 Estrellas Main Event, €10,000 High Roller, €50,000 Super High Roller, and €25,000 High Roller. The latter event had over 100 entries last time it was held in Barcelona.

Players who want to satellite into the €5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event or €1,100 Estrellas Barcelona Main Event, can qualify on PokerStars beginning May 8.

Two months after Barcelona ends, the EPT will head to Malta’s Portomaso Casino from October 18 to 29. Niall ‘firaldo’ Farrell won the last EPT Malta Main Event held, barreling through a 651-entrant field for €534,330. October’s stop will mark the third straight year the event has been held in Malta.

Here are some of the highlights of EPT Malta:

October 18, 2016 (3-day): NL Hold’em – €10,000 + €300
October 19, 2016 (5-day): IPT Main Event – €1,000 + €100
October 21, 2016 (3-day): €25K High Roller – €25,000 + €750
October 22, 2016 (2-day): IPT High Roller – €2,000 + €200
October 23, 2016 (7-day): EPT Main Event – €5,000 + €300
October 24, 2016 (1-day): NL Holdem – €10,000 + €200
October 27, 2016 (3-day): EPT High Roller – €10,000 + €300

And the tour moves to Prague just before the 2016 calendar year comes to a close. EPT Prague is scheduled for December 7 to 18 from the Hilton Prague. Last season’s EPT Prague series was enormous and sported almost 100 events. According to PokerStars, over 3,400 players competed in the Season 12 EPT Prague festival with nearly 16,000 separate tournament entries and more than €24.5 million in prize money.

Here are some of the highlights of EPT Prague:

December 7, 2016 (3-day): NL Hold’em – €10,000 + €300
December 8, 2016 (5-day): Eureka Main Event – €1,000 + €100
December 10, 2016 (3-day): Super High Roller – €48,500 + €1,500
December 11, 2016 (2-day): Eureka High Roller – €2,000 + €200
December 12, 2016 (7-day): EPT Main Event – €5,000 + €300
December 13, 2016 (1-day): NL Holdem – €25,000 + €500
December 16, 2016 (3-day): EPT High Roller – €10,000 + €300