Organisers of the European Poker Tour have released the full schedule of events for their anticipated return to the Irish capital of Dublin in February.

I can’t remember the first couple of times I visited Dublin. It can steal memories. It also can astound you. The Irish capital is bountiful, beautiful and booming. It is one of the most up and coming cities in Europe, if not the world.

Poker players will be hoping Santa brings them a huge pile of cash. The PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) rolls out the red carpet in January. The European Poker Tour (EPT) has one coloured green that will get a Dublin dusting in February.

It’s been too long – Season 4 to be exact. Reuben Peters defeating Annette Obrestad to win the €532,620 first prize. That was the fourth consecutive Dublin trip (Roland de Wolfe, Ram Vaswani and Mats Gavin winning the other three), and it’s good to be back.