One of the easiest and cheapest ways to play in an EPT like this is to qualify online. Win one of the various tournaments in the PokerStars lobby and you could find yourself jetting off to the far corners of Europe, lodged in a plush hotel and fed and watered until it’s time to play. And listening to Danny Ryan of North Dakota, he makes it sound like the easiest thing in the world to do...

Englishman Steve Jelinek is another of the qualifying kind, having done it several times and cashes in a couple. Steve talks about his poker experience, qualifying on Stars and the frustrations of waiting two whole days to play...