Find your date book and a thick marker. It's time to start crossing some big dates off your calendar. The PokerStars European Poker Tour announced its Season 5 dates this morning and the schedule looks as good as you would expect.

Season 5 of the EPT will, as it has every year, kick off in Barcelona, Spain for the EPT Barcelona Open. You can get your first taste of the new season September 10-14 at Casino Barcelona. Here is the rest of the season.

The folks who put together satellites for these things have sneaked me word that we'll start seeing qualifiers on PokerStars in the first week or so of July. Until then, start booking your vacation days and check out EPT.com for more information.