The third main event of the third season of the Estrellas Poker Tour was held at the Casino Ibiza, and ran from May 16 to 20. A total of 269 players from 29 different countries participated in this leg, generating a total prize pool of €258,240.

The final table started off with eight players. The first to exit was Spanish player Dragan Kostic, who secured a prize of €7,750, followed an hour later by Jaume Niell Alomar in seventh for €9,800. An hour after the first break of the day, Swedish player Johan Ray was sent home in sixth with a prize of €12,390 for his efforts.

Twenty minutes before the end of level 25, French player Amaury Legait stepped up the pace and brought the game closer to its conclusion by eliminating two players in quick succession. Spanish player Daniel Coloma Serna in fifth (€15.100 and Lithuanian Saulius Tuluosa in foutth (€18,000) were his victims.

Shortly after, the three finalists made a deal, Legait securing the largest share of €50,000 with Ericson and Rojas taking €40,000 and €36,000 respectively. They agreed to leave €4,800 to play for and resumed play. Minutes after the restart, Swedish player Ericson became another victim of the Frenchman.

After less than five hours of play we were already heads up, and two hours later, Pablo Rojas overcame his French adversary to become the Estrellas Poker Tour Season 3 Ibiza Champion.

The elimination of more than 16 players in less than three hours was one of the highlights of Day 3; the bust-outs included Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor and last year's finalist in Ibiza, Javier Tazón.

Today's eight finalists - all eying up a first prize of €65,800 - are as follows:

Pablo Rojas, Spain, 1,130.000 chips
Amaury Legait, France, 755,000 chips
Daniel Ericson, Sweden, 485,000 chips
Saulius Tuluosa, Lithuania, 453,000 chips
Daniel Coloma Serna, Spain, PokerStars Qualifier, 376,000 chips
Jaume Niell Alomar, Spain, 338,000 chips
Dragan Kostic Dunaic, Spain, 332,000 chips
Johan Ray, 31, Sweden, 130,000 chips

The bubble burst and the bubble boy at Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza was PokerStars Qualifier Jordi Page Cortinas, who finished in 33rd place. The players who are still in play have now guaranteed themselves a pay day of at least €1,700, and the eventual winner will scoop a tasty €65,800 from a total prize pool of €258,240.

Amongst those who exited the tournament were last year's winner in Ibiza, Grzegorz Gosk and, finalist in San Sebastian, Jorge Ufano. Raul Molano Gil (13th in Valencia and 10th in Madrid in 2012) and Emilio Domínguez Muñoz (11th in Ibiza last year) were also sent to rail. However, Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor and Javier Tazón, a finalist in Ibiza last year, did survive the day and will be returning to Casino Ibiza on Saturday to try to reach the final table.

Our current chip leader is Jaume Niell Alomar with 409.000 chips, followed by French Player Amaury Legait, who has 327.700 chips. In third position is Saulius Tuluosa, with 279.900.

Casino Ibiza plays host to this event, the second time the tour has visited the Med's favourite party island. A total of 269 players from 29 different countries have participated in this leg, including 47 Swedish players. In total, 32 players will cash, with the winner taking home €65,800 from a total prize pool of €258,240.

It was once again a tough day on the felt here in Ibiza, with many players being eliminated, including Estrellas Poker Tour 2011 Tournament Leaderboard winner (Álvaro Santamaría Velasco) and runner up (German player Fabian Deimann). Team PokerStars Online Javier Dominguez Gomez and Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez are other players who now have more time to concentrate on the remainder of the SCOOP schedule.

Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor and Jaume Niell Alomar, a finalist in Valencia, have both made it through the day and will be back on Friday for Day 2.

The overnight chip leader is Jaume Niell Alomar with 111,700 chips, followed by Pablo Rojas, who has 96,300 chips. In third position is Carlos Sanchez Brito, with 77,900.

On Wednesday's day 1a, 115 players began their tournament, including 27 who qualified online on PokerStars. Amongst them, a majority of foreign players and at least 20 Swedish players!When play concluded for the day, after eight levels of play, there were 49 players remaining.

It was a fierce battle today in Ibiza and many players were eliminated, including Friend of PokerStars Poli Rincón and Dutch player Joeri Zandvliet, winner of 2 UKIPTs.

Last year's winner here in Ibiza, Grzezgor Gosk and finalist, Javier Tazón alias "MuckedBoy", both played today and made it through the day. They will be back on Friday for Day 2 of the Estrellas Poker Tour Ibiza.

Our current chip leader is French player Amaury Legait with 109,000 chips, followed by Belgium player Kevin Michel Decwael with 98,500 and Javier Tazon with 80,900.

Thursday's Day 1B will see Team PokerStars Pros Ana Marquez and Juan Manuel Pastor begin their tournaments. Estrellas poker Tour 2011 Tournament Leaderboard winner Álvaro Santamaría Velasco and his follower on the board German player Fabian Deimann will also be in attendance.

Okay. If you're still reading, I'll assume your sunblock supply is in good shape. With that in mind, know this: the full schedule of tournaments and activities for the upcoming Estrellas Poker Tour event in Ibiza are now ready. That's a good thing, because the event kicks off in four days.

Assuming you have already booked your hotel (and if you haven't, read this ESPT hotels piece carefully), you are set for a poker week unlike any you've ever experience. Ibiza is one of the world's most exciting party islands. If you somehow manage to pull yourself away from the non-stop club excitement, there is also a huge slate of tournaments from which to choose.

This weekend in Ibiza, the Estrellas will put on ten different poker tournaments, including the €1,100 main event. Alongside that, there will be two big parties and a Poli Rincon-signed football jersey giveaway.

For full details on this weekend's events, visit the Estrellas Ibiza schedule page.

Have fun (and wear sunscreen)!

As you might know, the Estrellas Tour is headed to Ibiza in less than two weeks. It's a popular place to be all year long, and if you're planning on going, you really should be thinking about booking your hotel room. If you want to make sure to get the best room at the best value, Estrellas has you covered.

Estrellas Poker Tour Hotels has blocked off a bunch of rooms exclusively for the tour players and their guests. It's a one-stop shop to book your accommodations for your time in one of the world's party capitals.

The service is available for all Estrellas poker events, so it's something to keep in mind for all future events.

For now, if you're planning to play some poker and party in Ibiza next week, hit up Estrellas Poker Tour Hotels to get your room.

The second main event of the third season of the Estrellas Poker Tour was held at the Casino Valencia. A total of 387 players from 36 different countries played in this leg generating a prize pool of €371,520.

The final table started off with eight players. Finnish player Jarkko Ilari Mammela was the first to go to the cage where he picked up €10,200. Half an hour later Isaac Chapi Tolosa busted for €13,000. Belgian player Frederic Van Der Mersch went next, earning €16,700.

Just after the first break, PokerStars qualifier Mauricio Pazos exited in fifth with €20,450. Wim Eduard Neys, railed by Team PokerStars Pro Christophe de Meulder, went out sixth for €25,650. Shortly thereafter, the three finalists made a deal and came to an agreement: €18,000 for the eventual champion and the rest of the money distributed like this: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (€58,000), Ruben Gonzalez Porcel (€58,000) and Jaume Niell Alomar (€50,100)

Minutes before the second break of the day, Jaume Niell Alomar went out. After only ten minutes of heads-up ply, Rodríguez managed to end the game to become the Estrellas Poker Tour Season 3 Valencia champion.

Through to tomorrow's Day 2, however, are Team PokerStars Pros Juan Manuel Pastor and Christophe De Meulder, and Team PokerStars Online Javier 'El_Cañonero' Domínguez.

Chip leader is Dutch qualifier Richard Van Schendel with 85,800 chips, followed by Frederic Van Der Mersch from Belgium with 84,900 and PokerStars qualifier Manuel Jimenez Cecilia with 80,900 chips.

Today's Day 1B will see Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez and Juan Miguel Tomé Perez (the winner of Estrellas Madrid) begin their tournaments. Friend of PokerStars Poli Rincón and Team PokerStars Online Polish player Grzegorz Mikielewicz will also be in attendance. But perhaps the most celebrated participant due to play today is one of the most famous sportsmen ever to emerge from Spain, golfer Sergio Garcia.

You can follow the action as it happens over on our sister Spanish PokerStars Blog (in Spanish, obviously).

As you might remember, Garcia is a keen enough poker player that he made a very deep run in this year's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. The pro golfer outlasted hundreds of players to finish in the top 5% of runners in the PCA main event. His adventure only ended after his ace-jack couldn't outrun pocket queens.

Despite that disappointment, Garcia's competitive spirit turned the experience into something he wanted to repeat.

At the time, Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor said of his friend, "This is entertainment for him and he has enjoyed himself a great deal. It's like a dream for him."

The good thing about being Sergio Garcia (apart form the prowess at golf and, apparently, poker) is that people actually like to have you around. As such, Garcia has decided to accept an invitation to Day 1B of the Estrellas Poker Tour main event in Valencia, Spain this week.

As you probably already know, Estrellas is the hottest poker tour in Spain and has been drawing people from al over the world to the fantastic games on the Iberian Peninsula.

Tomorrow, the Valencia main event kicks off. A day later, Señor Garcia will be teeing up.

Seats are still available to the event if you're looking for a chance to play with Garcia. You may never get the opportunity to get in 18 with him, but you could check-raise him all you want this week.

For more information on the tour, visit the Estrellas Poker website.

PokerStars qualifier Juan Miguel Tome defeated the almost invincible Luis Rufas to be crowned the first Estrellas Poker Tour winner of Season 3.

Tomé flew under the radar for most of the final table emerged at exactly the right time at the appropriate time to get heads up against Rufas. From there, it was all Tomé.

The first stop of Season 3 has been a great success. A total of 482 players showed up to build a prize pool worth €462,720. The tour now heads to Valencia March 28-April 1.

Congratulations once again to Juan Miguel Tome on a great performance in Madrid.

The 59 players returning to Casino Gran Madrid yesterday were already in the money after the bubble burst at the end of Day 2. But no-one quite expected the rush of bust-outs. Once the carnage was over, eight players remained, with Rubén Velasco Merino on top of the pile with 1,697,000 chips.

Here's how the final table lines up at 2pm local time today as they chase the first prize of €113,350:

Rubén Velasco Merino, Spain, 1,697,000
Luis Rufas Acin, Spain, 1,087,000
David Kolmberger, Germany, PokerStars qualifier, 1,069,000
Juan Miguel Tome Perez, Spain, PokerStars qualifier, 1,063,000
Luis Rodriguez Cruz, Spain, PokerStars player, 707,000
Álvaro Ballesteros, Spain, 700,000
Sergio Pardo Ramirez, Spain, 561,000
Manuel Martinez Solsona, Spain, 319,000

You can follow all the action live on our sister Spanish PokerStars Blog.

With the first prize being announced as €113,350, and 59 players being paid, the current chip leader is Spanish player Juan Perez Benitocomo with 95,100 chips, followed Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero, who has 89,400. Also still in the hunt is Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez with 47,200.

One player who should have been out made it through in unlikely circumstances. On a [jd][ks][8s] flop, Mures Jaime was all-in with [js][8c] but found himself up against a set of kings and a set of jacks. No problem for Mures, however, as the turn was [8d] and the river... [8h] to make him quads! He ended the night with 31,200.

Day 2 begins at Casino Gran Madrid at 2pm local time today and, if you can read Spanish, or are handy with Google Translate, you can follow the coverage live on our sister Spanish PokerStars Blog.

Meanwhile, here are the Day 1B chips:

Juan Perez Benito Spain 95100
Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero Spain 89400
Larsen Bjarke Riis Denmark 82500
Jose Ureña Moreno Spain 82000
Luis Rufas Acin Spain 80300
Miguel Angel Salinas Garcia Spain 69600
Victor Manuel Hinojosa Luna PokerStars Qualifier Spain 68600
Jose Vazquez Spain 67900
Perico Nuñez De Cela Cortes Spain 66300
Daniel Rauta Romania 65100
Jonathan David Concepcion Tacoronte PokerStars Player Spain 64000
Mateo Sempere Spain 61700
Paulo Jorge Carvalho Duque PokerStars Qualifier Spain 61300
Vital Villarrubia Spain 61200
Antonio Blanco Saiz PokerStars Qualifier Spain 59600
Jose Miguel Espinar Cuenca Spain 59500
Carlos Lopez Neira PokerStars Player Spain 54600
Maciek Rozycki PokerStars Qualifier Poland 53600
Miguel Alonso Fernandez PokerStars Qualifier Spain 52900
Aljoscha Kleve Germany 52400
David Tovar La Sierra PokerStars Qualifier Spain 51100
Ruben Setien Herrera Spain 51000
Antonio Gutierrez Maestro Spain 48900
Sebastian Benz Germany 48800
Rafael Santisteban Blanco Spain 48300
Ana Laura Marquez Esteban Team PokerStars Pro Spain 47200
Cristian Casais Barcia Spain 44900
Aberto David Boal Santos PokerStars Qualifier Spain 44000
Juan Febrer Rosello Spain 42800
Alberto Gomez Gomez PokerStars Player Spain 42100
Rafael Romero Davila PokerStars Qualifier Spain 41500
Lander Lijo Bereciartua PokerStars Qualifier Spain 41000
Jose Luis Perlines Auso Spain 40200
John Gallagher PokerStars Qualifier Ireland 39900
Joan Albert Tortajada Viñes PokerStars Qualifier Spain 39100
Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez Spain 39000
Ricardo Tajada Salcines Spain 38500
Abraham Serrano Gil Spain 37500
Alain Sanzol Martinez De Buja Spain 37000
Gregorio Cibrian Mendinueta PokerStars Qualifier Spain 36800
Juan Miguel Tome Perez PokerStars Qualifier Spain 36700
Xavier Simon Plana PokerStars Qualifier Spain 36200
Leonor Margets Perez Spain 36100
Matias Adrover Parera Spain 35600
Ivan Moreno Garcia Spain 34500
Juan De Diego Salcedo Spain 34300
Daniel Coloma Sema Spain 33700
David Algarra PokerStars Qualifier Spain 33400
Carlos Tejado Perez PokerStars Qualifier Spain 33200
Amir Dara Niknejad Uk 32700
Philipp Rohrer PokerStars Qualifier Switzerland 32400
Miguel Angel Barajas Pastor PokerStars Qualifier Spain 32300
Asif Warris PokerStars Qualifier Uk 32000
Jorge Del Arco Cañizares PokerStars Qualifier Spain 31500
Jaime Mures Rodriguez Spain 31200
Marco Antonio Sanchez Sanchez Spain 31100
Cesar Domingo Ordoñez Lopez PokerStars Qualifier Spain 30900
Alfonso Ramos Covarrubias Spain 30800
Eric Santiago Grurich PokerStars Player Argentina 30800
Luis Rojas Martinez Del Marmol PokerStars Qualifier Spain 29900
Sergio Garcia Galdeano PokerStars Qualifier Spain 29200
Jose Maria Solis Marcos Spain 29000
Raul Bello Garcia Spain 28000
Eduardo Guillen PokerStars Qualifier Spain 27600
Bernard Straubinger Austria 27200
Javier Palacios Lopez Spain 26500
Mariusz Ocwieja Poland 25800
Oscar Garcia Pelayo Spain 25300
Javier Gonzalez Spain 25200
Luis Angel Arroyo Martinez Spain 24700
Antonio Andres Saura Pina Spain 24500
Alejandro Yepes Fernandez Spain 24200
Pedro Oliva Martinez Spain 23700
Antonio Gambero Transmonte Spain 22800
Antonio Gomez Gonzalez PokerStars Qualifier Spain 22800
David Kolmberger PokerStars Qualifier Germany 22800
Jose Maria Marfil Ortiz Spain 22500
Pawel Walczak PokerStars Qualifier Poland 22000
Jaume Pous PokerStars Qualifier Spain 21900
Aquilino Lopez Del Rio Spain 21400
Kakwan Lau PokerStars Player Hong Kong 20900
Rafael Aparicio Pico Spain 20900
Pablo Rojas PokerStars Qualifier Spain 20600
Jose Maria Azorin Azorin PokerStars Player Spain 20300
Benjamin Garcia Rivera PokerStars Qualifier Spain 19800
Ismael Arribas Munoz Spain 19800
Lukasz Robert Roczniak PokerStars Qualifier Poland 19800
Manuel Lago De Haro Spain 19300
Maarten Willemsen PokerStars Qualifier Netherlands 19000
David Martinez Galiana PokerStars Qualifier Spain 18900
Hasan Alexander Anter Alexander Sweden 18900
Ruben Saldaña Echevarria Spain 18100
Taras Sotnikov PokerStars Qualifier Spain 16400
Daniel Cascado Silveira PokerStars Player Spain 15500
Jerry Gerardo Spain 14400
Tomas Almazan Tenreiro PokerStars Qualifier Spain 14400
Alexey Sergeevich Pavlenko PokerStars Qualifier Russian Federation 14200
Marcos Roiz Del Cerro Spain 13600
Jose Miguel Delgado Pintado Spain 13500
Sergio Pardo Ramirez Spain 13300
Marciano Rodriquez Cortes Spain 13200
Roman Vecino Fernandez Spain 13100
Adam Tomasz Jaguscik PokerStars Qualifier Poland 12700
Miguel Jesus Moreno Vico Spain 12200
Antonio Maestro Lorenzo PokerStars Qualifier Spain 11900
Esteban Gimenez-Vega Ferramola Spain 11200
Jose Daniel Perez Sanchez Spain 11100
Juan Jose Picazo Folgado Spain 10700
Hugo Uceda Alvarez PokerStars Qualifier Spain 10500
Norberto Rodriguez Latorre Spain 10200
Roberto Fernandez De Frutos Spain 10000
Sara Mariani Poza Spain 9900
Alejandro Lorente Martinez PokerStars Player Spain 9800
Alvaro Marino Nadal Spain 9600
Fco Javier Bravo Hurtado Spain 7700
Javier Etayo PokerStars Player Spain 7700
German Arques Ruiz PokerStars Qualifier Spain 2600
Heseding Hauke Gustav Germany 2500

Such is the popularity of the ESPT that 220 players turned up to play yesterday's Day 1A, a bumper field that was whittled down to 110 by play's end, when the Russian Denis Vasiliev was on top with 90,000, a stack that could have been as high as 120,000 were it not for a last-minute hiccup. Ruben Velasco is right behind him with 87,500 chips.

Also through safely to Day 2 of this €1,000 + €100 tournament are Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor and Friend of PokerStars Poli Rincon, the former football star, both with around 40,000.

I'm not sure how good your Spanish reading skills are, but if they are better than mine, then you can dive in to full live coverage of this event, which restarts at 2pm local time today, over on our sister Spanish PokerStars Blog, where Ivan Marti is writing so much he is in danger of setting his laptop on fire.

And for more info on the tour, see the Estrellas Poker Tour website.

Here is the full end-of-Day 1A chip count:

Denis Vasiliev Russian Federation 90000
Ruben Velasco Merino Spain 87400
Enrique Valle Lledosa Spain 85000
Mikel Allende Diaz PokerStars Player Spain 79800
Tamas Konya Hungary 65900
Luis Rodriguez Cruz PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 63800
Alexander Billy Stevic Sweden 58900
Dara O´Kearney Ireland 52700
Joaquin Serrano Cano Spain 52500
Pierre Mothes PokerStars Qualifiers Letonia 51700
Mario Muro Lacasa PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 51400
Andrey Gatilov PokerStars Qualifiers Russian Federation 51300
Miguel Arraco Serna PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 51200
Mantas Visockis PokerStars Qualifiers Lithunia 50100
Angel Calderon Romero Spain 50100
Javier Torrado Lindo PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 49000
Oscar Blanco Carrasco Spain 48500
Jonathan Sanchez Spain 46000
Elias Gutierrez Hernandez Spain 45300
Oscar Antonio Romero Martinez Spain 44000
Raul Molano Gil Spain 43000
Jose Obadia Chocron Spain 42500
Emilio Puigdellivol Abad PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 42000
Josuha Charles Hart United Kingdom 41600
Roy Vink PokerStars Qualifiers Netherlands 41200
Alexey Mironenkov PokerStars Qualifiers Russian Federation 40500
Juan Manuel Pastor Spain 39500
Samuel Bernabeu Guilabert PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 39200
Poli Rincon Spain 38300
Francisco Alvarez San Jose Spain 38100
Mihails Morozovs Lithunia 37800
Carlos Payo Diez PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 37800
Ruben Sanchez Cebollada Spain 37200
Alfonso Saiz Lopez Spain 37100
Gerardo Segui De La Paz Spain 36900
Roman Dolgorukov Russian Federation 36400
Eustaquio Imbernon Orenes PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 34500
Luis Hornero Sanchez Spain 34400
Carlos Gabriel Palaincini Lopez Mexico 34300
Andoni Larrabe Sanchez Spain 33700
Jose Luis Puente Oña PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 33700
Steve Enriquez Gallo Spain 33000
Ivan Martin Carballo PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 32800
Iulian Enache Romania 32400
Marco Antonio Rivas Nuðez Spain 31800
Manuel Martinez Solsona Spain 31800
Fernando Seror Garcia Spain 30900
Jose Manuel Perez Roman Spain 29500
Roberto Garcia Santiago Spain 28700
Ricardo Vilariño Gestal Spain 27900
Jose Luis Garcia Devesa PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 27500
Pablo Fernandez-Baldor Spain 26800
Francisco Jose Lopez Romero PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 26800
Jaime Closas Martinez PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 25800
Pawel Brzeski Poland 25700
Georgios Papadopoulos Sweden 25600
Ronan Arthur PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 25500
Ricardo Berzal Fernandez Spain 24800
Isidoro Barreña Diaz Spain 24700
Dimache Diulica Romania 23800
Manuel Cuberos Lopez-Cozar Spain 23700
Daniel Tejedor Moya PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 23600
Cesar Garcia Dominguez Spain 23500
Priit Brikker PokerStars Qualifiers Estonia 23400
Rodrigo Espinosa Gonzalez Spain 23300
Martin Damian Wainstein Berestovoy Argentina 23200
Manon Veldhuizen PokerStars Qualifiers Netherlands 23000
Mª Jesus Martinez Tejero Spain 22600
Alvaro Ballesteros Spain 22600
Theodor Lothman Sweden 22500
Ashley John Squirrell PokerStars Qualifiers United Kingdom 22100
Arturo Sabugal Alvarez Cascos Spain 22000
Antonio Calderon Catedra PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 21900
Jose Luis Rujas Gil Spain 21700
Justas Semaska Lithunia 21300
Mateusz Matla PokerStars Qualifiers United Kingdom 21000
He Jiang PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 20800
Francisco Salvador PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 20500
Jose Carlos Perez Torres Spain 20400
Josu Muro Motrico Spain 20100
Rafael Canoira Amador Spain 20000
Matthias Frost PokerStars Qualifiers Germany 18700
Angel Peñalver Hernandez Spain 18700
Ivan Santos Benavides PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 18300
Arpad Kovecses Hungary 18000
Luis Martinez Sidrach De Cardona PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 17600
Miguel Enseñat Matamalas PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 17400
Pentek Zsolt Hungary 15900
Vincas Tamasauskas PokerStars Qualifiers Lithunia 15700
Tim Bettingen PokerStars Qualifiers Germany 14600
Tim Davie PokerStars Qualifiers United Kingdom 14000
Martin Clemmensen PokerStars Qualifiers Denmark 13300
Vytautas Semaska PokerStars Qualifiers Lithunia 13200
Fabian Deimann PokerStars Qualifiers Germany 13100
Oleg Poluzhnikov PokerStars Qualifiers Russian Federation 12800
Hannes Krebs PokerStars Qualifiers Germany 11700
Chris Jensen Denmark 10900
Ramon Ortigosa Ruiz PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 9500
Vicente Delgado Zamorano PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 9400
David Rodriguez Lamas Spain 7600
Juan Jose Altuzarra Amutio PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 6600
Cesar Garcia Reillo PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 6200
Francisco Marin Pedreño PokerStars Qualifiers Spain 6000
Juan Manuel Campos Hernandez Spain 2200

Each venue will host a fiesta of poker with schedules packed full of side events, and a €1,000 + €100 Main Event. This new season builds on the success of the first two, in which thousands of players took part and competed for a combined prize pool of more than €2,400,000.

Season 3 schedule
January 23-29, Madrid, Gran Casino Madrid, Main Event €1,000 + €100 (25-29)
April 10-15, TBC
May 14-20, Ibiza, Casino Ibiza, Main Event €1,000 + €100 (16-20)
July 23-29, San Sebastian, Casino Kursaal, Main Event €1,000 + €100 (26-29)
August 15-19, Barcelona, Casino Barcelona, Main Event €1,000 + €100 (15-19)

All venues have a Main Event capacity of at least 300 players, and satellites for the first event in Madrid are running on PokerStars now.

The Estrellas Leaderboard will again include side events, with additional prizes to the best performing players on the tour. At the end of the season, the player with the most points will be declared the Estrellas Player of the Year for huge prizes courtesy of PokerStars.com. The winner will be declared at the Spanish Poker Awards ceremony, which will take place at the first stop of Season 4. Last year's Leaderboard winner, Alvaro Santamaria 'Varosky' Velasco will play every single event in Season 3 as part of his prize for winning Season 2 Estrellas Player of the Year.

Team PokerStars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor said: "I've played almost every Estrellas event since the start and I can honestly say that they are dynamic events, fun and special. Special because you sit down to play with players who you've spent years sharing tables with, as Spanish poker has developed. Every time the best players come, and the quality of the events just gets better and better."

Team PokerStars Pro's Ana Marquez added: "I've only played a few Estrellas, because so far my career has focused on the U.S. Tour, but whenever I've taken part I've enjoyed playing against good players. So I look forward to the beginning of the third season, which will be the first whole season I play, and I'm hoping for some good results!"

Full details of Season 3 can be found at the tour's official website: www.estrellaspokertour.com.