The highly anticipated television broadcast of Season Three of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour (EPT), will begin 25 May Challenge TV.

The EPT will be aired at 11pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday every weekend from May until July, finishing with the EPT Grand Final from Monte Carlo.

The shows will be presented by BBC Radio One's Colin Murray and sports TV presenter Natalie Pinkham, with expert analysis from WSOP Champ Greg Raymer, EPT Director John Duthie, and former PokerStars poker room manager Lee Jones.

Players appearing include some of the worlds finest: Joe Hachem, Phil Ivey, Isabelle Mercier, TJ Cloutier, Andy Black, Ram Vaswani, Carlos Mortensen, Vicky Coren, Gus Hansen, Marcel Luske and Roland de Wolfe.

Challenge TV will premiere the full 90 minute versions of the show, including all the player interviews and background stories.

The European Poker Tour - now in its third season - is Europe's richest poker tour. To date there have been nearly 6,000 entrants at EPT events, generating a total prize pool of more than 26 millions euros.

Don't miss any of the action on Challenge (Sky Channel 124, Virgin Media Channel 152):

EPT Barcelona: 25, 26, 27 May
EPT London: 1, 2, 3 June
EPT Baden: 8, 9, 10 June
EPT Dublin: 15, 16, 17 June
EPT Copenhagen: 22, 23, 24 June
EPT Dortmund: 29, 30 June, 1 July
EPT Monte Carlo: 6, 7, 8, 13 July