It's a very simple mistake to make. At the same time as you read this you are pictures of Monaco, or the Salles des Etoiles where the EPT Main Event takes place, with its retractable roof and uninterrupted view of the Riviera, and be thinking: "nice, but surely not something I'LL ever do." 

You wouldn't be alone either. Over time we've met an excellent many women and men who thought the similar: it happens to other people, people with more time and money, and besides it is a game for young men with the brains of mathematicians- briefly: not me. Funnily enough we meet these people in Monaco, just as they're about to take a seat to play the EPT Grand Final Main Event. 

This week we heard from two more. 

Gun Täljö and Eva Jiretorn are two Swedish women packing sun block and card protectors able to board flights to the Mediterranean coast in about three weeks from now. Both are recreational players, both work full time, both have those doubts and obligations that make trips like this seem impossible. And yet both are about to play the largest tournament in their lives way to a couple of Euros in a PokerStars Spin & Go. 

Poker hasn't ever been greater than recreation to Täljö, 56, who while working a role she loves as an economic administrator, was playing poker for so long as she will be able to remember. It is a smart way to unwind clear of work and win a couple of Euros, especially in quick tournaments with small fields, the games she prefers because, as she explained it, she lacks patience.  It makes her a really perfect fit for Spin & Gos. 

And so last month Täljö logged on within the usual way, and feeling adventurous switched to €10 Spin & Go's from her usual €7 games. She described what happened next as "truly amazing". Within the first Spin & Go she played that night she won €20. Within the next a Monaco package worth €9,000. 

"EPT is something I never ever even imagined playing... and to win was truly a shock," she said, before confessing: "AFTER I really attempt to qualify for something I normally never do but if I DO NOT that's after I succeed."

Something similar happened to Eva Jiretorn.

By day she handles communications for one among Sweden's largest banks, at other times she's a recreational poker player both online or live, and have been for around five years now. She's even tried an EPT Ladies event before. But now she's on her option to her first EPT Main Event. 

"I felt just a little bored since I only had one tournament going and it was very late at night," said Jiretorn. "Then I remembered that a friend of mine played only some weeks ago and won a package to Monte Carlo. I ASSUMED to myself 'why not give it a shot?' I COULD NOT believe my eyes after I saw the golden ticket, after which I won the Sit & Go too." 

The result for Jiretorn, identical to Täljö, is a package worth €9,000 that comes with luxury accommodation on the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel and Resort, travel expenses and that Main Event seat - and inquisitive about a couple of Euros spent playing what she going to play anyway. The sunshine, the scenery, and the unforgettable experience we throw in for free.

That's their story, and we'll look ahead to hearing the way it ends. For now, be happy to begin your individual story. Just commit it to memory can happen, and you will be in good company. 

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Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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