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PokerStars sets five-stop EPT schedule for 2027 and cuts Main Event buy-in
Malta returns after a one-year absence, while the Main Event entry fee changes for the first time in more than 15 years.
PokerStars has announced a five-stop European Poker Tour schedule for 2027, with Malta returning after a one-year absence and the Main Event buy-in falling from €5,300 to €5,000.
The season will open in Paris in February, followed by Monte Carlo in April and Barcelona in August, Poker Industry PRO reported. Malta will host a stop in the September-October window, before Prague closes the season in late November.
It will be the first five-stop EPT season in several years. The revised Main Event fee is the first change to that price in more than 15 years: the buy-in has been €5,300 since 2011, after the tour launched with a €5,000 fee in 2004.
PokerStars also confirmed two standalone PokerStars Open festivals. Open Campione in Italy will begin the operator’s live poker calendar in January, and Open Namur in Belgium will follow in May and June.
The Irish Open, sponsored by PokerStars and Paddy Power, is scheduled for March. Its return had already been confirmed before the latest announcement.
The confirmed schedule comprises eight festivals across eight countries: five EPT stops, the two standalone PokerStars Open events and the Irish Open. The 2027 schedules for PokerStars’ other regional tours, including the Asia Pacific Poker Tour and Brazilian Series of Poker, have not yet been announced.