PokerStars publishes the 2027 EPT schedule and cuts the Main Event buy-in to 5,000 euro
PokerStars has set out the 2027 European Poker Tour season - Paris in February, Monte-Carlo in spring, Barcelona in August, Malta at the end of September and Prague in late November - and reduced the EPT Main Event buy-in from 5,300 to 5,000 euro. The companion PokerStars Open Main Event is standardised at 1,250 euro across every stop and its High Roller cut to 2,500 euro at EPT festivals. The 2027 Irish Poker Open, 18 to 29 March at the Royal Dublin Society, appears on the same calendar.
The 2027 European Poker Tour runs to five stops. EPT Paris takes 9 to 20 February, Monte-Carlo 21 April to 2 May, Barcelona 15 to 28 August, Malta 28 September to 9 October, and Prague 28 November to 9 December. The dates appear on PokerStars' own tour site; the buy-in figures come from the trade reporting of the same announcement.
The headline change is a reduction rather than an increase. The EPT Main Event has carried a 5,300 euro buy-in for years and drops to 5,000 for 2027. Alongside it, the PokerStars Open - the lower-priced companion series that shares EPT venues - gets a single Main Event price of 1,250 euro at every stop instead of varying by festival, and its High Roller comes down to 2,500 euro where it runs inside an EPT week.
Standardising a buy-in across stops matters more for planning than the headline cut does. A player who travels to two or three festivals a year has until now had to check each stop's prices separately; one figure across the season makes a year's budget a multiplication rather than a research task.
What has not been published is any event-by-event schedule. For every stop the organiser has released dates only: no side events, no satellite programme, no Main Event guarantee, and in Monte-Carlo's case not yet a venue. Malta's stop is listed as hosted at the Hilton Malta in partnership with the Portomaso Casino. Anyone booking travel on the strength of the dates should expect the detail a few months out and should not assume the 2026 structures carry over.
The same calendar carries the PokerStars-sponsored Irish Poker Open on 18 to 29 March 2027 at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, whose own 48-event schedule was announced separately in October, and PokerStars Open stops at Campione in January and Namur at the turn of May and June.
For players in the markets this site covers, the practical effect is that the cheapest route into a 2027 EPT week is a 1,250 euro PokerStars Open Main Event, and the cheapest route into a seven-figure guaranteed prize pool anywhere on the European spring calendar is the 250 euro Mini Irish Open in Dublin.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the 2027 EPT stops?
Paris 9-20 February, Monte-Carlo 21 April - 2 May, Barcelona 15-28 August, Malta 28 September - 9 October, Prague 28 November - 9 December.
How much is the 2027 EPT Main Event?
5,000 euro, reduced from 5,300 euro.
What changed for the PokerStars Open?
Its Main Event is standardised at 1,250 euro across all stops, and its High Roller is reduced to 2,500 euro at EPT festivals.
Are the side-event schedules out?
No. Only dates have been published for each stop, and Monte-Carlo's venue is not yet named.