PokerStars Sets Five-Stop 2027 EPT Calendar, Cuts Main Buy-In to €5,000

The 2027 EPT route runs through five cities.

PokerStars has announced five European Poker Tour festivals for 2027 and lowered the EPT Main Event buy-in from €5,300 to €5,000. The organizer’s calendar starts in Paris in February and ends in Prague in December. The change is the tour’s first Main Event buy-in revision in 15 years.

Five EPT stops announced

The festival dates are Paris, February 9–20; Monte-Carlo, April 21–May 2; Barcelona, August 15–28; Malta, September 28–October 9; and Prague, November 28–December 9. These are festival windows, not the individual Main Event dates. PokerStars says detailed tournament structures, fees and prize-pool contributions will come with each stop’s full schedule.

PokerStars Open buy-ins also change

The PokerStars Open Main Event will cost €1,250 at every stop. That lowers the price from €1,650 at EPT festivals and raises it from €1,100 at standalone Open festivals. PokerStars also says the Open High Roller at EPT stops will move to €2,500. The official announcement attributes the changes in part to player feedback.

The organizer has separately listed PokerStars Open Campione for January 8–17 and Namur for May 26–June 6, while sponsoring the Irish Poker Open March 18–29. Our Campione announcement has details of that stop. Qualifiers for EPT Paris are scheduled to begin November 15, according to PokerStars.