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PokerStars Reveals Five-Stop EPT Schedule for 2027
- The 2027 EPT features five stops, with Malta returning to the schedule.
- All EPT Main Events now have a €5,000 buy-in, down from €5,300 after 15 years.
- PokerStars Open Main Event price standardised at €1,250 across the tour.
This week, PokerStars put the main pieces of its 2027 European Poker Tour calendar in place, announcing its five anchor festivals for the following poker season.
The 2027 season, stretching from Paris to Prague, brings back several of the tour's most established destinations, restores Malta to its rightful calendar place and, for the first time in 15 years, changes the price of an EPT Main Event.
EPT 2027 Schedule
| EPT 2027 Stop | Festival Dates |
|---|---|
| EPT Paris | February 9-20, 2027 |
| EPT Monte-Carlo | April 21-May 2, 2027 |
| EPT Barcelona | August 15-28, 2027 |
| EPT Malta | September 28-October 9, 2027 |
| EPT Prague | November 28-December 9, 2027 |
Once more, Paris will be the city to get the season underway before the tour moves to Monte-Carlo in April. Barcelona retains its familiar summer position, while Malta returns after missing the 2026 EPT calendar. Prague will once more get the final word, although the festival begins slightly earlier than its 2026 edition.
As of this article, none of the five EPT stops have released their complete 2027 schedules.
EPT Main Events Drop to €5,000
While seeing Malta return for the 2027 season was more than just a pleasant surprise, it was not what caught our breath in this week's announcement.
Starting in 2027, every EPT Main Event will now cost €5,000, replacing the €5,300 buy-in that has been in play for the past 15 years. Along with the Main Event cut, PokerStars made changes further down the live schedule too.
At EPT festivals, the PokerStars Open Main Event will drop from €1,650 to €1,250, while the Open High Roller will move to €2,500. Standalone PokerStars Open Main Events will also cost €1,250, replacing the previous €1,100 entry and creating one standard Open Main Event price across the tour.
Cedric Billot, PokerStars Associate Director of Live Events, admitted that the changes came after hearing directly from players, adding simply:
That starts with listening.
Paris Gets the First Look at the New EPT
The City of Lights will be the first EPT festival to put this new structure into practice. The Parisian stop will return to its homebase at Le Palais des Congrès for a ten day affair from February 9-20, with feeders already opening and direct online qualifiers beginning November 15.
Earlier this month, PokerStars announced another return, as PokerStars Open Campione will make a comeback from January 8-17 and Namur for May 26-June 6, while the poker room also returns as sponsor of the Irish Poker Open from March 18-29.
Even though more detailed schedules are still to come, the shape of the 2027 EPT season is crystal clear: five stops, one returning destination and a Main Event price that has finally moved in the right direction.
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