EPT Paris Gets First Shot at PokerStars’ New €5K Main Event

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  • EPT Paris 2027 runs 9-20 February at Le Palais des Congrès.
  • Main Event buy-in drops to €5,000 after 15 years at €5,300.
  • Online qualifiers start 15 November 2026; full schedule pending.
EPT Paris 2027
Yesterday evening, the 2027 European schedule reveled a portion of its plans for the upcoming poker year. The European Poker Tour will officially begin its 2027 season in Paris, with one fairly significant change.

EPT Paris is set to have an almost two week long run, from February 9-20 at Le Palais des Congrès, where its headline Main Event will now come at a cost of €5,000 rather than the standard €5,300 it had for the past 15 years.

EPT Paris: The Need to Know


EPT Paris 2027
Details
DatesFebruary 9-20, 2027
LocationParis, France
VenueLe Palais des Congrès
EPT Main Event€5,000
PokerStars Open Main Event€1,250
PokerStars Open High Roller€2,500
Full ScheduleTo be announced

The Main Event is not the only 2027 EPT tournament to come with a different price tag. This is part of a wider change across PokerStars Live events in 2027. 


The PokerStars Open Main Event at EPT festivals also falls from €1,650 to €1,250, while the Open High Roller moves down to €2,500.

Main Event Returns After Another Seven-Figure Win

While the Main Event price tag might have dropped ever so slightly, much else remains the same in the City of Lights. On its return to the tour in 2026, Paris produced one of the most sizeable fields of the season.

Jorge Abreu EPT Paris 2026
Jorge Abreu After Winning the EPT Paris Main Event 2026

There, Jorge Abreu won the Main Event but only after he fought his way through 1,474 entries and ultimately collected €1,148,600 from a €7,075,200 prize pool after defeating Felix Schneiders heads-up.

The 2027 edition will ask €300 less of its players, although PokerStars has kept its lips sealed about the exact Main Event dates or structure inside the 12-day festival.

EPT Paris Qualifiers Are Already Starting

Being the first stop on the schedule comes with its own set of perks, one being that Paris is also the first 2027 EPT stop with its online qualification timeline confirmed.

PokerStars opened feeders alongside its 2027 schedule announcement, with direct EPT Paris qualifiers beginning on November 15, 2026. If you just so happen to be new to the site, check out our PokerStars promo code guide for a step-by-step on how to register and join the hunt for your EPT Paris seat.  

For now, the complete tournament schedule is still under wraps, but the basics are already set: 12 days in Paris, a cheaper Main Event and the first EPT trophy chase of 2027.

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