EPT 2027 Reveals Schedule – 5 Stops, Return of Malta, and Historic Main Event Discount

The €5,300 price tag has been a staple of the European Poker Tour Main Event for fifteen years. This will change in February in Paris. The first EPT stop of 2027 will also be the inaugural event where players enter the Main Event for €5,000. The €300 adjustment is part of a broader price change that will also affect players at the PokerStars Open tournaments.

The PokerStars Open events will now have a fixed buy-in price, making them more accessible. Previously, the buy-in depended on the location—€1,650 at EPT stops and €1,100 at standalone festivals like Namur or Campione. Starting in 2027, all will be set at €1,250, with PokerStars Open High Rollers also stabilizing at €2,500.

According to Cedric Billot of PokerStars, this change responds to player feedback that the Open events at EPT stops were too expensive. The new pricing will also simplify ticket exchanges through Power Path. Four entries to PokerStars Open at €1,250 each equal one entry to the EPT Main Event.

Malta Returns After a Year, Prague Begins in November

The 2027 season kicks off with February's Paris event, followed by Monte Carlo at the turn of April and May. The summer slot belongs to Barcelona, with an autumn return to Malta, which was absent in the 2026 calendar. The final stop will once again be Prague, starting on November 28 and running until December 9.

The entire live program begins on January 8 in Campione d’Italia by Lake Lugano. The second confirmed standalone PokerStars Open will be held between May and June in Namur, Belgium. Between Paris and Monte Carlo, there's room for the Irish Poker Open. The March Dublin festival will kick off the day after St. Patrick's Day, with its Main Event offering a €2,500,000 guarantee.

Confirmed PokerStars Live Festivals for 2027:

Sources: PokerStarsLive, PSBlog, IG, Flickr/PSlive