PokerStars has reshuffled its hand after the cancellation of the European Poker Tour Paris and rumors surrounding EPT Prague’s future.
This week they went all-in on optimistic information by asserting the launch of the PokerStars Open, which is able to kick off in 2025 throughout six European stops. The PokerStars Open replaces numerous fashionable excursions, together with the UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), Eureka Poker Tour, Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT), and France Poker Series (FPS).
The 2025 PokerStars Open options six stops in complete, with three brand-new places. The schedule additionally consists of the Forty fifth-annual Irish Open. PokerStars Open fundamental occasions may also be held at EPT Monte Carlo and EPT Barcelona, the one two EPT stops introduced up to now for 2025.
The function match of every sequence can be a €1,100/£1,100 PokerStars Open Main Event with €1M/£1M assured. Each cease can also be anticipated to supply a big match schedule which is able to certainly appeal to gamers from everywhere in the world.
“PokerStars is delighted to bring a series of new events to the European poker calendar,” mentioned Cédric Billot, Associate Director of Live Events Operations at PokerStars.
“Our PokerStars Open stops are going to provide players with incredible experiences, with each location having its own unique feel that will come together as a European series that both ladders up to the EPT and stand up in their own right. We know that players enjoy traveling to other countries for tournaments so we’ve decided to make the move to the PokerStars Open as it gives us a lot more flexibility to throw million-guaranteed events anywhere in Europe, not just where we have established national tours.”
2025 PokerStars Open Stops Announced So Far:
- PokerStars Open Campione: Casino Municipale, Campione, Italy, March 10-16
- The Irish Open: The Royal Dublin Society (pictured above), Dublin, Republic of Ireland, April 10-21
- PokerStars Open Namur: Circus Casino Resort, Namur, Belgium, May 28 to June 9
- PokerStars Open Malaga: Gran Madrid Casino Torrequebrada, Malaga, Spain, June 16-22
- PokerStars Open Manchester: Casino Manchester235, Manchester, UK, October 20-26
- PokerStars Open Cannes: Casino Barriere Le Croisette, Cannes, France, December 8-14
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