EPT 2027 Is Out, and the Main Event Is Getting Cheaper

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The 2027 EPT will visit Paris, Monte-Carlo, Barcelona, Malta and Prague.
Main Event buy-in drops to €5,000 for the first time in 15 years.
Malta returns to the schedule after missing the 2026 season.

Somewehere in the middle of this week, PokerStars decided to give us something to look forward to and revealed where the European Poker Tour is heading in 2027.

With that announcent came another jaw dropping moment, as the tour changed its Main Event buy-in to €5,000 after more than a decade. For the first time in 15 years, the long-standing €5,300 entry will dissapear as part of a bigger reshuffle of PokerStars Live pricing.

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Where Is the EPT Going in 2027

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

As for the schedule itself, most of it was to be expected. Paris will open the EPT season for another year in a row, while Monte-Carlo returns in spring and Barcelona takes its traditional place in August.

The comeback kid next year is Malta, which returns to the EPT after sitting out the 2026 schedule. Prague then closes the season from late November into December.

PokerStars Changes the Main Event Buy-In

The move from €5,300 to €5,000 is the EPT Main Event’s first price adjustment in more than a decade.

PokerStars is also making its second-tier live events more consistent.

The PokerStars Open Main Event at an EPT stop previously cost €1,650. In 2027, it will be €1,250. Standalone Opens, which previously used a €1,100 Main Event, will move up to the same €1,250 figure.

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PokerStars’ Cedric Billot described the idea as:

One consistent buy-in level for every PokerStars Open.

This 2027 reduction is the operator's direct response to player feedback, which has been arguing that the tour has been too expensive for a while.

Five Familiar Stops, One Return

Based on what we know for now, 2027 will not be some great EPT overhaul. Paris, Monte-Carlo, Barcelona and Prague all stay on the calendar, while Malta returns to its well deserved season bracket.

While individual schedules remain under wraps, EPT Paris is furthest along, as the 2027 seasonal opener. The Parisian festival is confirmed for Le Palais des Congrès, and direct online qualifiers begin on November 15.

For now, though, 2027 has its EPT roadmap, and players have €300 less to find if they want to enter the Main Event.