EPT Barcelona Sets Its 2027 Dates After Another €1M Win

Back in August, Manuel Ferrari left Barcelona with more than €1 million. Twelve months later, another field will be back at Casino Barcelona chasing the same trophy for a slightly smaller entry fee.

Yesterday, PokerStars confirmed the first chunk of its 2027 schedule, including the 2027 EPT Barcelona for August 15-28.

While PokerStars did release its first five European legs for 2027, it is still keeping the exact schedules for each of the stops on the need-to-know basis. 

This is bound to change as each of the tours comes closer, the first of which will be EPT Paris in February, followed closely by EPT Monte-Carlo, just a few months later in April. 

Being the older stop on the tour means Barcelona has seen its fair share of record numbers. The latest Barcelona Main Event attracted 1,823 entries in 2026.

Ferrari was the one to come through that field to win €1,002,488, while Lukas van Eeden and Jose Criado also collected more than €900,000 after the final three reached a deal.

That event ultimately generated €8,841,550 in total prize money. 

Over the decades, Barcelona has become accustomed to fields of that size, which is one reason the stop remains one of the fixed points on the EPT calendar.

This year, the Main Event’s comes with a €300 reduction in its buy-in and not just in Barcelona. The poker mogul listen to its fan base and decided the price tag needed to change. 

PokerStars is cutting the Open Main Event at EPT stops from €1,650 to €1,250, while the Open High Roller moves to €2,500.

While qualifiers and the complete event list will be announced in due time, as we near August for now, August 15 is the date that puts the EPT back beside the Mediterranean.