EPT Paris Is Back, and the Main Event Just Got Cheaper

By Samantha Doyle

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EPT Paris 2027 runs from 9-20 February at Le Palais des Congrès.
Main Event buy-in drops to €5,000 after 15 years at €5,300.
Online qualifiers open 15 November; full schedule pending.

The European Poker Tour is returning to The City of Lights next February. In an official announcement yesterday, PokerStars confirmed its first stop on the 2027 EPT schedule will indeed be Paris, although with slightly less money needed for the Main Event this time.

The Parisian return is scheduled between February 9 with Le Palais des Congrès again hosting the festival.

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EPT Paris: The Basics

EPT Paris 2027	Details
Dates	February 9-20, 2027
Location	Paris, France
Venue	Le Palais des Congrès
EPT Main Event	€5,000
PokerStars Open Main Event	€1,250
PokerStars Open High Roller	€2,500
Full Schedule	To be announced

From what we know now, the Main Event price tag is one of the biggest changes across the entire 2027 EPT schedule. After 15 years at €5,300, PokerStars is reducing the entry to €5,000.

It is also lowering the PokerStars Open Main Event at EPT stops from €1,650 to €1,250.

Abreu Set the Pace From 2026

After sitting out the 2025 season, EPT Paris returned the following year without missing a beat.

It was then and there that Portugal’s Jorge Abreu cleaned out the Main Event final table to win €1,148,600, beating a field of 1,474 entries and denying Felix Schneiders his first EPT title heads-up.

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

The 2027 field now chase the same Golden Shard trophy for a slightly lower entry price.

As for now, that is all we know about the Paris Main Event. PokerStars is keeping mum about the daily tournament schedule, so the exact Main Event dates and full side-event lineup remain pending.

PokerStars Opens Online Routes to Paris

As is tradition, PokerStars is opening its online EPT qualifiers well before the actual event in Paris. Initial feeders began togehter with the 2027 announcement, while direct EPT Paris qualifiers begin on November 15.

Apart from that, all we know for now is that Paris will be first stop where players will get to see what the new €5,000 EPT Main Event looks like in practice.