PokerStars Sets €1,250 Campione Main Event for 2027
The Jan. 8-17 festival will launch the new PokerStars Open calendar at Casino di Campione.
- PokerStars Open Campione will run Jan. 8-17, 2027, as the first stop of the new calendar.
- The Main Event buy-in is €1,250, following PokerStars’ broader Open-event pricing changes.
- The festival will be the third PokerStars Open series held at Casino di Campione.
- Elvir Nuhiu won the 2026 Campione Main Event after a field of 1,582 entries.
- PokerStars has not yet released the complete 2027 Campione schedule.
PokerStars will open its 2027 PokerStars Open calendar in Campione, Italy, with a Jan. 8-17 festival at Casino di Campione. The stop will be the venue’s third PokerStars Open series after editions in 2025 and 2026.
The Main Event will carry a €1,250 buy-in. Poker.org reported that the figure is a reduction from the previously set price and follows PokerStars’ wider adjustment of buy-ins across its Open events. It is nevertheless €150 higher than the €1,100 Campione Main Event buy-in used in 2026.
The full 2027 schedule has not yet been released. Casino di Campione is the event’s license holder and operator, and PokerStars Live lists the minimum participation age as 18.
Campione’s most recent Open Main Event drew 1,582 entries at the start of this year. Switzerland’s Elvir Nuhiu won the tournament for a little more than €200,000.
The inaugural 2025 Campione Main Event was considerably larger, drawing 2,423 entries and producing a €2.3 million prize pool. Adrian State won €363,000 after a four-day event, while the field filled the venue to capacity.
The casino also recently staged Sunday Million Live, the offline version of PokerStars’ weekly online tournament. As covered in July, PokerStars had revived the hybrid event in Italy; it ultimately attracted 5,213 €250 entries, generated a €1.1 million prize pool and awarded Ettore Santoprete a €100,000 first prize.
Campione d’Italia sits on the shores of Lake Lugano as an Italian enclave within Switzerland, with the euro as its official currency.
