PokerStars Cuts EPT Main Event Buy-In to €5,000 for 2027
The five-stop European Poker Tour calendar also sets PokerStars Open Main Events at €1,250 after players raised affordability concerns.
- The 2027 EPT Main Event buy-in falls from €5,300 to €5,000, its first adjustment in more than 15 years.
- PokerStars Open Main Events will use a €1,250 price, while EPT-festival Open High Rollers will cost €2,500.
- The EPT begins in France, returns to Malta and includes two standalone PokerStars Open festivals plus the Irish Open.
- Power Path players can exchange four PokerStars Open entries for one EPT Main Event entry.
PokerStars has set a five-stop European Poker Tour schedule for 2027 while reducing the EPT Main Event buy-in to €5,000, down from €5,300. PokerNews reported that it is the first change to the flagship event’s price in more than 15 years.
The company also standardized PokerStars Open Main Events at €1,250. That cuts the price from €1,650 at Open events attached to EPT festivals, while representing an increase on the €1,100 price previously used for standalone Opens.
PokerStars Open High Rollers at EPT festivals will cost €2,500. PokerStars said the wider pricing changes followed player feedback, particularly that Opens held at EPT stops had become too expensive. The company said the new €1,250 level should make the events more accessible while still helping it manage demand at its busiest venues.
The move also creates cleaner pricing across the tour. PokerStars said a single Open buy-in and a €5,000 EPT Main Event would make the schedule easier for players to understand and simplify registration. The changes form part of what the company described as a multiyear effort covering tournament logistics, table experience and stream coverage.
The EPT season begins in France and includes the return of EPT Malta, which was absent from the 2026 calendar. The complete program also includes two standalone PokerStars Open festivals and PokerStars’ sponsorship of the 2027 Irish Open.
As we reported in September, PokerStars first lowered the Prague Open Main Event from €1,650 to €1,100 and its High Roller from €2,700 to €2,200 after similar player feedback. That Prague festival runs alongside EPT Prague from Dec. 2-13, while the PokerStars Open Cup remained priced at €825.
PokerStars Open Campione is set to open the 2027 Open calendar at Casino di Campione in Italy from Jan. 8-17, with a €1,250 Main Event. Players qualifying for four PokerStars Opens through the Power Path can exchange those entries for one EPT Main Event entry.
The EPT debuted in 2004 and its Main Events have awarded more than €650 million in prize money. PokerStars said full fees will be published with each individual festival schedule, and said further 2027 changes are planned to improve the PokerStars Live experience.
