PokerStars, the online poker behemoth behind the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT), the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), the Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT), the Russian Poker Tour (RPT) and of course the immensely successful European Poker Tour (EPT)(not forgetting the Italian Poker Tour and Czech-Slovak Poker Tour), has decided it may be time for (you guessed it) another major poker tour and this week announced the start of the UKIPT, a.k.a. the PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour.

The first season of the UKIPT, which begins this December in Galway, Ireland, will start strong with nine featured events from as far North as Scotland, to as far South as Brighton, England. 

The events will feature smaller buy-ins than its EPT big brother, with numerous main event entries as low as ?500+?50 (or about $900 USD). 

The championship event of this new tour- which winners of the smaller events will automatically gain entry to- will take place in London in October, as part of the EPT London ?5,000+250 main event, an event that regularly generates top prizes worth more than a million dollars.

For the complete UKIPT season 1 schedule, please see below:

City                       Dates                Buy-in                    Location

Galway, IE            Dec 11-14          EUR2,000                  Radisson Hotel

Manchester, UK    Feb 11 - 14        ?500+50              Grosvenor "G Casino"

Coventry, UK         Apr 8-11            ?500+50              Grosvenor "G Casino"

Nottingham, UK    May 13-16         ?500+50               Dusk Till Dawn

Killarney, IE           June 24-27        EUR1,000+100         Gleneagles

Brighton, UK          July 15-18         ?1,000+100         Rendezvous

Scotland                 TBA                  ?1,000+100         TBA

Dublin, IE               Sept 9-12         EUR1,000+100          Burlington Hotel

London, UK           Oct 1-10            ?5,000+250         Hilton Metropole

For more information on the brand new PokerStars UK and Ireland Poker Tour visit PokerStars.com.


Story by Mark Anderson