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Lovers of live poker, listen up. We’ve got some very exciting announcements to share, so grab your calendar and a thick marker pen.

As you’re probably already aware, PokerStars regional tours are back in business after a five-year hiatus, bigger and better than ever before.

And if the schedule wasn’t already packed enough, we’ve got two more big events to tell you about.


UKIPT NOTTINGHAM (July 23 – 31)

Running July 23 – July 31

PokerStars is thrilled to announce we’ll be returning to the home of UK poker, Nottingham’s Dusk Till Dawn Poker Room, for the first time in seven years.

The UK and Ireland Poker Tour will be visiting the ‘Queen of the Midlands’ for the always-enormous UKIPT Nottingham, a nine-day poker festival running from July 23 to July 31.

The UKIPT Nottingham Main Event will take place between July 28-31 with the buy-in set at £1,100, and a monster guarantee of £500,000, while the High Roller event will run from July 30-31 with a buy-in of £2,200 and a £200,000 guarantee.

KEY DATES:

UKIPT Nottingham Main Event
Buy-in: £1,100
Guarantee: £500K
Dates: July 28 – July 31

UKIPT Nottingham High Roller
Buy-in: £2,200
Guarantee: £200K
Dates: July 30 – July 31

UKIPT Cup
Buy-in: £330
Guarantee: £100K
Dates: July 30 – July 31

UKIPT Mini
Buy-in: £230
Guarantee: £100K
Dates: July 23 – July 28

Satellites with Seat and Expenses package costing £1,600 will begin on June 19 and run until July 24 on .COM/.EU, giving the PokerStars community a chance to win their way to the epic event.


ALL UKIPT NOTTINGHAM INFO | FULL SCHEDULE


Previous UKIPT Nottingham winners:

2010: Andrew Couldridge – £80,000
2011: Gareth Walker – £109,000
2012: Robert Baguley – £210,000
2013: Ben Mayhew – £72,840
2014: Duncan McLellan – £202,372
2015: Sam Mitten-Laurence – £182,000

Sam Mitten-Laurence is the reigning UKIPT Nottingham champ


EUREKA BUCHAREST (July 25 – 31)

Running July 25 – July 31

Another exciting event on the action-packed schedule will see PokerStars return to Romania after five years away.

Eureka Bucharest, in partnership with PokerFest, brings seven days of poker action to the capital’s Grand Hotel Bucharest, taking place from July 25-31.

The Main Event will run from July 27-31, and much like UKIPT Nottingham, satellites will start on June 19 and end on July 24, for .COM/.EU and also for those .IT players. A seat-only ticket will cost €1,100 for Eureka Bucharest, while a Seat and Expenses package will cost €1,500.

KEY DATES:

Eureka Bucharest Main Event
Buy-in: €1,100
Dates: July 27 – July 31

Eureka High Roller
Buy-in: €2,200
Dates: July 29 – July 30

Eureka Cup
Buy-in: €330
Dates: July 29 – July 31

Previous Eureka Bucharest winner:

2016: Avishai Shitrit – €107,350

Avishai Shitrit took down the first Eureka Bucharest Main Event in 2016


ALL EUREKA BUCHAREST INFO | FULL SCHEDULE

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