The countdown has begun for the first European Poker Tour of the 2026 season, the one in Paris, which will bring together poker players from across Europe (and some from further afield) for the poker festival organized by PokerStars Poker.
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This is not the first time the EPT has visited the French capital, and we at Assopoker will be there in person with our reporters, who will bring you images, comments, interviews, and anything else that can make our readers feel like they are part of the action, even from the comfort of their own homes.
The dates of the European Poker Tour in Paris
The venue for the European Poker Tour in Paris is the now-established Palais des Congrès, where the first preparations are underway for one of the most anticipated poker events of the newly started season.
Yes, because the first PokerStars-branded event was the one that kicked off 2026 at the Casino di Campione, where, between January and February, the second edition of the PokerStars Open took place after the one that opened the tour in 2025, showing a significant increase in player participation less than a year after its debut.
In Paris, the two-week poker festival will begin on February 18th, featuring all 52 scheduled events, and concluding on March 1st, when the Main Event winner will be crowned. We will provide you with all the details shortly.
Key dates and tournaments
As has been the case for the past couple of years, the main PokerStars Live circuit is divided into two main groups. The first group starts with the PokerStars Open from February 18th to 24th, and the second group’s tournaments will be held under the umbrella of the European Poker Tour proper.
Regarding the Open, the program changes little compared to previous events, with the Open Main Event costing €1,650 to buy in from February 18th to 23rd, the Open Cup for €825 over two days, and finally the PokerStars Open High Roller for €2,700.
Within the EPT, the four main tournaments are the Super High Roller with a €100,000 buy-in, running from February 22nd to 24th, the Mystery Bounty EPT from February 25th to 27th with a €3,250 buy-in, the High Roller for €10,300, which runs until March 1st, alongside the Main Event, with a €5,300 buy-in.
PokerStars Open
| Event | From | To | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|
| PokerStars Open Main Event | February 18 | February 23 | €1,650 |
| PokerStars Open Cup | February 21 | February 22 | €825 |
| PokerStars Open High Roller | February 22 | February 24 | €2,700 |
EPT
| Event | From | To | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super High Roller EPT | February 22 | February 24 | €100,000 |
| Main Event EPT | February 23 | March 1 | €5,300 |
| Mystery Bounty EPT | February 25 | February 27 | €3,250 |
| High Roller EPT | February 27 | March 1 | €10,300 |
Spin & Go Championship
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The main event is scheduled for February 23rd and 24th, 2026, and brings the same level of tension and quick decision-making as online Spin & Go games to a live, international setting.
As a warm-up, there will also be the Spin-Off Live on February 22nd, a tournament offering both attractive prizes and guaranteed seats for the Championship in the following days.
For all information regarding this specialty, please read our article on the Spin & Go Championship.
How to qualify for the EPT Paris
To participate in the EPT Paris tournaments, you can either travel to Paris and pay the full buy-in for each tournament, or you can qualify online through the many satellite tournaments organized by PokerStars and Sisal.
Every day, on the PokerStars-Sisal network, numerous satellite tournaments – low-cost tournaments – are held, offering entry tickets to the EPT Main Event.
But that’s not the only way: PokerStars also offers EPT tickets through the Power Path route.
To try and qualify for the EPT Paris, you need to register on PokerStars or Sisal.
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The complete EPT Paris 2026 schedule
| Date & Time | Event | Buy‑in + Starting Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 18 12:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 1A | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 18 12:00 | Qualifier to €1,650 – 50k chips | €370 – 10,000 |
| Feb 18 14:00 | €1,100 NLH – Day 1 | €1,100 – 30,000 |
| Feb 18 18:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 1B | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 18 19:00 | Mystery Bounty (€5k) – Day 1 | €10,200 – 100,000 |
| Feb 18 19:00 | Qualifier to €1,650 – 100k chips | €200 – 10,000 |
| Feb 19 12:00 | Qualifier to €1,650 – 50k chips | €370 – 10,000 |
| Feb 19 12:00 | Mystery Bounty Final | €10,200 – 100,000 |
| Feb 19 12:00 | €1,100 NLH Final | €1,100 – 30,000 |
| Feb 19 12:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 1C | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 19 12:30 | PL Omaha – Day 1 | €2,200 – 50,000 |
| Feb 19 14:00 | €12,300 Cuatro Knockout | €12,300 – 100,000 |
| Feb 19 18:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 1D | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 19 19:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 50k chips | €1,155 – 10,000 |
| Feb 20 11:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 1E | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 20 12:00 | PL Omaha Final | €2,200 – 50,000 |
| Feb 20 12:30 | €20,000 NLH | €20,000 – 100,000 |
| Feb 20 17:30 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 1F | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 20 20:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 50k chips | €1,155 – 10,000 |
| Feb 21 11:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 2 | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 21 12:30 | €25,000 Super High Roller Warm Up | €25,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 21 12:30 | €5,200 PL Omaha | €5,200 – 50,000 |
| Feb 21 13:30 | PokerStars Open Cup – Day 1 | €825 – 30,000 |
| Feb 21 21:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 50k chips | €1,155 – 10,000 |
| Feb 22 11:00 | PokerStars Open High Roller – Day 1A | €2,700 – 30,000 |
| Feb 22 11:00 | Qualifier to High Roller – 50k chips | €610 – 10,000 |
| Feb 22 11:00 | PokerStars Open Cup Final | €825 – 30,000 |
| Feb 22 11:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event – Day 3 | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 22 12:30 | €10,200 PL Omaha 6‑Max | €10,200 – 50,000 |
| Feb 22 12:30 | EPT Super High Roller – Day 1 | €100,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 22 18:30 | PokerStars Open High Roller – Day 1B | €2,700 – 30,000 |
| Feb 22 20:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 50k chips | €1,155 – 10,000 |
| Feb 23 11:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 100k chips | €600 – 10,000 |
| Feb 23 12:00 | EPT Main Event – Day 1A | €5,300 – 30,000 |
| Feb 23 12:00 | PokerStars Open High Roller – Day 2 | €2,700 – 30,000 |
| Feb 23 12:00 | PokerStars Open Main Event Final | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 23 12:30 | EPT Super High Roller – Day 2 | €100,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 23 15:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 100k chips | €600 – 10,000 |
| Feb 23 18:00 | EPT PLO High Roller – Day 1 | €25,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 23 19:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 50k chips | €1,155 – 10,000 |
| Feb 24 11:00 | Qualifier to EPT Main Event – 50k chips | €1,155 – 10,000 |
| Feb 24 12:00 | EPT Main Event – Day 1B | €5,300 – 30,000 |
| Feb 24 12:00 | PokerStars Open High Roller Final | €2,700 – 30,000 |
| Feb 24 12:30 | €25,000 NLH | €25,000 – 100,000 |
| Feb 24 12:30 | EPT PLO High Roller Final | €25,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 24 12:30 | EPT Super High Roller Final | €100,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 24 18:00 | €2,100 NLH | €2,100 – 30,000 |
| Feb 25 12:00 | Qualifier to EPT Mystery Bounty – 50k chips | €730 – 10,000 |
| Feb 25 12:00 | EPT Main Event – Day 2 | €5,300 – 30,000 |
| Feb 25 14:00 | EPT Mystery Bounty – Day 1 | €3,250 – 30,000 |
| Feb 25 19:00 | €50,000 SH Roller Second Chance – Day 1 | €50,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 25 19:00 | Hyper Turbo | €1,050 – 20,000 |
| Feb 26 12:00 | EPT Main Event – Day 3 | €5,300 – 30,000 |
| Feb 26 12:30 | €50,000 SH Roller Second Chance Final | €50,000 – 250,000 |
| Feb 26 12:30 | EPT Mystery Bounty – Day 2 | €3,250 – 30,000 |
| Feb 26 14:00 | €1,100 NLH – Day 1 | €1,100 – 30,000 |
| Feb 26 14:00 | Hyper Turbo | €2,100 – 20,000 |
| Feb 26 16:00 | Qualifier to EPT High Roller – 100k chips | €1,125 – 10,000 |
| Feb 26 18:00 | PL Omaha – Day 1 | €1,100 – 50,000 |
| Feb 26 20:00 | Qualifier to EPT High Roller – 100k chips | €1,125 – 10,000 |
| Feb 26 21:00 | Hyper Turbo | €1,050 – 20,000 |
| Feb 27 11:00 | Qualifier to EPT High Roller – 100k chips | €1,125 – 10,000 |
| Feb 27 11:00 | Qualifier to Mystery Bounty €1,650 | €370 – 10,000 |
| Feb 27 12:00 | PL Omaha Final | €1,100 – 50,000 |
| Feb 27 12:00 | EPT Mystery Bounty Final | €3,250 – 30,000 |
| Feb 27 12:00 | EPT Main Event – Day 4 | €5,300 – 30,000 |
| Feb 27 12:30 | EPT High Roller – Day 1 | €10,300 – 50,000 |
| Feb 27 12:30 | €1,100 NLH Final | €1,100 – 30,000 |
| Feb 27 14:00 | Mystery Bounty (€500) – Day 1 | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 27 19:00 | Hyper Turbo | €1,050 – 20,000 |
| Feb 28 11:00 | Qualifier to €2,200 Deep Stack | €500 – 10,000 |
| Feb 28 12:00 | €550 Deep Stack – Day 1 | €550 – 50,000 |
| Feb 28 12:00 | Mystery Bounty (€500) Final | €1,650 – 30,000 |
| Feb 28 12:00 | EPT High Roller – Day 2 | €10,300 – 50,000 |
| Feb 28 12:00 | EPT Main Event – Day 5 | €5,300 – 30,000 |
| Feb 28 13:00 | €2,200 Deep Stack – Day 1 | €2,200 – 50,000 |
| Feb 28 18:00 | €10,200 NLH – Day 1 | €10,200 – 100,000 |
| Feb 28 19:00 | Hyper Turbo | €1,050 – 20,000 |
| Mar 1 12:00 | €330 Deep Stack | €330 – 50,000 |
| Mar 1 12:00 | €10,200 NLH Final | €10,200 – 100,000 |
| Mar 1 12:00 | €2,200 Deep Stack Final | €2,200 – 50,000 |
| Mar 1 12:00 | €550 Deep Stack Final | €550 – 50,000 |
| Mar 1 12:00 | EPT High Roller Final | €10,300 – 50,000 |
| Mar 1 12:30 | €2,100 6‑Handed | €2,100 – 30,000 |
| Mar 1 12:30 | EPT Main Event Final | €5,300 – 30,000 |
| Mar 1 16:00 | €5,150 6‑Handed | €5,150 – 30,000 |
| Mar 1 18:00 | Last Chance Super Hyper Turbo | €1,050 – 50,000 |
