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PokerStars Announces 21 Confirmed Live Poker Events for 2020

  • European Poker Tour stops in Sochi, Monte Carlo, and Barcelona
  • Road to PSPC events in France, Spain award Platinum Passes
  • Manila is the center of PokerStars live events in Asia
  • Three Brazilian Series of Poker events confirmed so far
Dan Katz

Dan Katz graduated with a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Emory University. He clearly uses neither of those degrees now, having been writing about the gambling industry (specializing in poker) since 2005. Prior to that, he was an IT and management consultant. He is an avid gamer, primarily on PC, and enjoys collecting retro video games and consoles; finding room to set them all up is his current challenge. Dan lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. You can get in touch with Dan at [email protected].

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PokerStars has released the schedule for 21 confirmed live events for 2020, including three stops for the European Poker Tour (EPT). [Image: Shutterstock.com]

PokerStars wasting no time in 2020

As the year winds down, PokerStars is looking ahead, releasing a schedule of 21 confirmed live poker events for 2020.

The venues span much of the globe, from Europe to Asia to the Americas. Though the events are live, prospective players will be able to earn seats in the various tournaments via online satellites at PokerStars.com.

Satellites for the Red Dragon Manila poker festival, which will be held in early January 2020, are already up and running.

European Poker Tour

There are currently three confirmed stops for the European Poker Tour (EPT). EPT Sochi will return for the third straight year, scheduled for March 20-29. Monte Carlo, which was a stop for nearly all of the EPT’s 15 years (plus one year when the EPT was called the PokerStars Championship), is back after a one-year absence. EPT Monte Carlo will run April 23 – May 2.

The 2019 PSPC drew 1,039 entries, becoming the largest live $25,000 buy-in poker tournament of all time

EPT Barcelona has appeared in every season and will be back again in 2020, August 12-30. EPT Barcelona is also the tour stop during which the PokerStars Players Championship (PSPC) will be held next year. In 2019, the inaugural PSPC ran during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in January.

The 2019 PSPC drew 1,039 entries, becoming the largest live $25,000 buy-in poker tournament of all time. The previous record was 639, set at the 2007 World Poker Tour Championship. The prize pool was $26.5 million, which included $1 million added by PokerStars. Ramon Colillas won the tourney and $5.1 million.

Road to PSPC

The Road to PSPC was new in 2019. The buy-ins for these poker tournaments are smaller than typical PokerStars live events, ranging from €150 ($167) to €300 ($335) plus fees.

On top of the cash prizes, though, tournament winners will also receive a PSPC Platinum Pass. The Platinum Pass includes the €22,500 ($25,116) buy-in into the PSPC, six nights for the winner and a guest in a five-star Barcelona hotel, airport transfers, PSPC merchandise, €1,250 ($1,395) in travel expenses, and special experiences.

There will be Road to PSPC events in both France and Spain during the first half of 2020. The France locations include La Havre, St. Amand, La Grand-Motte, and Cannes. Spanish stops include Madrid (twice), Barcelona, and Valencia.

PokerStars awarded a total of 320 Platinum Passes, from both live and online contests, for the 2019 PSPC.

Asia and Americas

PokerStars has confirmed seven stops so far for Asia in 2020, all of which are in Manila, Philippines. As mentioned earlier, Red Dragon Manila is the very first PokerStars live event of 2020, scheduled for January 4-11. A prize pool of 60 million Phillipine pesos ($1,186,338) guaranteed.

28 million pesos ($553,624) are guaranteed in combined prize pools for APPT Manila

There will be two each of the Manila Super Series and Manila MegaStack, as well as the Okada Manila Millions. The Asia-Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila also returns in 2020, running July 31 – August 9. 28 million pesos ($553,624) are guaranteed in combined prize pools for APPT Manila.

In the Western Hemisphere, the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) is also back. There were seven stops on the BSOP this year. Just two have been confirmed so far for 2020: Brasília January 30 – February 4 and S?o Paulo March 19-24.

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