PokerStars Announces UK & Ireland Poker Tour

• Author: Qid
• Filed under: High Stakes News, Online poker, Poker, Poker Tournament, Uncategorized
• Date: Nov 3,2009

The UKIPT will kick off from Galway, Ireland, and the tour consists total of nine stops in both countries. The first tournament will be held at Radisson Hotel in Galway on 11th to 14th of December.

Compared to the EPT or the WPT, UKIPT is aimed for players who can’t afford to play in big buy-in tournaments, as the smallest tournaments of the UKIPT have only £500 + £50 buy-ins.

PokerStars has also added money to the prize pools of the UKIPT as all three events with a £500 + £50 buy-in (Manchester, Coventry and Nottingham) have a guaranteed prize pool of£100,000. In addition to that, Irish events with a €1,000 + €100 buy-in in Killarney and Dublin will have a €250,000 guarantee. The winner of each leg will also be awarded with a seat at the London Grand Final.

Also, players will be playing for UKIPT leader board points at every event. Winner of the leader board will receive a main event buy-in and money for the hotel for all UKIPT Season 2 events.

The full schedule of the UKIPT and the buyins of the tournaments:

UKIPT Galway December 11-14 Radisson Hotel €2,000*
UKIPT Manchester February 11-14, 2010 G Casino £500 + 50
UKIPT Coventry April 8-11, 2010 G Casino £500 + 50
UKIPT Nottingham May 13-16, 2010 Dusk Till Dawn £500 + 50
UKIPT Killarney June 24-27, 2010 Gleneagle Hotel €1,000 + 100
UKIPT Brighton July 15-18, 2010 Rendezvous Casino £1,000 + 100
UKIPT Scotland TBC TBC TBC
UKIPT Dublin September 9-12, 2010 Burlington Hotel €1,000 + 100
UKIPT London October 2-8, 2010 Metropole Hotel £5,000 + 300
* 9% of the tournament prize pool will be withheld to cover the cost of dealers and floor staff.

The satellites to the first tournament of the UKIPT at Galway are already running at PokerStars.