European Poker Tour Returns to Malta and Prague in 2025 as Tour Expands

PokerStars has announced two more stops for the 2025 European Poker Tour (EPT), taking the total to four legs. Players already knew about the since-cancelled EPT Paris, EPT Monte-Carlo, and EPT Barcelona. However, on February 24, details of EPT Malta and fan-favorite EPT Prague emerged.

EPT Monte-Carlo is scheduled for May 4-10, with EPT Barcelona scheduled for August 24-31. And let’s not forget about the newcomer to the live circuit, the PokerStars Opens. More on those shortly.

EPT Returns to Malta For First Time Since 2016

Malta is one of the most popular poker destinations thanks partly to the Mediterranean island’s warm, sunny weather and vibrant nightlife. PokerStars last took the EPT to Malta in 2016, during the tour’s 13th season. Aliaksei Boika triumphed in the €5,300 buy-in EPT Malta Main Event that year, outlasting 467 opponents and banking €355,700.

The 2025 edition of EPT Malta takes place at the InterContinental Malta between October 1-12, and promises non-stop action for 12 days. The dates are perfect for those wishing to get away for some Autumn poker fun in the sun!

Fan-Favorite EPT Prague Returns in December

Anyone who has played at EPT Prague knows it is one of the best stops on the tour. Running in December, EPT Prague is often seen as the EPT unofficial Christmas party! EPT Prague’s Main Event continues to break its own attendance record. In December 2024, some 1,458 players bought in and created a €7,071,300 prize pool. Portugal’s Pedro Marques came out on top and reeled in a €963,450 payout after a heads-up deal with British grinder Paul Runcan.

Will the 2025 EPT Prague Main Event break more records? We will find out in December, when the festival runs from December 3 to 14 at the Hilton Prague.

More Additions to the PokerStars Open Schedule

Six PokerStars Open festivals, the online poker giant’s latest live poker project, were already known, but there are more stops, thanks to the announcement of EPT Malta and EPT Prague.

The PokerStars Open merges elements of the popular lower-stakes tours, like the UKIPT, Estrellas, Eureka, and FPS Tours. The first runs in March in Campione, Italy, before heading to Ireland as part of the Irish Open schedule in April.

There is then a PokerStars Open in Namur, Belgium, in late May and Malaga in June.

Thanks to EPT Malta, PokerStars Open Malta is now a thing. It runs from October 1-6 and boasts a €1,100 buy-in Main Event with a €1 million guarantee.

PokerStars Open Prague is scheduled for December 3-8. It also has a €1,100 Main Event with a seven-figure guarantee. The addition of PokerStars Open Prague means PokerStars Open Cannes has been pushed back slightly. Originally scheduled for December 8-14, PokerStars Open Cannes now takes place between December 15-21, bringing some late 2025 poker action to the French Riviera.

PokerStars Open Schedule

Don’t forget that among all these exciting events is the first PokerStars Live League that is set to award more than €150,000 in buy-ins, and the top 30 finishers having a chance to become a PokerStars Team Pro.

As always, PokerNews is where you will find everything you need to know about the PokerStars EPT and PokerStars Open events, including live updates from the biggest events.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.