Four more stops added to UKIPT line up

Four more stops added to UKIPT line up

Friday, 10 February 2012

Organisers of the United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), PokerStars, have announced details of four more stop on the season schedule. In addition to Galway, Nottingham, Dublin and Newcastle the UKIPT will be heading to Swansea, Cork, Edinburgh and Dublin.

UKIPT President Kirsty Thompson said: “We are delighted to bring the UKIPT to Wales for the first time and further extend the reach of the UK and Ireland’s largest poker tour.”


The full schedule is as follows:


GALWAY, Ireland Radisson Hotel €700+70* February 16 - 20, 2012 €100,000

NOTTINGHAM, England Dusk Till Dawn £700+70 April 12 - 16, 2012 £200,000

DUBLIN, Ireland CityWest €700+70* May 17 - 21, 2012 €250,000

NEWCASTLE, England Aspers £700+70 September 6 - 10, 2012 £100,000

SWANSEA, Wales Aspers £700+70 November 22 - 26, 2012 £250,000

EDINBURGH, Scotland Balmoral Hotel £700+70* January 17 - 21, 2013 £250,000

CORK, Ireland Rochestown Park £700+70* February 14 - 18, 2013 £250,000

LONDON, England TBC £700+70* March 8 - 12, 2013

* 3% of tournament prize-pool will be withheld to cover the costs of floor staff and dealers.


UKIPT Season 3 kicks off in Galway on February 16 and free-to-enter satellites to win a seat to the second stop of Season 3 in Nottingham are running now on PokerStars. Alternatively, players can enter cash satellites starting from as little as £1.10. PokerStars is offering a huge increase in guaranteed qualifiers in Season 3, so be sure to check out the satellites in the Events > Special > All tabs of the PokerStars software. Sign up here.



Tags: UKIPT, Swansea, Edinburgh, Cork, London, PokerStars