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You don’t have to be a genius to realise that poker tournaments have gained a certain amount of traction in the previous few years, building up to even bigger and better events from various poker brands. Of course, with so many poker tournaments taking place every year, it can be difficult to decide which ones are the best to watch out for and potentially participate in.

That’s why we’re here – to provide details of the very best poker tournaments in 2019. This way, you can seek out the greatest ones.

Each of the tournaments in this list bring something different to the table, featuring various prize guarantees, buy-ins, locations and, of course, different poker companies behind the events. And with such a mass of tournaments happening in 2019, let’s get right into things and take a look at which ones are certain to be the best this year.

World Series of Poker

Las Vegas makes the perfect location for the WSOP tournament that will occur from Tuesday 28^th May through to Tuesday 16^th July. Emanating from the Rio All-Suit Hotel & Casino, this will mark the 50^th anniversary of the event, clearly marking it out as the longest-running tournament series. Due to this, various special events are scheduled to be taking place throughout the duration of the tournament, including a celebratory gala and an awards evening, too.

While there are still a few things to be announced regarding the WSOP anniversary event, one of the most notable additions to this year’s gathering is the event known as the Big 50. This will be a $500 buy-in event, featuring a grand prize pool of a guaranteed $5 million, with $1 million of that going to the eventual winner.

Other finalised events for this tournament include the $1,500 “Millionaire Maker” offering and the Monster Stack No-Limit Hold’em inclusion.

World Poker Tour: European Championship

In association with PartyPoker Live, this WPT European Championship event will take place in Nottingham, United Kingdom. The event is set to run from March 30 through to April 14, and it will be held at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker & Casino establishment.

An online event is set to kick things off for the tournament, which will then be followed by the WPT 500 featuring a guaranteed prize pool of £1 million, taking place between the 5^th and 9^th of April. As far as the Main Event of this tournament is concerned, that will have a buy-in of £3,300 and feature a guaranteed prize pool of £3 million.

On the final day of the tournament – Sunday 14^th April – a £100,000 Pot Limit Omaha event is set to take place, as well as a £50,000 guaranteed 6 Max Turbo event.

888Poker LIVE Barcelona

The poker tournament calendar wouldn’t feel right if there wasn’t a selection of 888Poker events taking place within such. The city of Barcelona will get to experience the LIVE tour from 888, with proceedings kicking off on Wednesday 22^nd May and running on through to Monday 3^rd June.

The tournament is set to take place at the Casino de Barcelona, and it will act as a sort of predecessor to the annual WSOP event in Las Vegas.

Last year, the 888Poker site promised a total of $1 million in prize guarantees, and that amount was smashed throughout the course of 20 events taking place. For both the €220 Opening Event and the €2,200 High Roller, prize pools of €100,000 were guaranteed at the tournament. This year, once more, a $1 million overall prize pool is on offer. At the same time, the winner of the Main Event will be provided with a prize package allowing them to enter the aforementioned WSOP Main Event – a reward worth $12,600 altogether!

PartyPoker MILLIONS Europe

A visit to the Czech Republic is what will be necessary for this PartyPoker tournament, which will take place between the 10^th and 18^th August. Offering a massive €5,000,000 in guaranteed prize funds, this promises to be an epic event.

The MILLIONS Europe will occur inside the Kings Casino, based in the city of Rozvadov. Gaining access to the Main Event will require buy-ins of €10,300, but it promises to attract some of the world’s greatest poker players. To add to the overall excitement, the entirety of the tournament will employ classic freezeout rules. Therefore, re-entries will not be possible. It will just bring five days of competitive poker gameplay between August 14 and 18.

If there was ever a European poker tournament to watch out for, it’s the PartyPoker MILLIONS Europe.

Unibet Open

The Unibet Open tournament has been running since 2007, so it remains as one of the strongest poker tournaments in existence. Featuring stops in London between 23^rd and 26^th May and Malta from 11^th to 15^th September, there’s so much to look forward to with this one.

On the London stop of the tour, The Poker Room at The Grosvenor Victoria Casino will provide hosting duties. This marks the eighth time that the Unibet Open has made its way to the capital of the UK. Last year’s event saw Andreas Wiborg, a Norwegian student, claim the victory over 348 other players. He would collect a massive win of £56,807.

It will be during September that the tournament will stop in Malta though, operating out of the Casino Malta, which is based in the InterContinental Hotel in St. Julians. When the event first went to Malta in 2011, the Dutch pro Mateusz Moolhuizen claimed the victory. This marked a path for various other players to follow in his footsteps in proceeding years, including Danish pro Daniel Jacobsen.

PartyPoker MILLIONS North America

While it’s true that the European version of this event marks an outstanding occasion in itself, the North American offering of it should also be taken notice of as well. This one will take place at the Playground Poker Club in the city of Montreal, Canada, and it will run from Wednesday 22^nd May through to Monday 27^th.

The event saw Taylor Black triumph last year, claiming a win of $1.4 million in the process. As with the European version, all gameplay will be done with a freezeout format, ensuring that re-entries are not possible. This is what is certain to make it another popular event, as well as the guarantee of a $5 million prize pool.

How Can You Qualify For The Best Live Poker Tournaments,
Poker Tours and Festivals

With an ever growing number of live poker events, tours and one-off live poker tournaments – there was an urgent need to have a single resource to show them all. This page is your go-to resource for live poker event listings, and is updated with the latest news and information as it comes in. What is more, I have added those upcoming live tournaments with online qualifiers in the table below – so you can win your seat in one of these big money games for just a few dollars!

Best Live Poker Tournaments

There are several key ‘tiers’ of poker tours and events, which provide a handy way of organizing this page.

• Premier Tours and Events:

  Here I am referring to the tournaments which attract the stars, the press and the television cameras. Think World Poker Tour, European Poker Tour, World Series Of Poker and Aussie Millions – the crème of the poker tours and events.

• Regional Tours:

  There are now many of these including the Asia Pacific Poker Tour, Latin American Tour, UK Independent Poker Tour and many more. These are popular events and often have a lot of qualifiers online, however not quite as big as the tier 1 events.

• Smaller Tours And One-Off Events:

  Here I will include the kind of tours run by poker networks, a great example is the OnGame Network ‘Grand Series Of Poker’. Also in this section one off events will be listed, for example the Irish Winter Festival, English Poker Open or some of the increasing number of live tournaments held in Malta.

Complete List Of Live Poker Tours And Events – The Big Ones!

These are the truly global events. I will outline each one in turn and link out to the schedule page for the stops / dates. I will also show you where you can qualify online to win seats in these events.

Quick Note For US Readers: Most of the qualifiers info will necessarily be at Non-US sites, since these dominate the poker scene in 2014. You can check my US Friendly Poker Sites page here for more info on where to win seats in live events at the remaining US poker sites.

World Poker Tour

This was the original multi-country tours, featuring pro-filled final tables on prime time TV and multi-million dollar prize pools. Today the WPT is in season 11 and is bigger than ever, with many events in the $3k to $5k range in addition to the premier $10k events.

The WPT brand has was bought out by Party Poker (now part of the BwinParty group) and is promoted heavily through their poker client. This encourages 100’s of people to qualify online, which keeps the fields soft and also gives amateurs a shot at fame and potentially life-changing money.

Big events associated with the WPT include WPT Grand Prix de Paris, bwin WPT Barcelona and of course WPT LA Poker Classic. You can see the whole schedule, including the many smaller events around Europe and worldwide, on the official WPT website here.

European Poker Tour

The EPT is owned by the biggest online poker site – Pokerstars.com – and has grown to rival the WPT in terms of both prize money and glamor. Again you will find pro-filled televised events – including stops in the Bahamas, Monte-Carlo and London.

In addition to premier $10k+ buy-in events, there are a number of smaller and regional stops. These run throughout the year with the Pokerstars Caribbean adventure and Snowfest (Ski resort) tournaments showing the contrast.

Qualifying tournaments do not get any better than at Pokerstars – with a huge choice of buy-ins and sub-qualifiers. You can win ‘packages’ which include transport, hotel and expenses – as well as the tournament buy-in. There is a range of smaller and mid-sized tours which you can win seats for at Pokerstars too – check out the current list at Pokerstars.com now.

World Series Of Poker*

Many people think the world series is just one game - the ‘Main Event’, a $10,000 buy-in tournament held in Las Vegas each year to determine poker’s World Champ! The WSOP* is actually a whole month of tournaments, covering a huge number of games, betting types and structures. These range in buy-ins between $1000 and $50k, with a $1 million buy-in special added in 2012. Winners get special ‘bracelets’ which are hugely sought after, as well as life-changing prize money.

In addition to the yearly festival which starts in May of each year, there is a tour known as the ‘World Series Circuit’ which visits several cities.

Qualifiers for the World Series Of Poker is possible on almost all online poker sites, who compete fiercely each year to get new players into their satellites. I have a section of this site dedicated to the latest news and best deals for these (see it here). One word of caution, some of the biggest sites allow multiple wins (the 2^nd+ being paid in cash), which does attract pros looking for fields full of amateurs! My personal favorite to try for a seat is Titan Poker, the world’s 3^rd biggest site and member of the iPoker Network. Find out more about this great site in my review.

*World Series of Poker and WSOP are trademarks of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. or its affiliates (collectively Harrah's). HIE does not sponsor or endorse, and is not associated or affiliated with, Sit And Go Planet or its products, services, promotions or tournaments. Any promotion or tournament on this site will not guarantee your seat or ability to register for any WSOP event or any WSOP affiliated event which is at the sole discretion of Harrah's.

Complete List Of Live Poker Tours And Events – Regional Poker Tours

One site in particular seem to have been accumulating regional poker tours! Pokerstars.com have the Latin American, Asia Pacific, Russian, Australian / New Zeeland, UK and Ireland.. Italian… French and Brazilan tours… and you can qualify for all of these online.

This is not quite a monopoly situation, there are plenty of independent tours out there – one of my favorites is the Grand Series Of Poker, and the Unibet Open events travel around some premier European destinations. There are also some North American Poker tours – such as the Bluff Mid-Stakes Poker Tour. With no online qualifiers, I will give the US tours only a passing mention for now.

Here is a list of the current tours, with the major stops, idea of the buy-in levels and (importantly!) where to qualify online for your seat.

First, the tours owned by Pokerstars

APPT, The Asia Pacific Poker Tour: Takes in New Zealand, Australia and Macau (China) with buy-ins ranging from $3000 to $25000 – includes a $100k high roller event in Macau. Currently in season 6 with qualifiers available through Pokerstars.com

LAPT, The Latin American Poker Tour: Takes in several South American countries including Chilie, Uruguay, Columbia, Panama and Peru – smaller buy-ins in the $1100 to $2500 range. This tour is now in season 5 and is hugely popular. Packages you can win online include travel and hotel, encouraging many players to treat these games as mini-vacations!

UKIPT, The United Kingdom and Ireland Poker Tour: Currently in season 3, these games are lower buy-in (at least compared to the poker tours listed on this page) with EUR770 buy-ins. There are 9 stops taking in Galway, Nottingham, Dublin, Newcastle, Swansea, Edinburgh, Cork and London. With reasonable prices these games attract a lot of local live players as well as qualifiers from online satellites.

Eureka Poker Tour, Covering Central And Eastern Europe. This is a relatively new event, starting out in 2011. There are currently 4 stops taking in Croatia, Bulgaria, Latvia and The Czech Republic. Buy-ins are smaller at EUR1100 and with poker taking off in the CEU region I expect these to be popular events – especially with online qualifiers running on Pokerstars!

ANZPT, Australia and New Zealand Poker Tour. Already in season 4, this tour covers major cirues in Australia and New Zealand including Sydney, Perth, Queenstown and Melbourne. Buy-ins range from $1100 to $5k).

RPS, Russian Poker Series. This one gets a mention of its own, though the other country specific series are lumped together below. The thing is that Russia do not allow live poker – so the ‘Russian’ poker series is instead held in neighboring countries, with the grand final being in the Ukraine! Season 3 awaits for this very popular tour.

Other Series: France, Italy, Brazil + Spain and Macau all get their own ‘series’ of live events run by Pokerstars, who also get involved in The ‘Holdem Challenge’ and ‘World Cup of Poker’… now that is a lot of poker tours.

Live Poker Tournaments Europe League

Head on over to Pokerstars.com now and start the qualifiers (or sub-qualifiers for smaller bankroll players) to a tour near you – it could be the start of a glittering poker career!!

GSOP Live, The Grand Series Of Poker At OnGame Sites

Now, while I have nothing against the great work Pokerstars are doing to promote live poker tours – it is great to add one to the list that they do not actually own! The ‘Grand Series Of Poker’ is promoted on OnGame Network sites – including the awesome Red Kings. This tour jumps around European Cities and is now in season 4. The venue for the final has not been revealed as yet for 2012/13 season, however hopes are high as last time this was in the Bahamas! What I like about this one is that there are 100’s of qualifiers online, meaning a large number of players come through this way. The next stops are Prague and Dublin and buy-ins are around $1500. You can win a seat from just $1.05c at the awesome Red Kings Poker.

Live Poker Tournaments Europe 2019

Unibet Open

This tour takes in some of the biggest and best cities in Europe, 2012 stops are Prague, Paris and London with Budapest a popular choice from previous years. Each event is handled as a separate stand-alone event, though with the same branding and qualifying structure this is more like a tour. Buy-ins for this one are EUR1650 with prize packages worth EUR2500 including travel + accommodation.

Live Poker Events – List Of One-Off Tournaments And Festivals

Maryland Live Poker Tournament Schedule

Not everything live is a tour, in this section I have listed some of the fantastic one-off events held around the world every year. Some cross-over will happen where the ‘big events’ are actually stops on the big tours. This should clarify for those of you looking for the PCA or Aussie Millions – as well as show you some more great games which you might not have been otherwise aware of.

PCA – The Annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure is officially part of the European Poker Tour, though the yearly break in the Bahama’s feels like a separate event thanks to the big publicity and attractiveness of getting away from the winter each January. PokerStars are the owners / sponsors of this televised event, and also the best place to qualify for your entry + vacation package.

Aussie Millions – Another winter getaway, this time to the summer sunshine of Melbourne, Australia. This has been the biggest tournament in the southern hemisphere for some time, though is now potentially challenged by the first World Series Oz in 2014. Read more details here.

Irish Winter Festival – One of several mid buy-in events in Dublin, and a popular destination for both European and US pros. The historical party city is a big attraction. Read more here.

Morocco – 888 Run an annual escape to Morocco. This year also sees their UK based ‘Shane Warne Classic’ and qualifiers to several other small regional tourneys too.

Complete Live Tournaments And Tours List

This list will never stand still, with more tours and more one-off events happening every year. The good news for players is that you have never had more choice, and these games are no longer just for hardened poker pros thanks to the large number of qualifier games happening online.

I strongly recommend Pokerstars.com for players looking to win seats in live events. They have more choice of qualifiers and give away more prize packages than any other site. Choose ‘Affiliate Marketing Code’ and enter code PSP3108 when you register, you can then claim up to 3 welcome bonuses (bonus code STARS600) up to $600 in total. Check out the awesome qualifier schedule at PokerStars.com now!

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