The UK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) started in December 2009, is a major regional poker tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UKIPT is sponsored by PokerStars.com, like its counterparts, the European Poker Tour (2004), Asia Pacific Poker Tour (2007), Latin American Poker Tour (2008) and North American Poker Tour (2010). Season 2 of the UKIPT was shown on terrestrial television in the UK on Channel 4 and was hosted by Nick Wealthall and Liv Boeree.
Discontinued: In 2024, PokerStars announced the new PokerStars Open that replaces the following tours: EKA (Eureka Poker Tour), UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour), FPS (France Poker Series) and ESPT (Estrellas Poker Tour), starting in March 2025.PokerNews –
Season 1
Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 11–14 December 2009 UKIPT Galway €2,000 €471,380 Padraig ParkinsonBLUFF Europe - €125,000 11–14 February 2010 UKIPT Manchester £550 £259,000 Joeri ZandvlietPokerNews Daily - £63,200 8–11 April 2010 UKIPT Coventry £550 £184,000 Gilles AugustusBLUFF Europe - £46,000 12–17 May 2010 UKIPT Nottingham £550 £325,000 Andrew CouldridgeBLUFF Europe - £80,000 24–27 June 2010 UKIPT Killarney €1,100 €253,000 Femi FakinlePokerNews Daily - €63,400 15–19 July 2010 UKIPT Brighton £1,100 £259,000 Jamie BurlandBLUFF Europe - £65,400 19–22 August 2010 UKIPT Edinburgh £550 £200,600 Nicholas Abou RiskCardPlayer - £50,000 9–12 September 2010 UKIPT Dublin €560 €295,000 Max SilverCardPlayer - €72,000 31 Sep-4 Oct, 2010 EPT/UKIPT London £5,250 £4,112,800 David VamplewCardPlayer - £900,000 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 1 - Leaderboard Champion:: Christopher Brammer. Won buy-ins and hotel package to all events for UKIPT Season 2.PokerStars UKIPT - All champions of the UKIPT Season 1 main events, won tickets to EPT London 2010 Main Event (31 Sep-4 Oct, 2010) and a seat in the Sit´n´go Champion of Champions running at EPT London 2010. Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 1 Winner: David Vamplew. Won a seat at every stop of UKIPT Season 2, including the Grand Final at EPT London in 2011PokerStars Blog -
Season 2
Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 2–5 December 2010 UKIPT Galway €1,100 €266,000 Nicholas Abou RiskPokerStars BLOG - €67,100 11–14 February 2011 UKIPT Nottingham £560 £529,000 Gareth WalkerBLUFF Europe - £109,000 10–14 March 2011 UKIPT Manchester £550 £307,500 Matthew McDerraBLUFF Europe - £74,000 19–22 May 2011 UKIPT Cork €560 €291,970 Sam RazaviBLUFF Europe - €71,000 16–20 June 2011 UKIPT Newcastle £550 £277,000 Richard SinclairBLUFF Europe - £67,000 14–17 July 2011 UKIPT Brighton £550 £292,455 Chris O'DonnellCardPlayer - £71,000 11–14 August 2011 UKIPT Edinburgh £560 £251,715 Fintan GavinCardPlayer - £61,500 8–12 September 2011 UKIPT Dublin €560 €348,230 Joeri ZandvlietPokerStars BLOG - €83,500 30 Sep- 6 Oct, 2011 EPT/UKIPT London £5,250 £3,351,350 Benny SpindlerCardPlayer - £750,000 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 2 - Leaderboard Champion: Sam Razavi, He earns a free ticket to every UKIPT event in season 3 for his effortsBLUFF Europe - All champions of the UKIPT Season 2 main events, won a seat in the Sit´n´go Champion of Champions running at Dusk Till Dawn poker club in Nottinghamin December, 2011. Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 2 Winner: Richard Sinclair. For his efforts he won a seat and accommodation to every stop of UKIPT Season 3.BLUFF Europe - A 3 episodes TV show of Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 2 you can find here: - -
Season 3 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 16–20 February 2012 UKIPT Galway €770 €476,765 Emmett MullinCardPlayer - €100,000 12–16 April 2012 UKIPT Nottingham £770 £1,137,500 Robert BaguleyBLUFF Europe - £210,400 17–21 May 2012 UKIPT Dublin €770 €417,900 Richard EvansBLUFF Europe - €75,500 6–10 September 2012 UKIPT Newcastle £770 £436,100 Chris FergusonBLUFF Europe - £87,640 8–10 November 2012 UKIPT Bristol £770 £373,450 Wojtek BarzantnyCardPlayer - £90,400 17–21 January 2013 UKIPT Edinburgh £770 £415,548 Nicolau Villa-LobosMazaTech Mexico - £101,000 14–18 February 2013 UKIPT Cork €770 €262,773 Thomas FinneranBLUFF Europe - €55,440 5–10 March 2013 EPT/UKIPT London £770 £746,221 Sergio AidoPokerNews - £144,555 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 3 - Leaderboard Champion: Tom Hall, He earns a free ticket to every UKIPT event in season 4 for his effortsBlonde Poker - WEB Archive - All champions of the UKIPT Season 3 main events, won a seat in the Sit´n´go Champion of Champions on March 11, 2013 Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 3 Winner: Richard Evans. For his efforts he won a seat to every stop of UKIPT Season 4 main events..PokerStars BLOG -
Season 4 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 12–14 April 2013 UKIPT London £275 Series 1 £83,177 Jake CodyCardPlayer - £19,400 12–16 June 2013 UKIPT/ESPT Marbella €1,100 €732,480 Ludovic GeilichPokerNews - €130,000 28–30 June 2013 UKIPT London £275 Series 2 £115,915 Gabriel DragomierPokerStars BLOG - £16,480 8–12 August 2013 UKIPT Galway €1,100 €970,000 Alan GoldBLUFF Europe - €187,494 27–29 September 2013 UKIPT London £275 Series 3 £112,520 Dinh NguyenPokerStars BLOG - £15,348 2–6 October 2013 EPT/UKIPT London £1,100 £724,590 Robbie BullPokerNews - £113,405 31 Oct-4 Nov, 2013 UKIPT Douglas £1,100 £485,000 Duncan McLellanPokerNews - £94,090 27 Nov-2 Dec, 2013 UKIPT Nottingham £1,100 £500,000 Ben MayhewPokerNews - £72,840 16–20 January 2014 UKIPT Edinburgh £1,100 £485,000 Dean HutchisonPokerNews - £93,900 27 Feb-3 Mar, 2014 UKIPT Dublin €770 €463,078 Kevin KilleenPokerNews - €87,700 11–13 April 2014 UKIPT London £275 Series 4 £75,905 Thomas PostlethwaitePuffa Poker - £14,790 30 April-4 May 2014 UKIPT London £250 Deepstack £221,500 Jiri SladkovskyThe Hendon Mob - £23,000 7–12 May 2014 UKIPT Nottingham £1,100£1,000,000 Guaranteed £1,223,000 Duncan McLellanFlush Draw - £202,372 23–25 May 2014 UKIPT London £275 Series 5 PLO £17,640 Martins AdeniyaPokerStars BLOG - £4,800 11–15 June 2014 UKIPT/ESPT Marbella €1,100 €720,000 Rodrigo Espinosa €136,000 12–14 September 2014 UKIPT London £275 Series 6 £86,330 Paul FindlayPoker News Report - £12,396 2–6 October 2014 UKIPT Douglas £770 £339,500 Joshua HartPokerNews - £57,484 8–12 October 2014 EPT/UKIPT London £770 £739,431 Brett AngellPokerNews - £115,083 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 4 - Leaderboard Champion: Daragh Davey, He earns a free ticket to every UKIPT event in season 5 for his effortsPokerStars RSSing - All champions of the UKIPT Season 4 main events, won a seat in the Sit´n´go Champion of Champions Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 4 Winner: Dean Hutchison. For his efforts he won a seat and accommodationsto every stop of UKIPT Season 5 main events..PokerStars BLOG -
Season 5 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 20–25 January 2015 UKIPT London £770 £503,818 Rapinder CheemaPokerNews - £78,825 27 March 2015 UKIPT London £275 Series 1 £38,800 Christopher YongBLUFF Europe - £10,986 13–20 April 2015 UKIPT Nottingham £1,100 £1,000,000 Sam Mitten-LaurencePokerNews - £182,000 29 May 2015 UKIPT London £275 Series 2 £60,625 Giovanni CanaliPokerStars BLOG - £12,820 11–21 June 2015 UKIPT/ESPT Marbella €1,100 €807,360 Isidoro BarrenaPokerNews - €150,800 6–9 August 2015 UKIPT Bristol £770 £302,834 Pierrick TallonBLUFF Europe - £53,000 1–4 October 2015 UKIPT Douglas £440 £135,412 Daniel StaceyPokerNews - £24,170 15–18 October 2015 UKIPT London £550 Super Series £141,135 Dale GarradPokerStars BLOG - £28,300 19–22 November 2015 UKIPT Edinburgh £770 £255,983 David Gomez MoranteBLUFF Europe - £49,660 29–31 January 2016 UKIPT London £275 Series 3 £87,750 Elliott PanyiPokerStars BLOG - £16,590 10–14 February 2016 EPT/UKIPT Dublin €1,100 €971,940 Vladas TamasauskasPokerNews - €176,900 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Daragh DaveyGlobal Poker Index - United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: Otto CastleGlobal Poker Index - How it works? Player of the Year: the Silver tier will award points for all events with a buy-in of $600 and lower; and the Gold tier will count all other events across the EUREKA Festivals, no matter the buy-in.
Season 6 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 6–10 April 2016 UKIPT London £770 £454,300 Usman SiddiquePokerGuru - ££84,100 15–19 June 2016 UKIPT/ESPT Marbella €1,100 €810,240 Jonathan SchumanPokerStars BLOG - €96,159 21–24 July 2016 UKIPT/FPS Lille €1,100 £696,960 Fabrice CasanoPokerNews - £121,000 1–4 September 2016 UKIPT London £550 Super Series £219,705 Stian KnutsenPokerNews - £42,500 6–9 October 2016 UKIPT Birmingham £770 £165,676 Ted SpivackPokerNews - £35,000 18–20 November 2016 UKIPT London £275 Series £91,907 Levon Jabourian £17,120 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion: Gianluca SperanzaGlobal Poker Index - United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion: Stian KnutsenGlobal Poker Index - How it works? Player of the Year: the Silver tier will award points for all events with a buy-in of $600 and lower; and the Gold tier will count all other events across the EUREKA Festivals, no matter the buy-in.
Season 2022 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 1–10 April 2022 UKIPT London £1,100 £619,200 James RannPokerNews - £86,569 16–22 May 2022 UKIPT Dublin €1,100 €269,660 Niall FarrellPokerNews - €54,940 22–26 June 2022 UKIPT/ESPT Malta €1,100Summer Poker Festival €782,400 Zlatin PenevPokerNews - €144,630 28–31 July 2022 UKIPT Nottingham £1,100£500,000 Guaranteed £582,000 Adam MaxwellPokerNews - £98,150 18–22 October 2022 EPT/UKIPT London £1,100 £1,399,680 Martin JacobsonPokerNews - £232,300
Season 2023 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 28 June-2 July 2023 UKIPT Malta €1,100PokerStars Summer Festival €916,000 Simone AndrianPokerNews - €153,610 13–16 July 2023 UKIPT Blackpool £1,100 £258,990 Tuan LePokerNews - £53,630 7–10 September 2023 UKIPT Brighton £1,100 £337,920 Ben SpraggPokerNews - £69,120 21–24 September 2023 UKIPT London £1,100 £359,040 Dylan BradleyPokerNews - £71,650 26–29 October 2023 UKIPT Edinburgh £1,100 £211,200 Fintan HandCardPlayer - £44,200 5–13 November 2023 UKIPT Nottingham £1,100 Grand Final£1,000,000 Guaranteed £1,177,920 Vincent MeliPokerNews - PokerStars BLOG- £159,325 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 2023 - Leaderboard Champion: David Docherty, he pick up the first prize of £15,000 package for the UKIPT 2024 season.PokerStars BLOG-
Season 2024 Date Event / City Players Prize Pool Winner Prize Results 10–16 June UKIPT/ESPT Málaga €1,100Casino Torrequebrada, Málaga €1,100,160 Artus GiménezPokerNews - €145,000 3–11 August UKIPT London £1,100The Hippodrome Casino, London £696,000 Gaspare SposatoPokerNews - £107,660 8–18 November UKIPT Nottingham £1,100£1,000,000 GuaranteedDusk Till Dawn (casino), Nottingham £1,230,720 Arian HassankashaniPokerNews - £201,900 Sponsored Events 26 March-1 April Irish Poker Open 2024 €1,150€1,000,000 GuaranteedRoyal Dublin Society, Dublin €3,152,175 Tero LaurilaPokerNews - €292,735* 21–24 November Women's Winter Festival £400€100,000 GuaranteedThe Hippodrome Casino, London £100,000 Maria LampropulosPokerNews - £20,000 United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 2024 - Leaderboard Champion: Alejandro “Alex” Romero, he pick up the first prize of £15,000 package for the UKIPT 2025 season.PokerStars BLOG-
UKIPT Grand Final The 2010 UKIPT Grand Final, which doubled as the EPT London, was the largest ever tournament in the UK, attracting 848 entrants. This event also hosted a Tournament of Champions, with each of the nine regional leg winners competing for entry into all of the season 2 events. This tournament was also won by UKIPT London winner, David Vamplew.Racing Post
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