UK and Ireland Poker Tour

Sport	Texas Hold 'em
Founded	2009
Ceased	2024
Replaced by	PokerStars Open
Country	United Kingdom  Ireland  Isle of Man  Malta  Spain
Last champion(s)	Alejandro Romero (2024)
Sponsor(s)	PokerStars
Official website	pokerstarslive.com

TheUK and Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) started in December 2009, is a major regionalpoker tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UKIPT is sponsored byPokerStars.com, like its counterparts, theEuropean Poker Tour (2004),Asia Pacific Poker Tour (2007),Latin American Poker Tour (2008) andNorth American Poker Tour (2010).^[1] Season 2 of the UKIPT was shown on terrestrial television in the UK onChannel 4 and was hosted by Nick Wealthall andLiv Boeree.^[2]

Discontinued: In 2024,PokerStars announced the newPokerStars Open that replaces the following tours:EKA (Eureka Poker Tour),UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour),FPS (France Poker Series) andESPT (Estrellas Poker Tour), starting in March 2025.^[3]

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
11–14 December 2009	UKIPTGalway €2,000	259	€471,380	Padraig Parkinson[4]	€125,000	[1][2]
11–14 February 2010	UKIPTManchester £550	518	£259,000	Joeri Zandvliet[5]	£63,200	[3][4]
8–11 April 2010	UKIPTCoventry £550	368	£184,000	Gilles Augustus[6]	£46,000	[5][6]
12–17 May 2010	UKIPTNottingham £550	650	£325,000	Andrew Couldridge[7]	£80,000	[7][8]
24–27 June 2010	UKIPTKillarney €1,100	253	€253,000	Femi Fakinle[8]	€63,400	[9][10]
15–19 July 2010	UKIPTBrighton £1,100	259	£259,000	Jamie Burland[9]	£65,400	[11][12]
19–22 August 2010	UKIPTEdinburgh £550	401	£200,600	Nicholas Abou Risk[10]	£50,000	[13][14]
9–12 September 2010	UKIPTDublin €560	590	€295,000	Max Silver[11]	€72,000	[15][16]
31 Sep-4 Oct, 2010	EPT/UKIPTLondon £5,250	848	£4,112,800	David Vamplew[12]	£900,000	[17][18]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 1 - Leaderboard Champion::Christopher Brammer. Won buy-ins and hotel package to all events forUKIPT Season 2.^[13]
• All champions of theUKIPT Season 1 main events, won tickets toEPT London 2010 Main Event (31 Sep-4 Oct, 2010) and a seat in the Sit´n´go Champion of Champions running atEPT London 2010.
• Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 1 Winner: David Vamplew. Won a seat at every stop ofUKIPT Season 2, including the Grand Final at EPT London in 2011^[14]

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
2–5 December 2010	UKIPTGalway €1,100	266	€266,000	Nicholas Abou Risk[15]	€67,100	[19][20]
11–14 February 2011	UKIPTNottingham £560	1,058	£529,000	Gareth Walker[16]	£109,000	[21][22]
10–14 March 2011	UKIPTManchester £550	615	£307,500	Matthew McDerra[17]	£74,000	[23][24]
19–22 May 2011	UKIPTCork €560	602	€291,970	Sam Razavi[18]	€71,000	[25][26]
16–20 June 2011	UKIPTNewcastle £550	554	£277,000	Richard Sinclair[19]	£67,000	[27][28]
14–17 July 2011	UKIPTBrighton £550	603	£292,455	Chris O'Donnell[20]	£71,000	[29][30]
11–14 August 2011	UKIPTEdinburgh £560	519	£251,715	Fintan Gavin[21]	£61,500	[31][32]
8–12 September 2011	UKIPTDublin €560	718	€348,230	Joeri Zandvliet[22]	€83,500	[33][34]
30 Sep- 6 Oct, 2011	EPT/UKIPTLondon £5,250	691	£3,351,350	Benny Spindler[23]	£750,000	[35][36]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 2 - Leaderboard Champion:Sam Razavi, He earns a free ticket to everyUKIPT event in season 3 for his efforts^[24]
• All champions of theUKIPT Season 2 main events, won a seat in the Sit´n´goChampion 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 ofUKIPT Season 3.^[25] A 3 episodes TV show of Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 2 you can find here:[37] -[38] -[39]

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
16–20 February 2012	UKIPTGalway €770	698	€476,765	Emmett Mullin[26]	€100,000	[40][41]
12–16 April 2012	UKIPTNottingham £770	1,625	£1,137,500	Robert Baguley[27]	£210,400	[42]
17–21 May 2012	UKIPTDublin €770	597	€417,900	Richard Evans[28]	€75,500	[43][44]
6–10 September 2012	UKIPTNewcastle £770	623	£436,100	Chris Ferguson[29]	£87,640	[45]
8–10 November 2012	UKIPTBristol £770	550	£373,450	Wojtek Barzantny[30]	£90,400	[46]
17–21 January 2013	UKIPTEdinburgh £770	612	£415,548	Nicolau Villa-Lobos[31]	£101,000	[47][48]
14–18 February 2013	UKIPTCork €770	387	€262,773	Thomas Finneran[32]	€55,440	[49]
5–10 March 2013	EPT/UKIPTLondon £770	1,099	£746,221	Sergio Aido[33]	£144,555	[50]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 3 - Leaderboard Champion:Tom Hall, He earns a free ticket to everyUKIPT event in season 4 for his efforts^[34][35]
• All champions of theUKIPT Season 3 main events, won a seat in the Sit´n´goChampion 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 ofUKIPT Season 4 main events..^[36]

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
12–14 April 2013	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 1	343	£83,177	Jake Cody[37]	£19,400	[51][52]
12–16 June 2013	UKIPT/ESPTMarbella €1,100	763	€732,480	Ludovic Geilich[38]	€130,000	[53][54]
28–30 June 2013	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 2	478	£115,915	Gabriel Dragomier[39]	£16,480	[55][56]
8–12 August 2013	UKIPTGalway €1,100	860	€970,000	Alan Gold[40]	€187,494	[57]
27–29 September 2013	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 3	464	£112,520	Dinh Nguyen[41]	£15,348	[58]
2–6 October 2013	EPT/UKIPTLondon £1,100	747	£724,590	Robbie Bull[42]	£113,405	[59]
31 Oct-4 Nov, 2013	UKIPTDouglas £1,100	379	£485,000	Duncan McLellan[43]	£94,090	[60]
27 Nov-2 Dec, 2013	UKIPTNottingham £1,100	458	£500,000	Ben Mayhew[44]	£72,840	[61]
16–20 January 2014	UKIPTEdinburgh £1,100	427	£485,000	Dean Hutchison[45]	£93,900	[62][63]
27 Feb-3 Mar, 2014	UKIPTDublin €770	682	€463,078	Kevin Killeen[46]	€87,700	[64]
11–13 April 2014	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 4	313	£75,905	Thomas Postlethwaite[47]	£14,790	[65]
30 April-4 May 2014	UKIPTLondon £250 Deepstack	886	£221,500	Jiri Sladkovsky[48]	£23,000	[66]
7–12 May 2014	UKIPTNottingham £1,100 £1,000,000 Guaranteed	1,223	£1,223,000	Duncan McLellan[49]	£202,372	[67]
23–25 May 2014	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 5 PLO	72	£17,640	Martins Adeniya[50]	£4,800	[68]
11–15 June 2014	UKIPT/ESPTMarbella €1,100	750	€720,000	Rodrigo Espinosa[51]	€136,000	[69][70]
12–14 September 2014	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 6	353	£86,330	Paul Findlay[52]	£12,396	[71]
2–6 October 2014	UKIPTDouglas £770	402	£339,500	Joshua Hart[53]	£57,484	[72]
8–12 October 2014	EPT/UKIPTLondon £770	1,089	£739,431	Brett Angell[54]	£115,083	[73]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 4 - Leaderboard Champion:Daragh Davey, He earns a free ticket to everyUKIPT event in season 5 for his efforts^[55]
• All champions of theUKIPT Season 4 main events, won a seat in the Sit´n´goChampion of Champions
• Champion of Champions UKIPT Season 4 Winner: Dean Hutchison. For his efforts he won a seat and accommodationsto every stop ofUKIPT Season 5 main events..^[56]

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
20–25 January 2015	UKIPTLondon £770	742	£503,818	Rapinder Cheema[57]	£78,825	[74]
27 March 2015	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 1	160	£38,800	Christopher Yong[58]	£10,986	[75]
13–20 April 2015	UKIPTNottingham £1,100	1,026	£1,000,000	Sam Mitten-Laurence[59]	£182,000	[76][77]
29 May 2015	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 2	250	£60,625	Giovanni Canali[60]	£12,820	[78]
11–21 June 2015	UKIPT/ESPTMarbella €1,100	841	€807,360	Isidoro Barrena[61]	€150,800	[79]
6–9 August 2015	UKIPTBristol £770	446	£302,834	Pierrick Tallon[62]	£53,000	[80]
1–4 October 2015	UKIPTDouglas £440	423	£135,412	Daniel Stacey[63]	£24,170	[81]
15–18 October 2015	UKIPTLondon £550 Super Series	291	£141,135	Dale Garrad[64]	£28,300	[82]
19–22 November 2015	UKIPTEdinburgh £770	377	£255,983	David Gomez Morante[65]	£49,660	[83]
29–31 January 2016	UKIPTLondon £275 Series 3	351	£87,750	Elliott Panyi[66]	£16,590	[84]
10–14 February 2016	EPT/UKIPTDublin €1,100	1,002	€971,940	Vladas Tamasauskas[67]	€176,900	[85]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion:Daragh Davey^[68]
• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 5 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion:Otto Castle^[69]

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.

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
6–10 April 2016	UKIPTLondon £770	649	£454,300	Usman Siddique[70]	££84,100	[86]
15–19 June 2016	UKIPT/ESPTMarbella €1,100	844	€810,240	Jonathan Schuman[71][72]	€96,159	[87]
21–24 July 2016	UKIPT/FPSLille €1,100	726	£696,960	Fabrice Casano[73]	£121,000	[88]
1–4 September 2016	UKIPTLondon £550 Super Series	453	£219,705	Stian Knutsen[74]	£42,500	[89]
6–9 October 2016	UKIPTBirmingham £770	244	£165,676	Ted Spivack[75]	£35,000	[90]
18–20 November 2016	UKIPTLondon £275 Series	379	£91,907	Levon Jabourian	£17,120	[91]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard GOLD Champion:Gianluca Speranza^[76]
• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 6 - Leaderboard SILVER Champion:Stian Knutsen^[77]

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.

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
1–10 April 2022	UKIPTLondon £1,100	645	£619,200	James Rann[78]	£86,569	[92]
16–22 May 2022	UKIPTDublin €1,100	320	€269,660	Niall Farrell[79]	€54,940	[93]
22–26 June 2022	UKIPT/ESPTMalta €1,100 Summer Poker Festival	815	€782,400	Zlatin Penev[80]	€144,630	[94]
28–31 July 2022	UKIPTNottingham £1,100 £500,000 Guaranteed	582	£582,000	Adam Maxwell[81]	£98,150	[95]
18–22 October 2022	EPT/UKIPTLondon £1,100	1,458	£1,399,680	Martin Jacobson[82]	£232,300	[96]

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
28 June-2 July 2023	UKIPTMalta €1,100 PokerStars Summer Festival	916	€916,000	Simone Andrian[83]	€153,610	[97]
13–16 July 2023	UKIPTBlackpool £1,100	268	£258,990	Tuan Le[84]	£53,630	[98]
7–10 September 2023	UKIPTBrighton £1,100	354	£337,920	Ben Spragg[85]	£69,120	[99]
21–24 September 2023	UKIPTLondon £1,100	374	£359,040	Dylan Bradley[86]	£71,650	[100]
26–29 October 2023	UKIPTEdinburgh £1,100	220	£211,200	Fintan Hand[87]	£44,200	[101]
5–13 November 2023	UKIPTNottingham £1,100 Grand Final £1,000,000 Guaranteed	1,227	£1,177,920	Vincent Meli[88][89]	£159,325	[102]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 2023 - Leaderboard Champion:David Docherty, he pick up the first prize of £15,000 package for theUKIPT 2024 season.^[90]

Date	Event / City	Players	Prize Pool	Winner	Prize	Results
10–16 June	UKIPT/ESPTMálaga €1,100 Casino Torrequebrada,Málaga	1,146	€1,100,160	Artus Giménez[91]	€145,000	[103]
3-11 August	UKIPTLondon £1,100 The Hippodrome Casino,London	725	£696,000	Gaspare Sposato[92]	£107,660	[104]
8-18 November	UKIPTNottingham £1,100 £1,000,000 Guaranteed Dusk Till Dawn (casino),Nottingham	1,282	£1,230,720	Arian Hassankashani[93]	£201,900	[105]
Sponsored Events
26 March-1 April	Irish Poker Open 2024 €1,150 €1,000,000 Guaranteed Royal Dublin Society,Dublin	3,233	€3,152,175	Tero Laurila[94]	€292,735*	[106]
21-24 November	Women's Winter Festival £400 €100,000 Guaranteed The Hippodrome Casino,London	271	£100,000	Maria Lampropulos[95]	£20,000	[107]

• United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour - Season 2024 - Leaderboard Champion:Alejandro “Alex” Romero, he pick up the first prize of £15,000 package for theUKIPT 2025 season.^[96]

The 2010 UKIPT Grand Final, which doubled as the EPT London, was the largest ever tournament in the UK, attracting 848 entrants.^[97] 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.^[98]

Place	Country	Times
1st	England	32
2nd	Ireland	9
3rd	Scotland	8
4th	Spain	5
5th	Belgium	2
	Canada	2
	France	2
	Italy	2
	Netherlands	2
10th	Austria	1
	Brazil	1
	Bulgaria	1
	Finland	1
	Germany	1
	Iran	1
	Lithuania	1
	Norway	1
	Romenia	1
	Sweden	1
	Vietnan	1
	Wales	1
Total		76

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