Nov 20 2011
UKIPT Season 3 schedule announced: buy-ins to increase by 30%
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One of the surprises in recent years has been the success of the PokerStars United Kingdom Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT), with the localized tour seeing tremendous turnouts (including some of the biggest names in UK poker) at their stops in the UK and Ireland during the tour’s first two seasons.
Apparently the UKIPT is doing well enough that PokerStars is willing to increase the buy-ins for the Main Events by nearly 30% for Season 3. Historically (if two years counts as historical), the tournaments on the UKIPT have had their buy-ins set at €550 (€500+€50) and £550 (£500+£50), but during Season 3 players will have to fork over €770 (€700+€70) and £770 (£700+£70) to participate in a UKIT Main Event. On a positive note, with the increase comes a higher guarantee for the tournaments’ prize-pools.
In addition to the near 30% increase to the Main Event buy-in the UKIPT also released the details for four of the stops on Season 3 of the tournament series:
| EVENT | VENUE | BUY-IN | MAIN EVENT DATES | GUARANTEE | CAP |
| GALWAY, Ireland | Radisson Hotel | €700 + 70* | February 16 – 20, 2012 | €100,000 | 500 |
| NOTTINGHAM, England | Dusk Till Dawn | £700 + 70 | April 12 – 16, 2012 | £200,000 | 1,000 |
| DUBLIN, Ireland | CityWest | €700 + 70* | May 17 – 21, 2012 | €250,000 | 1,000 |
| NEWCASTLE, England | Aspers | £700 + 70 | September 6 – 10, 2012 | £100,000 | 500 |
There were a total of eight stops on Season 1 and Season 2 of the UKIPT, as well as the UKIPT Championship (The EPT London tournament), so expect more stops to be added to the Season 3 schedule in the future.
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