The UKIPT Heads For Sunny Spain On June 15 for Marbella Festival

UKIPT Marbella

It is not only Las Vegas, Nevada, where the tournament poker action is as hot as the weather. In the next few days, the latest leg of the PokerStars United Kingdom & Ireland Poker Tour (UKIPT) kicks off in Marbella, Spain.

Once again the UKIPT is combining with the Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) to create an action-packed, week-long festival of poker than runs from June 15-21.

The busy tournament schedule features a number of different variants including the popular 'Win The Button,' nightly turbos, live satellites, pot-limit Omaha, a high roller, and the showpiece of the UKIPT Marbella festival: the €1,000+€100 buy-in Main Event.

When the inaugural UKIPT Marbella Main Event took place in June 2013, it marked the first time the tour had ventured outside of the UK & Ireland. It turned out to be a great decision by the UKIPT management team as that Main Event attracted 763 players. Those hopefuls were all outlasted by Scottish grinder Ludovic Geilich, who walked away with the title of champion, the trophy, and €130,000 after a three-way deal.

Twelve months later, 720 players turned out for the second instalment of the UKIPT Marbella Main Event.

British duo Sam Grafton and Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody reached the final table – finishing in ninth and eighth place respectively – while Spain’s Rodrigo Espinosa claimed victory after defeating Christian Bauer heads-up to scoop a cool €136,000.

UKIPT Season 4 Marbella Festival Schedule

DateTimeBuy-InTournament
Mon 15 Jun7:00pm€150+€15NL Hold’em Freezeout Satellite to Main Event
Tue 16 Jun5:00pm€150+€15NL Hold’em Freezeout Satellite to Main Event
Tue 16 Jun7:00pm€200+€20NL Hold’em Turbo Deepstack Win The Button
Wed 17 Jun12:00pm€1,000+€100PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event Day 1a
Wed 17 Jun5:00pm€150+€15NL Hold’em Freezeout Satellite to Main Event
Wed 17 Jun8:00pm€200+€20NL Hold’em Deepstack Turbo
Thu 18 Jun12:00pm€1,000+€100PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event Day 1b
Thu 18 Jun6:00pm€250+€25Pot Limit Omaha Double Chance
Thu 18 Jun8:00pm€150+€15NL Hold’em One Rebuy/One Add-on Satellite to High Roller
Fri 19 Jun12:00pm-PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event Day 2
Fri 19 Jun12:30pm€150+€15NL Hold’em One Rebuy/One Add-on Satellite to High Roller
Fri 19 Jun5:00pm€2,000+€200NL Hold’em High Roller 8-Max Single Re-entry
Fri 19 Jun8:00pm€300+€30Marbella Festival Poker Cup Day 1a Single Re-entry per day
Sat 20 Jun12:00pm-PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event Day 3
Sat 20 Jun12:00pm-High Roller Day 2
Sat 20 Jun12:00pm€150+€15NL Hold’em Six-Handed Hyper Turbo
Sat 20 Jun3:00pm€300+€30Marbella Festival Poker Cup Day 1b Single Re-entry per day
Sat 20 Jun8:00pm€300+€30Marbella Festival Poker Cup Turbo Day 1c Single Re-entry per day
Sun 21 Jun12:00pm-Marbella Festival Poker Cup Final Day
Sun 21 Jun12:15pm-PokerStars Marbella Festival Main Event Final Day
Sun 21 Jun2:00pm€150+€15NL Hold’em Turbo Super Deepstack EPT Edition

Those of you who don’t want to immerse yourselves fully in the poker action will be delighted to learn that PokerStars is spreading a whole host of off-the-felt activities including karting, flyboarding, hoverboarding, water scooter, parasailing, wakeboarding, pedal boats, and an official party at Guey Marbella that takes place from 10:00 p.m. until late on June 20 (open bar for the first two hours) – what’s not to like about that?

For more information, visit UKIPT.com.

Want to stay atop all the latest in the poker world? If so, make sure to get PokerNews updates on your social media outlets. Follow us on Twitter and find us on both Facebook and Google+!

Sharelines
  • Once again the UKIPT is combining with the Estrellas Poker Tour to create an action-packed, week-long festival of poker that runs from June 15-21.

Name Surname
Senior Editor

More Stories

Other Stories