PokerStars is heading to Manchester this month, bringing the PokerStars Open to town from October 20-26, 2025. The pageant will happen at The Manchester Deansgate Lodge (previously the Hilton), a central venue only a quick stroll from Deansgate’s bustling bars and eating places.
The cease marks PokerStars’ newest addition to its rising Open tour, which has already visited Campione, Philadelphia, Namur, and Malaga in 2025.
A Full Week of Motion
The PokerStars Open Manchester schedule incorporates a packed lineup of tournaments for each sort of participant — from deep stacks and qualifiers to excessive rollers and thriller bounties. The headline attraction is the £1,100 Essential Occasion, operating October 22–27, which guarantees to attract a big and numerous area from throughout the UK and past.
Supporting occasions embody the £2,200 Excessive Curler, £5,000 Tremendous Excessive Curler, and the fan-favorite £400 Thriller Bounty Cup, alongside a £220 Ladies’s Occasion, Pot-Restrict Omaha motion. There are additionally a number of qualifiers giving gamers inexpensive routes into the marquee tournaments.
Right here’s a snapshot of the pageant highlights:
DateEventBuy-in
Oct 20Deep Stack Opener££220
Oct 21-22PokerStars Open Excessive Curler£2,200
Oct 22–27PokerStars Open Essential Occasion£1,100
Oct 24Women’s Occasion£220
Oct 25Super Excessive Curler£5,000
Oct 26Mystery Bounty Cup Finale£400
All tournaments on the PokerStars Open Manchester might be cashless, guaranteeing smoother registration and payouts all through the week.
Constructing on a World Success Story
The PokerStars Open has already left its mark on poker communities world wide in 2025, with earlier stops in Campione, Philadelphia, Namur, and Malaga attracting large fields and crowning champions corresponding to Adrian State, Edward Leonard, Jean-Vincent Lehut, and Manuel Ferrari.
Subsequent up: the motion heads to Maryland (Oct 19-26), and Cannes (Dec 16-21) to spherical out what’s been an unbelievable debut yr for the tour.
2025 PokerStars Open Manchester Full Schedule
DateTimeEvent NumberEventBuy-InStarting Stack
October 20 – Monday16:00#1Qualifier to Essential Occasion – ‘Win Your Seat @ 70,000 chips’ – SEAT ONLY- Limitless Re-Entry£18510,000
19:00#2NL Maintain’em – Deep Stack – Single Re-Entry£22050,000
21:00#3Qualifier to Essential Occasion – ‘Win Your Seat @ 70,000 chips’ – SEAT ONLY- Limitless Re-Entry£18510,000
October 21 – Tuesday14:00#4Qualifier to PokerStars Open Excessive Curler – ‘Win Your Seat @ 100,000 chips’ – SEAT ONLY- Limitless Re-Entry£25010,000
16:00#5 (day 1)PokerStars Open Excessive Curler – Limitless Re-Entry Day 1£2,20030,000
17:00#6NL Maintain’em – Single Re-Entry£22020,000
21:00#7Qualifier to Essential Occasion – ‘Win Your Seat @ 70,000 chips’ – SEAT ONLY- Limitless Re-Entry£18510,000
October 22 – Wednesday12:00#8 (1/A)PokerStars Open Essential Occasion – 60 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry – €1,000,000 Assure£1,10030,000
12:00#5 (Ultimate)PokerStars Open Excessive Curler – Limitless Re-Entry Ultimate£2,20030,000
12:30#9PL Omaha – Limitless Re-Entry£22030,000
13:00#10Womens Occasion – Limitless Re-Entry£22030,000
18:00#11Qualifier to Essential Occasion – ‘Win Your Seat @ 70,000 chips’ – SEAT ONLY- Limitless Re-Entry£18510,000
21:00#8 (1/B)PokerStars Open Essential Occasion – 30 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry – €1,000,000 Assure£1,10030,000
12:00#12Qualifier to Essential Occasion – ‘Win Your Seat @ 70,000 chips’ – SEAT ONLY- Limitless Re-Entry£18510,000
12:00#8 (1/C)PokerStars Open Essential Occasion – 60 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry – €1,000,000 Assure£1,10030,000
21:00#8 (1/D)PokerStars Open Essential Occasion – 20 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry – €1,000,000 Assure£1,10030,000
October 24 – Friday12:00#8 (day 2)PokerStars Open Essential Occasion – 60 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry – €1,000,000 Assure£1,10030,000
15:00#13 (day 1)PokerStars Open Second Probability – 30 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry£55030,000
21:00#14Qualifier to Open Tremendous Excessive Curler – ‘Win Your Seat @ 100,000 chips’ – SEAT ONLY- Limitless Re-Entry£57010,000
October 25 – Saturday12:00#13 (Ultimate)PokerStars Open Second Probability – 40 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry£55030,000
12:00#8 (day 3)PokerStars Open Essential Occasion – 60 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry – €1,000,000 Assure£1,10030,000
12:30#16 (1/A)PokerStars Open Thriller Bounty Cup – 30 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry£40030,000
12:30#15PokerStars Open Tremendous Excessive Curler – Limitless Re-Entry£5,000100,000
18:30#16 (1/B)PokerStars Open Thriller Bounty Cup – 20 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry£40030,000
October 26 – Sunday12:30#16 (Ultimate)PokerStars Open Thriller Bounty Cup – 40 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry£40030,000
12:30#8 (Ultimate)PokerStars Open Essential Occasion – 60 Minute Ranges – Limitless Re-Entry – €1,000,000 Assure£1,10030,000
14:00#17NL Maintain’em – Limitless Re-Entry£22030,000
16:00#18Last Probability Deep Stack – Limitless Re-Entry£55050,000
2025 PokerStars Open Winners
Will Shillibier
Managing Editor
Primarily based in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract dwell reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time employees in 2019. He now works as Managing Editor.
He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.
