April is a blockbuster month leading up to the highly anticipated World Series of Poker (WSOP) in May. With massive prize pools up for grabs, it brings a golden opportunity for players to compete in some of the biggest poker events worldwide and prepare themselves for the WSOP ahead. Here are the top six must-play live poker events lined up in April 2025:
1 – Irish Poker Open 2025 (April 10 – 21)
The Irish Poker Open is the second-oldest poker tournament in the world, following the prestigious WSOP. Celebrating its 45th anniversary, the series will take place at the Royal Dublin Society from April 10 to 21, featuring a €4,500,000 total guarantee, including the €2.5 million GTD Irish Open Main Event.
In addition to the Main Event, the series will host high rollers and featured tournaments, such as the €250 Ladies Championship, the Heads-Up Championship, and the Hendon Mob Championship. Partnering with PokerStars and PaddyPower Poker, this event offers players worldwide a chance to participate in one of Europe’s richest poker series.
2 – WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship (April 4 – 8)
The WPT Showdown poker series at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Room has already awarded over $1.5 million in prize money. While the series started on March 19, the most exciting action takes place in April, featuring high rollers, deep stack events, and the WPT Showdown Championship.
The highlight is the $3,500 buy-in WPT Showdown Championship, boasting a $3 million GTD. Following the main event, there will be a $10,000 buy-in DeepStack NLH event ($1 million GTD) and a $25,000 buy-in High Roller event ($1 million GTD).
3 – WSOP International Pasino Grand Partouche (April 11 – 22)
For the first time, Aix-en-Provence, France, will host the WSOP International Circuit at Pasino Grand Partouche from April 11 to 22. The series’ Main Event will feature a €1,000,000 GTD, with online qualifiers available through Winamax for as little as €250.
The €1,000 Main Event is the crown jewel of the series. It begins on 17 April and runs until Monday 21 April with four starting days. The festival will also feature the €250 Ring Event N°2 Cup from 11 to 13 April, the €550 Ring Event N°3 Mystery Bounty (13 to 15 April), the €750 Ring Event N°6 Superstack (15 and 16 April), Ring Event N°7 High Roller €2,000 (16 to 18 April), Ring Event N°9 Deepstack €750 (20 and 21 April), Ring Event N°10 Omaha €550 (20 and 21 April), Ring Event N°11 Super High Roller €3,000 (21 and 22 April), Ring Event N°12 Bigstack €350 (22 April) and Ring Event No. 4 Colossus €200, which runs from 14 to 22 April with nine starting days. Ring Event No. 5 will be played on Winamax (€250 buy-in, €1 million gtd).
4 – European Poker Tour Monte Carlo 2025 (April 30 – May 10)
The PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo 2025 will take place at Le Casino Monte Carlo from April 30 to May 10, beginning with the €1,100 PokerStars Open Main Event. While PokerStars has not announced official guarantees, seeing the stature of the series, it will surely payout over millions in total prize pool.
The 2024 EPT Monte Carlo Main Event saw 1,208 entries and a €5,858,800 prize pool, with Derk Van Luijk taking home $1 million. This year’s Main Event runs from May 4 to May 10, and expectations are high for another record-breaking turnout.
5 – King’s Million PLO (April 1 – 7)
Among the many tournaments at King’s Resort Rozvadov, the King’s Million Pot-Limit Omaha stands out. Running from April 1 to 7, this PLO-heavy series boasts a €1,800,000 GTD prize pool.
The key events include the King’s Million PLO Mystery Opener (€500,000 GTD, April 1) and the King’s Million PLO Edition (€1,000,000 GTD, April 4).
6 – WSOP Circuit Illinois (April 3 – 14)
The WSOP Circuit event at Grand Victoria Casino, Illinois, will run from April 3 to 14, marking the first-ever WSOP event in Illinois. The $1,700 Main Event features a $750,000 GTD, while the entire series guarantees over $1 million in prize money.
List of Poker Tournaments in April 2025
Europe:
Series Name | Venue | Date | Prize Pool |
Irish Poker Open 2025 | Royal Dublin Society | April 10th – 21st, 2025 | $4.5 Million+ |
EPT Monte Carlo 2025 | Le Casino Monte Carlo | April 30th – May 10th, 2025 | TBA |
WSOP International Aix en Provence 2025 | Pasino Grand Partouche | April 11th – 22nd, 2025 | $1 million+ |
King’s Million Pot Limit Omaha 2025 | King’s Casino Rozvadov | April 1st – 7th, 2025 | $1.8 million+ |
UK Poker League by 888poker Newcastle 2025 | Grosvenor G Casino | April 1st – 6th, 2025 | TBA |
Pirates Poker Treasure | King’s Casino Rozvadov | April 1st – 13th, 2025 | $1 million+ |
Millions 2025 | Merist Crystal Love Hotel Casino | April 7th – 15th, 2025 | $1 million+ |
European Poker Festival 2025 | King’s Casino Rozvadov | April 29th – May 13th, 2025 | $1 million+ |
German Poker Days Mystery Bounty Edition 2025 | King’s Casino Rozvadov | April 23rd – 27th, 2025 | $300k+ |
German Poker Masters Edition 2025 | King’s Casino Rozvadov | April 14th – 21st, 2025 | $500k+ |
Battle of Malta 2025 – Spring Edition | Casino Malta (St. Julians, Malta) | April 2nd – 9th, 2025 | TBA |
TANA delle TIGRI | Hit Casino Perla (Nova Gorica, Slovenia) | April 2nd – 6th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS Star 250 by PMU.fr | Imperial Palace Hotel Casino (Annecy, France) | April 3rd – 6th, 2025 | TBA |
Russian Poker Tour – RPT Minsk | Opera Casino (Minsk, Belarus) | April 3rd – 14th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS Gujan Lovers | Casino du Lac de la Magdeleine (Gujan Mestras, France) | April 3rd – 6th, 2025 | TBA |
Ceska Pokernova Tour – CPT Prague | Casino Atrium – Hilton Hotel (Prague, Czech Republic) | April 4th – 6th, 2025 | TBA |
Diamond Poker Series – PLO Grand Slam Tallinn | Chesterfield Poker Club (Tallinn, Estonia) | April 4th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
OlyBet Spring Cup | Olympic Casino at Radisson Blu Hotel (Vilnius, Lithuania) | April 5th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
Unibet Deepstack Open – UDSO Tallinn | Chesterfield Poker Club (Tallinn, Estonia) | April 8th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
Vamos Poker Tour – VPT Sevilla 2025 | Casino Admiral (Sevilla, Spain) | April 8th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
DeepStack Open by Unibet | Casino Partouche de Pornic (Pornic, France) | April 8th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS Derby 150 by PMU.fr | Casino d’Hendaye (Hendaye, France) | April 9th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
Small Ball Event Rotterdam-Breda 2025 | Holland Casino (Breda, Netherlands) | April 9th – 21st, 2025 | TBA |
Toulouse Monthly Festival | Casino Barrière de Toulouse (Toulouse, France) | April 10th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS by PMU.fr | Pasino Le Havre (Havre, France) | April 10th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS Star 250 by PMU.fr | Casino Le Phoebus (Gruissan, France) | April 11th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
7th HSOP OPEN | HSOP (Zizers, Switzerland) | April 11th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
FairGame Poker Cup | Grand Casino Asch (Asch, Czech Republic) | April 11th – 13th, 2025 | TBA |
Påsklaxen | Casino Cosmopol (Stockholm, Sweden) | April 12th – 19th, 2025 | TBA |
Omaha Show | Showdown (Cavaglià, Italy) | April 12th, 2025 | TBA |
Pokerman Big 50 | Casino Atrium – Hilton Hotel (Prague, Czech Republic) | April 14th – 20th, 2025 | TBA |
OlyBet Egg Hunt | Olympic Park Casino (Tallinn, Estonia) | April 15th – 20th, 2025 | TBA |
Pokermania Classic Seefeld | Casinos Austria (Seefeld, Austria) | April 16th – 19th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS Star 250 by PMU.fr | Pasino de Saint Amand les Eaux (France) | April 16th – 20th, 2025 | TBA |
Poker Namur Classics – €250k GTD | Casino de Namur (Namur, Belgium) | April 17th – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
Ladder | Grand Casino Asch (Asch, Czech Republic) | April 17th – 20th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker – Texapoker Deepstacks 300 | Imperial Palace Hotel Casino (Annecy, France) | April 17th – 21st, 2025 | TBA |
Circuito Nacional de Poker – CNP Winamax Barcelona | Casino Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) | April 21st – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
European Poker Masters | Casino Estoril (Estoril, Portugal) | April 21st – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
Skill Poker Master €500k GTD | Card Casino Bratislava (Bratislava, Slovakia) | April 22nd – 28th, 2025 | TBA |
Grand Prix ParionsSport en Ligne | Casino du Lac de la Magdeleine (France) | April 22nd – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
Novibet Poker Championship | Regency Casino Thessaloniki (Greece) | April 22nd – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
The Festival Weekend by Betsafe – Tallinn | Chesterfield Poker Club (Tallinn, Estonia) | April 23rd – 26th, 2025 | TBA |
Rotterdam Poker Series | Holland Casino (Rotterdam, Netherlands) | April 23rd – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
Bombay Super Weekend | Bombay Club (Tallinn, Estonia) | April 24th – 26th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – Texapoker Deepstacks | Casino Le Lyon Vert (Lyon, France) | April 24th – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS Star 250 by PMU.fr | Le Pasino De Bandol (Bandol, France) | April 24th – 28th, 2025 | TBA |
Royal Poker Festival | Cannes Mandelieu Royal Casino (France) | April 24th – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
TexaPoker Series – TPS Star 250 by PMU.fr | Grand Casino de Forges-les-Eaux (France) | April 24th – 27th, 2025 | TBA |
USA & Canada:
Series Name | Venue | Date | Prize Pool |
WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship 2025 | Seminole Hard Rock Poker Room, FL | April 2nd – 22nd, 2025 | $5 million+ |
WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria Casino Illinois 2025 | Grand Victoria Casino, Illinois | April 3rd – 14th, 2025 | $1 millon+ |
The Wynn Signature Series 2025 | Wynn Las Vegas, Nevada | April 7th – 23rd, 2025 | $1 million+ |
WSOP International Circuit | Great Canadian Casino, Toronto | April 10th – 22nd, 2025 | TBA |
2025 WPT Choctaw Championship | Choctaw Casino Resort, Oklahoma | April 16th – May 5th, 2025 | $2 million+ |
WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Tunica | Horseshoe Tunica, Mississippi | April 17th – 28th, 2025 | TBA |
Deerfoot Spring Super Stack | Deerfoot Inn & Casino (Calgary, Canada) | Apr 1 – 13, 2025 | TBA |
RGPS Mission RunGood St. Louis by PokerGO | Hollywood Casino (St. Louis, United States) | Apr 1 – 6, 2025 | TBA |
Gulf Coast Poker – 7 Clans Spring Poker Series | Coushatta Casino Resort (Kinder, LA, United States) | Apr 2 – 28, 2025 | TBA |
Moneymaker Poker Tour – Daytona Beach | Daytona Beach Kennel Club & Poker Room (Daytona Beach, FL, United States) | Apr 2 – 14, 2025 | TBA |
2025 Spring Poker Round Up | Wildhorse Resort & Casino (Pendleton, OR, United States) | Apr 3 – 13, 2025 | TBA |
MSPT Minnesota State Poker Championship | Running Aces Harness Park (Columbus, MN, United States) | Apr 3 – 13, 2025 | TBA |
Reserve Poker Room 4th Anniversary Celebration | The Reserve Poker Club (Toledo, OH, United States) | Apr 3 – 14, 2025 | TBA |
2025 Roughrider Poker Tour #22 – RPT Regional | Royal River Casino & Hotel (Flandreau, SD, United States) | Apr 3 – 6, 2025 | TBA |
2025 Roughrider Poker Tour – Montana State Poker Championship | Billings Hotel & Convention Center (Billings, MT, United States) | Apr 4 – 6, 2025 | TBA |
RGPS Mission RunGood Joplin by PokerGO | Downstream Casino & Resort (Quapaw, OK, United States) | Apr 8 – 13, 2025 | TBA |
PokerGO Tour – 2025 PGT U.S. Poker Open | PokerGO Studio at ARIA Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV, United States) | Apr 8 – 17, 2025 | TBA |
The Lodge Austin PLO Monster | The Lodge (Round Rock, TX, United States) | Apr 9 – 13, 2025 | TBA |
2025 Peppermill Spring Poker Palooza | Peppermill Hotel Casino (Reno, NV, United States) | Apr 11 – 21, 2025 | TBA |
PokerGO Tour – PGT Texas Poker Open | Champions Social Poker Club (Houston, TX, United States) | Apr 16 – 29, 2025 | TBA |
Foxwoods Easter Special | Foxwoods Resort Casino (Mashantucket, CT, United States) | Apr 20, 2025 | TBA |
Moneymaker Poker Tour – MGM National Harbor | MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino (Oxon Hill, MD, United States) | Apr 21 – 28, 2025 | TBA |
PokerStars Open: Philadelphia | Live Casino & Hotel (Philadelphia, United States) | Apr 21 – 27, 2025 | TBA |
Casino Niagara Spring Main Event | Casino Niagara (Niagara Falls, ON, Canada) | Apr 22 – 25, 2025 | TBA |
RGPS Mission RunGood Iowa by PokerGO | Harrahs Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Council Bluffs, IA, United States) | Apr 22 – 27, 2025 | TBA |
LIPS Women in Poker Spring Festival | South Point Casino (Las Vegas, NV, United States) | Apr 23 – 27, 2025 | TBA |
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