When PokerStars announced changes to their long-standing European Poker Tour, Asia-Pacific Poker Tour and Latin American Poker Tour series earlier this year, shockwaves were sent through the poker community. PokerStars initially announced that in lieu of their regular stops across the globe, certain events would be categorized into “Championships” or “Festivals” with 2017 dates soon to follow. As December approaches, PokerStars has released those key dates.

The always popular PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas, has been renamed the PokerStars Championship Bahamas, and will run from January 6-14. Many of the events from PCAs of the past will remain on the schedule, including the $5,000 Main Event, $25,750 High Roller and the $100,000 Super High Roller.

Following PokerStars Championship Bahamas will be the two major Festival stops announced thus far. The first Festival will be in London, from January 22-29. The highlight of the London Festival is the £990 Main Event with a £2,200 High Roller preceding it.

Similar to London, Rozvadov, Czech Republic will hold a high roller at the €2,200 price point with the Main Event buy-in set at €1,100. The Festival takes place March 2-13.

In place of a spring LAPT stop, PokerStars Championship Panama will take place from March 10-20. This stop includes a $5,300 Main Event, $10,300 High Roller and a $50,000 Super High Roller. The PokerStars event in Panama marks the only visit to South America on the 2017 schedule.

After its trip to Panama, PokerStars will head east to Macau for another Championship event from March 30-April 9. Four major events are in store for this series including a HKD 82,400 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller. The other three on the docket are the HKD 42,400 Main Event, HKD 103,000 High Roller and the HKD 400,000 Super High Roller.

The last of the announced events will take place at Monte Carlo, the home of the former EPT Grand Final. This Championship series will is scheduled for April 25-May 5. Among the events set to take place includes a €5,300 Main Event, €25,750 High Roller, a €100,000 Super High Roller along with a €50,000 Single day No Limit Hold’em event.

Regarding the changes for 2017 and PokerStars’ vision for the future, Director of Live Events, Edgar Stuchly said, “PokerStars has an incredibly rich live events heritage, having hosted more than 560 tournament series, attracted more than 800,000 entries and awarded more than $1.5 billion in prize money. The PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival events are an enhancement of the existing PokerStars sponsored live events, helping to take our vision for live poker to a whole new level.”