Five more PokerStars Festival events have been announced for Asia, Europe, and South America. (Neil Stoddart / PokerStars)

With the first PokerStars Championships and Festivals of 2017 already in the books, the world leader in online poker announced today five more Festival stops across Asia, Europe, and South America for later this year.

“We are excited to take our PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival across the globe bringing our vision for live poker to a whole new level, ensuring a year filled with far more winning moments than ever before,” said Edgar Stuchly, PokerStars Director of Live Events. “The wide range of poker events on offer in new and exciting destinations shows the expansion of poker and underscores our commitment to growing the game while providing the best live poker experience to players all over the world.”

The first of the new festivals will take place in Chile at the Vina del Mar Hotel & Casino, within the friendly confines of the “Garden City.” The four marquee events set to take place include a PokerStars Cup and Open along with a $3,300 High Roller and $1,650 Main Event. The Main Event runs from May 23-27 with the Festival starting on May 20.

Following the trip to Chile, the PokerStars Festival heads across the Atlantic to Marbella, Spain. From June 19-25, the former UKIPT stop hosts to the first ever PokerStars festival held in Spain. The two major events held at Casino Marbella will be a €1,100 Main Event and a €2,200 High Roller.

The inaugural PokerStars Festival in Asia will take place a month later when South Korea plays host. Only 36 kilometers west of Seoul, the newly opened Paradise City will run events from July 14-24. The official schedule of events for the Festival has yet to be released.

Once the Festival in South Korea wraps, it is on to The Philippines and the PokerStars Festival Manilla from July 28 through August 7. All events will take place at the PokerStars LIVE at City of Dreams Manila, which opened in 2014. As with South Korea, the full schedule of events has yet to be released.

The last of the latest updates to the schedule of Festivals is the PokerStars Festival Uruguay, which takes place from September 16-23. Similar to PokerStars Festival Chile, there will be a $3,300 High Roller and $1,650 Main Event.