888poker 2026: Every Upcoming Tournament, Live Event & Promotion You Should Know

Last Updated on June 22, 2026 by Bala Kumar

888poker has spent the first half of 2026 doing exactly what it promised it would do,  turning up. Three live festivals are already in the books, the new Global League is running right now, and the biggest stop of the year is still ahead. If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines wondering whether 888poker is worth your attention this year, the next six months are when the schedule rewards anyone paying attention.

This guide pulls together everything still ahead on the 2026 888poker calendar,  live events, online series, and the promotions that are easy to miss if you only check the lobby once a week.

888poker LIVE 2026: Three Down, One Big One to Go

The flagship 888poker LIVE tour visits four cities across the UK and Spain in 2026. Three stops have already wrapped: Madrid kicked the season off in January at the historic Casino Gran Via with 360 entries in the €880 Main Event. Glasgow followed in March, where Austria’s Martin Lechner outlasted 348 entrants to win £57,515. Barcelona took over Port Olímpic in late May.

That leaves the one most of Europe is circling on the calendar:

•       888poker LIVE London,  October 8 to 18, 2026 at The Victoria Casino (“The Vic”). The newly renovated room hosts the season finale, with the £888 Main Event historically drawing the largest field of the tour. The 2025 edition paid out £86,600 to the winner.

If you want the full tour at a glance:

Stop	Venue	Dates	Status
Madrid	Casino Gran Via	Jan 11-18, 2026	Completed – 360 entries
Glasgow	Merchant City Casino	Mar 12-22, 2026	Completed – Lechner won £57,515
Barcelona	Casino Barcelona	May 14-24, 2026	Completed
London (Finale)	The Vic (Victoria Casino)	Oct 8-18, 2026	UPCOMING – flagship event

🇬🇧 UKPL 2026 — UK Only (3 stops remaining)

Each stop runs the same format: £560 Main Event with £100,000 guaranteed, plus side events from £150–£1,100. All entries count toward the National Poker League standings.

Stop	Dates	Venue
Reading South	July 14–19, 2026	Grosvenor Casino, Rose Kiln Ln, Reading RG2 0SN
Manchester BNR	September 15–20, 2026	Grosvenor Casino, 2 Ramsgate St, Manchester M8 9SG
Coventry (Grand Finale)	November 10–15, 2026	CBS Arena, Judds Ln, Coventry CV6 6GE

🇪🇸 Noche de Poker El Festival — Spain Only (2 stops remaining)

Main Event buy-in: €440 · Online satellites from just €0.01

Stop	Dates	Venue
Sevilla	August 31 – September 6, 2026	Casino Admiral Sevilla, Tomares
Murcia	November 2–8, 2026	Casino Orenes Murcia

Online Series & Promotions (Still Running / Upcoming)

Event	When	Details
Global League	Until July 18, 2026	National-team format finale on July 18 with $3,000 country freeroll. Six freeroll satellites per week (Thursday–Saturday).
$100K Mystery Bounty	Every Sunday	Flagship weekly. Single knockout can be worth up to 10% of the prize pool.
The Rumble	Daily	PKO daily, low-mid buy-in.
The Dash	Daily	Turbo for quick action.
Sale Week	Recurring (TBA)	21 popular events at half buy-in, full guarantees intact.
KO Games	Expected November 2026	Annual series, typically features a rakeless $200K guaranteed Main Event.

UKPL 2026: The UK-Only League With Real Value

The UK Poker League, run in partnership with Grosvenor Casinos, returns for its third season with five stops between February and November. Every UKPL festival uses an identical seven-event schedule with buy-ins from £150 to £1,100, anchored by a £560 Main Event carrying a £100,000 guarantee.

Luton already opened the league in February (Wayne Peach took the title). The remaining stops are Blackpool, Reading South, Manchester and Coventry — the last stop traditionally doubles as the league finale, where top-leaderboard players cash in additional prizes earned through the season.

If you live in the UK and want predictable, affordable live poker on a route you can plan around, UKPL is the cleanest fit on the calendar.

Noche de Poker El Festival: Spain’s Expanded Live Tour

After a successful 2025 pilot in Alicante, 888poker has scaled Noche de Poker El Festival to four Spanish stops in 2026: Madrid, Alicante, Sevilla and Murcia. The series is built around accessible buy-ins, recreational-friendly structures, and a festival atmosphere designed for players who’d rather travel a couple of hours than fly across the continent. For Spanish residents, it is the cheapest route into a proper live 888 environment.

888poker Global League 2026: Running Right Now

Live in your lobby this week: the 888poker Global League is running from June 11 through July 18, 2026. It is the operator’s most interesting online promotion of the year, partly because the format is new for 2026 — individual play now feeds into a national team competition that ends with country-by-country freerolls.

Here is the short version:

•       Four weekly Main Tournaments ($5.50 buy-ins, $1,000 guaranteed each) award leaderboard points based on field size and finish position.

•       Six freeroll satellites per week (Thursday-Saturday) hand out 20 Main Tournament seats each — 120 free routes in every week.

•       Top player from each eligible country earns a spot in the July 18 Final 11, with a $3,000 freeroll for the winning nation.

•       Completion bonus: play all four weekly Main Tournaments and bank 50 extra points regardless of result.

Note that players from Denmark, Northern Ireland, Romania and Sweden are not eligible. Four weeks remain to climb the table before nations are locked in.

Online Series & Daily Tournaments You Should Know

Outside of the Global League, 888poker’s online lobby has a few standing fixtures worth bankrolling for:

•       $100K Mystery Bounty — the operator’s flagship weekly tournament, with hidden bounties up to 10% of the prize pool from a single knockout. Final tables stream every Monday on 888pokerTV.

•       The Rumble — a daily Progressive Knockout that punches above its buy-in. Ideal for grinders who like bounty math.

•       The Dash — a fast-structure turbo for when you want action without committing four hours.

•       Sale Week — a recurring promotion that halves the buy-in on 21 popular events while keeping guarantees intact. The February 2026 edition included Mystery Bounty $109 at $55 with the full $100K guarantee untouched.

•       KO Games — expected to return in November 2026, traditionally featuring a rakeless $200K Main Event.

Which Series Fits Which Player?

888poker runs different products for different bankrolls and travel budgets. Here is a quick map of who each series is built for:

Series	Main Event Buy-in	Guarantee	Region
888poker LIVE	£888 / €880	£250,000+	UK & Spain
UKPL (UK Poker League)	£560	£100,000 per stop	UK only
Noche de Poker El Festival	Affordable buy-ins	Tiered	Spain only
Global League (online)	Freeroll + low buy-in	Live packages	Worldwide

How to Qualify Online Without Breaking the Bank

Almost every 888poker LIVE Main Event has a satellite tree running online in the weeks leading up to it. The Global League is the most aggressive route this year,  the overall winner gets a full live package to a stop of their choice,  but you can also win seats directly through low buy-in satellites in the regular lobby. For UKPL events, qualifiers start as low as a few pounds and feed straight into Day 1 of the £560 Main.

The Bottom Line

888poker’s 2026 schedule is built around one simple promise: keep buy-ins reasonable, keep guarantees honest, and give recreational players genuine routes into live poker. With London still ahead, Global League running, and four UKPL stops to come, the back half of the year is where the calendar pays off. Bookmark the dates that matter, check the satellite lobby a week before each Main, and you’ll get more value out of 888poker in the next six months than most players manage in a full year.

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