WSOP Circuit Paris 2026: Partouche Casino Club Schedule & Satellites

Last Updated on September 2, 2026 by Bala Kumar

WSOP Circuit Paris 2026 runs from September 1 to 14 at the Partouche Casino Club, 10 avenue de la Grande-Armée in the 17th arrondissement, a short walk from the Arc de Triomphe. Thirteen WSOP Circuit rings are on offer, buy-ins run from €250 to €3,500, and the €1,500 Main Event plays five starting flights between September 6 and 12 before a final day on September 14. Every ring winner also collects a $5,000 package to WSOP Paradise in the Bahamas. Satellites start at €100, and the cheapest regular route into the Main Event is the €180 Win Your Seat, which runs almost every day of the festival.

That is the short version. Here is what actually matters if you are deciding whether to book a flight.

In this article

• Why this stop is different from the 2024 Paris edition
• The full ring event schedule
• How the Main Event flights work
• Satellites: the real cost of getting in
• How big will the fields be? A look at the numbers
• Picking events by bankroll
• Practical notes for travelling players
• FAQ

Why is this Paris stop different from 2024?

The last time the WSOP Circuit came to Paris, in 2024, organisers could not find a club with enough capacity and ended up running the festival inside Stade Jean-Bouin, the rugby stadium. It worked, but nobody pretended it was a poker room.

This year is a different proposition. The Partouche Casino Club opened its doors on May 12, 2026, and this festival is its first real test on an international stage. Groupe Partouche is running it alongside Texapoker, the French operator that also handles the Circuit stops in Aix-en-Provence, Sanremo and Malta. That partnership matters more than it sounds. Multi-flight festivals live or die on registration desks, clock discipline and clean payouts, and this is a crew that has run the same playbook a dozen times.

The practical upshot for you: a purpose-built venue in central Paris, open from noon until 6am, with free entry for adults. You pay for tournaments, not for the door.

What is the full WSOP Circuit Paris 2026 ring schedule?

Twelve rings are decided live at the club. The thirteenth is played online on PMU Play.

Alongside the rings, a €400 side event fires daily at 6pm. The rotation covers Deepstack, Knockout, Superstack, Pot-Limit Omaha and a mixed No-Limit Hold’em / PLO event on September 12. These are the games that keep your evenings busy when you bust a flight early.

One quiet standout: the Colossus. At €300 it is the cheapest live ring on the schedule, and it spreads seven starting flights across a full week (September 3 to 10, with the final day on the 10th). If you are in Paris for any stretch of the festival, you will almost certainly be able to fit one in. Historically these low buy-in, high-volume events draw the biggest fields of the series, which cuts both ways: a soft player pool, but a long grind to the money.

How do the €1,500 Main Event flights work?

Five chances to bag a stack, then two days to win it.

Note the four-day gap between Day 1A and Day 1B. That is deliberate. It lets the field build through the first week’s ring events, and it means Day 1A is usually the smallest and softest flight of the five. If your schedule is flexible and you like a quieter room, September 6 is the day to target.

The flip side is Day 1E on the evening of September 12. It is a turbo, it is the last entry point, and it will be packed with players who busted earlier flights and want one more shot. Fast structures reward aggression and punish patience, so treat it as a different tournament rather than a fifth bite at the same one. If you only have one Main Event bullet in your budget, do not spend it there.

There is a scheduling clash worth planning around. On September 13, Main Event Day 2 begins at 1pm, the €1,000 Deepstack Day 1 starts at 3pm, and the €3,500 Super High Roller Day 1 starts at 8pm. If you make Day 2 of the Main, you are effectively locked out of the Deepstack. Then on September 14, three final days run simultaneously from 1pm. Deep runs are wonderful and also expensive in opportunity cost.

What do the satellites cost, and are they worth it?

This is where most players actually save money, and it is the part of the schedule that gets overlooked.

The €180 Win Your Seat is the workhorse. It runs at 9:30pm most nights from September 1, with extra midday editions at 12:30pm on the busiest days. That schedule is the important detail: arrive in Paris a few days early and you can take four or five shots at €180 before Day 1A even deals a card. Two failed attempts plus a direct buy-in still costs less than €1,900, and a single win takes your effective Main Event cost down to €180.

Flash satellites are a different animal. They fire 15 minutes before the target event, run very fast, and pay a small number of seats. Think of them as a last-minute lottery with an edge, not a core strategy.

The online route runs through PMU Play, which hosts qualifying satellites on Monday evenings at 9pm for €125, with two packages worth €1,750 each guaranteed. There is also a €250 WSOPC Online ring event with a €100,000 guarantee, played across three flights on September 6, 13 and 14, with the final table on the evening of the 14th.

One important caveat for international readers: PMU Play operates under a French licence. If you are not in France, you almost certainly cannot register there. Overseas players should plan on satelliting live at the club instead, which is why arriving two or three days ahead of your target flight is genuinely good value rather than just tourism.

How big are the fields likely to be?

Nobody can tell you the Paris numbers before they happen, but the Circuit’s recent French and Italian stops give you a realistic frame. Here is what comparable €1,500 Main Events have produced:

Two things jump out. First, a €1,500 Circuit Main Event in this region reliably lands somewhere between 750 and 900 entries and clears a seven-figure prize pool. Second, look at what happened when Aix raised its buy-in from €1,000 to €1,500: entries roughly halved, but the prize pool only fell about 18 percent. Higher buy-in means fewer, better opponents and a nearly comparable pool. That is a materially tougher tournament to win.

Paris has one advantage those stops do not: it is Paris. A capital city with three international airports and Eurostar connections pulls a bigger foreign contingent than Provence does. If the Main Event pushes past 900 entries, the venue’s location will be the reason.

For the smaller rings, the Aix 2026 results are a useful yardstick: the €300 Mini Main drew 878 entries for a €219,148 pool with 117 places paid, the €550 Seniors drew 143, the €550 Mystery Bounty drew 388 for €182,515, and the €2,500 High Roller drew 133 for €287,280. Expect Paris to run at or slightly above those levels.

Which event should you play?

Under €500 total. Play the €300 Colossus. Seven flights means you can pick a quiet weekday, and the ring is worth exactly as much as the one in the Main Event. Add a €100 Flash satellite if the Mini Main is still running when you arrive.

€500 to €1,000. The €500 Mystery Bounty (September 4 to 6) is the best-value ring on the board for recreational players. Bounty formats reward the kind of loose, action-oriented play that casual fields produce anyway, and the mystery element means a short stack always has something to fight for. Alternatively, take three €180 shots at the Main Event and keep €400 back for a daily side event.

€1,500 to €2,500. Buy in directly to the Main Event and target Day 1A on September 6. Keep the €400 dailies as your recovery plan rather than firing a second Main bullet.

€2,500 and up. The €2,500 High Roller on September 9 sits in a quiet window before the Main Event flights ramp up, and with roughly 130 entries at comparable stops, it is a genuinely beatable field for anyone with tournament experience.

Practical notes before you go

• Address: Partouche Casino Club, 10 avenue de la Grande-Armée, Paris 75017. Metro Charles de Gaulle Etoile or Argentine.
• Opening hours: noon to 6am daily. Entry is free and restricted to adults.
• Bring photo ID. French gaming clubs verify identity at the door. A passport or national ID card is required, not a driving licence.
• Check structures in the WSOP Live app. Blind levels, starting stacks and re-entry rules are published there and are the only source you should trust over a third-party listing. Structures do occasionally change close to the event.
• Currency and prizes. All buy-ins and payouts are in euros. The Paradise package is quoted in dollars because it is a WSOP-wide prize, redeemable at Baha Mar in the Bahamas in December 2026.
• Results. Texapoker publishes daily chip counts and results throughout the fortnight, so you can track a flight remotely if you are deciding whether to travel mid-festival.

The honest verdict

WSOP Circuit Paris 2026 is the strongest schedule the tour has brought to the French capital, and the venue upgrade from a rugby stadium to a purpose-built club is not a small thing. The €1,500 Main Event will be tougher than the €1,000 fields of a few years ago, but the satellite programme is unusually generous. At €180 a shot with two windows most days, a disciplined player can realistically enter the biggest tournament of the French autumn for a tenth of the sticker price.

If you take one thing from this article: get to Paris before your target flight, not on the morning of it.

Frequently asked questions

When and where is WSOP Circuit Paris 2026? It runs from September 1 to 14, 2026, at the Partouche Casino Club, 10 avenue de la Grande-Armée, Paris 75017, near the Arc de Triomphe. The club is open daily from noon to 6am and entry is free for adults.

How much is the WSOP Circuit Paris Main Event buy-in? The Main Event costs €1,500. It plays five starting flights on September 6, 10, 11 and 12 (with a turbo Day 1E on the evening of the 12th), Day 2 on September 13, and the final day on September 14.

How do I qualify for the Main Event through a satellite? The cheapest regular route is the €180 Win Your Seat satellite, which runs at 9:30pm most nights and at 12:30pm on several days, giving roughly 8 to 1 leverage on the €1,500 buy-in. A €300 Flash Satellite also fires 15 minutes before each Main Event flight. Online qualifiers run on PMU Play at €125 on Monday evenings, but that platform is licensed in France only.

What does winning a WSOP Circuit ring in Paris get you? Every ring winner receives the WSOP Circuit ring, their share of the prize pool, and a $5,000 package to WSOP Paradise at Baha Mar in the Bahamas in December 2026.

How many rings are available at WSOP Circuit Paris 2026? Thirteen. Twelve are decided live at the Partouche Casino Club and one is the €250 WSOPC Online event on PMU Play, which carries a €100,000 guarantee and plays its final table on the evening of September 14.

Which event is best for a small bankroll? The €300 Colossus. It is the cheapest live ring event, runs seven starting flights between September 3 and 10, and awards exactly the same WSOP Circuit ring and Paradise package as the €3,500 Super High Roller.

Can international players enter? Yes. All live events are open to adults with valid photo identification, and no membership is required. The only restriction is online qualification through PMU Play, which is limited to players in France. Overseas players should satellite live at the club instead.

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