Barrière Poker Tour (BPT)

Last Updated on October 2, 2026 by Bala Kumar

Barrière Poker Tour at a Glance

The Barrière Poker Tour (BPT) is a French live poker circuit run by Casinos Barrière. Each stop is a festival of several tournaments built around a €600 Main Event, with satellites from €100 and a €1,000 Masters 8-Max at the top end.

The 2026 season has six stops: Nice, Deauville, Paris, Toulouse, Cannes and a second Deauville stop. Four are complete. The next stop is BPT Cannes, October 8–11, 2026, followed by BPT Deauville, October 28 – November 1.

BPT 2026 Key Facts

The Barrière Poker Tour 2026 features six scheduled stops across France, including Nice, Deauville, Paris, Toulouse and Cannes. The headline BPT Main Event has a €600 buy-in at the current Cannes festival. Players can also enter €100 Main Event satellites or the €1,000 Masters 8-Max. The 2026 calendar currently runs through November 1, with BPT Cannes followed by the late-season BPT Deauville stop.

Barrière Poker Tour 2026 Schedule

Deauville is the only city with two stops in 2026. The late-October Deauville festival is the last stage listed on the 2026 calendar. Schedule last updated: October 2, 2026.

BPT 2026 Calendar by Month

Upcoming: BPT Cannes 2026 (October 8–11)

Cannes is the next stop, at Casino Barrière Le Croisette on the famous Croisette seafront. Barrière lists 14 tournaments for the festival. Here are the key ones published so far:

The remaining events, including the Main Event final day, the BPT Cup and Little BPT, will be added once Barrière publishes full details.

Starting flights: Day 1A uses 45-minute levels, while Day 1B uses 35-minute levels, giving players different tournament structures to consider when choosing a starting flight.

Upcoming: BPT Deauville 2026 (October 28 – November 1)

Deauville has produced some of the largest recent BPT Main Event fields. The October 2025 Main Event recorded 918 entries, compared with 727 in October 2024. Full schedule details for the 2026 festival will be added here once Barrière publishes them.

What Is the Barrière Poker Tour?

The Barrière Poker Tour is a live tournament circuit that moves between the casinos of the Barrière group across France. Instead of one single tournament, each stop is a four-to-seven-day festival with a mix of events:

•           a Main Event, the headline tournament with multiple starting days,

•           higher buy-in events such as the Masters 8-Max,

•           smaller side events such as the BPT Cup and Little BPT,

•           Mystery Bounty and Turbo KO tournaments for players who like bounties,

•           and satellites that let players win entry into bigger events for a fraction of the cost.

The €600 Main Event is the headline tournament at the 2026 BPT stops, alongside satellites and a range of side events.

The BPT Main Event Explained

Structures can change from stop to stop. In 2025, for example, the Toulouse Main Event had three starting days and 40-minute levels. Always check the structure sheet for your specific stop.

How big are BPT Main Event prize pools?

Results vary a lot by city. Here’s how recent Main Events compare:

Recent Deauville Main Events have attracted substantially larger fields than the Toulouse and Cannes examples listed above.

BPT Buy-Ins and What You’re Really Paying

Every BPT buy-in is split into a prize-pool part and a fee. Bounty events add a third part. Here’s how the Cannes 2026 fees compare:

The pattern is clear. Cheaper events carry a higher fee percentage. Satellites save you money up front, but you pay a higher share in fees. That’s fine if you win your seat on the first try. It gets expensive if you need three or four attempts.

BPT Satellites: How They Work

BPT satellites are the cheapest way into the Main Event and Masters.

Mega Satellite (€200): At Cannes, this awards a €1,600 package covering both the €600 Main Event and the €1,000 Masters 8-Max. That’s eight times the buy-in.

“Win Your Seat @95k” satellites (€100): Players start with 12,000 chips. Barrière lists these as “Win Your Seat @95k” satellites. Check the official tournament rules or the tournament desk for the exact qualification and payout conditions.

Satellite strategy tip: In a satellite, every seat is worth the same. Once you’re close to a seat, you don’t need to build a big stack. Folding marginal hands near the bubble is often the right play.

BPT Tournament Formats

•           Main Event: The €600 headline tournament at every 2026 stop.

•           Masters 8-Max: €1,000 buy-in, eight players per table. More hands per hour and stronger fields.

•           BPT Cup and Little BPT: Lower buy-in side events. Little BPT has run at €250 + €35 in past seasons.

•           Mystery Bounty: Part of every buy-in goes into hidden bounty prizes. When you knock someone out late in the event, you draw a random bounty.

•           Turbo KO: Fast blind levels (12 minutes at Cannes) with a bounty on every player.

Barrière Poker Tour Results

BPT 2026 Results Tracker

Results last updated: October 2, 2026. One row is updated after each completed stop.

Omar Lakhdari’s April win in Deauville made him only the third player to win two BPT Main Events, after Nicolas Ribeiro and Benjamin Hammann.

Notable recent winners

BPT Venues

BPT and Other Major Poker Tours

The Barrière Poker Tour is one part of a wider live tournament scene. Here is where it fits:

Read our guides to the European Poker Tour, the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker.

How to Play the Barrière Poker Tour

1.         Pick your stop. Use the schedule above.

2.         Check the official festival schedule on the Casinos Barrière website for that city.

3.         Choose your event. Main Event, side event or a satellite.

4.         Check the buy-in, structure and late registration rules. Each event page lists the starting stack and level length.

5.         Register through the casino’s official tournament page (“Infos & Inscriptions”) or at the tournament desk.

6.         Bring valid photo ID. French casinos require ID for entry, and players must be 18 or older.

BPT Tournament Strategy Tips

•           Use the deep stack. 50,000 chips with 35–45 minute levels gives you time. There’s no need to gamble early.

•           Adjust for bounties. In Mystery Bounty and Turbo KO events, calling wider against short stacks is often correct because of the bounty value.

•           Play tight on satellite bubbles. Survival matters more than chips.

•           Respect ICM at the final table. Pay jumps in a €600 event are big relative to the buy-in. Avoid marginal all-ins when shorter stacks are about to bust.

•           Watch live tells and timing. Recreational players at BPT stops often show their hand strength through bet sizing and speed.

A Short History of the BPT

Groupe Barrière traces its roots to Deauville in 1912. The Barrière Poker Tour itself has been running for well over a decade. In the early 2010s, BPT Main Events cost €1,500 and often included WSOP Europe packages in the prize pool. Today’s €600 Main Event format makes the tour much more accessible to recreational players.

The tour has also produced a small club of repeat champions. Nicolas Ribeiro, Benjamin Hammann and Omar Lakhdari are the only players to have won two BPT Main Events.

Latest BPT News on PokerClubGames

•           BPT Cannes 2026: Full Schedule, €600 Main Event & Results (coming soon)

•           BPT Cannes 2026 Results (after October 11)

•           BPT Deauville 2026: Schedule & Results (coming soon)

Editors – content structure for this cluster:

•           Pillar: /tournaments/barriere-poker-tour/ (this page)

•           Event pages: one per stop, e.g. /poker-news/barriere-poker-tour-cannes-2026/

•           Results articles: one per stop, e.g. /poker-news/bpt-cannes-2026-results/

•           Every event and results article links back to this pillar. This pillar links out to each of them, newest first.

•           Also link this pillar to the No-Limit Hold’em game page (/game/no-limit-texas-holdem/), the ICM guide (/strategy/icm/) and the poker odds calculator (/tools/poker-odds-calculator/).

•           Update routine: after each stop, fill the Results Tracker row, change the stop’s status to Completed, and update the “Last updated” dates.

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