GGPoker and Grosvenor Casinos have agreed a live events partnership covering Grosvenor’s UK tournament schedule, including The Goliath, the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) and the UK Open. The companies said the agreement is designed to link online qualification on GGPoker with live play across Grosvenor’s casino network.

Under the deal, GGPoker will sponsor more than 50 poker festivals annually across the majority of Grosvenor Casinos’ 35 poker rooms nationwide, with additional local and regional events also included.

The partnership includes added-value incentives for players who qualify or buy in via the GGPoker client. These include a 20% cash boost on winnings at The Goliath, G200 and G300 events, and a 10% cash boost at all GUKPT stops. Promotions also include a “£5,000 GGPoker x Goliath Last Longer competition,” plus on-site perks such as GGPoker merchandise.

Angela Martin, UK & Ireland Head of Marketing at GGPoker, said: “We are incredibly proud to partner with Grosvenor Casinos. At a time when rewards are being scaled back across much of the gaming industry, GGPoker is determined to do the opposite. Supporting the live poker scene is vital for the health of our favorite game, and we are thrilled to give real value back to this fantastic community. With our massive cash boosts and dedicated satellite tournaments, if you plan to play a Grosvenor Casinos event in the future, you’ll now have new pathways with added value for players qualifying through GGPoker.”

Sue Price, Director of Gaming, Grosvenor Casinos, added: “This is a hugely exciting partnership for us and the poker community in the UK. We’re confident that the strengths we both bring will result in improved experiences with more value delivered to our players. We also aim to grow our Poker offer over the duration of the partnership -whether that be through bigger events, more events or increased prize pools. We’ve very much looking forward to working with the team at GGPoker who’ve shown they have a very clearly aligned ambition to ourselves, which is exciting for our teams and our players alike.” Satellite qualifiers for The Goliath are already live in the GGPoker client, with qualifier schedules for the GUKPT and other events to be announced in the coming weeks.

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Online poker festival runs May 3 to June 9 and includes a $3m leaderboard plus three $10m guaranteed flagship events.

GGPoker has announced the return of its GG World Festival tournament series, set to run from May 3 through June 9, 2026. The operator said the schedule will offer $300,000,000 in guaranteed prizes across the series, up from the $250m guarantee it offered last year.

The festival is split into four buy-in tiers: Low ($3–$25), Medium ($26–$150), High ($151–$1,050) and Super ($1,051+). GGPoker said the series will include hundreds of tournaments over five weeks.

GGPoker is also bringing back its festival leaderboard with $3,000,000 in additional prizes across the four tiers: $300K (Low), $700K (Medium), $1M (High) and $1M (Super).

Three events will anchor the schedule, each with a $10,000,000 guarantee: the $525 World Bounty Festival (Day 2) on May 18, the $10,000 GGMillion$ Main Event (Day 2) on May 25, and the $1,500 GG World Championship (Day 2) on June 1.

“Last year we set the bar at $250 million, and the community response was legendary,” said Daniel Negreanu, GGPoker Global Ambassador. “But at GGPoker, we don’t just want to meet expectations; we want to smash them over and over again. This year, we’re going to $300 million. Whether you’re playing a $3 Low Tier tournament or the $10K GGMillion$ Main Event, you’re part of the biggest thing to ever happen in online poker. This is the stage where legends are made.”

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WSOP says the €5,300 Main Event drew 2,617 entries and created a €13.085m prize pool, the largest open event in European history.

Marius Kudzmanas has won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe Main Event, taking home the €2,000,000 top prize and the WSOP Europe Main Event Champion’s gold bracelet, WSOP announced on April 11, 2026.

WSOP said the €5,300 Main Event attracted 2,617 entries and generated a €13,085,000 prize pool, calling it the largest open event in European poker history.

Across the wider WSOP Europe festival, WSOP reported more than 80 countries represented, 15 WSOP gold bracelets awarded, over €39,500,000 in prizes, and 15,779 total entries across all bracelet events.

WSOP also highlighted Switzerland’s Anna Eggenberger winning the inaugural WSOP Europe €1,000 Ladies Championship for her first bracelet, topping a 197-player field that WSOP said was the biggest ladies championship event ever held outside of Las Vegas.

WSOP executives framed the turnout as a signal of momentum heading into the summer WSOP in Las Vegas, scheduled to run May 26 through July 15. “We are absolutely thrilled with the phenomenal success of this year’s WSOP Europe, which has set new parameters for poker on the continent,” said Ty Stewart, Chief Executive Officer of WSOP. Gregory Chochon, Chief Operating Officer of WSOP, added: “This edition of WSOP Europe was the best yet, and we’d like to sincerely thank all of the players, dealers, staff, partners, and media that came together to make the festival so special. A core WSOP goal is to continually refine and improve our events – with that in mind, we can’t wait for the action to kick off next month in Las Vegas!”

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