California's biggest autumn guarantee is a $200 tournament: inside Big Poker Oktober 2026

The Bell Gardens cardroom that trades as Parkwest Bicycle Casino opened Big Poker Oktober on 2 October and runs it to 8 November. Its published structures list 49 distinct events, and the two biggest numbers on it belong to tournaments most players could afford.

The **Mini Mega Millions XII** guarantees $1,000,000. Day 1 flights run from 25 October to 2 November, with a $400 flight at 4pm on most days and a cheaper $200 flight at 2pm on seven of them. Day 2A falls on 2 November and Day 2B on 3 November, each with a $1,400 direct entry, and the field merges for Day 3 on 4 November. A guarantee is a floor rather than a projection, so the cheap route in does not dilute it.

The **Parkwest Championship VI** guarantees $500,000 off a $400 entry, with fifteen Day 1 flights between 11 and 18 October and a $1,600 Day 2 on 19 October.

The more unusual part of the schedule is what sits between the two. California's licensed cardrooms are overwhelmingly hold'em and Omaha houses, and scheduled mixed-game tournaments are scarce. Big Poker Oktober puts on a Limit Triple Draw event rotating A-5, 2-7 and Badugi on 14 October; No Limit 2-7 Single Draw and a Pot Limit Omaha High / Pot Limit Big O double-header on 20 October; a four-format Mixed Game Championship from 21 to 25 October, whose Day 1 flights are played as E/O, T.O.R.S.E, Limit Triple Draw and H.E.R.O.S before a $1,200 T.O.R.S.E final day; an 8 Game Mix on 28 October; and a 5 Game Mix at $600 on 29 October. For anyone who plays something other than hold'em, that fortnight is the strongest offering in the state.

The rest of the calendar is built for volume rather than headlines: a $240 Survivor at 7:30pm on 34 of the 38 nights, deep stacks and super stacks most mornings at 11am, a $300 Super Stack Sunday guaranteed at $100,000 on four Sundays, a $260 Ladies Event on 17 October and a $300 Seniors 50+ event on 20 October and 5 November. The series closes on 8 November with the last Super Stack Sunday and a $360 Survivor.

One practical note for anyone looking the room up: the casino's old bicyclecasino.com address no longer belongs to it. On 14 October 2026 that domain was parked and offered for sale, carrying unrelated online-gambling articles. The room's own site is thebike.com, and that is where the structures above are published.

All dates, buy-ins and guarantees here come from the venue's own published schedule, read on 14 October 2026, and can change before the events are played.