Dusk Till Dawn dates its UKPC Grand Final for 4-7 February 2027, and publishes the Christmas Cup flight ladder
Nottingham's Dusk Till Dawn has put dates and a price on the closing event of its UK Poker Championships: the UKPC Grand Final runs Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 February 2027, GBP 2,000 plus a GBP 200 fee, with two Day 1 flights, 200,000 starting stacks and an hour a level. The club has also published the full starting-flight ladder for its GBP 200,000-guaranteed Christmas Cup, which turns out to open on 21 December rather than Boxing Day.
Dusk Till Dawn, the Nottingham club that is Europe's largest purpose-built poker room, has dated the closing event of its UK Poker Championships. The UKPC Grand Final plays Thursday 4 to Sunday 7 February 2027 for GBP 2,000 plus a GBP 200 registration fee — GBP 2,200 all-in, with no guarantee printed.
The structure is slower than most British events at that price. Day 1A on the Thursday and Day 1B on the Friday both start at 12:00 with 200,000 chips and a 60-minute clock, playing nine levels each. Registration and re-entry stay open through Day 2 on the Saturday, whose own late registration closes at 13:20, and Day 3 plays to a winner from 12:00 on the Sunday.
It is a separate trip from the festival it closes. The UK Poker Championships themselves run 25-31 January 2027 at the same club, leaving a four-day gap before the Grand Final. Anyone planning both should also know that the club's site is inconsistent about February elsewhere — its APAT UK Team Champs page carries two different date ranges on the same page — so a call before booking travel is worth the time.
The club has also filled in the detail on its Christmas festival, and the headline dates understate it. Dusk Till Dawn advertises the Christmas Cup as 26-30 December 2026, but its printed schedule opens on Monday 21 December: four online Day 1 flights at 20:05 on 21, 22, 23 and 26 December, played on GGPoker UK, and eight live ones — Day 1A on 23 December at 18:00, Day 1B on Boxing Day at 16:00, then pairs at 13:00 and 18:00 on each of 27, 28 and 29 December. All twelve flights are GBP 150 plus GBP 30 into the same GBP 200,000 guarantee, with GBP 25,000 advertised for first place, and the Final Day is Wednesday 30 December at 13:00.
Two other tournaments sit inside that week. A Monster Stack on 23 December at 19:00 is GBP 50 plus GBP 10 for GBP 10,000 guaranteed, and a Christmas Shield on the closing day matches the Cup's GBP 150 plus GBP 30 price for a GBP 30,000 guarantee — though the Shield appears only among the club's featured tournaments and not in the printed schedule, so its start time is unstated.
Two further festivals are listed without years attached: a Spring Cup on 24-31 May and a Summer Cup on 23-30 August. Neither carries a printed year, and neither has a schedule yet, so we have not dated them.
Figures above are as printed by the club on 15 November 2026. Bonus and guarantee terms can change; confirm with the venue before travelling.
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