Master Classics of Poker opens its 34th edition, and Holland Casino's winter calendar is now published in full

The oldest poker festival in the Netherlands reaches its 34th edition this week. The Master Classics of Poker opens on Friday 13 November 2026 at Holland Casino Amsterdam Centrum with what the venue calls its famous EUR 1,500 No Limit Hold'em re-entry tournament, at 12:30, and runs through to Saturday 21 November.

The Main Event costs EUR 2,750 plus a EUR 250 service fee and has two Day 1 flights, both at 15:00, on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 November. Day 2 follows on the Thursday, Day 3 on the Friday and the Day 4 final from 14:00 on the closing Saturday. Satellites at EUR 400 plus EUR 40 run repeatedly from the opening night with EUR 80,000 of seats in play.

Two high rollers bracket the week. The Pot Limit Omaha Highroller 6-Max plays six-handed at EUR 4,700 plus EUR 300 on the opening Friday night, and the No Limit Hold'em Highroller 8-Max at EUR 5,700 plus EUR 300 on 20 November is the festival's largest buy-in. In between sit two-day Hold'em and Omaha events, progressive and mystery bounty tournaments, nightly hyper turbos at EUR 300 plus EUR 30, and a EUR 500 team event on the final day.

The winter calendar behind it

What is new this week is that the rest of Holland Casino's winter programme is now published, and it is unusually full.

The Rounders Poker Festival returns to Holland Casino Rotterdam for a fourth edition from 11 to 19 December. Its Main Event guarantees EUR 250,000 at EUR 270 plus a EUR 30 service fee over five Day 1 flights, with unlimited re-entry; Holland Casino states that Day 1 plays down to 12.5 per cent of the field and that everyone reaching Day 2 is already in the money. A EUR 170 plus EUR 30 opener guarantees EUR 100,000 over four flights from the first Friday.

Holland Casino Enschede runs its Small Ball Event across December: seven re-entry start days at EUR 220 plus EUR 30, a 20,000 starting stack and 20-minute levels, with one qualifier for every eight entries and a final on Sunday 27 December.

The Dutch Open Cup spreads sixteen qualifiers across eight venues between late December and 12 January, all at EUR 220 plus EUR 30, with EUR 150,000 guaranteed across the tournament and the final two days played in Breda on 13 and 14 January.

That Cup final sits inside the Dutch Open Poker Series, which closes the Dutch poker year at Holland Casino Breda from 12 to 17 January 2027. Its Main Event is a freezeout at EUR 1,000 plus EUR 100 — one bullet, no re-entry — and its winner takes the Dutch championship from Matthijs van den Broek. A two-day Highroller at EUR 2,000 plus EUR 200 is the biggest buy-in of that week, with a EUR 500 plus EUR 50 Mini Main Event as the cheaper two-day option.

What it costs to follow the whole run

Every figure Holland Casino publishes is a buy-in plus a separate service fee, both charged on entry, so the headline numbers understate what leaves your pocket. Across the four festivals the cheapest entries are the hyper turbos at EUR 120 to EUR 200 and the Dutch Open Cup qualifiers at EUR 250; the ceiling is the Master Classics NLH Highroller at EUR 6,000.

A reservation is required for every Holland Casino tournament and can be cancelled up to one hour before the start, with the buy-in and service fee refunded less EUR 0.99.

Figures in this article were read from Holland Casino's own festival and series pages on 11 November 2026. Schedules can change; confirm with the venue before travelling.