Behemoth 2026

The Behemoth plays Grosvenor Casino Coventry from 7 to 13 December 2026: £250,000 guaranteed against a £260 plus £40 buy-in, which makes it the best-value major on the UK calendar.

The value case

£300 to enter, £250,000 guaranteed. For comparison, the GUKPT Main Event at Blackpool guarantees the same £250,000 for £1,250. The Behemoth achieves it by running a long series of starting flights, online as well as live, and building one very large field.

Online and live Day 1s

Grosvenor runs Day 1s on both sides — you can take your first shot from home or in the room at Coventry. Satellites feed in from as little as £1.

Where it sits in the season

It is the final major National Poker League event of the year, falling the week after the G200's closing round at Sheffield and Glasgow Merchant City on 1–6 December.

A caveat on the schedule

When we checked on 1 October 2026, Grosvenor's own Behemoth page was still displaying the previous season's festival: its dates and weekdays line up with 2025 rather than 2026, and the page copy refers to finishing the 2025 NPL season. The dates and buy-in above come from Grosvenor's live poker index instead. Expect the per-event lineup, start times and flight structure to be published closer to the festival.