UKPL Coventry 2026

The UK Poker League closes its 2026 season at Grosvenor Casino Coventry from 15 to 20 December. Grosvenor moved the festival from its original November dates and says so at the top of the UKPL page; seven tournaments carry £300,000 in guarantees, headed by a £150,000 Main Event.

The dates changed — read this first

Grosvenor's UKPL page, read on 2 November 2026, opens with a notice that the Coventry dates have changed and the festival now runs 15 to 20 December. Until October this stop was published as 10 to 15 November, including on this site. If you booked travel for November, re-check with the room before you go.

The Main Event

£500 plus a £60 entry fee, £150,000 guaranteed. The guarantee went up by half for 2026 — it was £100,000 the previous season — with the buy-in unchanged. Five starting flights run from Thursday to Saturday, the last of them a turbo, with Day 2 on the Sunday and 50,000 starting chips.

The other six

The 888poker Opening Voyage at £220+£30 guarantees £50,000 over three flights from the Tuesday. A £1,000+£100 High Roller guarantees another £50,000 across two days from Thursday. Then a £130+£20 four-card PLO for £10,000, the £100+£100+£20 KO Rumble for £5,000 on the Saturday, a £130+£20 Seniors for £5,000 and the £175+£25 Big Shot for £15,000 to close on Sunday.

Satellites

Targeted cashout satellites run most evenings of the festival, from £81+£9. They are tied to the event they feed: a seat can be handed to another player but has to be played, not cashed out.

Points and deductions

Most events award National Poker League points — restricted-entry events such as the Seniors do not. UKPL-branded events carry a 5 per cent deduction: 1 per cent to the NPL, 1 per cent to Grosvenor, 3 per cent to 888poker. Nothing is deducted from online events.

One loose end on Grosvenor's page

The 888poker UKPL 2026 terms further down the same page still set the season as finishing on 15 November 2026, which the rescheduled festival falls outside. Those terms also reserve Grosvenor's right to change the finish date, so the notice at the top of the page is the newer of the two statements.