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Blackpool Is Next: Full GUKPT Schedule and How to Win a Main Event Seat

19 Oct 2026

Samantha Doyle 19 Oct 2026

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The 2026 GUKPT Blackpool festival features over £500,000 in guaranteed prizes, including a £250,000 Main Event.
Players can qualify for the Main Event via online satellites or live in-venue qualifiers, with buy-ins starting at just £1.
The ten-day festival includes a variety of tournaments such as the Mini Main, High Roller, and GUKPT Cup.

The 2026 GUKPT has just one more stop to make before its season-ending Grand Final in London. For its penultimate stop, the tour is heading back to Blackpool for ten days of live poker on the Lancashire coast.

Running from October 30 to November 8 at Grosvenor Casino Blackpool, the penultimate GUKPT festival of 2026 comes with more than £500,000 in advertised guarantees.

The largest share of that belongs to the £1,250 Main Event, although the schedule also includes a £100,000 Mini Main, a £100,000 High Roller and the £50,000 GUKPT Cup before the festival wraps up on Sunday.

GUKPT Blackpool 2026 at a Glance

Detail	GUKPT Blackpool Information
Tour Stop	GUKPT Blackpool 2026
Venue	Grosvenor Casino Blackpool
Location	South Promenade, Blackpool, FY4 1BB
Tour Stop Dates	October 30 – November 8, 2026
Main Event	£1,250 NLHE Main Event
Main Event Dates	November 5–8
Main Event Guarantee	£250,000

Three Flights Into the £250,000 GTD Main Event

The £1,250 Main Event begins Thursday, November 5, when Day 1A gets underway at 1 p.m. Players start with 20,000 chips and play 60-minute levels, while registration remains available until the beginning of Day 2.

Day 1B follows at noon on Friday before a third, turbo flight begins at 9 p.m. that evening.

Everyone who makes it through those opening flights combines for Day 2 at noon on Saturday, November 7, with the final day beginning at the same time on Sunday. At least £250,000 is guaranteed across the Main Event prize pool, making it the largest single tournament on the Blackpool schedule.

How to Qualify for GUKPT Blackpool

Paying the full £1,250 Main Event entry is not the only route into Blackpool, with Grosvenor running both online Live Event Credit satellites and four in-venue Main Event qualifiers during the festival.

The live route starts on Sunday, November 1, when a £125+£15 Target Cashout Satellite guarantees 10 Main Event seats. Another 10-seat qualifier runs at 8 p.m. on November 4, followed by the same format on the evening of Day 1A.

The final opportunity comes at noon on November 6, when a £140 turbo satellite guarantees another five seats shortly before Day 1B begins.

Date	Time	Live Main Event Qualifier	Buy-in	Seats GTD
Nov 1	8 p.m.	Target Cashout Satellite	£140	10
Nov 4	8 p.m.	Target Cashout Satellite	£140	10
Nov 5	8 p.m.	Target Cashout Satellite	£140	10
Nov 6	12 p.m.	Turbo Target Cashout Satellite	£140	5

For players who want to qualify before travelling to Blackpool, Grosvenor's online Live Event Credit satellites run every day. The current ladder begins with feeders from £1, moving through £5 and £30 tickets before reaching finals awarding £200, £300, £500 or £1,250 in live-event credit.

The largest daily final is a £110 satellite at 8 p.m. which guarantees two £500 or £1,250 Live Event Credit awards, while £30 finals for £200 and £300 credit run at 7:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Feeders are scheduled regularly from 4 p.m., so a Main Event route can begin for considerably less than the direct buy-in.

Full GUKPT Blackpool Schedule

Date	Time	Event	Buy-in	Guarantee / Seats
Fri, Oct 30	6 p.m.	GUKPT Warm Up	£125	£15,000
Sat, Oct 31	12 p.m.	Kav Cup	£60*	—
Sat, Oct 31	—	Cash Game Giveaway Night	—	3 seats
Sun, Nov 1	12 p.m.	Mini Main Day 1A	£250	£100,000
Sun, Nov 1	6 p.m.	Mini Main Day 1B	£250	£100,000
Sun, Nov 1	8 p.m.	Main Event Target Cashout Satellite	£140	10 seats
Mon, Nov 2	2 p.m.	Mini Main Day 1C	£250	£100,000
Mon, Nov 2	5 p.m.	PLO 4 Card	£200	£10,000
Tue, Nov 3	12 p.m.	Mini Main Turbo Flight	£250	£100,000
Tue, Nov 3	4 p.m.	Mini Main Day 2	—	£100,000
Tue, Nov 3	5 p.m.	PLO High Roller Day 1	£1,000	£25,000
Tue, Nov 3	9 p.m.	High Roller Turbo Target Cashout Satellite	£170	2 seats
Wed, Nov 4	12 p.m.	High Roller Turbo Target Cashout Satellite	£170	2 seats
Wed, Nov 4	12 p.m.	PLO High Roller Day 2	—	£25,000
Wed, Nov 4	3 p.m.	High Roller Day 1	£1,500	£100,000
Wed, Nov 4	5 p.m.	NLHE Turbo	£200	£10,000
Wed, Nov 4	5 p.m.	Mini Main Day 3	—	£100,000
Wed, Nov 4	8 p.m.	Main Event Target Cashout Satellite	£140	10 seats
Thu, Nov 5	12 p.m.	High Roller Day 2	—	£100,000
Thu, Nov 5	1 p.m.	Main Event Day 1A	£1,250	£250,000
Thu, Nov 5	5 p.m.	Deepstack	£150	£10,000
Thu, Nov 5	8 p.m.	Main Event Target Cashout Satellite	£140	10 seats
Fri, Nov 6	12 p.m.	Main Event Turbo Target Cashout Satellite	£140	5 seats
Fri, Nov 6	12 p.m.	Main Event Day 1B	£1,250	£250,000
Fri, Nov 6	9 p.m.	Main Event Day 1C Turbo	£1,250	£250,000
Sat, Nov 7	12 p.m.	Main Event Day 2	—	£250,000
Sat, Nov 7	1 p.m.	GUKPT Cup Day 1	£550	£50,000
Sun, Nov 8	12 p.m.	Main Event Day 3	—	£250,000
Sun, Nov 8	12:30 p.m.	GUKPT Cup Day 2	—	£50,000
Sun, Nov 8	1 p.m.	Last Chance	£250	£15,000
Sun, Nov 8	4 p.m.	Closer	£200	£10,000
Mon, Nov 9	7 p.m.	Online Closer Day 1	£110	£15,000
Tue, Nov 10	7 p.m.	Online Closer Day 2	—	£15,000