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GUKPT Leeds Returns With £550,000 Guaranteed Across Festival

15 Sep 2026

Mrinal Gujare 15 Sep 2026

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GUKPT Leeds 2026 runs Sept 23-Oct 4 with £550K+ guaranteed.
Main Event offers £200K guarantee & 10% cash boost for GGPoker qualifiers.
A wide range of tournaments-last chance before the season Grand Final.

The 2026 GUKPT Leeds festival runs from September 23 to October 4, with at least £550,000 guaranteed. Highlights include the £200,000 Main Event, £100,000 Mini Main, £75,000 Warm Up, High Roller, GUKPT Cup and additional guaranteed tournaments.

The 2026 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) season is approaching its final stages, with only two legs remaining before the Grand Final takes place in mid-November.

The next stop is GUKPT Leeds, scheduled to run from September 23 through October 4, with at least £550,000 guaranteed across the festival's events.

The 2026 festival marks the 10th time Leeds has hosted a GUKPT stop during the tour's 20 seasons. The festival begins on September 23 with a £60 buy-in satellite at 7:00 p.m. The satellite will award at least 10 seats to both the £150 Warm Up and £250 Mini Main.

The first actual tournament of the festival starts at 6:00 p.m. on September 24, when the £150 GUKPT Warm Up gets underway with a £75,000 guaranteed prize pool.

As the GUKPT Warm Up reaches its conclusion on September 27, the first of four £250 Mini Main flights will begin. The Mini Main comes with a £100,000 guarantee, ensuring another six-figure prize pool target during the Leeds festival.

The wider schedule also features a variety of poker formats and buy-in levels. Other events include a £200 Pot-Limit Omaha, a £1,500 High Roller, the £340 GUKPT Cup, a £200 Turbo, a £250 Last Chance and a £200 Closer. Every event on the GUKPT Leeds schedule carries a prize pool guarantee.

£200,000 Guaranteed for GUKPT Leeds Main Event

The biggest tournament on the 2026 GUKPT Leeds schedule is the Main Event, which features a £200,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The tournament has three Day 1 flights, with late registration remaining available into early Day 2. Each flight has a £1,000 buy-in, although players can qualify through live satellites or online satellites hosted

by Grosvenor Poker and GGPoker.

Online qualification for the GUKPT Leeds Main Event at Grosvenor Poker starts from £1, while GGPoker is also offering satellites from £1.

GGPoker Players Receive a 10% Cash Boost

The 2026 GUKPT Leeds Main Event also includes a special benefit connected to the partnership between Grosvenor and GGPoker.

Players who win a satellite into the Main Event through GGPoker, or who buy into the Main Event using their GGPoker account, will receive a 10% cash boost on their winnings.

With the Main Event carrying the festival's largest guarantee and multiple satellite routes available, it forms the centerpiece of the GUKPT Leeds schedule.

GUKPT Leeds Heads Toward the 2026 Grand Final

GUKPT Leeds represents one of the final two stops of the 2026 GUKPT season before the Grand Final in mid-November.

Running from September 23 through October 4, the festival combines guaranteed tournaments across several buy-in levels, £1,500 High Roller, £340 GUKPT Cup, £250 Last Chance, and the £200,000 guaranteed Main Event.