£4.7 Million in Guarantees for 2026 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour

by Roy Brindley, 11 November 2025

The 2026 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) dates and venues have been confirmed.

Grosvenor operates 50 casinos in the UK. Next year, seven of these will host GUKPT legs. © Getty Images

Key Facts:

• The 2026 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) features 10 legs.
• Three GUKPT festivals will be played in London: The Victoria.
• £4.7 million in GUKPT Main Event guarantees.
• Goliath 2026 is predicted to generate a £2 million prize pool.

Details of the 2026 Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT) have been announced. The UK’s longest-running poker tour will celebrate its 20th season in 2026, and to mark the occasion, almost £5 million in Main Event guarantees have been put in place.

The 2026 GUKPT features ten stops visiting seven Grosvenor casinos. London: The Victoria serves as the opening venue for the popular tour in January. A second stop in April is bookended by the GUKPT Grand Final, also in London: The Victoria, in mid-November.

Luton, with dates in May and September, is the second venue to boast more than one GUKPT. Manchester, Coventry, Glasgow, Leeds and Blackpool are other stops on the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour.

Katie Swift Carries Grosvenor’s Hopes

Speaking to online-casinos.com, Felix Shepherd, Grosvenor’s enthusiastic Poker Marketing Manager, said: “Since 2007, the GUKPT has been the heartbeat of UK poker. Every UK player dreams of lifting a GUKPT Main Event trophy. Grosvenor Poker is proud to announce the tour’s 20th series, cementing it as the longest-running poker tour in the UK.”

When asked about his predictions and hopes for the forthcoming GUKPT, Shepherd explained: “Poker is a game for all, and our sponsored pro Katie Swift is at the forefront of women’s poker.”

“In July, she finished seventh in the GUKPT Main Event Goliath edition, earning £38,480. She’s a fantastic encouragement to women in the game, and with more making deep runs, I hope 2026 is the year we see a female GUKPT Main Event champion.”

Three More Poker Monsters

GUKPT Main Events – except the £2,000 Grand Final – feature entry fees between £1,000 and £1,300, inclusive of registration fees. All carry a guarantee of at least £200,000.

Details of three other major competitions that form part of Grosvenor’s National Poker League (NPL) have also been released. The first, the £1,500 buy-in UK Open, will be played between February 5th and 15th in Coventry, where a £1 million guaranteed prize pool is up for grabs.

Coventry is also the venue for the jewel in Grosvenor Poker’s crown, the Goliath. In 2026, the £200 entry competition is predicted to boast a £2 million purse. Goliath 2025 generated £1,970,070 in prize money, of which Paul Worsley claimed a £316,640 first prize.

The curtain will come down on Grosvenor Poker’s live 2026 activities between December 7th and 13th, when £250,000 is the guaranteed prize pool for the Main Event of the long-running ‘Behemoth’ competition.

Grosvenor’s National Poker League is a leaderboard competition. Its star prize is a place on the Team Grosvenor Pro roster – a sponsorship package worth £40,000 – with significant prizes down to 18th place.