888poker UKPL Freeroll on Dec. 6: Play 40 Tournaments for a Shot at 30 £560 Coventry Seats

Updated on November 9, 2026.

888poker is giving away 30 seats in the £560 UKPL Coventry Main Event through a special freeroll on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2026. To get a ticket, you play 40 online tournaments on 888poker, BLAST included, each with a buy-in of $5 or more. The live Grand Final runs Dec. 15 to 20 in Coventry, with a £100,000 guaranteed Main Event.

Quick summary

• The challenge: 40 tournaments on 888poker, BLAST included, each with a buy-in of $5 or more.
• The freeroll: Sunday, Dec. 6, 2026, at 7 p.m. GMT, according to PokerNews. The top 30 win a £560 Main Event seat.
• The prize in total: 30 seats at £560, or £16,800.
• The festival: the 888LIVE UKPL Grand Final at the Grosvenor Casino at the CBS Arena in Coventry, Dec. 15 to 20.
• The Main Event: £560 buy-in, £100,000 guaranteed, four Day 1 flights from Dec. 17 to 19.

How does the 888poker UKPL freeroll work?

The 888poker UKPL freeroll is a free tournament on Dec. 6 where the top 30 finishers each win a seat in the £560 Coventry Main Event. You don’t pay to enter it. You earn the ticket by finishing a tournament challenge on 888poker first.

PokerNews describes the challenge as 40 tournaments, BLAST included, each with a buy-in of at least $5. BLAST is 888’s short Sit & Go for a few players, where the prize is drawn at random before it starts. PokerNews reported a window from Nov. 8 to 28 and said the offer is for UK-based players. Check the dates in the promotions tab of the 888 client before you start counting, because a game played outside the window may not count.

When is the UKPL Coventry Grand Final?

The UKPL Coventry Grand Final runs from Tuesday, Dec. 15, to Sunday, Dec. 20, 2026, at the Grosvenor Casino at the CBS Arena, home of Coventry City. It closes the 2026 UK Poker League, which also visited Luton, Blackpool, Reading and Manchester, according to PokerNews.

These are the main events on the schedule published by PokerNews:

• £250 Opening Voyage: £50,000 guaranteed, Day 1 flights on Dec. 15 and 16, Day 2 on Dec. 17.
• £1,100 High Roller: £50,000 guaranteed, Dec. 17 and 18.
• £560 Main Event: £100,000 guaranteed. Day 1A is on Dec. 17, Days 1B and 1C on Dec. 18 and Day 1D on Dec. 19. Day 2 starts at noon GMT on Dec. 20 and plays to a winner.
• Live satellites: £90 and £125 satellites award Main Event seats during the festival.

What did last year’s Coventry Main Event pay?

Last year’s £560 Main Event in Coventry drew 303 entries and a £143,930 prize pool, according to PokerNews, well above the £100,000 guarantee. Terelle Tavares won it after a three-handed deal, taking £27,518. Vitor Da Paiva got £23,213 and Wayne Peach £20,109.

So last year, a £560 seat let you play for a prize pool that ended up about 44% bigger than the guarantee, by our math from PokerNews’ numbers (£143,930 against £100,000). A new field can be smaller, of course, and nothing guarantees a cash.

Is the 40-tournament challenge worth it?

The challenge costs at least $200, which is 40 tournaments at the $5 minimum, by our math. Those buy-ins still play for normal prizes, so it is not a fee. It is the volume you need to put in.

Over the 21 days of the window PokerNews reported, from Nov. 8 to 28, that is about two tournaments a day, and that window has already started. If you already play a couple of $5 to $10 games each evening, the ticket comes almost as a side effect. If you would have to play more than usual, size it against your roll first: our bankroll calculator for tournament players tells you how much to keep set aside for the stakes you play.

Remember that a freeroll ticket is not a seat. Only the top 30 at the Dec. 6 freeroll win one, and 888 did not say how many players qualified last year. The seat also covers only the £560 buy-in. The reports we read do not mention travel or a hotel, so plan those costs yourself.

How do you join 888poker from the UK for the freeroll?

If you play from Great Britain, you can join 888poker through the international site, which our 888poker review lists as licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. New UK players get a £20 free bonus plus a 100% bonus up to $888, and the T&Cs apply. Read the bonus terms on 888’s offer page before you deposit. 888poker has no rakeback through our link.

In the UK, the licensing duties fall on the operator, not on you as a player. Our guide to real money poker in the UK explains the Gambling Commission rules, deposits and the sites that accept British players. If you also want to compare rooms outside 888, see our ranking of online poker rooms for real money.

For another UK festival from this season, see our post on the GUKPT Blackpool 2026 stop.

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Sources

• 888poker: UK Poker League 2026
• PokerNews: 888LIVE UKPL Grand Final 2026 schedule released
• PokerNews: Terelle Tavares goes wire-to-wire at 888poker UKPL Coventry

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