Glasgow Poker Festival 2026: £400 Buy-In, £200K Guaranteed and 9 Flights at Alea Casino
Updated on November 4, 2026.
The Glasgow Poker Festival 2026 Main Event starts today, Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m. GMT at Alea Casino. The £400 tournament guarantees £200,000, runs nine Day 1 flights through Sunday morning and plays its final day on Sunday, Nov. 8, according to the Irish Poker Tour, which runs the festival.
Quick summary
- Dates: Tuesday, Nov. 3, to Sunday, Nov. 8, at Alea Casino in Glasgow, with a festival guarantee of £350,000-plus.
- Main Event: £400 buy-in (£350 plus £50), £200,000 guaranteed, 40,000 starting chips.
- Nine Day 1 flights: from 1A on Wednesday at 6 p.m. to the 1I hyper-turbo on Sunday at 11 a.m.
- Final day: Sunday, Nov. 8, at 1:30 p.m. GMT.
- Side events: a £1,000 High Roller (£30,000 guaranteed), a £500 Omaha Championship and the £300 Glasgow Poker Cup.
When is the Glasgow Poker Festival 2026?
The Glasgow Poker Festival runs from Tuesday, Nov. 3, to Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, at Alea Casino, according to the Irish Poker Tour’s official page. The schedule actually opened a day early: Day 1A of a £120 Mystery Bounty ran on Monday, Nov. 2, and its final was played on Tuesday night.
The tour lists a festival guarantee of “£350,000+” across all events. The Main Event accounts for £200,000 of that. A guide to UK live poker in November from Pokergods lists the same £400 buy-in and £200,000 guarantee.
All times below are local, in GMT. Glasgow is on the same clock as London.
How does the Main Event work?
The Main Event costs £400 and gives you 40,000 chips in each Day 1 flight, with up to two re-entries per flight. Most flights have nine levels of 30 or 40 minutes. Players who finish a flight with chips move on to the final day; the tour’s notes say payouts usually go to about the top 10% of the whole field, across all flights.
The tour also holds back 3% of every prize pool for staff and 1% for the festival leaderboard, according to the same notes.
Flight | Day | Start (GMT) | Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
Day 1A | Wednesday, Nov. 4 | 6 p.m. | 30 minutes |
Day 1B | Thursday, Nov. 5 | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
Day 1C | Thursday, Nov. 5 | 6 p.m. | 30 minutes |
Day 1D | Friday, Nov. 6 | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
Day 1E | Friday, Nov. 6 | 6 p.m. | 30 minutes |
Day 1F | Saturday, Nov. 7 | 1 p.m. | 40 minutes |
Day 1G | Saturday, Nov. 7 | 4:30 p.m. | 30 minutes |
Day 1H | Saturday, Nov. 7 | 8:30 p.m. | 25 then 20 minutes |
Day 1I (hyper) | Sunday, Nov. 8 | 11 a.m. | 15 minutes |
Final day | Sunday, Nov. 8 | 1:30 p.m. | 40 minutes |
If you can’t spare £400, the schedule has Main Event target satellites at £75 (£60 plus a £15 fee) every day from Tuesday to Saturday. Each one awards three to five £400 seats.
What else is on the schedule?
The biggest side event is the £1,000 High Roller, guaranteed at £30,000, with Day 1 on Thursday at 4 p.m. and Day 2 on Friday at 1 p.m. Re-entry is unlimited during Day 1.
Other events, from the official schedule:
- Glasgow Omaha Championship: £500, £15,000 guaranteed, Friday at 2 p.m.
- Glasgow Women’s Championship: £150, £3,000 guaranteed, Saturday at 2 p.m.
- Glasgow Poker Cup: £300, £25,000 guaranteed, Sunday at 2 p.m.
- Daily £5k events: £150 tournaments with a £5,000 guarantee from Wednesday to Saturday, plus a £150 Monsterstack with 75,000 chips on Sunday.
The festival lands in a busy week for UK poker. The WSOP Circuit UK at Dusk Till Dawn in Nottingham starts on Friday, Nov. 6, with 13 rings and a £1 million guaranteed Main Event, as we covered in our WSOP Circuit UK 2026 preview.
What it means for players in the United Kingdom
You can play the festival in person if you are 18 or older; you register at Alea Casino. It is a live event, so there is no online qualifier through our partner rooms.
Online, sites that serve British players need a UK Gambling Commission licence, and the rules target operators, not players. Check how this works, and which sites take British players, in our guide to real money poker in the UK.
Among our partners, three rooms list the United Kingdom: ACR Poker, CoinPoker and Guts. Through us, ACR pays 35% rakeback and Guts 30% at the top level of its loyalty program, both paid monthly. CoinPoker pays 30% every week, in its CHP token. If you sign up through the button in our Guts Poker review and message us on Telegram, we register your account under our deal. You can also compare every room in our list of the best online poker sites, or see what that percentage is worth with the rakeback calculator.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the Glasgow Poker Festival 2026?
The festival runs from Tuesday, Nov. 3, to Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, at Alea Casino in Glasgow, according to the Irish Poker Tour. A Mystery Bounty event opened on Monday, Nov. 2.
How much is the Glasgow Poker Festival Main Event buy-in?
The Main Event costs £400 (£350 plus a £50 fee) and guarantees £200,000. Each Day 1 flight starts you with 40,000 chips and allows two re-entries.
When is the last Day 1 flight of the Glasgow Main Event?
The last flight is Day 1I, a hyper-turbo with 15-minute levels, at 11 a.m. GMT on Sunday, Nov. 8. The final day starts at 1:30 p.m. the same afternoon.
Can I qualify for the Glasgow Main Event for less than £400?
Yes. The schedule lists Main Event target satellites at £75 (£60 plus £15) every day from Tuesday to Saturday, each awarding three to five £400 seats.
Sources
- Irish Poker Tour: Glasgow Poker Festival 2026
- Pokergods: UK live poker tournaments and qualifiers, November 2026 guide
- PokerNews: 2026 WSOPC UK runs November 6-15
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