Live poker in numbers

Quarterly reports from Live Poker Calendar: how many live poker festivals and tournaments are scheduled, where, and the biggest guarantees, counted from the organizers' own schedules and frozen on the day they're published.

Q4 2026On 11 Oct 2026, Live Poker Calendar listed 181 live poker festivals running in Q4 2026, in 104 cities across 29 countries, with 2,495 tournaments and €214M in guarantees. The biggest guarantee is NLH Super Main Event at WSOP Paradise 2026 in Nassau: US$50M. The busiest month is October 2026, with 96 festivals. The median Main Event costs €550.