The popular 888poker LIVE Festival is back on the road and heading to Coventry in the UK. Running October 10-20, the CBS Arena will play host to the final stop of 2024 for the tour and the schedule promises tournaments for every bankroll, along with cash games, surprises and the chance to battle the 888poker ambassadors.
The Coventry festival stop boasts both UK Poker League and 888poker LIVE events, with the £500,000 GTD 888poker LIVE Main Event serving as the series headliner. With a wide range of buy-ins and formats, there's no shortage of events for you to choose from, and the schedule includes satellites to the larger events for an opportunity to spin a small buy-in into some serious money.
If you're looking for a seat in the £888 Main Event, 888poker will run a number of online satellite events prior to the event's live kickoff in Coventry. You can earn your way through a series of satellite events, with buy-ins starting as low as $0.01, or you can enter directly into a $109 Qualifier event to win a $2,000 package.
The Main Event packages include your $1,130 (£888) Main Event buy-in, $500 for accommodation, $370 for travel expenses, and an 888poker LIVE poker kit.
The complete schedule of events is now live for you to begin planning your trip – check out the highlights below.
888poker LIVE Coventry schedule highlights
| Date | Event | Buy-in (GBP) |
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| October 10 | UKPL Opening Voyage 1A | £200 + £30 |
| UKPL Turbo Dash | £180 + £20 | |
| UKPL Opening Voyage 1B Turbo | £200 + £30 | |
| October 11 | UKPL Opening Voyage 1C | £200 + £30 |
| UKPL Main Event 1A | £500 + £60 | |
| UKPL Mini Shot | £100 + £10 | |
| UKPL Opening Voyage 1D Turbo | £200 + £30 | |
| October 12 | UKPL Opening Voyage Day 2 | |
| UKPL Main Event 1B | £500 + £60 | |
| UKPL Main Event 1C Turbo | £500 + £60 | |
| October 13 | UKPL Main Event Day 2 | |
| UKPL High Roller Day 1 | £1,000 + £100 | |
| UKPL Mid Shot | £200 + £20 | |
| October 14 | UKPL High Roller Day 2 | |
| UKPL The Mega KnockOut | £200 + £100 + £30 | |
| UKPL Seniors | £130 + £20 | |
| October 15 | Mystery Bounty 1A | £200 + £200 + £40 |
| The Big Shot | £300 + £30 | |
| Mystery Bounty 1B Turbo | £200 + £200 + £40 | |
| October 16 | 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 1A | £800 + £88 |
| Mystery Bounty Day 2 | ||
| High Roller Day 1 | £1,888 + £112 |
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| October 17 | High Roller Day 2 | |
| 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 1B | £800 + £88 |
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| 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 1C Turbo | £800 + £88 |
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| October 18 | 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 1D | £800 + £88 |
| 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 1E Turbo | £800 + £88 |
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| October 19 | 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 1F Turbo | £800 + £88 |
| 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 2 | ||
| The Dragon Day 1 | £500 + £50 |
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| October 20 | 888poker LIVE Main Event Day 3 | |
| The Dragon Day 2 | ||
| Beat the Ambassadors | £220 + £30 |
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| 888poker LIVE Closer | £180 + £20 |
888poker Ambassadors in the news
Recently, two of 888poker's Ambassadors made headlines in the poker community.
Nick Eastwood, streamer and professional player, returned to the traveling poker grind as he made his way to the UKPL Reading stop. Eastwood's trip to Reading came on the heels of an action-packed couple of weeks which saw him go from 888poker LIVE Manchester to UKPL Leeds. After a period of rest and recuperation, he hit the road once more, this time headed to a place where he first discovered his love for poker.
Meanwhile, at the King's Resort in Rozvadoz, Vivian Saliba made waves by winning her first-ever WSOP bracelet in a €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event. The Brazilian professional outlasted a field of 229 runners to score her first piece of WSOP silverware, along with the €91,400 top prize.
At 888poker LIVE Coventry, there's a chance for you to battle it out with Eastwood, Saliba, and the other 888poker Ambassadors. You may find yourself at one of their tables in any of the events on the schedule and you will definitely go up against them if you jump into the Beat the Ambassadors event on the festival's closing day. Whether that's a profitable endeavor to pursue is entirely case-dependent.
