Pure Poker Festival Namur 2026: Main Event and Qualifiers

The Pure Poker Festival runs from 23 to 30 August 2026 at Circus Casino Resort Namur. Its centrepiece is a €250 Main Event with a €250,000 guarantee and a 50,000-chip starting stack. The schedule also gives players several lower-cost qualification routes and a broad set of side events.

For a wider view of the season, the 2026 poker tournament calendar places the Namur festival inside Belgium’s full live-poker schedule.

Pure Poker’s €250 Main Event is the core event

The Main Event starts on Sunday 23 August with Day 1/A at 15:00. Entry costs €250, the guaranteed prize-pool is €250,000 and the starting stack is 50,000 chips.

Further starting flights follow across the week. Day 1/B is scheduled for Monday 24 August, Day 1/C for Tuesday 25 August and Day 1/D for Wednesday 26 August. Thursday adds Day 1/E and a later Day 1/F, while Friday brings Day 1/G and Day 1/H.

That spread gives players several possible entry days rather than forcing one fixed starting slot. The festival announcement describes Main Event blind levels of 30 to 50 minutes.

Day 2 is scheduled for Saturday 29 August. Tournament rules state that 15% of the field will be paid. Registration for Main Event flights closes after level 10.

The €60 qualifier is the lowest listed Main Event route

Direct entry to the Main Event costs €250. The festival schedule also lists a €60 qualifier on Wednesday 26 August at 20:00.

“Qualifier to €250 Main Event – Seat @ 50K”. It has a €500 guarantee and a 10,000-chip starting stack.

There is another Main Event qualification option on Sunday 23 August at 21:00. The “Qualifier to 2X€250 Main Event” costs €115, has a €500 guarantee and starts players with 10,000 chips.

These are different propositions. The €60 event has the lowest listed buy-in for a Main Event qualification route. The €115 event is built around two €250 Main Event entries.

A player who wants certainty can enter the Main Event directly for €250. A player prioritising a lower initial cost can instead consider the €60 qualifier, accepting that qualification is not guaranteed.

Mystery Bounty has its own €95 qualifiers

The festival also includes a €400 Mystery Bounty event. Day 1 is scheduled for Wednesday 26 August at 18:00 with a €20,000 guarantee and a 40,000-chip starting stack.

Two €95 qualifiers are listed for that event. The first runs on Tuesday 25 August at 21:00. The second follows on Wednesday 26 August at 15:30. Each has an €800 guarantee and a 10,000-chip starting stack.

This creates a separate lower-cost route into the €400 event. It should not be confused with the €60 qualifier for the €250 Main Event.

The Mystery Bounty final is scheduled for Thursday 27 August at 15:00.

The schedule extends well beyond the Main Event

Pure Poker is not limited to one tournament. The programme includes a €125 Sunday Turbo on 23 August and a €150 250K Freezeout on 24 August.

Tuesday 25 August adds the €175 Big Tuesday with a €7,500 guarantee. On Thursday 27 August, a €150 PLO 5 event carries a €2,500 guarantee.

The official festival announcement also highlights a €550 High Roller on 29 and 30 August. That gives higher-stakes players a separate headline event during the final weekend.

Friday 28 August also contains a €250 qualifier to a €2,200 CPS Main Event. This is not a qualifier for Pure Poker’s own €250 Main Event, so players should check the target event carefully before entering.

Which route makes the most sense?

The simplest choice is direct entry. Paying €250 secures a Main Event entry without having to qualify first.

The €60 qualifier reduces the initial outlay by €190 compared with direct entry. It does not reduce the underlying Main Event buy-in; it creates a qualification route to that seat.

The €115 qualifier is a different option because its title specifies two €250 Main Event entries. It may suit players who prefer that package structure, but the higher qualifier buy-in should be weighed against the €60 route.

Players interested in the €400 Mystery Bounty have a separate €95 qualifier path. Keeping the Main Event and Mystery Bounty routes separate avoids entering the wrong satellite.

Check the schedule before travelling to Namur

The festival is scheduled for 23–30 August 2026 at Circus Casino Resort Namur, Avenue Baron de Moreau 1, 5000 Namur.

Tournament management reserves the right to change parts of the schedule. Break times can also move, and individual events have their own registration cut-offs.

Check the selected event and starting time again before travelling. Pay particular attention to the event named in a qualifier title, because the Friday €2,200 CPS qualifier targets a different Main Event.

Check the official Pure Poker Namur 2026 homepage

For most players, the decision is straightforward: choose direct €250 entry for certainty, the €60 qualifier for the lowest listed Main Event qualification cost, or the €95 qualifier if the €400 Mystery Bounty is the target.

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