WSOP Circuit Middelkerke 2026: Schedule and Main Event
The WSOP Circuit returns to the Belgian coast from 6 to 15 November 2026, bringing ten days of live tournament poker to Casino Middelkerke Betfirst by Partouche. The schedule includes nine WSOP Circuit ring events, with the €1,500 Main Event running across four starting flights from 11 November.
Ten days of live poker in Middelkerke
The festival is organised by Texapoker and takes place at Casino Middelkerke in Middelkerke. WSOP’s event page lists the venue as Casino Middelkerke Betfirst by Partouche. The 2026 stop is set to award nine Circuit rings across nine events. Texapoker also lists a $5,000 WSOP Paradise package alongside each ring event.
The schedule begins on Friday 6 November with the first two flights of the €300 No-Limit Hold’em Mini Main Event. Two further flights follow on Saturday, before its final day on Sunday 8 November. The opening weekend therefore starts with a lower buy-in multi-flight event before the festival moves into its other ring tournaments.
Friday and Saturday each include a lunchtime and an evening flight, listed at 12:30 and 20:00. The Sunday final closes the Mini Main Event before the remaining ring tournaments continue through the following week.
Main Event runs from 11 to 15 November
The headline tournament is the €1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. Its four starting flights are scheduled for Wednesday 11 November at 12:30, Thursday 12 November at 12:30, Friday 13 November at 12:30 and Friday 13 November at 20:00. The festival organiser lists the Main Event as running through Sunday 15 November.
That layout gives the central tournament four separate entry days across three calendar dates. Players who enter on Friday have a choice of an afternoon or evening flight. The official WSOP page lists the event buy-in as €1,500, while the organiser’s schedule breaks it down as €1,350 plus a €150 fee.
The Main Event is not the only route into the week’s headline action. Texapoker’s schedule also lists Main Event satellites on the opening Friday and Saturday, each at €150 plus €20. The official live schedule should be checked for the latest event details before travelling, as WSOP directs visitors to its WSOP LIVE app for tournament information.
Other ring events on the programme
The early part of the festival includes several formats alongside the Mini Main Event. Sunday 8 November features a €550 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em event for players aged 50 or over. The €550 Mystery Bounty begins on the same day, with further starting flights scheduled for Monday 9 November and its final day on Tuesday 10 November.
Tuesday 10 November is the busiest single day in the published WSOP schedule. The €500 No-Limit Hold’em Knockout is listed at midday, followed by the €2,500 High Roller at 15:00. Texapoker breaks the High Roller buy-in down as €2,250 plus a €250 fee. These are distinct ring events with different buy-ins, placing a lower-cost knockout and the festival’s highest listed buy-in tournament on the same date.
The closing weekend adds three more events. The €1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack and €300 Omaha are both scheduled for Saturday 14 November. The final ring event listed by WSOP is a €350 No-Limit Hold’em Bigstack on Sunday 15 November. That gives the last two days a mix of Hold’em and Omaha rather than extending the Main Event across the entire closing weekend.
How the schedule is organised
Across the nine ring events, the published programme combines multi-flight tournaments, age-restricted play, bounty formats, a knockout, a high roller, Deepstack, Omaha and Bigstack. The Mini Main and Main Event each have four starting flights, while the Mystery Bounty has three. The remaining tournaments are listed as single-day starts on the WSOP event page.
The buy-ins shown by WSOP range from €300 for the Mini Main Event and Omaha to €2,500 for the High Roller. The €1,500 Main Event sits between those points and is the festival’s central event by title and schedule. The €550 Seniors and Mystery Bounty, €500 Knockout, €1,000 Deepstack and €350 Bigstack provide additional options at different entry levels.
The event is a live tournament stop, not an online series. Its dates, venue and buy-ins are published by WSOP, with additional timetable and registration details on Texapoker’s festival page. The event sits alongside the wider Belgian tournament calendar covered in our Poker news section.
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