888LIVE UKPL Grand Final Schedule Released; 30x Main Event Tickets to Be Won

The curtain comes down on the 2026 888LIVE UK Poker League (UKPL) in December, when the Grand Final takes place in Coventry. The action-packed schedule includes a £560 buy-in, £100,000 guaranteed Main Event, which players from the United Kingdom could be playing in for free thanks to a generous 888 promotion.

Any UK-based 888 player who completes at least 40 tournaments, including BLAST, online at 888 between November 8-28, will receive a special freeroll ticket so long as the buy-ins for those 40 tournaments are at least $5.

The freeroll ticket is used to enter a special UKPL Grand Final freeroll at 7:00 p.m. GMT on December 6, where the top 30 finishers receive a £560 UKPL Coventry Main Event seat. That amounts to £16,800 in value just for playing your favorite poker tournaments on 888.

When 888 was last in Coventry for a UKPL in November 2025, the £100,000 guaranteed Main Event drew 303 entrants who played for the lion’s share of a £143,930 prize pool.

Terelle Tavares was the last player standing. Tavares was part of a three-handed ICM deal that ultimately earned him a career-best £27,518. Vitor Da Paiva (2nd – £23,213) and Wayne Peach (3rd – £20,109) were also part of the deal. The prizes they banked also represented all-time highs for them.

888LIVE UKPL Grand Final 2026 Schedule

888LIVE UKPL Coventry explodes into action on December 15 with the first of three flights in the £250 No-Limit Hold’em Opening Voyage. This is a £50,000 guaranteed event that Tony Phillips won for £12,350 last year.

Another £50,000 is guaranteed in the £1,100 NLHE High Roller, which Ryan Mandara won in 2025; he took home £15,390.

The £560 Main Event has four Day 1s starting on December 17. Two more flights run on December 18, with the fourth and final chance to play for a share of a guaranteed £100,000 occurring on December 19. Day 2 starts at 12:00 p.m. GMT on December 20, and continues until a champion emerges.

888LIVE UKPL Coventry 2025 Results

Coventry has become a hotbed of live poker action in recent years, thanks partly to 888 heading there with its live poker offerings. 888 and Grosvenor Poker are regulars at the Grosvenor Casino at the Ricoh Arena, home to Premier League football club Coventry City.

Check out the table below to discover the champions from the 2025 edition of 888LIVE UKPL Coventry.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.