Online Poker Series & Guarantees This Week (Oct 29–Nov 2026)

What's running right now

Online poker's late-October calendar is dominated by Winamax's Pokus 2026 series, which runs from October 25 through November 12 and guarantees €20,000,000 across its full schedule. Buy-ins span from €2 to €50, with a dedicated "5 Flights" stretch guaranteeing €2,000,000 on its own. Players should confirm exact flight times and structures on Winamax's site, as schedules inside long-running series can shift.

On PokerStars, the long-running Sunday Million keeps its weekly slot on November 1, 2026, with a $109 buy-in and the standard $1,000,000 guarantee. It remains one of the most recognizable recurring tournaments in online poker.

Series that just wrapped up

GGPoker closed out its $80,000,000 Bounty Hunters Series on October 27 after running since October 4. The series spread hundreds of PKO, Mystery Bounty and Ocean KO events, with buy-ins ranging from $5.40 up to $1,050. The headline event was a $108 Mystery Bounty Main Event guaranteeing $5,000,000. Within that series, GGPoker's new $5 Ocean KO format drew headlines of its own: the $5 Opener event pulled in 420,084 entries, breaking the roughly 253,700-entry online paid-entry record that PokerStars had held since 2015.

888poker also wrapped a series this week — the PokerNews Online Championship ran October 18-27, spreading close to $800,000 across 40 events. Buy-ins ranged from $8.80 to $525, and the series was capped by a $250 Mystery Bounty Main Event guaranteeing $250,000, finishing with a Twitch-streamed final table.

Regulatory news affecting Canadian players

Alberta's regulated iGaming market opened on October 13, 2026, and 888poker became the first regulated real-money poker room to go live there, launching with its own segregated player pool rather than sharing liquidity with Ontario. The same day, PokerStars shut down its international, unregulated service to Alberta players without giving a relaunch date under license. PokerStars has since confirmed it will return to the province under the PokerStars on FanDuel brand once licensed — players will need to create new accounts when that happens.

Why this matters for players planning ahead

With Winamax's Pokus still running into mid-November and the Sunday Million keeping its weekly slot, online players have overlapping options for the next couple of weeks. The record-setting entry numbers from GGPoker's Ocean KO format also suggest operators are continuing to experiment with low buy-in, high-volume formats to drive guarantees without raising entry costs.

As always with online series, schedules, flight times and guarantees can be adjusted mid-series, so check the operator's own site or lobby before registering.

FAQ highlights

Several questions keep coming up around this week's schedule — covered below.