Bar Poker Open Florida World Championship Heads to West Palm Beach
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The Bar Poker Open is bringing its biggest grassroots showdown back to Florida, and PokerNews will be on the floor providing live reporting from the 2026 Florida World Championship.
From March 6-9, nearly 500 bar league qualifiers from across the United States are expected to descend on the Palm Beach Kennel Club Poker Room in West Palm Beach for what organizers bill as the largest bar poker championship in the world.
BPO Florida World Championship Full Schedule
$100K Estimated Prize Pool for Florida World Championship
At the heart of the schedule sits the Florida World Championship, an event reserved primarily for players who earned their seats through partner bar poker leagues.
The tournament features a 30,000-chip starting stack and 30-minute levels, with the top 10 percent from each Day 1 flight advancing to Monday’s finale. The prize pool is projected to exceed $100,000, with more than $20,000 awaiting the eventual champion, who will also receive a Bar Poker Open Vegas travel package.
There is an added incentive for players who run deep across both starting flights. Those who bag twice can collect a $1,000 double-bag bonus while carrying forward their largest stack.
The championship will conclude with a cards-up televised final table on March 9, produced and streamed by Gorilla Gaming.
Other Event Highlights
While the Championship remains the headline act, the schedule offers plenty for qualifying and non-qualifying players to PBKC.
The $300 buy-in $100,000 guaranteed “Monster” serves as the festival’s marquee open event and features multiple starting flights.
A mix of lower buy-in side events, including deepstacks, a progressive bounty, and a turbo, rounds out the four-day slate and ensures constant action in the poker room.
Off the felt, organizers are leaning into the social side that has helped fuel the Bar Poker Open’s growth. A dedicated player party is scheduled for Sunday night, and cash games are expected to run throughout the series inside one of Florida’s busiest poker venues.
PokerNews also will be on-site throughout the Championship event delivering live updates, chip counts, key hands, and full final table coverage.
