BetRivers Poker 2026 Gobbleknocker Series Returns for Thanksgiving with Mystery Bounties Added

Chad Holloway
PR & Media Manager
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2026 Gobbleknocker Series

Poker players on BetRivers Poker in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Delaware, and West Virginia will have something to be thankful for this year as the popular Gobbleknocker Series returns!

The festivities will begin with the Road to the Gobbleknocker, which will run November 15-21 and lead into the main 2026 Gobbleknocker Series, which runs November 22-29. The series has 37 events and offers more than $250,000 in guarantees. Every event is a knockout, either Progressive Knockout or Mystery Bounty.

There are also Gobbleknocker Ticket Punch and Gordon's Final Mystery promotions. No opt-in is needed for the Road to the Gobbleknocker, the series, the Gobbleknocker Ticket Punch, or Gordon's Final Mystery.

The Road to the Gobbleknocker

From November 15-21, players can earn draw entries with MTT play of $1 or more, where each draw awards tickets to Gobbleknocker events. There will be three tiers (Low, Medium, and High), with each carrying $2,500 in tickets, $7,500 in all, and more than 1,400 tickets are awarded.

  • Dates: Sunday, November 15 to Saturday, November 21, 2026.
  • Qualifying play: Real-money MTT entries and re-entries with a buy-in of $1 or more.
  • Earning entries: 1 draw entry for every 2 qualifying entries or re-entries in the same tier, rounded down. Entries in different tiers cannot be combined. There is no cap on draw entries.
  • Tiers: Low ($1 to $9.99), Medium($10 to $49.99), and High($50 and up), set by tournament buy-in.
  • Draw: Each tier is drawn separately and has its own $2,500 in tickets. A player can win more than one prize in a tier.
  • Reward: Tickets for Gobbleknocker events, $7,500 in total across the three tiers, with more than 1,400 tickets awarded. Tickets can be used only in Gobbleknocker events and expire November 29 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
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The Gobbleknocker Series

The 2026 Gobbleknocker Series runs from November 22-29 with 37 events and more than $250,000 in guarantees. Every event is a knockout, either Progressive Knockout or Mystery Bounty.

The first series event starts at 5:05 p.m. ET on November 22, and the last starts at 10:05 p.m. ET on November 29. The full schedule of 37 events is in the BetRivers Poker lobby, but here's a look at the 10 events with guarantees of $10,000 or more.

Date (2026)Start (ET)EventBuy-inGuaranteeFormat
Sun, Nov 225:05pmGOB #1: Monster Big and Small Mystery$50$10,000Mystery Bounty
Sun, Nov 227:05pmGOB #3: Deepstack Mystery (Flat Bounties)$200$20,000Mystery Bounty
Mon, Nov 237:05pmGOB #7: Monsterstack Mystery (Flat Bounties)$100$10,000Mystery Bounty
Tue, Nov 247:05pmGOB #11: Deepstack PKO 6-max$200$14,000Progressive Knockout
Wed, Nov 258:05pmGOB #16: Deepstack PKO$100$10,000Progressive Knockout
Thu, Nov 267:05pmGOB #19: Gobbleknocker PKO$200$14,000Progressive Knockout
Fri, Nov 278:05pmGOB #24: Friday Fight Club 6-max$100$10,000Progressive Knockout
Sat, Nov 287:05pmGOB #28: Big or Small Mystery$100$10,000Mystery Bounty
Sun, Nov 296:05pmGOB #33: Mystery Bounty Main Event$100$20,000Mystery Bounty
Sun, Nov 298:05pmGOB #35: PKO Main Event$200$25,000Progressive Knockout

Gobbleknocker Ticket Punch

  • Dates: Daily draws, November 22 to 29, 2026.
  • Qualifying play: Knockouts in Gobbleknocker Series Progressive Knockout and Mystery Bounty events.
  • Earning entries: 1 draw entry for each knockout, up to 5 entries a day. Knockouts in different tournaments on the same day combine. In Progressive Knockouts, every knockout counts. In Mystery Bounties, only knockouts made after the bounty phase begins count.
  • Draw: Entries apply to that day's draw only and do not carry over. A player can win more than one prize in the same daily draw. No opt-in is needed.
  • Reward: Each daily draw awards 55 Gobbleknocker satellite tickets worth $500 in total. Tickets can be used only in Gobbleknocker satellites and expire November 29 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
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Gordon's Final Mystery

  • Dates: Qualifying play runs November 22 to 29, 2026.
  • Qualifying play: 8 or more distinct Gobbleknocker Series MTTs. Each event counts once, regardless of re-entries. Satellites, other tournaments, cash games and freerolls do not count, and neither do events a player did not register for or that were cancelled.
  • Reward: 1 ticket worth $20 to Gordon's Final Mystery. The maximum is 1 ticket per player, and no opt-in is needed.
  • The tournament: Gordon's Final Mystery is a Mystery Bounty tournament on Sunday, December 6 at 7:05 p.m. ET with a $4,500 guarantee plus $500 added. The buy-in is $20, and the tournament is open to every eligible player, ticket or not. The ticket is valid for that tournament only and expires when late registration closes on December 6.

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Chad Holloway
PR & Media Manager

PR & Media Manager for PokerNews, host of both the PokerNews Podcast & MPST Podcast Presented By PokerNews, and 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.

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