With the clock ticking down to October 5, poker players have just a few days left to secure their place in the history books of the first-ever BetRivers Poker Championship.
Running since September 21, the two-week online festival has packed 112 tournaments and more than half a million dollars in guarantees into its debut schedule. Now, as the finish line approaches, attention shifts squarely to the last slate of events — the biggest buy-ins, the richest prize pools, and the final trophies on offer.
The highlight comes this Sunday with the $200 Gold Main Event, boasting a record-breaking $40,000 guarantee, the largest single tournament ever offered on BetRivers Poker. For those with smaller bankrolls, the $20 Silver Main Event runs in parallel, guaranteeing $6,000 and awarding its own trophy. Add in the $500 Super High Roller with $20,000 guaranteed, plus the new “Slobberknocker” Progressive Knockouts (PKOs), and Sunday alone will put more than $115,000 in guarantees on the line. That makes it the biggest single day of the entire Championship, and the final chance for players to score big before the series closes.
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The Countdown: Final Days of Action
The Championship officially wraps on Sunday, October 5, and the last days are stacked with prestige. Each remaining night features at least one Gold and one Silver trophy event, keeping the hardware race alive until the very end. Leaderboard competitions are also set to go down to the wire, with added prizes and ticket packages on offer for the top performers.
Daily volume has averaged around six events, but weekends have been busier, with ten tournaments lined up for the finale. The result is a closing stretch designed to deliver both marquee moments for seasoned grinders and affordable buy-ins for casual players looking to make a run.
BetRivers Poker structured the Championship in two tiers: Gold, with buy-ins ranging from $20 to $500, and Silver, at one-tenth the cost but still carrying meaningful guarantees and trophies. That design ensures players across the spectrum get a final shot at glory as the series concludes.
Beyond the Main Events and the $500 Super High Roller, several late-series tournaments stand out for their structures and formats. A $100 Monsterstack on the final weekend mirrors the earlier $25,000 guaranteed version that drew big fields on September 28, giving players who prefer deeper stacks another strong value option.
With 44 of the 112 total tournaments built around knockout formats, PKOs have been a defining theme of the Championship. Sunday’s “Slobberknocker” PKOs—offered at $10 and $100 buy-ins—feature a 50% bounty split, perfect for those looking to capitalize on the knockout craze one last time.
Final Weekend Highlights
| Tournament | Buy-in | GTE | Date | Time ET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic | $100 | $10,000 | Saturday Oct 4 | 8:00pm |
| Monsterstack | $100 | $17,500 | Sunday Oct 5 | 4:00pm |
| Main Event | $200 | $40,000 | Sunday Oct 5 | 6:00pm |
| Mini Main Event | $20 | $6,000 | Sunday Oct 5 | 6:00pm |
| Super High Roller | $500 | $20,000 | Sunday Oct 5 | 7:00pm |
| Mini Super High Roller | $50 | $6,000 | Sunday Oct 5 | 7:00pm |
| Slobberknocker PKO | $100 | $15,000 | Sunday Oct 5 | 8:00pm |
Play in Championship Events to Enter Encore Freerolls
During the BetRivers Poker Championship there is even more value to be had thanks to the Encore Freeolls. Players that enter five, ten or twenty events get added to freerolls that take place after the series wraps.
| Threshold | Freeroll | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 events | Entry to $3,000 Freeroll | Friday October 10 | 8pm |
| 10 events | Entry to $4,000 Freeroll | Saturday October 11 | 8pm |
| 20 events | Entry to $5,000 Freeroll | Sunday October 12 | 5pm |
The BetRivers Poker Championship has already distributed thousands in prize money and showcased a wide variety of formats, from Deepstacks to PKOs. In total, 32 trophies will be awarded across the series, with extra hardware for leaderboard winners. But with only a handful of days left before the curtain closes, the biggest stories are still to be written.
For players, this is the final call: one last chance to take down a trophy, lock up leaderboard prizes, and be part of the largest guaranteed events in the site’s history. By the time the last hand is dealt on Sunday night, the inaugural BetRivers Poker Championship will have defined its legacy—and the winners of its final marquee events will be the ones remembered.
