World KO Championship Brings $100,000 Mystery Bounty to Stake Poker

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World KO Championship runs June 28 - July 20, 2026, with $1,000,000+ in prize guarantees.
Daily knockout tournaments, including a $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event and Bye Day Specials.
Events are football-friendly, avoiding match conflicts and offering dynamic, football-themed prizes.

Stake Poker has launched the World KO Championship from June 28 to July 20, 2026, featuring over $1,000,000 in guarantees. The knockout-only series includes a $100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event and football-themed Bye Day Specials.

Stake Poker has introduced its latest online tournament schedule, the World KO Championship poker series. Running from June 28 to July 20, 2026, the series aligns with the knockout stages of the summer football tournament.

Every event featured in the series follows a knockout format, incorporating regular Knockouts, Progressive Knockouts (PKOs), and Mystery Bounties, with more than $1,000,000 in total guaranteed prize pools.

The schedule is designed to avoid conflicts with live sports, ensuring that no World KO Championship tournament begins while a football match is actively being played.

Players can access the full schedule through a dedicated World KO Championship section located in the poker client lobby.

The 23-day series features multiple events each day, with buy-ins ranging from $5 to $50. Players can enter tournaments using cash or equivalent-value tickets.

The daily lineup includes $10,000 PKOs and $10,000 Mystery Bounties, alongside accelerated structures such as Speed Run PKOs, Deepstack

The series is highlighted by several marquee events:

The $100,000 Main Event: A phased Mystery Bounty tournament featuring a $20 buy-in. Players can participate in any Day 1 flight throughout the series. Advancing players who bag a chip stack will return for the final stage on July 20.
Bye Day Specials: Scheduled for July 8, 12, 13, 16, and 17, these five headline tournaments take place on football rest days. Each event is a $30 Progressive Knockout with expected individual prize pools between $135,000 and $145,000, combining for over $705,000. The prize pools feature a dynamic element, increasing by $500 for every goal scored across the football tournament.
Mystery Bounty Special: Taking place on July 18, this event carries a $50 buy-in and features a $20,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Specific terms and conditions govern the series from June 29 to July 20, 2026. Standard tournament registration opens 48 hours before the scheduled start time, while registration for the Bye Day Special tournaments opens 12 hours prior to start and remains open for a full 12 hours.

Players are permitted to re-enter events, with a strict limit of 10 re-entries allowed per player. The $100,000 Main Event operates under a phased structure where each Day 1 flight concludes when 15% of the starting field remains.

The tournament utilizes a Best Stack Forward Policy, meaning if a player qualifies multiple times, only their single largest chip stack will carry forward into the finale on July 20.

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