ChampionPoker Joins iPoker’s iPOPS Revival as €1.2M in Headline Events Looms

By Samantha Doyle

03 Sep 2026

Samantha Doyle 03 Sep 2026

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iPOPS 2026 runs August 30 - September 29 with 1,000+ tournaments.
Headline events offer €1.2M in guarantees, including €500K Main Event.
Satellites run from €0.01, making events accessible to all players.

ChampionPoker’s tournament lobby has a considerably busier September ahead.

The iPoker Online Poker Series has returned to the network, bringing iPOPS back as a month-long festival running from August 30 to September 29.

For ChampionPoker players, that means access to the same shared series running across iPoker’s wider group of skins, with more than 1,000 tournaments, buy-ins from €1 to €1,000 and satellites starting at one cent.

The biggest guarantees are concentrated late in the month, when three headline tournaments alone put €1 million on the schedule before the €200,000 Eliminator XXL is even counted.

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€500 Main Event Leads the Final Sunday

September 27 is the date to circle.

The €500 iPOPS Main Event carries a €500,000 guarantee and will be played as eight-max NLHE.

Players begin with 250 big blinds, while late registration remains available for five hours.

A network-wide satellite programme feeds into the event throughout September.

At the bottom end, iPOPS qualifiers begin at €0.01. At the top, a €50 Mega Satellite on September 27 guarantees 50 seats directly into the Main Event.

Main Event Detail	Information
Date	September 27
Buy-in	€500
Guarantee	€500,000
Format	NLHE, 8-Max
Starting Stack	250 BB
Satellites	From €0.01
Major Satellite	€50 Mega Satellite

The Other €700K in Headline Guarantees

The Main Event does not stand alone.

September 20 brings the €55 Mini Main Event, where €200,000 is guaranteed at a considerably lower price point.

Then comes the €250 Knockout Championship. Day 1 flights run throughout the month before the tournament reaches its final phase on September 28, with €300,000 guaranteed.

The €75 Eliminator XXL adds another €200,000 flighted prize pool.

Event	Buy-in	Guarantee
Mini Main Event	€55	€200,000
Eliminator XXL	€75	€200,000
Knockout Championship	€250	€300,000
Main Event	€500	€500,000

That puts €1.2 million in guarantees across the four largest named championship events alone.

The regular Sunday schedule adds more.

Sunday Masters brings €75,000 guaranteed for €215, Sunday Sweat is a €100 PKO with €100,000 guaranteed, and Sunday Ultra mixes a €50 buy-in with Mystery Bounty guarantees reaching as high as €125,000 on selected Sundays.