WPT Global Sets Up 2026 Early With New Bratislava Satellite Route

The holiday season is usually when the poker schedule slows down, but WPT Global seems determined to keep players looking ahead. The site has opened a full satellite ladder for The Festival Bratislava 2026, and while the seats and packages are familiar territory, the qualifier-only €100,000 Golden Ticket gives the whole setup a slightly unexpected edge.

In short: win the Main Event after qualifying online, and an extra six figures lands in your column.

Rather than build a complicated structure, WPT Global sticks to two core satellites running on alternating Tuesdays at 19:05 UTC:

• $33 “seat-only” events for the €550 Main Event

• $66 package satellites for a full €1,600 travel bundle

Supporting these are $3.30 and $6.60 feeders running daily, letting players work their way into the bigger qualifiers.

That €1,600 package includes six nights at the Crowne Plaza Bratislava, a Main Event entry, hospitality perks, and some branded Festival merchandise. It’s effectively the all-in-one live poker trip in its simplest form.

Every single WPT Global qualifier receives a Golden Ticket. It sits quietly until the Main Event ends and if the winner came through a WPT Global satellite, they take home €100,000 extra.

No tiers, no point system, no strings attached. It’s one of the more direct incentives the live scene has seen in a while.