GGPoker Joins Forces With Grovenor Casinos; Live Players Can Win 20% More

Online poker giant GGPoker and Grosvenor Casinos have entered a partnership that gives poker players in the United Kingdom the chance to win up to 20% more from live Grosvenor poker tournaments.

The landmark deal sees GGPoker sponsor more than 50 poker festivals annually, including the long-running Grosvenor UK Poker Tour (GUKPT), The UK Open, The Behemoth, G200 and G300 events, and The Goliath, the latter being the largest field live poker tournament outside of Las Vegas.

GGPoker sponsoring Grosvenor live events not only gives players the chance to satellite into online events at GGPoker, but also comes with potentially lucrative perks, including up to 20% more via cash boosts.

Anyone who either buys into a qualifying event via their GGPoker account or wins a satellite into them automatically qualifies for benefits such as:

• 20% Cash Boost on winnings stemming from the Goliath, G200, and G300 events
• 10% Cash Boost on winnings stemming from all GUKPT Main Events
• Exclusive Promotions, including a £5,000 last longer competition at the Goliath
• On-Site Perks, such as exclusive GGPoker merchandise and online promotional rewards at live events

Angela Martin, GGPoker’s UK & Ireland Head of Marketing, explained why the partnership with Grosvenor Casinos is important.

“We are incredibly proud to partner with Grosvenor Casinos. At a time when rewards are being scaled back across much of the gaming industry, GGPoker is determined to do the opposite. Supporting the live poker scene is vital for the health of our favorite game, and we are thrilled to give real value back to this fantastic community. With our massive cash boosts and dedicated satellite tournaments, if you plan to play a Grosvenor Casinos event in the future, you’ll now have new pathways with added value for players qualifying through GGPoker.”

Grosvenor Casinos’ Director of Gaming, Sue Price, described the deal as exciting for Grosvenor Casinos and for the United Kingdom’s poker community.

“This is a hugely exciting partnership for us and the poker community in the UK. We’re confident that the strengths we both bring will result in improved experiences with more value delivered to our players. We also aim to grow our poker offer over the duration of the partnership, whether that be through bigger events, more events, or increased prize pools. We’re very much looking forward to working with the team at GGPoker, who’ve already shown they have a very clearly aligned ambition to ourselves, which is exciting for our teams and players alike.”

Goliath Satellites Running Now on GGPoker

Satellites for the 2026 edition of The Goliath can already be found in the GGPoker tournament lobby. The first £30 buy-in Satellite to Goliath Main Event Day 1 shuffles up and deals at 8:00 p.m. BST on May 3. It guarantees at least 10x £200 Goliath seats will be won.

If the £30 buy-in is outside your bankroll’s constraints or you simply fancy trying to win a £200 seat for even less, £1 and £5 Step Satellites are available throughout the week.

Should you win a 2026 Goliath Main Event seat online at GGPoker, or buy into the Goliath via your GGPoker account, you will receive a 20% boost on your net Goliath Main Event winnings stemming from that entry!

Had this exciting partnership happened last year, and had Paul Worsely bought in or won his 2025 Goliath seat online at GGPoker, he would have received an extra £63,328 on the £316,640 he banked for slaying the Goliath!

The Goliath’s attendance has grown every year since its launch in 2011. Even when the tournament moved online during the COVID-19 lockdowns, the number of entrants grew year on year.

Players heading to compete in The Goliath this July will be hopeful that the GGPoker and Grosvenor Casinos partnership yields results similar to those of PokerStars’ partnership with the Irish Open back in 2023. An extra 451 players entered the 2023 Irish Open Main Event compared to 2022, and the figures have continued skyrocketing since, culminating in 5,003 players buying into the 2026 edition.

The 2026 Goliath comes with an estimated £2 million prize pool. There is every chance that the number is blown out of the water now that GGPoker is involved.

Satellites and direct buy-ins for GUKPT Luton will soon appear in the GGPoker lobby. That festival runs May 14-24, and is the first chance players will have to receive a cash boost on their winnings; a 10% cash boost is offered for the GUKPT Luton Main Event.

G200 events take place in Bolton, Reading, and Walsall between May 26-31, giving players the opportunity to receive a 20% cash boost on their net winnings.

Join GGPoker Today to Become Eligible For These Incredible Cash Boosts

Only players who win their way into eligible Grosvenor Casinos live events online at GGPoker, or who buy into them directly from their GGPoker account, can receive the cash boosts and other perks that come with this exciting partnership.

If you already play at GGPoker, you can log in to your account and get involved in the Grosvenor-related satellites. Those without an account can download GGPoker via PokerNews and receive a 100% matched deposit bonus worth up to $600. The bonus releases in $1 increments each time you pay $5 in net rake or tournament fees, and you have 90 days to release as much of the bonus as you can.

New depositing players can also help themselves to up to $350 worth of rewards during their first 30 days at GGPoker via the Honeymoon For Newcomers promotion. Players are invited to complete various missions during those 30 days. Completing just three sees you receive your first reward. Complete 30 and the total rewards, which include cash, tournament dollars, and tournament tickets, come in at $350.

It is worthwhile noting that Grosvenor Poker, the online poker arm of Grosvenor Casinos, is unchanged by this new partnership. Satellites for live Grosvenor events will continue running, just not with the cash boost perks that come with winning a seat at GGPoker.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.