This includes the debut of a one-day £3,500 Super High Roller event on August 3 and a series of other competitions across the 11-day event. This year, alongside the main event, a series of side events will be taking place in what is being dubbed at the ‘Goliath Festival.’ The prize pot and competitor numbers have soared since the inaugural Goliath in 2011, when Lee Rawson outlasted 1,764 opponents and won £32,705. Last year’s main competition was won by Scunthorpe’s Kyle Jeffrey, who banked a huge prize of £200,000 in what was his third time competing in the event. The event has grown every year and organisers are predicting a prize pool of over £1.5 million. It includes seven days of qualifying rounds, with the players return from each of those returning for the next round.Īfter another full day of poker, the field will be whittled down to around 50 players who return for the final day – with the substantial cash prizes up for grabs. Goliath launched in 2011 and is a tournament suitable to players of all level, with a buy-in of £150.

It will run from July 27 to August 6 this year and follows on from a record-breaking year in 2022 – with a field of 10,584 entries creating a £1.27 million prize pool. Goliath is Europe’s biggest live poker tournament and is hosted annually at the Grosvenor Casino at Coventry Building Society Arena. An estimated £1.5 million prize pot will be up for grabs when the biggest live poker tournament outside of Las Vegas returns to Coventry.

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