World KO Championship Poker Series

The biggest summer of soccer has reached the knockout stages - and Stake.us Poker is marking it with our biggest knockout series yet. From June 28 to July 20, every event in the World KO Championship is a knockout: regular Knockouts, Progressive Knockouts and Mystery Bounties, with over SC1,000,000 guaranteed up for grabs. Bag a bounty on every elimination, chase a share of SC700,000 across our Bye Day Specials, and battle your way to the SC100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event. It's All At Stake.

How It Works

• All Knockouts - every tournament in the series is a knockout format: regular KOs, PKOs and Mystery Bounties. Bust an opponent, claim their bounty.

• Over SC1,000,000 Guaranteed - more than SC1,000,000 in tournament guarantees across 23 days of play, with events every day.

• The SC100,000 Main Event - a phased Mystery Bounty for just SC20. Play any Day 1 flight across the series, bag a stack, and return for the finale on July 20.

• Bye Day Specials - five headline tournaments on the rest days of the soccer (July 8, 12, 13, 16 and 17), each a SC30 Progressive Knockout. The guaranteed prize pool grows by SC500 for every goal scored across the tournament.

• Daily Knockouts - every day brings more, including SC10,000 Mystery Bounties and Super Terminators, plus PKOs, Terminators, Big Bounty Hunters and Speed Run PKOs.

• Soccer Comes First - no World KO Championship tournament will start while a match is being played.

• Where to Play - find every event in the dedicated World KO Championship section of the poker client lobby.

Stakes

Buy-ins run from SC5 to SC50 across the series - the SC100,000 Main Event is just SC20, and the Bye Day Specials are SC30. Enter with Stake Cash or an equivalent-value ticket.

Prize Pools

Over SC1,000,000 guaranteed across the series, headlined by:

• SC700,000+ - combined across the five Bye Day Specials (SC135,000–SC146,000 expected prize pools each), growing SC500 with every goal scored

• SC100,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event - phased, just SC20 to enter, finale on July 20

• SC10,000 - daily Mystery Bounties and Super Terminators throughout the series

Terms & Conditions

• The World KO Championship runs from June 28 to July 20, 2026.

• Registration opens 48 hours before each tournament's start time. Bye Day Special tournaments open for registration 12 hours before start.

• Re-entries are permitted, up to a limit of 10 per player.

• The Main Event is a phased tournament. Each Day 1 flight ends when 15% of the field remains, and follows the Best Stack Forward Policy - only your highest qualifying chip stack carries into the July 20 finale.

• The Bye Day Special prize pools increase by SC500 for every goal scored across the World Cup. [TO CONFIRM: exact window over which goals are counted, and when each final prize pool is locked]

• Stake Poker terms and conditions can be found in the Card Room Rules , Security & Ecology Policy , and Refund Policy .

• Stake.us reserves the right to hold, void, suspend, cancel, or amend this promotion where it becomes necessary to do so.