June 28, 2026 - July 20, 2026 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.



