The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has a very special pre-Christmas season in store for poker players. That’s because the Winter Open will be held from November 27 through December 20, 2026. This festival features more than $1.6 million in guaranteed prize money. The schedule combines numerous No-Limit Hold’em tournaments with an extensive selection of mixed games. The Main Event offers a guaranteed prize pool of $200,000 with a buy-in of $400.
The Main Event is scheduled for December 14–20. With a $400 buy-in, $200,000 is guaranteed. Players will start with 40,000 chips, and regular blind levels will last 30 minutes. The first starting days are scheduled for Monday, December 14. Additional flights will follow on December 15, 16, and 17. A turbo flight will also be offered on Thursday. Day 2 will take place on Friday, December 18. The final is scheduled for Sunday, December 20.
In addition to the Main Event, numerous satellites are on the schedule. These cost $60 and offer a qualification rate of one ticket per nine participants. There is a special focus on mixed games. Spread out over the course of nearly four weeks, the schedule features numerous championship events featuring different game variants. These include, among others: Stud 8-or-Better Championship, Omaha 8-or-Better Championship, H.O.R.S.E. Championship, 8-Game Championship, T.O.R.S.E. Championship, 9-Game Draw, Dealers Choice, Dramaha Mix, Mixed Limits 2-7, Triple Stud, and Big O.
The guaranteed prize pools for the regular NLH events range from $20,000 for the Monster Stack tournaments to $30,000 for the Mega Stack events. With a $100,000 guarantee, the Sunday Special is the largest regularly scheduled NLH tournament outside of the Main Event. Another highlight is the Ladies Championship on Saturday, December 12. The tournament has a $300 buy-in and a $30,000 guarantee.
The complete schedule is as follows: Red marks NLH ring events, green stands for mixed-game ring events, purple indicates the Ladies Championship, and gold denotes the Main Event flights. Further information at the Orleans-Page.
