The full schedule has been released for the third standalone Hendon Mob Championship festival of 2026, which will take place from 1-6 December at Genting Casino Stratford, in East London.
The Hendon Mob Championship (THMC) has been running for nine years, with most of its events taking place within larger 3rd party festivals and series. However, a few times each year, standalone THMC festivals take place, which include a full schedule of side events as well as the core Championship event. There have already been two standalone THMC festivals in 2026, at Dusk Till Dawn in July and Grand Casino Liechtenstein in August.
The Hendon Mob Championship London festival begins with a £30+£5 satellite on Tuesday 1st into the £250+£30 Main Event, with further satellites taking place throughout the week. The opening side event is the £180+£20 NLH THMC Deepstack Opener, with a £30,000 guarantee, which starts on Wednesday 2nd and concludes on Thursday 3rd of December. Players begin with a 50,000 starting stack and it runs on a 30-minute clock, with registration open until the start or Day 2.
The £250+£30 THMC Main Event, which is the key focus of the festival, begins on Thursday 3rd, with the first of seven starting flights. The final flight in the £150,000 guaranteed tournament is on Sunday morning, prior to the start of Day 2, with rake free Flip & Go’s into Day 2 also available. The first five flights run on a 30-minute clock, with a 15-min turbo clock flight on Saturday and a 10-min clock hyper flight on Sunday. Players begin with 30,000 chips and are permitted two re-entries per flight.
The other two events are a £180+£20 Pot Limit Omaha 4/5 Cards event at 4.15pm on Saturday and the £90+£10 NLH Closer at 6.15pm on Sunday.
The Hendon Mob Championship Schedule
£250+£30 THMC Main Event – £150,000 GTD (Event #2)
- Thursday 3 December, 18:15 – Day 1A
- Friday 4 December, 13:15 – Day 1B
- Friday 4 December, 18:15 – Day 1C
- Saturday 5 December, 13:15 – Day 1D
- Saturday 5 December, 18:15 – Day 1E
- Sunday 6 December, 10:15 – Day 1F Turbo
- Sunday 6 December, 12:15 – Day 1G Hyper Turbo
- Sunday 6 December, 14:15 – Flip and Go (rake-free, £250)
- Sunday 6 December, 15:15 – Day 2 (play to winner)
Side Events Schedule
£180+£20 THMC Deepstack Opener – £30,000 GTD (Event #1)
- Wednesday 2 December, 18:15 – Day 1
- Thursday 3 December, 16:15 – Day 2
£180+£20 PLO 4/5 Card – £10,000 GTD (Event #3)
- Saturday 5 December, 16:15 – Single-day event
£90+£10 THMC Closer – £5,000 GTD (Event #4)
- Sunday 6 December, 18:15 – Single-day event
The full festival schedule including satellites can be found at The Hendon Mob.
The most recent Hendon Mob Championship event took place this week at Casino de Marrakech in Morocco. during the Irish Open International Marrakech. A field of 193 took part, with Kaapo Tapio from Finland securing the title after a heads-up deal with Ilyase Bouzoani from Netherlands. The buy-in of 3,800 MAD (local currency), equivalent to around €300. Tapio took home 116,000 MAD for his biggest live cash to-date.
There is one further THMC event this year, prior to the season-closing standalone festival in London. It takes place from 20-22 November within The Festival In Tallinn, Estonia.