BetRivers Poker Championship Beats $600,000 Guarantee With 18,224 Entries
The 100-tournament Gold and Silver series paid about $624,000, while published recaps differ on Dan Schill’s title count.
- The 15-day BetRivers Poker Championship paid about $624,000 from 18,224 entries.
- Its 50 events were each offered in Gold and Silver versions, producing 100 tournaments.
- Thirteen players won multiple tournaments, although two published recaps disagree on whether Dan Schill won two or three titles.
- Schill’s latest wins followed his six-title performance in the BetRivers Multi-State Summer Series.
The 2026 BetRivers Poker Championship finished with 18,224 entries and about $624,000 in prize money, beating its advertised $600,000 guarantee by roughly $24,000. The online series ran Sept. 27 through Oct. 11 and comprised 100 tournaments: 50 distinct events each offered in Gold and Silver divisions.
Gold and Silver leaderboards also ran during the 15-day festival, awarding more than $15,000 in tournament-ticket prizes. PokerNews and SCCG Management both reported the entry and prize-pool totals, along with 13 players who won multiple tournaments.
The published recaps differ on one point. SCCG Management listed luckyluckyboy, Bswo and jbl7 as the three players to win three titles each, while PokerNews counted Dan “DrDadPoker” Schill as a fourth three-time winner. SCCG’s event results instead list Schill as a two-time winner, in the $100 PLO Championship for $2,496 and the $100 Deepstack Turbo for $2,120.
luckyluckyboy’s three wins included the $500 High Roller Championship for $8,500, alongside victories in the $200 8-Max Championship and $100 Monsterstack Hyper. Bswo won the $50 Monsterstack, $5 Classic and $100 Benjamin. jbl7 took down the $200 Deepstack 6-Max, $100 Deepstack Turbo PLO and $200 Deepstack.
The remaining multiple-title winners named by SCCG were Gregg929, LionsFan68, Trxcky99, xnbomb, ChipChop, johnnynewaza_380300, greg717pa, Jrock177777 and Servonious, in addition to Schill. As covered in August, Schill had already won six titles in BetRivers Poker’s Multi-State Summer Series, which drew 18,700 entries and paid about $581,800 across 96 events.
