The BSOP 2026 calendar is now complete, giving players a full season-long map of the Brazilian Series of Poker’s flagship live tour, six stages spread across the year, from a beachfront season opener in Bahia to a season-closing festival in São Paulo. According to SuperPoker, the circuit’s organizers have locked in dates and, for most stops, venues for all six events, with only one location still to be announced.
For grinders who like to plan travel, budgets, and vacation days months in advance, having the entire schedule in hand is valuable. It also lets newer players see how a modern live tour is structured across a calendar year, alternating marquee “Millions” branded events with regional stages that bring the series to different parts of the country. Below is a stage-by-stage breakdown of everything confirmed so far, along with what it means for the players chasing seats across the season.
Summer Millions Opens the BSOP 2026 Calendar in Bahia
The season began with Summer Millions, held January 23 to 31, 2026, at the Costa do Sauípe resort in Bahia. The event’s main tournament hall featured more than 100 tables, underlining the scale organizers wanted for the opening stage of the year.
One detail carried over from the previous season added extra intrigue to the opener. Players who had won entries or prize packages at the 2025 Millions event received buy-ins for Summer Millions as a carryover benefit. For those players, the new season effectively started with a free shot at the first big trophy of the year, a nice reward for a strong run in 2025 and a reminder that results late in one season can pay off early in the next.
São Paulo and Rio Quente Stages Bring Variety to the Circuit
From March 18 to 25, 2026, the tour moved to the WTC Sheraton in the south zone of São Paulo for the São Paulo stage. It is described as the smallest of the circuit’s three traditional São Paulo events, a more compact stop compared to the bigger festivals the same venue hosts later in the year, but still an important date for players based in Brazil’s largest city who prefer not to travel far for live action.
The calendar’s most notable geographic story is the Rio Quente stage, held April 30 to May 5, 2026. This marked BSOP’s return to Rio Quente, in the state of Goiás, after a seven-year absence, its first visit there since 2019 and its seventh time overall at that location. Rio Quente is best known outside of poker for its water parks and naturally heated pools, giving the stage a distinct resort feel that sets it apart from the tour’s more urban stops. For a circuit that has spent years concentrated around São Paulo, bringing a stage back to a destination like Rio Quente adds welcome variety and gives players in Brazil’s interior another reason to build a poker trip around a family-friendly location.
Winter Millions Is Underway as the Fourth Stage
The fourth stage of the season, Winter Millions, is running now, from July 21 to 31, 2026, at the WTC Sheraton’s Golden Hall. Winter Millions has already received extensive coverage elsewhere on this site, so this overview will not dive into its structure or numbers here. Within the context of the full BSOP 2026 calendar, it is simply worth noting that the tour has now reached its midpoint, with two marquee stages still to come before the year closes out.
October Stage and Season-Closing Millions Round Out the Year
Looking ahead, the fifth stage is scheduled for October 8 to 13, 2026. At the time of the announcement, its location was still to be confirmed. Players planning their fall travel around the BSOP will need to keep an eye on official channels as organizers finalize the venue closer to the date. Poker Pro Academy will not speculate on where that stage might land and will report the confirmed details once they are official.
The season then closes with Millions, running November 13 to 28, 2026, once again at the WTC Sheraton’s Golden Hall. As the final stage of the year, it is described as delivering the main prizes of the season, the traditional high point of the BSOP calendar and the event where the carryover benefit for the following year’s Summer Millions typically gets decided.
Why a Full-Season Calendar Matters for Players
Publishing all six stages well ahead of time is a meaningful shift for how players can approach a season of live tournaments. Rather than learning about each stop only weeks before it happens, grinders can now map out which stages fit their budget, their travel plans, and their bankroll goals for the entire year. That kind of visibility matters most for players who travel from outside São Paulo or Bahia, since flights and accommodation are usually cheaper when booked further in advance.
It is also a useful moment for players newer to live tournament poker to get oriented. If you are still learning the basics of tournament structures, blind levels, and how a multi-day live event actually runs, Poker Pro Academy’s guide to how to play poker is a good starting point before committing time and travel to a stage like Rio Quente or the season-closing Millions.
As always, live tournament poker involves real financial risk, and no stage of the BSOP 2026 calendar guarantees any player a profit. Anyone considering travel to Sauípe, São Paulo, Rio Quente, or the yet-to-be-confirmed October location should budget responsibly and treat buy-ins as entertainment spend rather than an investment.
