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Las Vegas, Nevada (February 6, 2026) - The 2026 edition of WSOP Europe is set to be the most historic in the event's history.

Moving from the long-time host of the series, King’s Resort Rozvadov, to the operator’s property in Prague, Czech Republic, an exciting new venue is not the only reason players are looking forward to WSOP Europe 2026.

Looking over the 15 WSOP bracelet events outlined in the WSOP Europe 2026 tournament schedule, naturally, players' eyes look towards the featured event of every WSOP series: the €5,000 WSOP Europe No-Limit Hold’em Main Event.

Offering a €10 million prize pool guarantee, the 2026 WSOP Europe Main Event will set the record for the largest guaranteed prize pool ever offered in Europe.

While the historic 2026 WSOP Europe Main Event has certainly added excitement to the upcoming series taking place March 31 - April 12, 2026, another no-limit hold’em tournament has also contributed to the buzz surrounding Europe’s biggest poker event of the year.

Rounder Cup pits Europe against The World at WSOP Europe 2026

The €2,750 Rounder Cup No-Limit Hold’em tournament, scheduled to begin on Tuesday, April 7, pits European poker players against other players from around the world to see who comes out on top.

Harkening to a similar format used for the Battle of the Ages No-Limit Hold’em tournament that debuted at the 2025 WSOP, where players ages 50 and older played one day one flight, younger players played a separate Day One flight, with all remaining players combining on the tournament’s Day Two, players will play in flights dictated by their home continent.

European poker players will participate in one flight with players hailing from outside Europe playing another, with all surviving players converging for Day Two.

Much like the Battle of the Ages, the format of the Rounder Cup provides an opportunity for discourse in the poker community over which continent has the best poker players and who will ultimately prevail in the final table.

Taking down the Battle of the Ages, Sebastiaan de Jonge won in a format similar to the Rounder Cup.

Helping represent the “young bucks”, Dutch poker player Sebastiaan de Jonge rallied late in the Battle of the Ages to spin up 5 big blinds on his way to his first WSOP bracelet and a $335,390 score.

While de Jonge was able to secure the win for the younger crowd at the 2025 WSOP, we will see if a European or a poker player representing another country takes down the first-ever Rounder Cup. 

Poker players offer their take on who will win the Rounder Cup

With the format of the Rounder Cup at WSOP Europe 2026, naturally, poker players from Europe and around the world are offering insights into which group of players has “the edge” in the event.

Norwegian professional poker player and two-time WSOP Circuit champion Jon Kyte offered his perspective as a player participating in the “European” Day One.

“My first instinct was it's not good to play as a European, but when I thought about it a bit more, it's ok. Most of the field is European anyway, so it means we will probably have the chip leader for Day 2 as well, Kyte said. “

“Also, even though the Europeans will have the most pros,s they will also have the most recreationals and people travelling a shorter distance, meaning the field strength will even out anyway. I definitely think a European will win. Predicting 6 out of the  top 9 to come from the European starting flight.”

Jonathan Little, an American poker player and coach who won his first WSOP bracelet online in 2025, shared his thoughts on the Rounder Cup.

“I think various poker variants are always interesting,” Little said.

“Certainly, players from different regions play a bit differently, but in this case, I can’t presume the ‘rest of the world’ flight will be quite tough, because most of the people traveling from overseas to Prague will be serious poker players. That said, I’ll be in the event and ready to battle.”

Martin Jacobson is all smiles as WSOP Europe draws closer.

Swedish professional poker player and 2014 WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson also shared his excitement for the Rounder Cup and gave an unsurprising answer for who he sees winning the coveted WSOP bracelet.

“Love the idea of bringing the Ryder Cup format to poker,” Jacobson said. “I’d of course side with the Europeans.”