When this journey began, the first festivals featured €100,000 in guaranteed prizes and one clear goal: to build a poker festival series in the Balkans that would grow year after year and attract players not only from neighboring countries, but from across Europe.

Today, that €100,000 GTD has become €500,000 GTD.

And most importantly?

We haven’t reached the ceiling yet.

📅 21 January – 1 February 2027
💰 €500,000 GUARANTEED
📍 Apollonia Poker Room

The team of Jim DaVinci, Panagiotis Oikonomidis and Ioannis Mantsis is raising the bar once again, with an even bigger vision already taking shape for the next chapters of BPC.

What started as a strong Balkan poker festival is gradually evolving into an international poker meeting point.

The response from players across the Balkans has been tremendous, but interest in BPC has now expanded far beyond the region.

Players from Denmark, Sweden, Germany, England, Spain and many more countries are expected to bring their own flavor to the tables at Apollonia.

Different nationalities. Different poker communities. Different countries.

All coming together under one roof and creating exactly what has been the vision from the very beginning:

A truly international poker festival in the heart of the Balkans.

And this January, the festival moves to the next level.

For 12 days, The Don of Balkans returns with €500,000 GTD, an even bigger schedule, plenty of surprises, special packages, gifts, promotions and exclusive player benefits that will be revealed gradually as we get closer to the big event.

From €100,000… to €500,000 GTD.

Five times the guarantee.

More countries.

More players.

Bigger ambitions.

And this is only the beginning of the next chapter.

🔥 THE DON OF BALKANS 2027

📅 21 JANUARY – 1 FEBRUARY
💰 €500,000 GUARANTEED
📍 APOLLONIA POKER ROOM

The Balkans have found their poker meeting point. And the bar keeps rising.