WEEKLY SHUFFLE – Poker Trip Inspiration (Feb 2026)

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The POKER TRIPS section displays plenty of early 2026 events and here are some curated highlights for the coming weeks.

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I arrived in Bratislava in mid-February and my trip started with the tail end of a cash game festival at Banco Casino and right after PokerTourist.net‘s Merlin Poker Tour wrapped, the city shifted gears into the record-breaking Polish Poker Championship. Massive fields. Packed tables. A constant buzz accross the casino. The kind of week where every break feels like a reunion and every registration desk queue turns into a networking opportunity. Quite tiring all in all.

In between the grind, I escaped for three days to the mountains for a snowboarding ‘rest’. Fresh air. Cold mornings. No chip counts. Essentially, a very long dinner break.

That contrast from poker tables to snow-covered slopes is exactly why I love structuring trips like this. You can grind hard, disconnect fully, then come back sharper. And whatever you do, it’s always cheaper than running bad playing soso.

Bratislava and Slovakia in general is underrated for that balance. One moment you’re deep in a tournament hand. A short drive later, you could be enjoying nature.

I’m back in the city and currently playing the The Festival Series. The vibe here is different again with more of an international mix, plenty of side action, more cross-community interaction. It’s less about randoms flooding the rooms and more about a traveling circus of players reconnecting across regular stops.

And I’m not done with Bratislava yet.

I’ll be staying roughly another two weeks to catch the action during the Norwegian Poker Festival too. If you’ve ever been around Norwegians during a poker series, you already know: high energy, big fields and maybe a drink or two.

Bratislava is one of those European hubs where festival after festival stacks up, creating an ongoing ecosystem of action. If you time it right, you barely have to move since the action just keeps coming to you.

That part is still open.

And honestly, I like it that way.

I’ve been networking heavily during this stretch with conversations in hallways or late-night drinks. That’s one of the underrated values of staying longer in one place during back-to-back festivals. You stop being the guy passing through and start becoming part of the temporary local ecosystem. It gives me more time to reconnect rather than franticly hopping from one spot to another.

I like giving opportunities time to breathe, things start connecting and travel ideas or media collaborations sometimes turn to new projects.

And yes, Las Vegas is definitely creeping back into the short-term plan. There’s exciting stuff brewing there, and it feels like one of those years where being present will matter. Michelle Richey, our real estate specialist in town is kicking of the year with a new website and we are setting up a brand new Sin City base this Spring. More on that soon.

If you’re reading this and thinking about your own grind & travel combo, take a look at the Poker Trips section. It’s built exactly for this kind of rhythm: chasing good series, good structures, good locations, and good vibes.

And if you’re planning a stop somewhere, check out our partner links for inspiration and deals.

For now, the Bratislava action continues and the next destination is slowly forming in the background.

Stay tuned, have fun at the tables and see you everywhere!

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