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Will Jacked Series Deliver the Overlay Goods? The First Week Will Tell
- Stake Poker’s $2M GTD Jacked Series runs 11–30 November with 198 tournaments.
- Low tournament traffic suggests overlays are likely, especially in the $250K Main Event.
- Opening week participation will indicate whether guarantees are achievable or offer value.
$2 million in guarantees? Stake Poker is looking JACKED.
Stake Poker’s $2M GTD Jacked Series starts today, featuring a total 198 tournaments between November 11 and 30. For this festival, we give a serious overlay alert, because the total $2 million guarantee is a hefty promise from a poker room whose tournament traffic been least to say, very modest.
The opening week should give us a much better idea of whether those guarantees are realistic or whether the overlay hunters might have found themselves a new playground.
Jacked Series 2026 goes live today, and if you wondered what was on the menu, here's the opening week highlights and schedule.
Jacked Series Opening Week Highlights
- $250,000 Jacked Main Event: $200 buy-in, multiple Day 1 flights, accumulator format Final Nov 29.
- Daily Jacked Big Game Hunter: $20 buy-in, 8-Max PKO with Big Bounties.
- $50 Juicy Treasure Hunt: $20 buy-in Mystery Bounty, $50,000 GTD on November 15.
- $30,000 Mid Month Madness: Just $8 to enter on November 15.
- Weekly Treasure Hunt: $50 buy-in, $20,000 GTD on November 14.
Jacked Series $250K Main Event: More Bullets, More Chips
The Jacked Main Event uses an accumulator format, allowing players to enter multiple Day 1 flights and combine all surviving stacks for Day 2. More bullets mean more chances to build a monster stack, but Stake will need to attract plenty of entries to make that $250K guarantee work.
At $200 per entry, the tournament needs 1,250 entries to cover the guarantee before deductions. I haven't seen that kind of tournament traffic at Stake Poker outside its freerolls, so I'm still leaning towards an overlay, despite the site's growing popularity.
Looking for a cheaper way in? Satellites are available with buy-ins starting at $20.
For more details, check out our Stake Poker Jacked Series 2026 event article.
Full Jacked Series Opening Week Schedule
| Date | Time (UTC) | Tournament | Buy-in | GTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11 | 7:45 PM | Jacked Main Event Day 1 | $200.00 | $250K |
| Nov 11 | 12:15 AM | Midnight Hitman | $50.00 | $1.5K |
| Nov 11 | 4:15 AM | Heavy Front Kick | $30.00 | $3K |
| Nov 11 | 8:15 AM | Big Game Hunter | $20.00 | $1.5K |
| Nov 12 | 9:45 PM | Jacked Main Event Day 1 | $200.00 | $250K |
| Nov 12 | 10:15 PM | PKO Turbo | $50.00 | $3K |
| Nov 13 | 7:45 PM | Jacked Main Event Day 1 | $200.00 | $250K |
| Nov 13 | 7:15 PM | Speed Run 3-Max Mystery Bounty | $10.00 | $5K |
| Nov 14 | 1:45 PM, 9:45 PM | Jacked Main Event Day 1 | $200.00 | $250K |
| Nov 14 | 7:15 PM | Weekly Treasure Hunt | $50.00 | $20K |
| Nov 15 | 11:45 AM, 7:45 PM | Jacked Main Event Day 1 | $200.00 | $250K |
| Nov 15 | 5:00 PM | Mid Month Madness | $8.00 | $30K |
| Nov 15 | 7:15 PM | Juicy Treasure Hunt | $20 | $50K |
Time to Get Jacked?
The first few days should tell us plenty. If the fields stay modest, some of these guarantees could offer serious value. Of course, if Stake attracts a wave of new tournament grinders, the overlay opportunities might not be quite as juicy as expected.
How to Join
1. Create a Stake account (use Stake promo code MAXBET).
2. Open Stake Poker from the platform's side menu.
3. Head to the Tournaments lobby.
4. Search for "Jacked" to find the series events.
5. Pick your tournament, register and get playing!
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