Tournament Series May 4, 2026

The cards are dealt and the arena is set. From May 4 through May 24, 2026, JackPoker's Mafia Kings Series rolls out $2,750,000 in guaranteed prizes, three weeks of film-noir tournament drama, and a secret Monday final that only the bold can unlock. Welcome to an arena of royal intrigue and mafia battles — bring your best read, hold your nerve, and trust no one but yourself.

What Is the Mafia Kings Series?

The Mafia Kings Series is JackPoker's flagship May 2026 tournament festival — a 21-day schedule of MTTs themed around four ruling Kings, each carrying its own pace, buy-in tier, and storyline. The full schedule guarantees $2.75 million across the run. Beyond the printed schedule sits the real prize: a hidden, invitation-only event called the Mafia & King's Choice tournament, played every Monday night and reachable only through the progress-bar challenges below.

How to Become King of the Game

Every step you take toward the throne fills your personal progress bar. Reach 100% and you collect a ticket to the secret Monday Mafia & King's Choice tournament. Four challenges drive the bar forward — each one weighted for difficulty:

• ♠ Showdown with one King — fills 5% of your bar.
• ♥ Win a hand holding a pocket King — fills 10%.
• ♦ Showdown with pocket Kings (KK) — fills 20%.
• ♣ Win a hand with pocket Kings — fills 40%.

Showdowns. Wins. Card combinations. Stack them across cash games and series MTTs to push the bar from 0% to 100% — and once it's full, your ticket to the secret Monday final is yours.

Three Stakes Levels, Up to Nine Tickets a Week

The Mafia Kings progress bar runs in parallel across three buy-in levels. Fill a bar at any level and you take a ticket to the matching Monday final — and you can earn up to three tickets per level, per week, for a total of nine secret-tournament tickets across a single week.

• Low — buy-ins from $5 to $20. Best for grinders building bankrolls.
• Medium — buy-ins from $30 to $50. The sweet spot for most regs.
• High — buy-ins from $100 to $1,000. Where the real heads come to play.

The Secret Mafia & King's Choice Tournament

Every Monday during the series, the doors of the secret room open. Players who filled their progress bars during the previous week sit down at one of three exclusive Mafia & King's Choice tables — Low, Medium, and High — for closed-field tournaments with bigger overlays and softer fields than anything on the public schedule. The fewer the seats, the bigger the share. The longer you stay alive, the closer you get to the throne.

Series Snapshot

Strategy: Filling the Bar Faster

Because the four challenges scale from 5% to 40%, the fastest path to a ticket is to weight your sessions toward situations where you're more likely to win with Kings rather than just see them. A few notes from the rail:

• Showdowns count. Don't fold the river just to save half a big blind if a King is in the mix — taking the showdown banks the 5%/20% chunks.
• Play more hands at scheduled series MTTs. Volume is the most reliable way to bank multiple challenges in a single week.
• Stack across levels. A few sessions at Low and Medium can lock three tickets each before you sit down at High — that's already six tickets banked.
• Don't slow-play KK preflop. 3-bet, 4-bet, get value. The 40% reward only comes from winning the hand at showdown.

New to JackPoker? Stack the Welcome Package First

If you're stepping into the Mafia Kings Series for the first time, register with promo code WELCOME before you make your first deposit. The new-player package layers a 300% deposit match up to $2,000 on top of 20% Instant Cash, a free $10 Spin & Win ticket, and a Welcome Lootbox — exactly the kind of cushion you want when you're firing series buy-ins for three straight weeks.

Bottom Line

The Mafia Kings Series is one of the most generous tournament festivals JackPoker has run all year. $2.75 million guaranteed, a 21-day schedule, three stakes levels, and a secret Monday final waiting behind a progress bar you fill yourself — the cards are dealt and the arena awaits the bold. Jump in between May 4 and May 24, claim your share, and remember the rule of the room: trust no one, bet on yourself.

Read the full JackPoker tournament schedule for daily start times, or head straight to the Mafia Kings Series sign-up page to take your seat at the table.

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