After two Day Ones that brought the numbers close to the record, Sunday’s Day 2 action at the 2021 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event shattered the record. More than 600 entries were received in the event, which will head off to Day 3 on Monday with Germany’s Christian Stratmeyer at the helm of the ship. Heavy is the head that wears the crown, however, as the defending champion of the event, 2019 victor Alexandros Kolonias, lurks back in the pack looking to hold on to his championship belt.
688 Total Entries Create More Than €6.5 Million Prize Pool
It might be hard to think of it now, but officials with the King’s Casino and the WSOP were originally concerned about the player numbers for the 2021 WSOP-E Main Event. A €5 million prize pool was guaranteed for the tournament and the players certainly responded. The €10,000 buy-in tournament was assisted by an optional rebuy for players, but it is conceivable that the record would not have been tested without the rebuy offered.
At the end of the fifth level of action on Sunday, the numbers were totaled up. 688 entries had come to the King’s Casino to attempt to become the next champion of the WSOP-E, creating a prize pool of €6.536 million. 104 players will split up that prize pool, with the minimum payout for the lower end finishers a tidy €16,500. The eventual champion of the 2021 WSOP-E Main Event will take home the princely sum of €1,276,712.
The 688 entries entirely crushed the previous record holder, the 2011 event held in Cannes, France. In the 2011 tournament, 593 players came for the action, with the eventual champion Elio Fox taking down what will remain the largest prize in WSOP-E Main Event history, €1.4 million. It is also arguable that, without the rebuy option available, that the 2021 tournament would not have eclipsed the record – but that is for the historians to figure out!
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