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PokerStars Open Campione Main Event deletes € 1 million guarantee with a record field


PokerStars introduced his new era of the live poker this week than the Poker stars open campione Exploded in action. Most members of the Poker Community informed similar thoughts that the new mid-Stakes tour would prove to be popular, but we doubt that many people were of the opinion that the first poker stars Open Main would destroy the visitor records.

The € 1,100 buy-in-poker stars Open Campione Main Event were a 1 million guaranteed price pool. Four flights were planned, which means that an average of 250 participants per flight would be guaranteed. The signs of bumper participation were for everyone on day 1a, the poker stars see 30 minutes delayed Because of the mere amount of players who want to shop. For those who are not familiar with live tournaments multi-day, the first start flight is usually the least busy with those who are offered.

Day 1a saw a lush 644 participantsIt was already achieved that more than 64% of the guarantee was reached! Day 1b, later on the same day, pulled another one 163 entriesBring the total amount to 807 with two remaining flights!

1 million € guaranteed wiped out

The guarantee of 1 million euros was guaranteed to be blown out of the water on day 1c, as over 300 players who register for the third flight before even started. When the curtain dropped on day 1c, Amazing 1,124 players Had exchanged € 1,100 with the chance to become the PokerStars Ept Campione Main Event Champion.

In order to have this day 1c into perspective, PokerStars' was the best of the Italy live event (according to our best knowledge) 2010 European Poker Tour (EPT) Sanremo Main event, saw that Liv Boeree Come on a 1,240-strong field. Sure, that was a buy-in of € 5,300, but still!

Outside the Italian EPTS, the 2014 edition of 2014 Ipt Sanremo Main Event I saw 1,124 players for € 770 throughout the tournament.

The PokerStars Open Campione Main Events Field got even bigger after 208 players selected day 1D to start their search for fame. This means that 2,139 players bought in this event, and 772 players did their tickets by day 2.

However, The late registration remains open until the end of the first stage on 2nd day 2That means we could see some late arrivals or some players who entered again late. How big can the PokerStars Campione Main Event Field reach?

Darius Neagoe leads the monster size event

Darius Neagoe
Darius Neagoe

Romania Darius Neagoe Is the man who catches the record of the record -breaking PokerStars Open Campione Main Event in day 2. Neagoe entered 1a on day 1 and turned his start stack into a tournament that headed 417,000. The Romania chips are worth the equivalent of 358 Big Jerouen; It is fair to say that he has plenty of space for maneuvers!

Terrance Reid Tops second place with Poland with 413,500 chips Sebastian KotowiczAnother day 1a, which rounds off the podium with a 398,600 stack in third place.

Have such a big price pool – it is currently € 2.1 million and rise – means that the event attracted many experienced professionals. Some of these upper grinding substances that can be paid to in Pokerews'Day 2 cover include Alexandre Rear (168,000), Antonio Buonanno (166,300), Gianluca Speranza (166,000), Arsenii Karmatckii (109,500) and Guillermo Sanz (98,700).

PokerStars Open Campione Main Event Top 10 Chip counts

Rank player country Chips
1 Darius Neagoe Romania 417,000
2 Terrance Reid United States 413,500
3 Sebastian Kotowicz Poland 398,600
4 Tommaso Marangi Italy 360,000
5 David Nir Israel 347,400
6 Ioannis Salonikis Greece 295,900
7 Samuel Mayet France 271,700
8 Mixhael Simeon Switzerland 271,000
9 Artem Komarov Ukraine 256.100
10 Davide Cojaniz Italy 255,600

How many entries have the PokerStars Campione Main Event open?

The incredible turnout for this event shows that there is a market for live events with medium missions. The numbers are also supported by More than 300 poker stars players who redeem Power Path passes Play in this first event.

Go to Pokernews Live report pages From 1:00 p.m. CET on March 14th, to follow our indotent guide via the PokerStars, Campione Main Event open and see how massive the later field is to reduce at around 2:15 p.m. CET.

Matthew Pitt

Matthew Pitt

Senior editor

Matthew Pitt comes from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom and has been working in the poker industry since 2008 and has been working for Pokernews since 2010. In September 2010 he became editor of Pokernews. Matthew resigned from Live reporting duties in 2015 and is now focusing on his role of the senior editor for the Pokernews.