WSOP Colossus II Event Brings in Huge Numbers
WSOP Colossus II Event Brings in Huge Numbers
Men lie, females lie, numbers never. The planet group Of Poker is growing in stature and the proof is within the true numbers, which continue to be quite staggering. This past year, the WSOP Colossus event had the most participants for just about any event in 2015, so when the 2016 version started this weekend the competition had been anticipated to break records also.
The 2016 version of Colossus, called Colossus II, features 21,613 entries, which can be down from 22,374 in 2015, but that is nevertheless a amazing wide range of rivals. Reports are saying that 3,245 players will be able to cash away in this event as there exists a prize pool of $10,806,500 to draw from. That number of players which will cash out is a record.
There are going to be six flights and lots of of these have previously started. The breakdown will look as follows: Flight A will have 3,249 players, then 2,153 for Flight B, 3,770 for Flight C, 3,099 for Flight D, 4,855 for Flight E and 4,487 for Flight F. The very best players from those will move on to Day 2 plus the champion regarding the occasion is going to reach least a million dollars, which is a lot more than the $638,880 that Cord Garcia won in the inaugural event in 2015. Bradley McFarland arrived in 2nd to Garcia, and he took home $386,253. The prize money that is lowest in the top five ended up being $182,348.
The Colossus II is really a massive no-limit hold ‘em competition that costs $565 to get into, therefore it really should not be that much of a shock that the involvement figures are so huge. (más…)