WSOP Europe Main Event: €1.5M Prize and Record-Breaking Turnout

The World Series of Poker Europe Main Event has begun with a €1,500,000 prize for the winner. The Main Event promised a pot of at least €5,000,000 but even this was smashed on the very first Day 1 starting flight. By the time that late registration ended on Day 2, there were 817 buy-ins in the prizepool that now stood at an impressive €7,761,500.

This breaks the previous record set in 2022 when Omar Eljach topped a field of 763 to scoop the first-place prize of €1,380,128. Federico Brunato, Director of Poker at King's Resort, thanked each and every one of you for choosing to be a part of WSOP Europe at King's Resort.

As Day 3 ended, there were only 35 players remaining. Defending champ Omar Eljach scored an 89th place finish for €18,000. At the time of writing, Day 4 is underway with 16 runners left. Dario Sammartino with $16 million in live tournament winnings sits in ninth place.