Record-Setting Prize Pools Produced at 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker
This was published 27-05-2016PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker site, has revealed that the 2016 Spring Championship of Online Poker that ended at the beginning of this week, generated over $15 million in prize money.
This year’s series was highlighted by the three main events that drew more than 30,000 combined entries and turned out to be a great success setting a new record with almost $91 million awarded across 168 events. The previous record for the total of prize money awarded by Spring Championship of Online Poker was a little more than $81 million that was awarded in 2014 across that year’s 135 events.
The biggest event in 2016 was the $10,000 High Main Event that generated a prize pool of $8 million after attracting 824 entries. Talal “radalot” Shakerchi managed to win that event for an amount of $1,468 million after defeating a final table that included Scott “gunning4you” Seiver and Sean “Nolezy7” Winter.
The $1,000 Medium Main Event and the $100 Low Main Event attracted 5,026 and 24,591 entries respectively. Andres “Educa-pOker” Artinano took top honors and a first-place prize of $578,621 that was triggered by a four-way chop in the $1,000 Medium Main Event while “mmleandro” took first place and a prize of $196,059 following a three-way deal in the $100 Low Main Event.
PokerStars has provided data which proves that all three of the main events have surpassed previous records in participation as well as prize pools, even without the large US market being included in the global player pool.
Eric Hollreiser, PokerStars’ Director of Corporate Communications, commented on the size of the prize money by saying that this record-breaking prize pool is testament to the enduring popularity of online poker. He went on to say that it is also a result of the talented people and hard work that was exhibited by everyone at PokerStars, from the poker room tournament team who put the schedule together, to the customer support teams helping their players get the most out of their experience.
Russia was the largest participating country with 61,154 entrants while Germany was the second highest of the series with slightly more than 6,000 entrants.
