PokerStars Winter Series Pays Out $84 Million
The Winter Series at PokerStars.com had $40 million in combined guaranteed prize pools across 240 separate events, but after almost a quarter of a million poker players flocked to the PokerStars tables between Dec. 12 �C Jan. 18, the total prize money awarded during Winter Series hit $51.2 million.
More than 244,000 unique players made approximately two million entries across the 240 Winter Series events. These impressive figures continued in the Southern Europe Winter Series that incorporated PokerStars�� Spain, France and Portugal sites where the �20 million guarantee was beaten by �2.2 million.
PokerStars�� Winter Series held in Italy, New Jersey and India had combined guarantees of $6.3 million yet a cool $8.3 million was awarded to those players.
Winter Series Main Events Awarded Massive Prizes
The highlight of the PokerStars.com Winter Series was the $2,100 buy-in High Main Event, a tournament that attracted 1,129 entries who battled for a slice of the $2,258,000 prize pool. A total of 143 players received prize money for their efforts, a min-cash worth $4,549, a final table appearance boosting this sum to $37,473 and the eventual champion scooping almost $360,000.
Ireland��s ��ArtHouse2011�� was that champion, an accolade that came with a $359,703 score. ArtHouse2011 defeated the Swedish superstars Johannes ��Greenstone25�� Korsar heads-up, resigning the Swede to a $260,391 consolation prize; Korsar now has more than $12 million in online poker tournament winnings.
2019 Winter Series $2,100 High Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ArtHouse2011 | Ireland | $359,703 |
| 2 | Johannes ��Greenstone25�� Korsar | Sweden | $260,391 |
| 3 | DSmunichlife | Germany | $188,499 |
| 4 | Messiraise | China | $136,455 |
| 5 | Geraldo ��GeraldoCesar�� Cesar Neto | Brazil | $98,781 |
| 6 | rompsa | Finland | $71,508 |
| 7 | TopKat5757 | New Zealand | $51,765 |
| 8 | gazzu666 | Chile | $37,473 |
More massive prizes were awarded in the $215 buy-in Winter Series Medium Main Event. Bulgaria��s ��dubl_ace_420�� and Russia��s ��Dancer King�� made a deal when heads-up that saw the latter secure a $242,110 payout when they fell in second-place. The champion walked away $246,573 richer.
The $22 buy-in Low Main Event saw a massive field of 44,718 players take to the PokerStars felt and, unsurprisingly, the tournament ended in a four-way deal. Second-through-fourth-place won prizes ranging between $44,075 and $48,632 with Brazil��s ��brunoporto12�� getting their hands on $77,288 for their $22 investment.
Despite first-place in the $2.20 buy-in Micro Main Event being 4,245 times the buy-in, this tournament did not end in a deal. This meant Peru��s ��kbcitas�� turned their $2.20 buy-in into an impressive $9,341.
�10 Million Guaranteed Carnaval Series Coming Soon
Next up for PokerStars is the �10 million guaranteed Carnaval Series that hits the Southern European networks of France, Portugal and Spain from Feb. 13-18. Some 166 events are scheduled, including a �250 buy-in Main Event featuring a �1 million guaranteed prize pool.
You can learn more about the PokerStars Carnaval Series here.
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