Main Event of PokerStars Open Champion sees Record-Breaking Participation
🔥Helluva Kickoff for the Novice PokerStars Tour!
The fresh PokerStars Open live tour is off the charts, baby! The debut event, the €1,100 Campione Main Event, is pulling in the crowd, obliterating its original promise of €1,000,000 by attracting a colossal player pool.
By the end of Day 1's final two flights, the Casino di Campione was the location for the biggest-ever PokerStars Live event at this buy-in level, with a staggering total number of entries reaching a whopping 2,139.
Registration is still on, people! Players can throw their hats in the ring until the end of the first level of play today (Mar 14). As of this moment, the PokerStars Live app indicates a jaw-dropping total of 2,180 entries, and it's expected to climb higher over the next few hours.
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Breaking Records
As we speak, the total prize pool for the Campione Main Event stands at €2.1 million, a remarkable doubling of the original promise. The specifics of the payout structure will be announced once registration winds down, but it's clear that the top finishers will be pocketing hefty sums.
The PokerStars Open, a swanky new tourney series, made its appearance this year with five European stops boasting low-to-mid buy-in events. Every Main Event comes with a €1M guarantee and a €1,100 buy-in, except for the Manchester festival, where it's £1,100 and £1,000,000, respectively.
The new PokerStars tour has consolidated smaller regional tours, such as Eureka, UKIPT, and Estrellas, under one roof, aiming to bring more thrills and more bang for the buck at every event. And if Campione is any clue, the players are on board!
Saddle Up for a Wild Ride!
More than 800 of the original field of around 2,200 contestants will return today to continue their trek in the PokerStars Open Campione Main Event. The registration remains open for the underdogs who missed their chance to buy in, giving them a shot to turn their starting stacks into diamonds.
Italy's Tommaso Marangi takes the lead, heading back with a formidable 360,000 chips or 300 big blinds, a killer position to be in for any live event. Marangi's yet to score a significant tournament, making this a golden opportunity for him—but it's a long race ahead.
Hungry for more? There are some seasoned campaigners in the mix as well, including an EPT champion, Antonio Buonanno, who's returning with a snazzy stack of 166,000, and Poland's Dominik Panka, who faces an uphill climb with just 19,000 chips.
Day two of PSO Campione is going to deliver some fireworks as we uncover final numbers and edges creep closer to the money bubble. As for those knocked out, they'll find a warm welcome in the €550 PokerStars Open Second Chance and the €220 Turbo Knockout starting tonight. Get your poker faces on, folks! This is gonna be a Hell of a ride!
- The PokerStars Open, a new tourney series, has attracted a massive player pool in its first event, surpassing the initial promise of €1,000,000, with a staggering total of 2,180 entries as of March 14, 2023.
- By the end of the first level of play on March 14, 2025, players can grab a 100% bonus match up to $600 when they drop $10 or more through the PokerStars Live app, offering a top-notch mobile app and monumental MTT guarantees.
- The PokerStars Open, with its five European stops featuring low-to-mid buy-in events and €1M guarantees, has consolidated smaller regional tours such as Eureka, UKIPT, and Estrellas, to provide more thrills and more value at every event.
- In the PokerStars Open Campione Main Event, more than 800 original contestants are returning on March 14, 2023, joined by underdogs who can still register for a shot to turn their starting stacks into big wins.
- The casino personalities, including EPT champion Antonio Buonanno and Poland's Dominik Panka, are among those competing for significant sums in the PokerStars Open Campione Main Event, with Day 2 set to deliver Fireworks.
- In addition to the PokerStars Open Campione Main Event, players can also find excitement in the €550 PokerStars Open Second Chance and the €220 Turbo Knockout starting on March 14, 2023, making this a Hell of a ride!
