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Tournament↕ | Founded↕ | Venue↕ | Main Event Buy-In (USD)↕ | Record Top Prize (USD)↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WSOP Main Event | 1970 | Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas | 10,000 | 18,346,673 | The gold bracelet and world champion title, November Nine era, Moneymaker effect of 2003 |
WSOP Europe Main Event | 2007 | King's Resort, Rozvadov | 11,000 | 2,036,950 | European leg of the WSOP bracelet series, autumn festival in Czech Republic |
EPT Barcelona | 2004 | Casino Barcelona | 5,300 | 1,500,000 | Largest EPT stop, August kickoff, record fields in the European Poker Tour |
EPT Monte Carlo | 2005 | Monte-Carlo Bay Resort | 5,300 | 1,280,000 | Grand Final of the EPT, red carpet glamour on the Cote d'Azur |
WPT World Championship | 2002 | Wynn Las Vegas | 10,400 | 4,136,000 | World Poker Tour's flagship event, Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten era TV classic |
Triton Super High Roller Series | 2016 | Various (Cyprus, Monte Carlo, Jeju) | 100,000 | 21,050,000 | Nosebleed stakes for the world's top pros and wealthy amateurs, biggest single tournament prize in history |
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | 2004 | Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas | 10,300 | 3,000,000 | January tropical festival, PCA Main Event, Super High Roller Bowl origin |
Aussie Millions Main Event | 1998 | Crown Casino, Melbourne | 10,600 | 2,000,000 | Southern Hemisphere's biggest, January summer festival, dormant since 2020 |
WSOP Big One for One Drop | 2012 | Rio All-Suite Las Vegas | 1,000,000 | 18,346,673 | Million-dollar buy-in charity event, Antonio Esfandiari's 18 million dollar win |
Super High Roller Bowl | 2015 | ARIA Resort, Las Vegas | 300,000 | 6,000,000 | Invitational 300k buy-in, Poker Central TV era |
Irish Open | 1980 | Royal Dublin Society | 1,400 | 400,000 | Oldest poker tournament in Europe, Terry Rogers founding, Easter tradition |
partypoker Millions | 2016 | Rozvadov and Barcelona | 10,300 | 2,500,000 | Guaranteed massive prize pools, online qualifiers into live finals |
Wynn Millions | 2021 | Wynn Las Vegas | 10,000 | 1,635,000 | Summer series leading into WSOP, guaranteed prize pool on Las Vegas Strip |
US Poker Open | 2018 | ARIA Resort, Las Vegas | 10,000 | 1,000,000 | Points-race series for high rollers across multiple events |
WSOP Online Main Event | 2020 | WSOP.com and GGPoker | 5,000 | 3,904,686 | Pandemic-born online bracelet event, dual US-international champions |
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