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The tournaments mentioned in this article are some of the biggest poker tournaments around the world. Thousands of people take part and try to win them. All these poker tournaments pay big and offer a great player experience.

Keep in mind that the buy-in amount for these tournaments is a bit on the higher end. But all these tournaments pay a huge amount to the winners that account to more than $1M. And just for the sheer challenge of winning these tournaments makes them so special. It takes a player to be a master of the game and have a great game knowledge to win in these tournaments. And if you manage to win, you’ll be treated as the best player in the world. And this is a great title to have.

What makes these tournaments so big and Special?

So, you must be wondering what makes these poker tournaments so special. Well, there are four main factors that make these tournaments stand apart from the rest. They are as follows:

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The total number of people taking part: Literally thousands to tens of thousands of people take part in these tournaments. It feels special to play with so many people. The atmosphere built in these tournaments is the best part of all. To be a part of something so big which has great value is one’s in a lifetime experience.
The tournament locations: All of these poker tournaments takes place in really big casinos which are really well-known and world-famous. To go and visit them is a dream for many people out there. Also, the locality of these tournaments are really awesome and cool places to visit for anyone.
Tournaments Winnings: The winnings from these tournaments are all in Millions. This alone tells that these are not the common typical poker tournaments that happens every year. Winning in these tournaments makes you a world-famous poker player. Also, if you win in some of these poker tournaments, you’re considered as the world champion of poker. This is really a big deal in the poker industry. So, go a win in these biggest poker tournaments and make a name for your self.
Challenge: It takes one to be extremely skillful to win in these biggest poker tournaments. There’s no luck as such because you compete with tens of thousands of people. And to win the title you need to be on top of the game for the entire tournament. Not just for couple of hours. And only a few players can do this. And the players that do this win most of the time.

These factors make this list one of the biggest poker tournaments in the world.

Biggest Poker Tournaments around the World

Without any further discussion let’s take a look at the top 5 most Biggest Poker Tournaments that pay big.

1. World Series Of Poker ( WSOP)

WSOP is one of the biggest poker tournaments and happens all over the world. Around tens and thousands of players compete hoping to win the tournament.

The first WSOP was played in 1970 when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players. From then on the WSOP was played each year with the increasing number of contestants year by year.

WSOPbecame one of the most prestigious poker tournament a player can win. The winner is crowned as the Poker champion of the World.

Format

WSOP Las Vegas is the most popular and is conducted every year in Las Vegas in the month of June-July. Each players competing has to pay the $10,000 buy-in to get into the tournament. More than 8000 players competed in 2019 WSOP held in July.

The prize pool of 2019 WSOP Las Vegas was $80,548,600 and the Winner took $10 million in cash. The winner additional gets a bracelet to take away to his home. This bracelet signifies that the player is the world champion and the best in the world.

WSOP happens in other parts of the world too. The Variants of WSOP are as follows:

WSOP Las Vegas
WSOP Online Poker
WSOP U.S Circuit
WSOP Europe Circuit
WSOP International Circuit

Each one of these tournaments offers a huge cash prize for the winners along with a bracelet to take home. The player with the most bracelets is PhilHellmuth and has won 15 times. There’s no question that WSOP is the world’s biggest poker tournaments ever.

2. World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP)

This is one of the biggest poker tournaments conducted online and is played by players all over the world. The tournament is sponsored by Poker Stars. It is played on the PokerStars site in the month of September every year.

WCOOP was started in the year 2002 and is the online equivalent to the World Series Of Poker. The WCOOP offers a variety of Poker games with Texas Hold’em being the famous one. There are different buy-ins for different variants and different prize pool.

The games featured are Limit, Pot-Limit and No-Limit Texas Hold’em, Seven Card Studand Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, Razz, Pot Limit OmahaHigh and Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, 5 card draw, 2-7 triple draw, and H.O.R.S.E.

In the year 2018 WCOOP, 186 different events were conducted by Poker Stars. The main event of 2018 WCOOP consisted of 2,044 players and the winner won $1,352,967.97. The prize pool of the Main event was $10,220,000.00. The buy-in for the main event was $5,200 No-Limit Texas Hold’em Poker.

This tells us that the WCOOP is one of the biggest poker tournaments that is conducted online by PokerStars.

3. Triton Super High Roller Series ( Triton Poker)

Triton Pokerconducts one of the biggest poker tournaments in different parts of the world. Just like PokerStars, Triton Poker conducts different poker tournaments with different buy-in amounts and pool prizes.

This year Trition Million poker tournament was conducted with the prize pool of $65,660,000. The winner received $23,100,000. Also, the buy-in amount is $25,000. It is the 6th largest poker tournament in terms of the prize pool and number 1 Poker tournament with the highest amount given to a winner.

You can already tell that this tournament is super expensive and is mostly played by the businessman and professional poker players. This is not for everyone.

But, none the less, it is one of the biggest poker tournaments that attract a lot of viewers who watch the best play against each other to win the tournament.

4. Big One for One Drop

The Big One for One Dropis a $1,000,000 buy-in No-Limit Texas hold ’em tournament hosted at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was started in the year 2012 and became the highest buy-in poker tournament in history as well as the largest single payout offered. The buy-in amount itself is more than enough to make it one of the biggest poker tournaments of the world.

The event is known for its charitable contributions as much as $111,111 of each player’s buy-in is donated to the One Drop Foundation, an international non-profit organization created by Cirque du Soleil founderGuy Laliberté, which focuses on water initiatives.

This is one of those unique tournaments that are not for everyone as the buy-in to play the tournament is 1 million dollars. But the cause of the tournament is really good and the tournament has already collected $16M for the charity foundation One Drop in just four years. So, if you have a lots of money and want to spend something in doing good, then this is the best poker tournament to be a part in.

The event usually happens in the month of June or July as a 3-4 days event. The prize pool for the tournament is more than $40M and the winner usually takes home more than $10M.

So, if you have got the money then you can go and compete and play in one of the biggest poker tournaments ever conducted for a charity cause.

5. World Poker Tour Championships (WPT)

The World Poker Tour(WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. The World Poker Tour was started in the year 2002 and has operated a series of international poker tournaments and associated television series broadcasting playdown and the final table of each tournament. It is hands down one of the biggest poker tournaments ever.

The WPT Main Tour focuses on the buy-in range of $3,500-$25,000, and winners of official WPT Main Tour events are awarded a membership to the WPT Champions Club. The WPT Champions Cup is the trophy awarded to all winners of WPT Main Tour events, and champions have his or her name engraved on the Cup.

The winners get whopping prize money greater than $1M. This tournament is popular all over the world and millions watch the action by sitting at home and watching on TV.

In 2008, they even started the WPT ladies where there were tournaments conducted only for women. Their buy-in is usually $300 to $1500 and the winner gets more than $500,000 as of the prize money.

Without any doubt, this is one of the biggest poker tournaments that happens once a year and attracts a lot of viewers.

These were some of the world’s biggest poker tournaments and the prize money is massive. It is the dream of all poker players to play and win in one of these tournaments. Don’t forget to Check out the best cards to play poker at home. Also, check out the Best Card Shufflers you can use to shuffle the cards.

Popular FAQ’s

Who is the richest poker player in the world?

Sam Farha is the richest poker player in the world. He is worth over $100M in networth.

Who is the best poker player of all time?

It is literally impossible to tell who is the best poker player of all time. Because there are a lot of poker players who deservers the GOAT in poker. But, if you look at the earnings made by playing poker then Bryn Kenney makes to the top of the list with over $50M in live earnings.

Who won the One Drop poker tournament?

Justin Bonomo won the One Drop Poker Tournament in 2018.

Who has won the WSOP Poker Tournaments the most?

Phil Hellmuth has won the most bracelets with 15 followed by Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Phil Ivey with ten bracelets each.

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@PokerStars In European Poker Tour

All you need to know about the first European Poker Tour (EPT) stop of 2019.

EVENT OVERVIEW
PokerStars' flagship live tour first visited Russia in 2017 when Sochi appeared on the tournament calendar under the PokerStars Championship branding. What started as a 387-entry event swelled to 867 one year later for what was the first official European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event in the country. The Main Event carries a 150 million ruble guarantee and has rapidly become one of the most prestigious titles to be won in the region. As ever, there is also a full calendar of side events and cash games to suit all bankrolls, as the festival in one of poker's boom regions continues to grow.

LOCATION
The tournament takes place in the opulent Casino Sochi, in the mountain ski resort of Krasnaya Polyana, about 45 minutes from Sochi itself. Surrounded by the Caucasus Mountains, the area was redeveloped, with the addition of numerous shops, bars and restaurants, for the 2012 World Cup skiing event and then the Winter Olympic Games of 2014. The casino -- and the tournament room -- is only a five-minute walk from the centre of the town, with the cable-car network leading to the main ski centres all within easy reach. Address: Casino Sochi, 51 Estonskaya Street, Estosadok, Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia.

2019 TOURNAMENT INFO

Festival dates: March 20-29, 2019

March 21-24 - EPT National
Buy-in: RUB 66,000 ($1,000 approx.)
Unlimited re-entries

March 24-29 EPT Main Event
Buy-in: RUB 191,800 ($2,900 approx.)
Single re-entry per starting flight
RUB 150 million guaranteed ($2.3 million approx)

MORE ABOUT EPT SOCHI: POKERSTARS LIVE BEST REASONS TO PLAY

GETTING THERE
The nearest major international airport is Sochi (AER). Several flights per day arrive from Moscow (including via Aeroflot, the Russian national carrier). Turkish Airlines also flies from Istanbul direct to Sochi. Taxi transfer from the airport takes around 45 minutes and can be booked via PokerStars Travel.

ACCOMMODATION
The casino is attached to the five-star Sochi Marriott Krasnaya Polyana Hotel and access to the gaming floors is possible without the need to go outside. Rooms can be booked via PokerStars Travel. Other five-star options include the Grand Hotel Polyana and Novotel Resort Krasnaya Polyana, both of which are a 10-15 minute drive away from the casino and can be booked through PokerStars.

The three-star Hotel Aibga and Hotel Anna are a very short walk from the tournament venue, while Olymp Hotel and Hotel Arcadia are also less than 10 minutes by foot.

NEED TO KNOW
Residents of many countries, including the United States, Canada, the UK, Germany, France and Spain need a visa to travel to Russia. Only residents from countries with a visa-free treaty can travel without additional documentation. Please visit PokerStars' dedicated visa support service to arrange your visa.

A DAY AWAY FROM THE TABLES
The obvious way to spend down-time in Sochi is to hit the slopes. The whole of Krasnaya Polyana is considered part of the Gorky Gorod ski resort, where the Lower City (at 540 metres above sea level) containing the casino, shopping malls and many bars and restaurants, is linked to the Upper Town via a chair lift from the main town square. There are more than 30 kilometres (about 18.5 miles) of slopes to suit all levels of experience, with lifts running in numerous directions only a short walk from the town centre. Even if you don't ski, take the cable car up to Gornyy Priyut and enjoy a hearty meal while enjoying exceptional views across the mountains and down on to the town. Alternatively, the Marriot Hotel has an excellent swimming pool (both indoor and out, weather permitting) and spa.

Hit the slopes in Krasnaya Polyana (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

ESSENTIALS

Shopping: The Gorky Gorod mall, about a 10-minute walk from the casino, has numerous shops and a supermarket in its basement to stock up on all necessary supplies. There are fast food restaurants, a bowling alley and a cinema too.

Food and drink: Casino Sochi has three restaurants: Brunello, Baffet and the Royal Bar. Meanwhile L'Olivo restaurant in the adjoining Marriot serves high quality Italian fare. There are any number of options in the nearby town, from the high-end Ogonok steak restaurant, to Harat's Irish Pub, a short staggering distance from the main event.

Pharmacy: Pharmacy Coral is located close to the main town square, opposite the chair-lift station.

A LOOK BACK

March 2018: An optional single re-entry per flight (and three starting days) swelled the RUB 192,000 EPT Main Event field to 861 (inc. 321 re-entries). Arseniy Karmatskiy led the final table from start to finish to pick up RUB 27,300,000 ($474,938 approx). FULL RESULTS

May 2017: Russia's finest turned out en masse for the first flagship PokerStars event in the country. Pavel Shirshikov denied Russia's best-known poker export Vladimir Troyanovskiy heads-up in the Pokerstars Championship Main Event. Shirshikov won 29.1 million rubles, which is more than US $500,000. FULL RESULTS

AT A GLANCE

Previous EPT/PokerStars Championship visits to Sochi: