That €28.7 million was built from 15,240 entries recorded in 42 of the 65 total games on the schedule.Ī total of seven games found prize pools of more than €1 million with the two Main Events topping the list. That total does not include all the events in the series, however, so the actual number likely pushed past the third decade. This year’s series had total prizes in the €30 million range, with results from selected events coming to a total of €28,708,598. Players flock to the event every year, with field and prize pool records falling year after year.

The season-ending series combines the charm of Christmas in the heart of central Europe with some of the biggest and best poker games in the world. Setting records during the holiday stopover in Prague is becoming a habit for PokerStars and the EPT. Meanwhile, Prague is also home to the Eureka series season-closer every year and this year a field of over 4400 entries set another record for total entries in that Main Event which opened the series. The full-size Main Event that closed the series, won by rising Irish star Padraig “Smidge” O’Neill, set a prize pool record with over 1250 entries, which translated into €6,232,250 in prizes. It has been a pretty common occurrence in past years for the Main Events in Prague to go huge and set records, and 2023 continued on that trend with both the Eureka and EPT Main Events setting records for their size. Seven games ended up with more than €1 million in prizes, and the two big standouts from a prize pool perspective were no surprise to any observers of PokerStars and EPT Prague. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, visit the National Council of Problem Gambling.

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