We all know that this festival in Barcelona has been big, but we all knew that it was big last time as well, so what’s the big deal, huh? Well, Rodrigo Gómez, one of our media co-ordinators, put all the key figures from some of the landmark events this week in a spreadsheet and calculated the percentage increases, year-on-year-on-year.
The full details are in the table below, but what this shows is more than just context-free numbers. It shows the growth of these events through the past three years.
In the case of the Main Event, the numbers in the €5,300 flagship tournament have moved steadily upward. The Main Event of Season 11 was 21 percent bigger than it was in Season 10, and this year’s tournament represented an increase of 13 percent on last year. Over two seasons, that’s a 37 percent increase, which is bonkers.
But that’s just the start of it. When the Barcelona Cup started on Season 10, the €330 buy in event attracted 469 runners. But over the past couple of years, the poker players of Barcelona have gone side-event crazy and this year that same tournament got 3,011. That’s a 542 percent increase in two years. Is this real life?
While all events have increased precipitously, it’s notable that the two biggest increases have been at the cheapest and the most expensive end. The €50,000 Super High Roller has also grown by 113 percent over three years. Is poker polarising?
Here’s the raw data:
Estrellas Main Event €1,100 | |||||
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year | Field | Prize pool | 1st Prize | One-year % increase | Two-year % increase |
EPT10 | 1798 | € 1,744,060 | € 169,136 | ||
EPT11 | 2569 | € 2,483,200 | € 198,550 | 43 | |
EPT12 | 3292 | € 3,292,000 | € 491,000 | 28 | 83 |
Super High Roller EPT €50,000 | |||||
year | Entries | Prize pool | 1st Prize | One-year % increase | Two-year % increase |
EPT10 | 51 | € 2,448,765 | € 771,300 | ||
EPT11 | 77 | € 3,697,155 | € 960,434 | 51 | |
EPT12 | 99 | € 4,801,500 | € 1,224,000 | 29 | 94 |
EPT Main Event €5,300 | |||||
year | Field | Prize pool | 1st Prize | One-year % increase | Two-year % increase |
EPT10 | 1234 | € 5,984,900 | € 924,000 | ||
EPT11 | 1496 | € 7,255,600 | € 1,261,000 | 21 | |
EPT12 | 1694 | € 8,470,000 | € 1,420,500 | 13 | 37 |
Barcelona Cup €330 | |||||
year | Field | Prize pool | 1st Prize | One-year % increase | Two-year % increase |
EPT10 | 469 | € 136,479 | € 30,780 | ||
EPT11 | 2095 | € 628,500 | € 101,000 | 347 | |
EPT12 | 3011 | € 903,300 | € 135,600 | 44 | 542 |
Women’s event €220 | |||||
year | Field | Prize pool | 1st Prize | One-year % increase | Two-year % increase |
EPT10 | 86 | € 25,026 | € 6,880 | ||
EPT11 | 102 | € 19,788 | € 5,250 | 19 | |
EPT12 | 148 | € 28,712 | € 6,890 | 45 | 72 |
Estrellas High Roller €2,000 | |||||
year | Field | Prize pool | 1st Prize | One-year % increase | Two-year % increase |
EPT10 | 521 | € 934,935 | € 179,400 | ||
EPT11 | 802 | € 1,558,800 | € 293,000 | 54 | |
EPT12 | 1055 | € 2,046,700 | € 372,500 | 32 | 102 |
High Roller EPT €10,000 | |||||
year | Entries | Prize pool | 1st Prize | One-year % increase | |
EPT10 | 180 | € 1,764,000 | € 390,700 | ||
EPT11 | 491 | € 381,400 | € 747,200 | 173 |
You can follow all the action from the various tournament floors on PokerStars Blog. The Main Event action will be on the Main Event page. And everything from the side events is on the side events page. It will be busy over there today. There’s also EPT Live for your video-based needs.
You can also begin plotting your own bid for EPT glory by downloading the PokerStars client and having a crack. Follow this EPT event via the EPT app. There you will get all the latest news, chip counts and payouts. You can download it on Android or IOS.
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