A Battle for a High-Stakes Bracelet Dawns as Day 1 of Event #8: €25,000 GGMillion€ Begins
The first five-figure buy-in bracelet event of the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe has arrived. Event #8: No Limit Hold ‘Em GGMillion€ bears a hefty entry fee of €25,000, but the guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000, the same guarantee of the weekly online poker tournaments on GGPoker this event is named after, is sure to attract high rollers from all over the globe to travel to King’s Resort in Rozvadov.
Tournaments with a €25,000 price point, although under varying names, have been a staple of the WSOPE for some time, and players that have picked up a bracelet in these events include Jonathan Duhamel, Niall Farrell, and Michael Addamo, with Paul Phua winning the most recent edition in 2022. He bested a final table on which, among others, Espen Jorstad, Daniel Negreanu, and Shaun Deeb had a seat, and received €482,433 and his first bracelet for his efforts.
2022 WSOPE €25,000 Platinum High Roller Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | €482,433 |
| 2 | Gab Yong Kim | South Korea | €298,163 |
| 3 | Shaun Deeb | United States | €205,566 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | €146,370 |
| 5 | Julien Martini | France | €107,752 |
| 6 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | €82,104 |
| 7 | Wayne Heung | Hong Kong | €64,835 |
| 8 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | €53,129 |
| 9 | Espen Jorstad | Norway | €45,242 |
The two-day €25,000 GGMillion€ is set to kick off at 4 p.m. local time, and all players who show up at that time will start battling with their 500,000 chips in blinds of 500/1,000 with a big blind ante of 1,000. Levels will last 40 minutes throughout Day 1, and 14 of them are scheduled to be played, with a break after every three levels. The tournament has the option for unlimited reentries, and with late registration being open until the start of Day 2, fireworks are sure to take place.
€25,000 GGMillion€ Day 1 Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | Big Blind Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 40 | 500 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 40 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| 3 | 40 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 |
| 4 | 40 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| 5 | 40 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| 6 | 40 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 |
| 7 | 40 | 3,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| 8 | 40 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 |
| 9 | 40 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| 10 | 40 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 |
| 11 | 40 | 6,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| 12 | 40 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| 13 | 40 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| 14 | 40 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
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