{"id":8785,"date":"2018-11-23T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=8785"},"modified":"2018-11-23T08:00:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-23T13:00:51","slug":"secoop-dishes-out-14m-in-prizing-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/secoop-dishes-out-14m-in-prizing-money\/","title":{"rendered":"SECOOP Dishes Out $14m in Prizing Money"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Southern Europe Championship of Online Poker (SECOOP) was a first, and it was a great success to put it mildly. The event was backed by PokerStars and while it took a little to analyze the figures properly, the results are now here, and they are quite substantial. <\/em><\/p>\n The SECOOP finished on November 12 and saw over $14 million dished out in cash prizes<\/strong>. It wasn\u2019t a small tournament by any estimate. Across 149 events, players joined to participate in various competitions. The $12 million series guarantee turned out to be $2 million larger than hosts have expected and that\u2019s definitely a good sign, especially when planning future events.<\/p>\n Turn-up was of course bigger than any on-site tournament could have mustered at any one point. With 38,000 entrants, it\u2019s definitely an event that saw major interest from all across the region. <\/p>\n Naturally, the majority of players came from Spain, France, and Portugal<\/a>, joining events with guaranteed $1 million and above in prizing money. The Main Event also attracted quite the substantial interest, with 5,215 people coming in to fight for the nearly $250,000 in reward money<\/strong>. <\/p>\n While not many of the gamers could be identified by their real names, as online nicknames took precedence, we found out that \u201cBefuddled\u201d<\/strong> from France, had managed to walk away with $196,444 from the competition, which was the bulk of the money, and a title that does mean something \u2013 the first SECOOP Main Event winner.<\/p>\n With nearly 200 events taking place, there was something for everyone, including the Warm Up<\/strong> tournament and the Classico<\/strong>, which both commanded a very modest entry-level at $60 and $14 respectively. The events manged to amass $270,000 and $170,000 in prizing money, though, which was an amount rivalled by the Main Event and quite worth fighting for indeed.<\/p>\n The new shared European poker network has proven to be a large success so far, with PokerStars managing to successfully host an event that reunited poker players with a competitive flair. But that\u2019s hardly all there is.<\/p>\n PokerStars have been dishing out great rewards to Europeans in a bid to increase the involvement and even break even with regulators, allowing the company to run more competitions and expand across the entirety of Europe. PokerStars <\/a>have particularly hosted the FRESH series, Galactic Series and TRIO competitions, making significant efforts to bolster the popularity of the game across the entire continent. <\/p>\n We’ve hosted a variety of new series and it is amazing to see the support from our players. I want to thank everyone that has played in a shared liquidity offering for helping to create such a success. \u2013 The Stars Group Director of Poker Innovation Severin Rasset<\/p><\/blockquote>\n SECOOP is de facto the latest installation in the world of tournaments backed by PokerStars. According to Severin Rasset, Director of Innovation<\/strong> and the man behind the majority of breaking news surrounding PokerStars these days, the company appreciates the support that it has received from its players<\/a>. With SECOOP, PokerStars hopes to continue and support the game in one of its main bastions, Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Southern Europe Championship of Online Poker (SECOOP) was a first, and it was a great success to put it mildly. The event was backed by PokerStars and while it took a little to analyze the figures properly, the results are now here, and they are quite substantial. SECOOP Wraps Up, Millions Disbursed The SECOOP […]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[432,481],"class_list":["post-8785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","tag-pokerstars","tag-secoop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSECOOP Wraps Up, Millions Disbursed<\/h2>\n
SECOOP Beyond the Main Event<\/h2>\n