Almost a New Record
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With 354 entries, the 2016 Master Classics of Poker Main Event is almost the biggest in it's long and rich history. Only 2007 was bigger looking at the amount of player; Trond Eidsvig from Norway beat 428 players to win the event for €620,600.
Here's to put things in perspective:
| Year | Winner | Country | Entries | Buy-In | Total Prize Pool | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eng Angh | Netherlands | ?? | HFL 200 | ?? | HFL 18,600 |
| 1993 | Surinder Sunar | United Kingdom | 40 | HFL 2,000 | HFL 76,000 | HFL 41,800 |
| 1994 | G Hawass | ?? | ?? | HFL 1000 | HFL 107,910 | HFL 56,050 |
| 1995 | Belinda Blokker | Netherlands | 96 | HFL 1,000 | HFL 160,380 | HFL 84,909 |
| 1996 | Mike Magee | Ireland | 122 | HFI 1,000 | HFI 202,950 | HFI 80,360 |
| 1997 | Bjorn Janson | Germany | 90 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 450,000 | HFI 178,200 |
| 1998 | Asher Derei | United Kingdom | 125 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 618,750 | HFI 247,500 |
| 1999 | Ram Vaswani | United Kingdom | 135 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 668,250 | HFI 276,300 |
| 2000 | Steve Liu | United Kingdom | 159 | HFI 5,000 | HFl 795,000 | HFI 314,820 |
| 2001 | Graham Hiew | United Kingdom | 170 | HFI 5,000 | HFI 850,000 | HFI 336,600 |
| 2002 | Angelo Zuoping Yu | China | 198 | €3,000 | €630,000 | €168,000 |
| 2003 | Johan Storakers | Sweden | 205 | €3,000 | €651,000 | €243,540 |
| 2004 | Robert Mizrachi | USA | 188 | €5,000 | €980,000 | €372,240 |
| 2005 | Thomas Middelthon | Norway | 264 | €5,000 | €1,320,000 | €528,000 |
| 2006 | Ali Jalali | Germany | 347 | €5,000 | €1,735,000 | €700,000 |
| 2007 | Trond Eidsvig | Norway | 428 | €5,000 | €2,140,000 | €620,600 |
| 2008 | Jan Sorensen | Denmark | 335 | €6,000 | €2,010,000 | €623,100 |
| 2009 | Kristoffer Thorsson | Sweden | 342 | €6,000 | €2,052,000 | €636,120 |
| 2010 | Marcel Bjerkmann | Norway | 249 | €6,000 | €1,494,000 | €403,380 |
| 2011 | David Boyaciyan | Netherlands | 294 | €5,000 | €1,470,000 | €382,200 |
| 2012 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 212 | €5,000 | €1,060,000 | €286,200 |
| 2013 | Noah Boeken | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2014 | Ruben Visser | Netherlands | 298 | €4,000 | €1,180,080 | €306,821 |
| 2015 | Jussi Nevanlinna | Finland | 291 | €4000 | €1,154,193 | €300,000 |
| 2016 | TBA | 354 | €4,000 | €1,409,760 | €275,608 |