Prize Pool and Payout Information Released

With registration closed, the official numbers are in.

As we mentioned earlier, 148 players (the same number as last year) entered this event. There will be a total of 16 places paid with 16th place taking home $124,320. The winner of the event will leave with $1,989,120.

It's worth noting that the distribution of the prize pool has changed a bit from last year. As we mentioned in the introduction post, Freddy Deeb took home $2,276,832 for his victory last year. This year the payouts have been flattened a bit, thereby spreading more money amongst the lower finishers.