Three high-stakes New Year Series events started on January 8 and concluded last night, with all three being two-day affairs. A $1,050 No-Limit Hold'em PKO, the special edition $109 Sunday Million PKO, and the ever-popular $5,200 Titans Events each crowned their worthy champions.
Those three tournaments paid their champions a combined $318,130; such was the magnitude of their respective prize pools. Which PokerStars players got their hands on huge additions to the bankrolls? Let's find out.
The $1,050 NLHE PKO event saw 626 players create a $626,000 prize pool, resulting in all but two of those that reached the nine-handed final table walking away with at least a five-figure sum.