PokerStars paid out more than $52 million during the Stadium Series Heats, Weekly Finals, Grand Finals and the handful of side events. That figure is set to rise with the creation of the Stadium Series After Party on August 16 that has more than $1 million guaranteed.
The $5,200 buy-in Stadium Series Grand Final took place under the watchful eyes of the PokerNews Live Reporting team.
Our team was on hand to watch the $5 million guaranteed $5,200 Freezeout Grand Final - High end in a three-way chop with Maxime “Daghemuneguu” Chilaud finish third for $570,220, Vlada “Vlada2108” Stojanovic bust second for $553,932 and Fernando “fviana” Viana collect the $721,235 top prize.