There have been some questions as to how the €2,578,172 prize pool was derived. Below is all the info from the opening flights.
There were 1,357 total players playing the half-priced flight. For these players they started with a 20,000 starting stack (half of the 40,000 in the €600 full priced opening flights) and played down to 7.5% (instead of 15% in the €600 full priced opening flights).
Below are the calculations from the opening flights:
Flight | Entries | Survivors | Prizes |
Catania (300 EUR) | 111 | 8 | €27,944 |
Day 1a | 362 | 54 | €182,267 |
Day 1b (300 EUR) | 133 | 10 | €33,483 |
Day 1c | 533 | 80 | €268,366 |
Day 1d (300 EUR) | 274 | 21 | €68,980 |
Day 1e | 939 | 141 | €472,787 |
Day 1f (300 EUR) | 417 | 31 | €104,980 |
Day 1g | 1759 | 259 | €885,657 |
Day 1h (300 EUR) | 422 | 32 | €106,239 |
Day 1i | 849 | 126 | €427,472 |
Total | 5799 | 762 | €2,578,172 |