chip leaders after 1a
David Sonelin Sweden PokerStars qualifier 275900
Brian England USA PokerStars qualifier 238300
Ben Wilinofsky Canada PokerStars player 233400
Alex Gomes Brazil Team PokerStars Pro 225900
Lucien Cohen France PokerStars player 201500
Garbar Geir Hauksson Iceland 176600
Allen Bari USA 172900
Hugo Lemaire France 172300
Nicholas Verkaik Canada 161000
Daniel Weinman USA PokerStars player 159000
Dean Lyall UK PokerStars player 153300
Other Brits
Rob Akery UK PokerStars player 65600
Simon Higgins UK PokerStars qualifier 64500
Peter Akery UK PokerStars qualifier 53200
Liv Boeree UK Team PokerStars Pro 48600
Toby Lewis UK PokerStars player 47700
David Vamplew UK PokerStars player 26300
Day 1B has ended
Level 9 (Blinds: 500-1,000, ante 100)
Players: 167 of 384
Day 1A: 132 of 302
Total field: 686
1b
Ole-Kristian Nergard Norway 198200
Ivan Demidov Russia Team PokerStars Pro 197800
Mattias Bergstrom Sweden 188000
Jean Noel Thorel France 180300
Surinder Sunar UK 179200
Gerardo Godinez Mexico 158400
Andras Koroknai Hungry 146700
Gregory Brooks USA 141400
Santiago Terrazas Spain 139800
Anton Ionel Romania PokerStars qualifier 137700
Tamas Lendavai Hungary 137300
James Bord UK 40000
Roland De Wolfe UK 33200
Ben Vinson UK 33000
Jonathan Proudfoot UK PokerStars player 21600
A total of 686 players made their way to the Casino Gran Madrid to play the Main Event, each forking out €10,000 for the pleasure.
That created a prize pool of €6,860,000 which will be shared by 104 players. Of course, one will get the lion's share: the winner banking a massive €1,500,000.
The names of the winners will be posted here once they become known.
1. €1,500,000
2. €900,000
3. €550,000
4. €400,000
5. €315,000
6. €250,000
7. €185,000
8. €130,000
9-10. €95,000
11-12. €70,000
13-14. €60,000
15-16. €50,000
17-24. €40,000
25-32. €35,000
33-40. €30,000
41-56. €25,000
57-80. €20,000
81-104. €15,000