European Poker Tour Grand Final Main Event Prizepool Set In Monte CarloEventual Champion To Earn €1,224,000 |
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The prize pool numbers are in for the 2013 PokerStars European Poker Tour Monte Carlo Grand Final €10,600 no-limit hold’em main event: a total of 531 players turned out to build a €5,310,000 ($6,975,747) prize pool, down 20 percent from last year’s 665 entrants.
The first-place prize will be €1,224,000, down from the €1,350,000 that was awarded to Moshin Charania for winning the same event last year.
The EPT Grand Final, first played in 2005, saw four year’s of growth from 2006-2009, but since then attendance has been down year-over-year.
Here is a look at the EPT Grand Final over the years:
| Year | No. of Entrants | % Change | Prize Pool | Champion | 1st Prize |
| 2005 | 211 | n/a | $2,743,000 | Rob Hollink | $845,190 |
| 2006 | 298 | 41% | $3,576,000 | Jeff Williams | $1,084,036 |
| 2007 | 706 | 137% | $8,826,412 | Gavin Griffin | $2,429,103 |
| 2008 | 842 | 19% | $12,882,600 | Glen Chorny | $3,193,822 |
| 2009 | 935 | 11% | $12,181,000 | Pieter De Korver | $3,000,000 |
| 2010 | 848 | -9% | $11,364,310 | Nicolaas Chouity | $2,278,328 |
| 2011* | 686 | -19% | $10,181,818 | Ivan Freitez | $2,226,345 |
| 2012 | 665 | -3% | $8,796,620 | Mohsin Charania | $1,785,780 |
| 2013 | 531 | -20% | $6,975,747 | TBD | $1,607,969 |
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