€8 Million Prize Pool for Pool and Poker Tournament

PoolPok, a new concept which aims to marry the world’s of eight-ball pool and no-limit hold’em, is set to launch with €8 million in prize money across six poker and pool tournaments and a grand final.

The event, which is the brainchild of French professional billiards player Vincent Facquet, will see participants play in an online poker tournament with 128 players qualifying for the second round which features single-elimination eight-ball pool. The prize pool for the tournament is:

1: €150,000
2: €70,000
3-4: €35,000
5-8: €20,000
9-16: €12,000
17-32: €8,000
33-64: €6,000
65-128: €4,000

The top eight players from event one will automatically gain entry into event two.

Facquet, who has been world champion various pool and billiards disciples three times, said, “I was inspired to create PoolPok after performing extensive research into the structure of successful poker tournaments. With the success of poker and the fact that many pool players also play poker, I feel that having an online tournament to qualify is a great way to introduce a tournament that has a true global reach and give pool players the opportunity to compete for the larger prize funds that they deserve and that this sport has been missing.”

Buy-ins and dates have yet to be confirmed for this event.

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