Last night, PokerStars hosted its major weekly tournament, the Wednesday Eighty Grand. The event attracted 411 competitors, who together generated a prize pool of $123,300. Though this was 30 fewer players than last week, the tournament actually lasted longer. Whereas last week resembled an Old West shootout, with players falling faster than you could catch their chips, this week’s Wednesday (...)
Last week’s Wednesday Eighty Grand was a bit of a let down. A drop in players means a drop in paid places, which left an extra 9 players out of the money. This week, however, was a whole new story. 441 players bought in to compete, bringing the paid places up to 54. This swelled the prize pool to $132,300. Even though this week attracted almost 50 more players, the tournament only lasted 8 (...)
PokerStars' seminal midweek tournament, the Wednesday Eighty Grand, has experienced flux just like every other tournament since Black Friday. Though last night a small drop off in players was seen, it still attracted the type of numbers that created a prize pool more than $40k beyond the guarantee. A total of 401 players competed, attempting to grab their share of the $120,300 in the pot. 45 (...)
PokerStars is bringing in the New Year’s in style, with yet another successful Wednesday tournament. If the Wednesday Eighty Grand is any indication, 2012 is going to be a great year for the industry giant. With players recovering from their celebrations, the tournament still brought in a healthy 426 players, registering only the smallest drop from last week. With 54 paid places, and more than (...)
Just one fewer player than last week came out to play, and last night’s Wednesday Eighty Grand pulled in remarkably similar tournament results. $130k in the prize pool, $25k waiting for first place, and a healthy 54 paid places awaiting the more skilled of 435 players. A number of regulars returned, a swath of newcomers made their mark, and PokerStars enjoyed yet another day of Wednesday (...)
The regulars of PokerStars’ big Wednesday tournament are getting an early Christmas present. For two weeks running, instead of 45 places paid, the tournament has jumped to 54 paid places. With the jump in participants, this week topping out at 434, the prize pool increased to $130,200 by the start of the tournament. A whopping $24k awaited first place, inspiring the typically fierce competition (...)
Last night, the Wednesday Eighty Grand attracted the most number of players the tournament has seen since it was renamed from the Wednesday Quarter Million. A total of 480 players brought down the house. Thanks to the swell in numbers, the normal $80k ballooned to $144,000. With these kind of dollars at stakes, not to mention 54 paid places, the poker pros and amateurs alike brought their best (...)
Recovering from a brief holiday slump, last night's Wednesday Eighty Grand attracted near-record numbers as 404 players competed. Almost 50 more players than last week, this playing field swelled the prize pool to a healthy $121,200. For just over 8 hours, the contestants put forward their best games in search of one of the 45 paid places. Like most weeks, the top finishers were entirely new, (...)
PokerStars calls it the Wednesday Eighty Grand, but the poker pros know it by another name…The Wednesday Hundred Grand. Last night, 385 players hit the virtual tables to generate a $115,500 prize pool reminiscent of the days when this tournament had a different name. Even though this the tournament is one of PokerStar's best attended, and is certainly its best non-Sunday weekly tournament, a (...)
It might have been Thanksgiving only in America, but the holiday put a dent in the numbers for the Wednesday Eighty Grand. Dropping a few percentage points, the playing field was thinned to 368, a steep loss from the more than 400 who appeared just two weeks back. These players were serious, however, as they took a whopping 9 hours and 11 minutes to grind out to the finish. Together, they created (...)
After a long string of weeks with climbing numbers, the Wednesday Eighty Grand took a brief dip as 396 players came out to play. The players created a $118,800 prize pool, waiting to be divided up into 45 paid places. For just under 9 hours, the players competed tirelessly, working on knockouts and eliminations in an attempt to claim glory.
Team PokerStars made a good showing. Shaniac busted (...)
The Wednesday Eighty Grand hit a major milestone last night as the number of entrants crossed 400. All 409 created a massive $122,700 prize pool, again proving that the week’s major non-Sunday tournament is worth every poker player’s time. Though the playing field swelled, the competition only heated up as the total time for the tournament fell by a full hour from the week prior. The 409 (...)
PokerStars has a success on their hands. Last night, the Wednesday Eighty Grand was just one player shy of breaking 400 entrants into its premier mid-week tournament. With all 399 buying in for the $300+$20, the prize pool swelled to $119,700. For eight and a half hours, the players sought each other’s chip stacks, and ultimately one of the 45 paid places.
A number of big name players came (...)
Three weeks in a row, the playing field has grown in the Wednesday Hundred Grand. Yet again, this popular PokerStars tournament remains the place to be on Wednesday nights. With 388 contenders, and a tournament lasting a reasonable 8 hours, the Wednesday Hundred Grand brought in a healthy $116,400 prize pool. With only 45 places paying out, this particular playing field played tight-aggressive, (...)
Posted by
Mark T on
26 Oct 2011
If you're an avid tournament player who's looking to get into the online scene, then nothing's going to change in terms of the day of the week you want to dedicate to poker: Sunday. Sunday is the day of the major tournaments at PokerStars, most notably the Sunday Warmup and the Sunday Million, which both played out furiously last weekend, awarding literally millions of dollars in prize money, (...)