168 Survivors Begin Day 2 At 12:30 pm

Photo: Day 2 Chio Leader Ahmad Jan Niazi

The WPT Prime Amsterdam’s registration flights have closed after a total of 1,340 entrants found their way to the cage over the course of four starting flights. 168 have survived into the second day and will be playing down until just 9 players remain. 

The field is lead by these five. 

Ahmad Nan Jiazi – 1,190,000 (198 bb)
Max Deveson – 860,000 (143 bb)
Kees Aerts – 849,000 (141 bb)
Robert Smith – 846,000 (141 bb)
Wessel Deusing – 828,000 (138 bb)

The total prizepool is worth €1,289,400, and the final 168 spots will be paid. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  €208,095*  (~US $227,472)*The winner will also win a seat to the season ending $10,400 WPT World Championship
2nd:  €138,746  (~US $151,667)
3rd:  €102,680  (~US $112,243)
4th:  €76,746  (~US $83,893)
5th:  €57,940  (~US $63,335)
6th:  €44,188  (~US $48,300)
7th:  €34,046  (~US $37,214)
8th:  €26,506  (~US $28,973)
9th-10th:  €20,853  (~US $22,793)
11th-12th:  €16,580  (~US $18,121)
13th-14th:  €13,320  (~US $14,558)
15th-16th:  €10,817  (~US $11,822)
17th-20th:  €8,881  (~US $9,706)
21st-24th:  €7,372  (~US $8,057)
25th-32nd:  €6,187  (~US $6,761)
33rd-40th:  €5,252  (~US $5,739)
41st-48th:  €4,510  (~US $4,928)
49th-56th:  €3,917  (~US $4,280)
57th-64th:  €3,441  (~US $3,760)
65th-72nd:  €3,059  (~US $3,343)
73rd-80th:  €2,752  (~US $3,007)
81st-88th:  €2,505  (~US $2,737)
89th-104th:  €2,280  (~US $2,491)
105th-120th:  €2,101  (~US $2,296)
121st-136th: €1,959 (~US $2,140)
137th-153rd: €1,850 (~US $2,021)
153rd-168th: €1,767 (~US $1,930)

The players will return with 7:33 left on the clock in level 15 with blinds at 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. After that, the levels go up to 60-minute levels for the duration of the tournament. Play will continue until there are 9 players left. Those players will continue on into tomorrow, March 22nd at 2:00 pm where they will play down to a winner. 

Stay tuned to WPT.com for all reporting in regards to WPT Prime Amsterdam. 

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of €1.00 = US $1.093.