What is the highest poker tournament prize money you can win?

What is the highest poker tournament prize money you can win?

Micman11 said:

What is the highest poker tournament prize money you can win?

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For me currently around 100k since i won a Ticket..usually more like 3k in the Buy-ins i can afford to play..

Don't know this can be answered, it depends on both the amount of the buyin and amount of entrants.

The biggest prize you can win in poker, over $1 million with a $5k or $10k buy-in, is most often in the main event.

The biggest win in tournament history
The record belongs to Antonio Esfandiari
Tournament: Big One for One Drop
Year: 2012
Winnings: $18,346,673
This is the largest prize ever won in a single poker tournament.
Other biggest wins
Daniel Colman — about $15.3 million (same tournament, 2014)
Elton Tsang — about $12.2 million (Big One for One Drop 2016)
Jamie Gold — $12 million (wsop Main Event 2006)
Why the prizes are so big
Very high buy-in (for example, $1,000,000 in Big One for One Drop)
Billionaires and top professionals take part
Huge prize pools (sometimes $40–50+ million)