Key Takeaways
- Scheduled to run over two weeks starting November 6, the latest edition guarantees over $2 million in prize money.
- The series guarantees $2,204,500 over 73 tournaments, averaging just over $30,000 per event.
- This time around, the overall series guarantee has nearly doubled, and so has the scope of the schedule.
- The $500,000-guaranteed MB Main Event is the star of the series.
888poker has announced that the second edition of The Knockout Games will return this month.
Scheduled to run over two weeks starting November 6, the latest edition guarantees over $2 million in prize money.
The newest trend in poker, the Mystery Bounty (MB) format, is heavily featured on the schedule, including a first-ever Main Event boasting $500,000. That represents a quarter of the entire series guarantee.
Per PRO’s calculations, the series guarantees $2,204,500 over 73 tournaments, averaging just over $30,000.
