Today, PokerStars proudly sponsors the inaugural Women’s Winter Festival at Hippodrome Casino. It is a first-of-its-kind event with an initiative to promote women in poker and inclusivity across the wider poker landscape. The series of activities will see a whole host of unique tournament formats, including the 50/50 male & female event, as well as the £100,000 guarantee Main Event.
The £1,100 Women's Winter Festival High Roller is paving the way for four days of action. A noon start time invites women across the nation's capital and beyond to participate in the highest buy-in tournament on the roster, as this high-paced one-day event will play down to a winner.
Previously, the largest buy-in women's tournament on the PokerStars lineup was the €550 Women's Event held at EPT Barcelona. Soraya Estrada bested a field of 84 entrants to claim the first-place prize of €11,350.
2024 EPT Barcelona €550 Women's Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soraya Estrada | Spain | €11,350 |
| 2 | Joycelyn Lam Ho Yin | Hong Kong | €7,330 |
| 3 | Olga Iermolcheva | Ukraine | €5,230 |
| 4 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | €4,030 |
| 5 | Maria Ortiz | Spain | €3,100 |
| 6 | Paula Arreba | Spain | €2,460 |
| 7 | Anna Gulevich | Netherlands | €1,970 |
| 8 | Joy Waldau | Germany | €1,570 |
| 9 | Chien-Chih Weng | Taiwan | €1,260 |
Players will sit down with a starting stack of 30,000 and will play through 30-minute levels. One reentry is permitted for each player with registration open until the completion of Level 10. Between 13% and 15% of the field will be played with the eventual winner being crowned the same day.
As always, be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from this exciting Women’s Winter Festival.