2016 World Series of Poker: Colossus II $1m First Prize

World Series of Poker officials have made it known that the Colossus will return for the second year when the 2016 series begins, and the winner will be guaranteed a $1m payday.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) shows that it listens to its customers after announcing plans to secure a million dollar first prize to the winner of the 2016 Colossus II.

In 2015, the WSOP backed down from their plans to give $10m to the winner of the $10,000 buy-in WSOP Main Event after a barrage of customer complaints. The plans to hand a million to the winner of the world record breaking $565 buy-in event continues that theme.

The Colossus returns. It’s got a new name – Colossus II. It also has a new guarantee – $7m, $2m more than the $5m they promised last year when 22,374 entrants created a total prize pool of $11,187,000. No sweat there then.