The payouts have been announced for the first big guarantee tournament of the Holiday Classic! Today, 54 players will be coming back for the finals, and every one of them has locked up a payday of $1,000. However, the number they all surely care about is $52,000. That is the amount the winner will be walking out of the casino with tonight. Read below for a full list of the payouts, and good luck to all the players returning today!
| 1st | $52,000 |
| 2nd | $30,000 |
| 3rd | $21,100 |
| 4th | $15,700 |
| 5th | $12,200 |
| 6th | $9,550 |
| 7th | $7,075 |
| 8th | $6,000 |
| 9th | $5,015 |
| 10-12th | $3,550 |
| 13-15th | $2,915 |
| 16-18th | $2,350 |
| 19-27th | $1,900 |
| 28-36th | $1,550 |
| 37-45th | $1,250 |
| 46-54th | $1,000 |