$8.94 million to 2010 WSOP Winner
July 9, 2010
Posted by Staff Writer in : General , trackback
The winner of the 2010 World Series of Poker is…well, that has yet to be determined but we do know how much that winner will get, $8.94 million. Still not a bad paycheck for a few days of work.
This years no limit Texas Hold’em main event will field a total of 7,319 players. That is the second best field to only the 8,773 taking a seat in 2006, the year Jamie Gold won $12 million.
This year however is up over 12% from last years which equates to 825 more players in 2010. 2,391 players entered Thursday which was the last day to get into the $10,000 buy-in tournament.
The total prize pool for the tournament is $68.8 million. Thats $7.8 million more than last year. According to the main event tournament director, Jack Effel, 747 players will make the money in this years main event.
As the immortal words “Shuffle up and Deal” ring through the casino, the early favorite to win it all is Phil Ivey. Good luck to everyone competing this year!
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That is definitely not a bad paycheck at all! Good luck to all the players!
I read a simular article on the WSOP site where the 2010 WSOP has the 2nd largest pot ever…of course, more players means a larger pot. The 2006 WSOP had a large player field for sure.
Wow, 747 players will make the money seat, right on, and I’m with Patrick on this one…not a bad paycheck, nearly 9 million for first place!
Good luck everyone playing this year! I’m pulling for Phil. GO Phil!
Damn…. That is one hell of a prize Lol, no wonder there are so many people trying for the gold.
I wish I was skilled in the art of poker. One tourny would change my life and I would be set. Good luck to all the players and may the money change their life for the better.
Talk about a top prize! I would love to enter one of these tourney’s, but I don’t have the skillz these players have. Good Luck to everyone in the tourney.