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Pokerati Polling results: Size of the 2007 WSOP?

by , Nov 10, 2006 | 9:54 pm

Comments (6)

The poll is closed and final results are in:

Early Predictions — field size for the 2007 WSOP main event

  • < 1,500: 5% (4)
  • 1,900-ish: 5% (4)
  • definitely not more than 2,576: 10% (9)
  • somewhere between Fossilman and Hachem: 29% (25)
  • > 5,620: 15% (13)
  • > 8,773: 10% (9)
  • 10,000 +: 17% (15)
  • pre-Moneymaker: 8% (7)

Total Votes : 86

… and by applying Pokerati’s proprietary algorithms and semi-drunk Euclidean geometry to unscientifically collected data, the unofficial over/under on the number of players in the 2007 WSOP main event presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light has been set:

4,001

Now taking wagers.


6 Comments to “Pokerati Polling results: Size of the 2007 WSOP?”


  1. Sommer     says:
    November 12th, 2006 at 11:29am

    Celeste puts all his money on exactly 4001.


  2. TommyTwoToes     says:
    November 13th, 2006 at 8:24am

    will bodog be accepting these wagers ?
    they did after all accept betting on the voting last week.


  3. Drizztdj     says:
    November 13th, 2006 at 9:38am

    I’ll take the over, only due to the fact that even without the internet qualifiers its still the biggest lottery ticket on the planet (and that’s still legal on the net!).


  4. Pokerati | Texas hold’em blog » Blog Archive » Harrah’s: Expect 10,000 players in 2007     says:
    November 29th, 2006 at 10:59am

    […] There’s been a lot of talk about how big — or small — the next World Series main event field will be. Pokerati ran a poll a couple weeks ago to set the over/under at 4,001. And over at PokerBlog, the Shrink reports on a European betting line that anticipates a similar number. Harrah’s, however, is being a bit more optimistic … telling potential vendors at the Gaming Expo (which runs in an adjacent ballroom during the first days of the main event) to expect another record year with “nearly 10,000″ buy-ins. (See page 7.) […]


  5. Pokerati | Texas hold’em blog » Blog Archive » Podcasty Weekend / Future of the WSOP     says:
    January 27th, 2007 at 2:05pm

    […] Oh, he also makes his “prediction” for the size of the 2007 main event field. It will certainly “grow,” says Effel, or maybe “decline a little bit.” He sets the over under at somewhere between 7,000 and 11,000, and specifically pshaws the number set by Pokerati. […]


  6. Pokerati | Texas hold’em blog » Blog Archive » RE: It’s a Different World …     says:
    May 29th, 2007 at 12:53pm

    […] in recent weeks is an estimate on the size of the main event field. Pokerati is sticking to its over/under of 4,001 — though we acknowledge that there are all sorts of mitigating factors that could come into […]