And the Official Number is… 6844!
First Place to Pay Over $9 Million
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived… The official number of entrants in the 2008 WSOP $10K NLHE main event is 6,844. Second largest field ever.
When it was announced that the final 666 players will be in the money, a collective groan came from the tables. Oooh – 666. Superstitious crowd, eh? I will only be creeped out if the 666th finisher is named Damien…
The first prize is a whopping $9,119,517. Whew! I may have heard a collective sigh of relief from Harrah’s staff members, as they now know that the event grew from last year – 486 more players – and the big first prize is one they can truly brag about. Actually, that same sense of relief may have resonated through the poker media as well. Good numbers, good sign that poker is experiencing some growth amidst tough economic times.
Full payout list will be listed when we get it in our hot little hands.
Kevin Mathers says:
July 6th, 2008 at 6:34pm
Assume it’s something close to this*:
1st $9,119,288
2nd $5,790,024
3rd $4,503,352
4th $3,763,516
5th $3,088,013
6th $2,412,510
7th $1,769,174
8th $1,286,672
9th $900,670
10thh $591,869
11th $591,869
12th $591,869
13th $463,202
14th $463,202
15th $463,202
16th $334,535
17th $334,535
18th $334,535
19th-27th $257,334
28th-36th $193,001
37th-45th $154,401
46th-54th $135,101
55th-63rd $115,800
64th-72nd $96,500
73rd-81st $77,200
82nd-90th $64,334
91st-99th $51,467
100th-162nd $41,817
163rd-225th $38,600
226th-288th $35,383
289th-351st $32,167
352nd-414th $28,950
415th-477th $27,020
478th-540th $25,090
541st-603rd $23,160
604th-666th $21,230
* Using the WSOP payout chart, which only goes to 3 decimal places, so they’ll be a few bucks off.
Poker Shrink says:
July 6th, 2008 at 6:36pm
The November Nine go for Nine (Million).
BJ Nemeth says:
July 6th, 2008 at 7:03pm
Good point, Poker Shrink. Add to that they’ll be receiving nine (hundred thousand) on July 14th for guaranteeing at least ninth place. So (assuming those numbers are correct), this will be the remaining prizepool when the November Nine return in November:
1st – $8.2 million
2nd – $4.88 million
3rd – $3.6 million
4th – $2.8 million
5th – $2.18 million
6th – $1.5 million
7th – $870,000
8th – $385,000
9th – $0
Looking at that list, I wouldn’t be surprised if they “juggle” the numbers a bit. I think they’d like to say that everyone in the final nine receives $1 million — it makes for good newspaper copy.
Kevin Mathers says:
July 6th, 2008 at 7:15pm
When I made a post on this (with my poor spreadsheet skills messing up the calculations) I figured they’d round up first to something like 9.25m. I’d think they didn’t adjust the figures because they’re figuring the players will get the extra money from endorsement deals.
Poker Shrink says:
July 6th, 2008 at 7:26pm
Hey, look its BJ!
I remember last year they tossed $10K in to some pot to make first a round number but I also vaguely remember that the Gaming Commission was not happy with “jiggling” once they have OK’d the splits. So adding to the prizepool is OK but “jiggling” is not. Hmmm, should that be “gigling”?
Haley says:
July 6th, 2008 at 9:31pm
Wheeeeee!!! I won a prop bet!!! I’m now 1-for-#&*%$*@-7.