This is probably old news to most, but while rummaging through an ESPN media site looking for a pic for the WSOP Europe post below, I came across these stats, which while familiar to me, I hadn\’t seen all together, at least not without the summertime Fog of WarSOP clouding my perspective.
Thought you all might find them interesting, too:
The World Series of Poker — By The Numbers
- $9,119,517 – Prize for the Champion of the 2008 WSOP Main Event
- 28,000 – Number of pounds of TV equipment used to produce the Final Table
- 7,000 – Number of hours taped in July at the WSOP
- 6,844 – Players that began the 2008 WSOP Main Event
- 2,750- number of hands logged during WSOP Main Event taping (up to 300 more expected for Final Table)
- 175 – Total Number of days worked for the 2008 WSOP (Pre-production on May 22- set strike on November 12)
- 124 – The total number of countries and territories represented by players at this year’s WSOP
- 40 – Number of cameras used by ESPN to film the entire 2008 WSOP
- 39 -Number of years the Main Event of the World Series of Poker has existed
- 24 – Hour operation needed to turnaround the Main Event Final table Nov 11.
- 20 – Number of HD cameras used to film the Final Table
- 20 – Number of Main Event hours that will air on ESPN in 2008 (highest ever)
- 15– Average amount of hours worked daily by crew covering the WSOP for 17 days
- 13 – Avid editing systems used to turnaround the Final Table show for same-day airing
- 6 – The number of years in a row an amateur has won the Main Event
