43rd WSOP Numbers Published

Caesars Entertainment gives official stats

According to Caesars Entertainment, the organisers of the World Series of Poker, this year$s edition of the tournament is doing quite well $ndash; even breaking a couple of records.

The main event itself is a big success: the total entry list involves 6,598 names, which makes it the fifth largest in WSOP history, but 3.8 percent down from 2011. This number of players generated a prize pool of $62,021,200, $8,527,982 of which will go to the winner.

In addition, seven figure prizes will be taken by the top 7 players, with the biggest prize list being the following:

1st $8,527,982

2nd $5,292,889

3rd $3,797,558

4th $2,850,494

5th $2,154,616

6th $1,640,461

7th $1,257,790

8th $971,252

9th $754,798

10th-12th $590,442

13th-15th $465,159

16th-18th $369,026

19th-27th $294,601

28th-36th $236,921

37th-45th $191,646

46th-54th $156,293

55th-63rd $128,384

64th-72nd $106,056

On the other hand, the total of all prize pools in the 43rd WSOP amount to $222,035,192 – almost $30 million more than last year. The biggest boost was probably the Big One for One Drop event with its $1 million buy-in.

According to WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart, “We$re still in poker$s golden age, at least when WSOP gold bracelets are on the line. We can$t thank the players enough for their continued support of the WSOP and for once again putting a bad beat on market conditions.”