Official numbers for the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event are in. A total of 6,844 entrants ponied up a cool ten grand to generate a prize pool of $64,333,600.
The number of entrants surpassed last year's pool of 6,358 players indicating once again that the "poker boom" is not over quite yet.
Out of the 6,844 contestants, 666 (ha!) will make the money .
Here's the payout structure:
1st place-$9,119,338
2nd place-$5,790,024
3rd place-$4,503,352
4th place-$3,763,516
5th place-$3,088,013
6th place-$2,412,510
7th place-$1,769,177
8th place-$1,286,672
9th place-$900,670
10 - 12th place-$591,869
13 - 15th place-463,202
16 - 18th place-$334,535
19 - 27th place-$257,334
28 - 36th place-$193,001
37 - 45th place-$154,401
46 - 54th place-$135,101
55 - 63rd place-$115,800
64 - 72nd place-$96,500
73 - 81st place-$77,200
82 - 90th place-$64,334
91 - 99th place-$51,467
100 - 162nd place-$41,817
163 - 225th place-$38,600
226 - 288th place$35,383
289 - 351th place-$32,107
352 - 414th place-$28,950
415 - 477th place-$27,020
478 - 540th place-$25,090
541 - 603th place-$23,160
604 - 666th place-$21,230
Remember that the final table will not be played until sometime in November.
1 comment:
Second place has never looked so sweet.
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