Winner To Be Paid $8,527,982

Published on July 9th, 2012 10:47 pm EST

According to World Series of Poker officials, 6,598 players turned out for this year's WSOP main event.

6,598 entrants means that there is a total prize pool of $62,021,200, which means that the eventual winner will walk away with $8,527,982.

3,418 players turned out for Day 1C today, which, according to Seth Palansky, created the largest single-day start in WSOP main event history.

The break-down of players by day:

Day 1A - 1,066
Day 1B - 2,114
Day 1C - 3,418

6,598 players means that this year's World Series of Poker main event will be the fifth largest of all-time, behind:

2006 - 8,773
2010 - 7,319
2011 - 6,865
2008 - 6,844

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The final table payouts for this year's event will look like this:

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

The top 666 finishers are all guaranteed to walk away with a minimum of $19,227.


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Filed Under: The World Series of Poker