Winner Will Be Paid $8,359,531

Published on July 9th, 2013 2:27 am EST

The final numbers are now in - the 2013 World Series of Poker main event attracted 6,352 players, making it the 8th biggest WSOP main event field of all time.

The record for the largest ever WSOP main event field belongs to the 2006 World Series of Poker main event (8,773 players), which was eventually won by Jamie Gold. This was the last WSOP main event to be held before the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006) was passed into law, and it will likely take widespread legalization of online poker in the United States for this record to fall.

Here are the top 10 WSOP main events by field size, including the 2013 main event:

2006 - 8,773 players
2010 - 7,319 players
2011 - 6,865 players
2008 - 6,844 players
2012 - 6,598 players
2009 - 6,494 players
2007 - 6,358 players
2013 - 6,352 players
2005 - 5,619 players
2004 - 2,576 players

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The 6,352 player turnout means that there is a total prize pool of $59,708,800, with $8,359,351 being paid out to the eventual winner of the event.

Here are all of the final table payouts:

1st - $8,359,531
2nd - $5,173,170
3rd - $3,727,023
4th - $2,791,983
5th - $2,106,526
6th - $1,600,792
7th - $1,225,224
8th - $944,593
9th - $733,224

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Filed Under: The World Series of Poker