Key Takeaways
- This year the WSOP welcomed 8,569 entrants to the Main Event which will see the first-place winner walk off with a prize of $10 million.
- It was revealed that the 2019 day 1C was the largest ever sitting with to 4,877 entrants.
- The 2019 first place prize pool is substantially up on last year— $10 million compared to $8.8 million in 2018.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event has attracted the biggest field in thirteen years, official figures reveal.
In total, WSOP welcomed 8,569 entrants to play the $10,000 buy-in Main Event to build a total event prize pool of over $80 million. It is just 204 players shy of the record-setting Main Event of 2006.
It was also revealed that the 2019 day 1C was the largest sitting for a single Main Event day in history, with a total of 4,877 entrants.
