Key Takeaways
- The Main Event of the World Series of Poker closed its registration last night welcoming a respectable 6650 entrants.
- The total prize pool is $62,011,250 which as per PRO records makes it the tenth-biggest Main by field and eleventh-largest by prize pool.
- Organizers should be quite pleased with the final turnout as the world is still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- While it is the smallest in five years, despite all the restrictions, it still breaches the magical 6000 figure for the 15th live edition in a row.
The Main Event of the World Series of Poker closed its registration last night, welcoming a respectable 6650 entrants.
According to data from the WSOP, the total prize pool is $62,011,250 which, as per PRO’s records, makes it the tenth-biggest Main by field and eleventh-largest by prize pool.
Organizers should be pleased with the final turnout as the world is still reeling from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. Last year, the original 51st annual World Series of Poker was scheduled to take place in its usual slot in summer but was canceled due to the outbreak of the Covid-19.
