WSOP Breaks Its Own Record for Largest Ever Event Turnout WSOP Breaks Its Own Record for Largest Ever Event Turnout
Key Takeaways
  • The WSOP has broken its own record for the biggest number of entries to a live poker event.
  • The pricing has been an attention grabber—it costs $500 to enter, with the first buy-in being rake free.
  • The huge turnout to the Big 50 has meant that reports out of the WSOP covering the event are fairly chaotic.

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has broken its own record for the biggest number of entries to a live poker event, thanks to the unprecedented turnout to its Big 50 event currently underway in the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Official statistics are yet to be released by the WSOP, but according to reporting on the ground, the combined turnout of all four Day 1 flights has seen over 28,000 entries.