2023 WSOP Main Event Registration Closes w/ 10,043 Entries & $12.1M to Winner

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Following the conclusion of Level 7 on Day 2d on Saturday, registration has closed in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event with 10,043 players, creating a prize pool of $93,399,900.

When this record-breaking tournament wraps next week. The winner will take home a cool $12,100,000, the largest first-place Main Event prize ever. No one knows exactly who that lucky and skilled individual will be �� the tournament hasn't even reached the money bubble �� but it won't be the defending champion, Espen Jorstad, who was sent to the rails on Day 2abc Friday when his flopped set ran into a straight.

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There are plenty of other previous world champs still standing, including Jamie Gold, Ryan Riess, Joe Cada, and the 1983 winner Tom McEvoy.

The top 1,507 players will make the money, with the min-cash confirmed at $15,000. Anyone who makes the final table will lock up $900,000, with seven-figure payouts taking place when eight players remain.

2023 WSOP Main Event Payouts

PlacePrize
1$12,100,000
2$6,500,000
3$4,000,000
4$3,000,000
5$2,400,000
6$1,850,000
7$1,425,000
8$1,125,000
9$900,000
10-11$700,000
12-13$535,000
14-17$430,200
18-26$345,000
27-35$280,100
36-44$229,000
45-53$188,400
54-62$156,100
63-71$130,300
72-80$109,400
81-89$92,600
90-98$78,900
99-161$67,700
162-224$58,500
225-287$50,900
288-350$44,700
351-413$40,000
414-476$37,500
477-539$35,000
540-602$32,500
603-665$30,000
666-764$27,500
765-863$25,000
864-962$22,500
963-1004$20,000
1005-1249$17,500
1250-1507$15,000

Top 10 Largest WSOP Main Events in History

YearEntrantsWinner
202310,043?
20068,773Jamie Gold
20228,663Espen Jorstad
20198,569Hossein Ensan
20187,874John Cynn
20107,319Jonathan Duhamel
20177,221Scott Blumstein
20116,865Pius Heinz
20086,844Peter Eastgate
20166,737Qui Nguyen

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