In addition to the coveted gold bracelet and prestige that comes with the WSOP Main Event win, 2009’s winner is going to pull some serious cash. 6,494 competitors will be playing for an $8.5 million top prize.
In a pretty loaded year, 648 players are going to finish in the money. The top 60 players will finish $100,000+.
Players began the tournament slugging it out on 308 tables spread throughout the Rio Poker Room, The Miranda Room, Brazilia Room, and Buzio’s Seafood Restaurant
Here is how the Final Table will shake out in November:
1 – $8.5 Million
2 – $5,182, 601
3 – $3,479,485
4 – $2,502,787
5 – $1,953,395
6 – $1,587,1
7 – $1,404,002
8 – $1,300,228
9 – 1,263,602
For those of you keeping track at home, the prize pool is over $61 million. This is the third largest Main Event prize ever.
We’re heading into the first of the Day 2s, inching towards the biggest event of the poker calendar in November.
With many multiple bracelet winners and cashers in this year’s World Series of Poker, there are plenty of players on hot streaks.
The rich prize pool and hyped coverage are going to turn 2009’s Main Event into quite a spectacle. Keep reading the CarbonPoker blog for more coverage, updates, leaders and forecasts.
Luv the WSOP main event, always many unexpected twists and turns on the way to crowning pokers reigning world champion. Must admit that the rumors circulating about famous pros gaining entry during day 1d debacle are a little unsettling. Does this mean that unless you are a well known pro or a female with a well endowed breast your are turned away?