World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship Field Grows In 2016Event Increases Turnout By 8 Percent Over Prior Year With 91 Entries |
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The official numbers are in for the 2016 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship. A total of 91 players posted the massive buy-in, up eight percent from 84 entries in 2015. As a result the tournament built a total prize pool of $4,368,000.
The eventual champion will earn the $1,296,097 first-place prize and the honor of having their name added to the David ‘Chip’ Reese Memorial Trophy. The top 14 finishers will make the money, with a min-cash being worth $75,833.
Only three players hit the rail during the first day of play in Stephen Chidwick, Abe Mosseri and Keith Gipson. Scott Seiver is the chip leader heading into day 2 with 593,000. Other notables to make it through day 1 with huge stacks included Michael Mizrachi (433,000), Anthony Zinno (418,000), Jason Mercier (384,800), Paul Volpe (338,000) and Daniel Negreanu (337,900).
Five prior champions of this event survived to day 2 in 2011 champion Brian Rast (463,900), 2008 champion Scotty Nguyen (357,600), 2015 champion Mike Gorodinsky (240,000), 2014 champion John Hennigan (200,900) and 2013 champion Matthew Ashton (136,900).
Another fact worth noting is that Esther Taylor-Brady is the only female entrant in this year’s event, with prior entrants like Jennifer Harmon, Vanessa Selbst and Melissa Burr opting not to play in 2016.
The event is scheduled to run over five days, with a winner to be determined on Wednesday, July 6.
Here is a complete look at the payouts to be awarded in this event:
| Place | Payout |
| 1st | $1,296,097 |
| 2nd | $801,048 |
| 3rd | $545,772 |
| 4th | $380,942 |
| 5th | $272,558 |
| 6th | $200,027 |
| 7th – 8th | $150,672 |
| 9th – 10th | $116,571 |
| 11th – 12th | $92,702 |
| 13th – 14th | $75,833 |
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