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2022 World Series of Poker Main Event Draws Second-Largest Field Ever

The 8,663-Entry Turnout Built An $80,782,475 Prize Pool, With $10 Million For The Eventual Champion

by Erik Fast  |  Published: Jul 08, 2022

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The numbers are in for the 2022 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. With registration now officially closed on day 2D, a grand total of 8,663 entries saw this year’s world championship become the second-largest in the history of this tournament. Only the 2006 WSOP main event drew more players, with 8,773 entries being just 110 more than this year’s impressive, but not quite record-breaking, turnout.

The huge field resulted in a prize pool of $80,782,475, which will be paid out among the top 1,300 finishers. A min-cash will be worth $15,000, while the eventual champion is set to walk away with $10,000,000, in addition to the championship bracelet. This will be the fourth time that a WSOP main event champion has earned an eight-figure payday, with this year’s winner set to enter a three-way tie with 2019 champion Hossein Ensan and 2014 victor Martin Jacobson for the second-largest payout earned in this storied event. Jamie Gold remains the gold standard in this regard, having won $12,000,000 as the champion in 2006.

Here is a look at the ten largest WSOP main events ever held:

Year Entries Prize Pool Champion Top Prize
2006 8,773 $82,512,162 Jamie Gold $12,000,000
2022 8,663 $80,772,475 TBD $10,000,000
2019 8,569 $80,548,600 Hossein Ensan $10,000,000
2018 7,874 $74,015,600 John Cynn $8,800,000
2010 7,319 $68,798,600 Jonathan Duhamel $8,944,138
2017 7,221 $67,877,400 Scott Blumstein $8,150,000
2011 6,865 $64,531,000 Pius Heinz $8,715,638
2008 6,844 $64,333,600 Peter Eastgate[e] $9,152,416
2016 6,737 $63,327,800 Qui Nguyen $8,005,310
2014 6,683 $62,820,200 Martin Jacobson $10,000,000

Jack Effel, the Vice President of the World Series of Poker, announced the final numbers late on day 2D. Check out the video of his reveal via a Twitter post by PokerGO.

This year’s main event featured four starting flights. Players could also take advantage of late registration through the first two levels of the two day 2’s offered. Day 1A saw 896 entries. Day 1B, which took place on July 4, had the smallest turnout with just 878 players. Day 1C attracted 1,860 entries, but day 1D was by far the largest with 4,370 entries. Day 2ABC added another 148 late registrants, while a whopping 511 showed up on day 2D.

The top 80 finishers will are set to earn six-figure scores in this event, with the top eight all securing seven figures or more. The final five will all be multi-millionaires thanks to their deep runs in this tournament.

Below is a look at the payouts for the 2022 WSOP main event:

Place Payout
1 $10,000,000
2 $6,000,000
3 $4,000,000
4 $3,000,000
5 $2,250,000
6 $1,750,000
7 $1,350,000
8 $1,075,000
9 $850,675
10 – 11 $675,000
12 – 13 $525,000
14 – 17 $410,000
18 – 26 $323,100
27 – 35 $262,300
36 – 44 $214,200
45 – 53 $176,200
54 – 62 $145,800
63 – 71 $121,500
71 – 80 $101,700
81 – 89 $86,000
90 – 98 $73,100
99 – 161 $62,500
162 – 224 $53,900
225 – 287 $46,800
288 – 350 $40,900
351 – 413 $36,000
414 – 476 $31,900
477 – 539 $28,400
540 – 602 $25,500
603 – 665 $23,000
666 – 764 $21,000
765 – 863 $19,000
864 – 1300 $17,000
1082 – 1300 $15,000

You can follow the 2022 World Series of Poker on Card Player’s series landing page, sponsored by Global Poker, the fastest growing online poker room in the world. Check out the series schedule, as well as event recaps, news, and player interviews.

 
 
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