2022 World Series of Poker Main Event Draws Second-Largest Field EverThe 8,663-Entry Turnout Built An $80,782,475 Prize Pool, With $10 Million For The Eventual Champion |
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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.
Your 2022 @WSOP Main Event Numbers
#⃣ – Entries: 8,663 (2nd biggest Main Event of all time)
– Prizepool: $80,782,475
– First Place: $10,000,000 pic.twitter.com/cClqqEjMzn— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 9, 2022
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 |
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