Harrah's Collected $13 Million-Plus in Juice during 2008 WSOP

Of all the players who walked the halls of the Rio this summer with tournament tickets in hand, only one of them was guaranteed to win — Harrah's.

Harrah’s collected $13,116,845 in juice through all 55 events during the 47-day World Series of Poker this summer. That’s 6.77 percent of the $193,743,093 that passed through the cages and Harrah’s electronic payment system this summer. The total prize pool was $180,676,248.

Not surprisingly, Harrah’s earned the biggest chunk of change from the juice charged for the main event, which attracted 6,844 entrants. Of the $10,000 buy-in, $600 went to the casino, for a total of $4,106,400.

The second-largest event for Harrah’s was event No. 2, a $1,500 no-limit hold'em event that attracted 3,929 entrants. In this and all of the $1,500 events, $135 went to Harrah’s from each buy-in. In that event, Harrah’s collected $530,415.

The largest vig collected for an event was $2,000 for the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. championship, which attracted 148 entrants, earning Harrah’s $296,000.

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