The 2023 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em primary occasion is now formally the biggest ever held! With 5,234 entries from the primary three beginning days and three,612 as of 1:00 PM on Day 1D, the entire discipline at present sits at 8,846. That quantity is ready to develop even additional, as registration will stay open up by the beginning of degree 8 on each day 2ABC and day 2D. That means gamers can enter as much as 4 hours into play on Saturday, July 8.
The earlier report was set 16 years, 11 months, and 4 days in the past on July 31, within the 2006 WSOP primary occasion, which drew 8,773 gamers making a prize pool of $82,512,162. Jamie Gold went on to win the championship bracelet that 12 months, capturing what was then the biggest prize in primary occasion historical past: $12,000,000.
With the entire quantity of entries set to develop all through day 1D and each days 2ABC and 2D, the ultimate prize pool data is probably going nonetheless days away from being introduced, however there appears to be a fantastic likelihood that Gold’s report high prize might be surpassed this 12 months as effectively.
With $9,300 from every buy-in going into the prize pool, there may be unofficially greater than $82.2 million that might be up for grabs at present, with tens of millions extra more likely to be added within the coming hours and days.
This record-setting turnout is way from a shock. In truth, occasion organizer got here into this 12 months with the express aim of breaking the report that has stood since 2006.
“With the momentum generated from the WSOP’s debut on the Las Vegas Strip last year, we expect a record-breaking WSOP and world championship at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas in 2023,” Executive Director Ty Stewart stated earlier than the collection kicked off. “If the main event is on your bucket list, this is the year to get to Vegas.”
Here is a have a look at the ten largest WSOP primary occasions of all time (by discipline):
| Year | Champion | Entries | Prize Pool | Top Payout |
| 2023 | TBD | 8,846 and counting | TBD | TBD |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold | 8,773 | $82,512,162 | $12,000,000 |
| 2022 | Espen Jorstdad | 8,663 | $80,782,475 | $10,000,000 |
| 2019 | Hossein Ensan | 8,569 | $80,548,600 | $10,000,000 |
| 2018 | John Cynn | 7,874 | $74,015,600 | $8,800,000 |
| 2010 | Jonathan Duhamel | 7,319 | $68,798,600 | $8,944,310 |
| 2017 | Scott Blumstein | 7,221 | $67,877,400 | $8,150,000 |
| 2011 | Pius Heinz | 6,865 | $64,531,000 | $8,715,638 |
| 2008 | Peter Eastgate | 6,844 | $64,333,600 | $9,152,416 |
| 2016 | Qui Nguyen | 6,737 | $63,327,800 | $8,005,310 |
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