6494 players paid the buy-in of $10,000 and took part in the main event in the world series of poker this year. Of all the 6494 participants, 646 players will receive a piece of the total prize pool of $64,940,000. Even though $64,940,000 is a lot of money, it's still not as much as in last year's main event.
Even though so many players (6494) took part in this year's main event, it's still fewer than last year. This means that winner of this year's main event won't receive as much as Peter Eastgate (picture) did when he won back in 2008. Peter Eastgate received a bit over $9 million dollars, and this year the winner will "only" receive $8,5 million dollars.
Final table payout structure:
1. $8 546 435
2. $5 182 601
3. $3 479 485
4. $2 502 787
5. $1 953 395
6. $1 587 133
7. $1 404 002
8. $1 300 228
9. $1,263,602
But if i am not mistaken jamie gold won 12 million in the other edition of World Series of Poker!
