2007 World Series of Poker

Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem
Day: 1a
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Event Info

2007 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣8♦
Prize
$8,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$59,784,954
Entries
6,358
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000

100 Per Hour

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Once we returned from the dinner break and players were in their seats, the tournament staff announced that we started the day with 1,287 people and were down to 900.

The tournament staff just announced, an hour after their last announcement, that we are already down to 800 players. Simple math puts that at losing one hundred players per hour.

"This is a nine-day event," the tournament staff joked over the mic.