2010 Main Event Numbers Are In
The numbers are in and it's a big one. A total number of 7,319 ponied up the $10,000 buy-in for the year's World Series of Poker Main Event. That puts the total prizepool at a whopping $68,798,600. This year's Main Event is the second largest ever, making it the second largest live tournament in history behind only the 2006 Main Event. To read some more interesting facts and figures about the field, head here.
It breaks down as follows for the past two years.
| 2009 | 2010 | |
| Day 1a: | 1,116 | 1,125 |
| Day 1b: | 873 | 1,489 |
| Day 1c: | 1,696 | 2,314 |
| Day 1d: | 2,809 | 2,391 |
| Total: | 6,494 | 7,319 |
Comparing that to last year, Day 1a only had 1,116 players, Day 1b had 873 players, Day 1c had 1,696 players and Day 1d had 2,809 players for a total of 6,494.
Looking at this year's numbers compared with last year's, the field increased by 12.7%. Last year's Day 1d trumped this year's, but the other three days were all larger this year. There was also a steady increase from Day 1a to Day 1d this year.
Last year's first-place prize was worth $8,546,435 to youngster Joe Cada and this year will be even more -- $8,944,138, in fact. In all, 747 players will be paid out. Once we receive all the official payouts and prizepool information, we'll send them your way.