Another Look at the Payouts
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
We've mentioned it before, but we thought it couldn't hurt to remind you all of what today's 2,802 players are competing for. All told, the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event drew 6,865 runners and created a prize pool worth $64,531,000 that will be distributed among the top 693 players as follows:
Total
| Players total: | 6,865 |
| Total price pool: | $64,531,000 |
Players per day
| Day 1A: | 897 |
| Day 1B: | 978 |
| Day 1C: | 2,171 |
| Day 1D: | 2,809 |
| Day 2A: | 2,031 |
| Day 2B: | - |
| 1 | $8,711,956 |
| 2 | $5,430,928 |
| 3 | $4,019,635 |
| 4 | $3,011,665 |
| 5 | $2,268,909 |
| 6 | $1,720,396 |
| 7 | $1,313,851 |
| 8 | $1,009,910 |
| 9 | $782,115 |
| 10 - 12 | $607,882 |
| 13 - 15 | $478,174 |
| 16 - 18 | $378,796 |
| 19 - 27 | $302,005 |
| 28 - 36 | $242,636 |
| 37 - 45 | $196,174 |
| 46 - 54 | $160,036 |
| 55 - 63 | $130,997 |
| 64 - 72 | $108,412 |
| 73 - 81 | $90,343 |
| 82 - 90 | $76,146 |
| 91 - 99 | $64,531 |
| 100 - 162 | $54,851 |
| 163 - 225 | $47,107 |
| 226 - 288 | $40,654 |
| 289 - 351 | $35,492 |
| 352 - 414 | $30,974 |
| 415 - 477 | $27,103 |
| 478 - 549 | $23,876 |
| 550 - 621 | $21,295 |
| 622 - 693 | $19,359 |