WSOP
Continues to break records!
And it’s
not over yet!!!
The WSOP
with it’s main event still being played out is officially the largest WSOP in
history! With a total of 58,720 entries into 55 Gold Bracelet Events. In
addition – the $180,676,248.00 awarded so far makes it the richest event in all
of sports!
OK now
onto what’s going on in the main event
…Day 2 A
play started with 1,251 players and Day 2 B play will start with 2,378 players
…With
entries closed – the 2008 WSOP Main Event winner will collect $9,119,517 in
prize money. The lowest cash out will be
$21,230.00
…Today was
a day for busting the big guns! Scotty
Nguyen, Robert Varkonyi, Erick Lindgren, Billy Baxter, reigning Ladies WSOP
Champion Svetlana Gromenkova, Howard "Tahoe" Andrew, all busted out.
The
following is the “official payout schedule” for this years Main Event
|
$9,119,517 |
1st |
|
$5,790,024 |
2nd |
|
$4,503,352 |
3rd |
|
$3,763,515 |
4th |
|
$3,088,012 |
5th |
|
$2,412,510 |
6th |
|
$1,769,174 |
7th |
|
$1,286,672 |
8th |
|
$900,670 |
9th |
|
$591,869 |
10th-12th
|
|
$463,201 |
13-15 |
|
$334,534 |
16-18 |
|
$257,334 |
19-27 |
|
$193,000 |
28-36 |
|
$154,400 |
37-45 |
|
$135,100 |
46-54 |
|
$115,800 |
55-63 |
|
$96,500 |
64-72 |
|
$77,200 |
73-81 |
|
$64,333 |
82-90 |
|
$51,466 |
91-99 |
|
$41,816 |
100-162 |
|
$38,600 |
163-225 |
|
$35,383 |
226-288 |
|
$32,166 |
289-351 |
|
$28,950 |
352-414 |
|
$27,020 |
415-477 |
|
$25,090 |
478-540 |
|
$23,160 |
541-603 |
|
$21,230 |
604-666 |
