2009 WSOP Main Event Payouts
Any time now the World Series of Poker should be announcing the main event payouts schedule for the 2009 WSOP. They have just announced that there are a total of 6,494 players and that whoever comes in first will receive $8,548,435. In the main event (Event #57) there are 648 paid positions and a total prizepool of over $61 MILLION DOLLARS!!!
EDIT: It’s official, here are the numbers for the 2009 WSOP Payouts in Event #57 (The Main Event):
2009 WSOP Payouts
Buy In: $ 10,000 Entries: 6,494
Place Prize
1st – $8,546,435
2nd – $5,182,601
3rd – $3,479,485
4th – $2,502,787
5th – $1,953,395
6th – $1,587,133
7th – $1,404,002
8th – $1,300,228
9th – $1,263,602
10th-12th – $896,730
13th-15th – $633,022
16th-18th – $500,557
19th-27th – $352,832
28th-36th – $253,941
37th-45th – $178,857
46th-54th – $138,568
55th-63rd – $108,047
64th-72nd – $90,344
73rd-81st – $68,979
82nd-90th – $57,991
91st-99th – $47,003
100 th-162nd – $40,288
163rd-225th – $36,626
226th-288th – $32,963
289th-360th – $29,911
361st-432nd – $27,469
433rd-504th – $25,027
505th-576th – $23,196
577th-648th – $21,365
These numbers are down a little from the 2008 WSOP Main Event Payouts where there were a total of 6844 players and a total prizepool was over $64 Million. Last year the top finishers received the following payouts:
2008 WSOP Prize Pool and Payouts
The total prize pool generated by the 6,844 entrants was $64,333,600. That makes the prize pool break down as follows:
1: $9,119,517
2: $5,790,024
3: $4,503,352
4: $3,763,515
5: $3,088,012
6: $2,412,510
7: $1,769,174
8: $1,286,672
9: $900,670
Update, the 2009 WSOP Payouts have been added above!
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