{"id":5137,"date":"2023-07-09T09:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/record-breaking-10043-players-make-it-12-1m-for-the-2023-wsop-main-event-winner\/"},"modified":"2023-07-09T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T09:48:49","slug":"record-breaking-10043-players-make-it-12-1m-for-the-2023-wsop-main-event-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/09\/record-breaking-10043-players-make-it-12-1m-for-the-2023-wsop-main-event-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Record-Breaking 10,043 Players Make it $12.1M for the 2023 WSOP Main Event Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker\/world-series-of-poker-wsop\/\">World Series of Poker<\/a> (WSOP) Main Event ended its registration process with a record-breaking number of <strong>10,043 contestants<\/strong>, on the second day, Level 7, last Saturday. 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A guaranteed $900,000 awaits anyone who makes it to the final table, and payouts will reach the seven-figure threshold when only eight players remain.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 9 Payouts at 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event<\/h2>\n<table width=\"466\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"358\">Place<\/td>\n<td width=\"108\">Prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1st<\/td>\n<td>$12,100,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2nd<\/td>\n<td>$6,500,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3rd<\/td>\n<td>$4,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4th<\/td>\n<td>$3,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5th<\/td>\n<td>$2,400,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6th<\/td>\n<td>$1,850,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7th<\/td>\n<td>$1,425,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8th<\/td>\n<td>$1,250,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9th<\/td>\n<td>$900,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/record-breaking-10043-players-make-it-12-1m-for-the-2023-wsop-main-event-winner\/\">Record-Breaking 10,043 Players Make it $12.1M for the 2023 WSOP Main Event Winner<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event ended its registration process with a record-breaking number of 10,043 contestants, on the second day, Level 7, last Saturday. 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