2015 WSOP Main Event Payouts Announced: 1st Place Prize Lowest in Ten Years
Published on:
Jul/08/2015
World Series of Poker officials announced the payouts for this year’s Main event as a total of 6,420 have entered to create a prize pool of $60,348,000.
The first place prize of $7,680,021 may seem like a lot but it is the lowest since 2005.
Much of this has to do with the increased number of entrants who will now be paid: 15.5 percent of the field compared to 10 percent in past years.
Overall registration was down by 263 more players from last year. The 2015 Main Event came in ahead of the 2013 edition, which featured 6,352 players.
The event will continue through Tuesday of next week with the final table to come back in November.
- Ace King, Gambling911.com
