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This year's World Series of Poker shattered over a dozen new records. Let's check them out below.
WSOP 2018 Records
Most Entrants = 123,865.
Largest Total Prizepool = $266,889,193.
Most Cashers = 18,105.
Largest Starting Flight in Main Event History = Flight C with 4,571 entries.
Largest Non-Hold’em Field Size Ever = Event #11, the $365 Pot-Limit Omaha GIANT tournament, attracted 3,250 entries.
Largest Seniors Event in WSOP History = 5,918 players.
Largest Online WSOP Gold Bracelet Ever = 2,972 players entered this year’s $365 WSOP.com Online No-Limit Hold’em event.
Largest $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Field Size in Poker History: Event #42 attracted 230 entries.
Most Events with $1 million+ 1st Prize= 10 events.
Most 4,000+ Field Sizes in One WSOP= Nine events.
Most Cashes in a single WSOP series = Chris Ferguson with 18 cashes.
All-time Bracelets = Phil Hellmuth wins 15th bracelet.
WSOP Cashes: Chris Ferguson and Barry Greenstein collected their 100th career WSOP cashes at this year’s series.
Most Chinese Bracelet Winners in a Single Year = Three.
Most Unique Countries to Win a Bracelet = 18.
