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The 48th annual WSOP 2017 started on May 30th in the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. A total of 75 events took place (including the main event) offering 75 WSOP bracelets up for grabs.
View the full schedule including buy in amounts for each game from the official wsop website here and you can view all the info on winners for each game on wikipedia..
The Main Event
For the main event, The buy in is $10,000, each blind level lasts 2 hrs and has a 20 minute break after each level. It runs from July 8th and concludes July 22nd.
The winner takes $8,150,000 with the top 10 cashing over $1m each The minimum cash for 1084th is $15,000. You can view the full payout structure here.
A total of 7,221 entrants made it the 3rd largest in history. On day 2, 2,219 players returned and after 5 levels this was reduced to 1023.
Celebrity players that left early
Daniel Negrannu busted out with 7’s vs 6’s, losing to a flush on day 2. Other notable celebrities that were participating that didn’t survive to Day 3 were Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, Gus Hansen, Antonio Esfandiari, Joe McKeehen and Elky.
The 2016 title holder Qui Nguyen also busted out before day 3, losing a big hand with AJ vs AA. Phil Ivey was surprisingly absent from the event altogether.
Payout for Final table Winners
The top 1084 players take home a prize and top 9 are guaranteed $1m
1st $8,150,000
2nd $4,700,000
3rd $3,500,000
4th $2,600,000
5th $2,000,000
6th $1,675,000
7th $1,425,000
8th $1,200,000
9th $1,000,000
Going into the final table
here is how the chips are stacked.
1. Scott Blumstein USA, 97,250,000
2. John Hesp (UK), 85,700,000
3. Benjamin Pollak (France), 35,175,000
4. Bryan Piccioli (USA), 33,800,000
5. Dan Ott (USA), 26,475,000
6. Damian Salas (Argentina), 22,175,000
7. Antoine Saout (France), 21,750,000
8. Jack Sinclair (UK), 20,200,000
9. Ben Lamb (USA), 18,050,000
