“The dream of life-changing money is core to the DNA of the WSOP Main Event and we also want to make it easier to experience playing in poker’s Big Show,” said WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart. “Our players understand numbers, and 2015 now presents the best odds ever to leave the Main Event a winner.”
With a strategy to more broadly distribute the prize pool, the WSOP Main Event will still award a massive prize to its Champion. If participation numbers are the same as 2014 (6,683) the 2015 winner would receive $8,000,000, a prize consistent to winners of the past decade before last year’s $10 million first place prize to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the event at the Rio. In addition, all final table participants would receive at least $1 million.
Using the 2014 Main Event entry number – 6,683 entries – the 2015 Main Event payout structure would look like this: (It is important to note the final payout structure will be determined based on number of 2015 entries)
· 1st place: $8,000,000
· 2nd place: $4,663,527
· 3rd place: $3,500,000
· 4th place: $2,750,000
· 5th place: $2,000,000
· 6th place: $1,500,000
· 7th place: $1,250,000
· 8th place: $1,100,000
· 9th place: $1,000,000
· 10-12th place: $550,000
· 50th place: $142,500
· 100th place: $50,000
· 500th place: $20,850
· 693rd place: $16,750 (last year’s last paid place)
· 694-1,000 place: $15,000
The WSOP recognizes the Main Event is a unique tournament onto itself, given the highly international field, percentage of repeat players and lofty $10,000 buy-in. The WSOP believes paying a higher percentage of players in this particular event, (based on last year’s entry figure would be akin to 15 percent of the field – nearly 50% more players than previously) will encourage both new and repeat participation for the Main Event, and thus an increased prize pool.
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