nutz

The Numbers Are In...
Final registration and prize-pool numbers have now been made available for the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. A huge Day 1d field of 2,461 players brought the four-day total for the ME to 6,844, more than 400 hundred above last year's level. 666 players will cash in this year's event, and the winner will receive the second-largest payout in poker history: $9,119,517



PLACEPRIZE

1$9,119,338

2$5,790,024

3$4,503,352

4$3,763,516

5$3,088,013

6$2,412,510

7$1,769,177

8$1,286,672

9$900,670

10 - 12$591,869

13 - 15$463,202

16 - 18$334,535

19 - 27$257,334

28 - 36$193,001

37 - 45$154,401

46 - 54$135,101

55 - 63$115,800

64 - 72$96,500

73 - 81$77,200

82 - 90$64,334

91 - 99$51,467

100 - 162$41,817

163 - 225$38,600

226 - 288$35,383

289 - 351$32,107

352 - 414$28,950

415 - 477$27,020

478 - 540$25,090

541 - 603$23,160

604 - 666$21,230

Kind of surprising they didn't make it a $10m first place prize, just for publicity.

They'd have to move almost $900,000 from the other places, or from their fees, to do that.

Cap'n Douchebag

Where are the girlz?

in custody

The payout seems to be more top heavy this year than last