WSOP FINAL TABLE = Millionaires

MeantownScum · 07-10-2005, 12:28 AM

The Official Count of Entrants and prize money was recently announced for the Main Event of the World Series of Poker...

Total Entries = 5,619

Prize Pool = $52,818,600

Some Prize Payouts - Top 560 Finishers are "In The Money"

1st - $7.5 million
2nd - 4.25 million
3rd - 2.5 million
4th - 2 million
5th - 1.75 million
6th - 1.5 million
7th - 1.3 million
8th - 1.15 million
9th - 1 million

18th - 350k

560th - 12.5k

XXGameXX · 07-10-2005, 12:50 AM

Can the players make a deal at the final table?

dinque · 07-10-2005, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by: XXGameXX
Can the players make a deal at the final table?

sure

jjgold · 07-10-2005, 12:57 AM

I bet the final table will be no names

Hit Me · 07-10-2005, 01:06 AM

You mean a name like "jjgold"?

El Diablo Blanco · 07-10-2005, 01:06 AM

define no names JJ.

At least 3 of the final table last year, and 4 of the last 10 were notables in the poker world.

XXGameXX · 07-10-2005, 01:07 AM

How will ESPN feel about it?

dmmd98 · 07-10-2005, 01:11 AM

you can't make a deal...atleast not in public. Can somebody chip dumb to another player yes but that will be spotted quickly.

jjgold · 07-10-2005, 01:14 AM

I would say no names are people the general public never heard of and also lesser known to the so called big pros

El Diablo Blanco · 07-10-2005, 01:26 AM

The general public only knows about 6 poker players. I consider someone winning a bracelet before to be somewhat established. Going by that criteria, 4 of 10 last year, even more the year before.

XXGameXX · 07-10-2005, 01:33 AM

ty
dmmd
thats what I thought

Inside The Pylons · 07-10-2005, 02:24 AM

You are allowed to make a deal in the WSOP. No deals in the WPT though.

jjgold · 07-10-2005, 02:28 AM

I wonder if anyone has a list of actual tourney wins in the last 5 years with lets say 300 players or more entered
I would think that list would show who the better players are

XXGameXX · 07-10-2005, 02:31 AM

If that is the case ITP and dinque

I'm sure we will see some deals with that much money involved

El Diablo Blanco · 07-10-2005, 02:31 AM

try the Hendon Mob database, they list about every cash from the last 5 years or so.

BTW, Shannon Sharpe is running people over.

buckeye · 07-10-2005, 04:40 AM

I don't know jack about poker but why would you need to make a deal with a 1 mill guarantee already on a 10K buy-in? I could see some deal earlier to have someone make the final table but with the thing on TV and the prestige and already having a mill wrapped up, I'd not see the big merit in a deal then.

I know its just a game and $ is the MAIN GOAL but I think deals over rigging the results are not too cool under any circumstances. Neckcar is a corrupt non-sport too when teams are playing lets make a deal and payback etc dictates the results as much as who is better on the day.

El Diablo Blanco · 07-10-2005, 07:17 AM

It's fairly common in tournaments at all levels to make deals, and the large majority of pros have pieces of each other as well.
Last year, Phil Ivey had pieces of like 40 people and Marcel Luske had a chunk of David Williams.
I can tell you they do make deals at the WPT events as well.

BuzzRavanaugh · 07-10-2005, 03:21 PM

When reading McManus' book it was interesting that they were so close to a deal but I think Dewey Tomko nixxed it because he wanted the bracelet.

Louis Cypher · 07-10-2005, 04:15 PM

World Series of Poker Winner to Get $7.5M

By CHRISTINA ALMEIDA
Associated Press Writer

July 9, 2005, 10:29 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS -- The nine players reaching the final table at the World Series of Poker main event can bet on one thing: They're taking home at least $1 million.

But at least five former champions won't be around for the final table on Friday after being knocked out of the event.

The winner of the 36th annual tournament, which started Thursday, will win $7.5 million, a big increase from last year's $5 million, which was double what 2003 champion Chris Moneymaker made.

"The big surprise is the final table," tournament director Johnny Grooms said Saturday. "Only three to four years ago it was a big deal for a tournament to guarantee a $1 million first place."

The first person knocked out in the final table of the no-limit Texas Hold'em event will receive a $1 million consolation prize. The final table is scheduled to begin Friday at Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in downtown Las Vegas.

The main event began Thursday at the Rio hotel-casino with a record 5,619 players, more than double the 2,576 participants in 2004 and almost seven times the then-record 839 players who entered in 2003.

Carlos Mortensen, the 2001 World Series of Poker champ, busted out on Thursday, as did 1987-88 winner Johnny Chan. Chris Ferguson, who won in 2000, was knocked out Friday, followed by 1989 champ Phil Hellmuth and 71-year-old Doyle Brunson, the 1976-77 winner, on Saturday. Other top players such as Daniel Negreanu, Annie Duke and T.J. Cloutier have also exited.

Greg Raymer, the 2004 champion, made it past the first cut and held $39,525 in chips. Sam Fahra, who finished second to Moneymaker in 2003, also advanced with a $156,600 chips count.

Moneymaker also advances, but will be short stacked with $7,575 in chips when the second round starts Sunday.

The total prize pool is $52.8 million, minus the house cut of $3.37 million. According to tournament officials, 560 players will finish in the money. Second place will collect $4.25 million; third $2.5 million; fourth $2 million; fifth $1.75 million; sixth $1.5 million; seventh $1.3 million; and eighth $1.15 million.