Wsop 2016 Payout

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The official numbers are in for the 2016 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship. A total of 91 players posted the massive buy-in, up eight percent from 84 entries in 2015. As a result the tournament built a total prize pool of $4,368,000.

• Jan 13, 2016 Wednesday, January 13, 2016 to Wednesday, January 13, 2016. Ladies Event - $250 No-Limit Hold'em.
• Oct 30, 2016 All career earnings exclude 2016 WSOP main event payout. Career tournament earnings: $2,641,620 Career WSOP earnings: $810,358 (2 bracelets) Arash Markazi.

The World Series of Poker announced on Tuesday that it has altered the payout structure of its flagship $10,000 Main Event. The world's most prestigious poker tournament will no longer feature a. Day 2 of the 2016 WSOP Main Event final table played out last night. With the play short-handed and payouts getting huge, how would you play these hands? 2016 WSOP Main Event: $63,327,800 Qui Nguyen: $8,005,310 2014 WSOP Main Event: $62,820,200 Martin Jacobson: $10,000,000 2012 WSOP Main Event: $62,021,200 Greg Merson: $8,527,982 2009 WSOP Main Event: $61,043,600 Joe Cada: $8,547,042 2015 WSOP Main Event: $60,348,000 Joe McKeehen: $7,680,021 2007 WSOP Main Event: $59,784,954 Jerry Yang: $8,250,000.

The eventual champion will earn the $1,296,097 first-place prize and the honor of having their name added to the David ‘Chip’ Reese Memorial Trophy. The top 14 finishers will make the money, with a min-cash being worth $75,833.

Only three players hit the rail during the first day of play in Stephen Chidwick, Abe Mosseri and Keith Gipson. Scott Seiver is the chip leader heading into day 2 with 593,000. Other notables to make it through day 1 with huge stacks included Michael Mizrachi (433,000), Anthony Zinno (418,000), Jason Mercier (384,800), Paul Volpe (338,000) and Daniel Negreanu (337,900).

Five prior champions of this event survived to day 2 in 2011 champion Brian Rast (463,900), 2008 champion Scotty Nguyen (357,600), 2015 champion Mike Gorodinsky (240,000), 2014 champion John Hennigan (200,900) and 2013 champion Matthew Ashton (136,900).

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Another fact worth noting is that Esther Taylor-Brady is the only female entrant in this year’s event, with prior entrants like Jennifer Harmon, Vanessa Selbst and Melissa Burr opting not to play in 2016.

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The event is scheduled to run over five days, with a winner to be determined on Wednesday, July 6.

Here is a complete look at the payouts to be awarded in this event:

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