Main Event Breaks Single Day Record, $8.5m for First Place
Last night we saw a record for a single-day field at the World Series of Poker Main Event, with 3,418 players competing on Day 1c to bring the total field for 2012 to 6,598 with $8,527,982 awaiting this year's champion.
WSOP numbers for 2012:
Events: 61/61
Prize pool: $222,035,192*
Participants: 74,766
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*This is the largest-ever prize pool for the World Series of Poker
Jason Laso leads record Day 1c field
WSOP 2012 Event 61: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
End of Day 1c Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1 | Jason Laso | 240,350 | ||
| 2 | Randy Haddox | 188,275 | ||
| 3 | Erik Hellman | 175,950 | ||
| 4 | Marco Bognanni | 169,600 | ||
| 5 | Daniel Morgan |
160,025 | ||
| 6 | Mathias Maasberg |
159,150 | ||
| 7 | Anthony Guetti | 158,775 | ||
| 8 | Joonhee Yea | 157,175 | ||
| 9 | Max Ovseyevitz |
156,300 | ||
| 10 | Dag Martin Mikkelsen | 155,900 | ||
| - | Jake Cody | 124,675 | ||
| - | Viktor Blom | 110,225 | ||
| - | Doyle Brunson | 81,400 | ||
| - | Antonio Esfandiari | 78,925 | ||
| - | John Juanda | 74,450 | ||
| - | Marvin 'xcrash154' Rettenmaier | 72,000 | ||
| - | Randy 'nanonokops' Lew | 62,025 | ||
| - | Michael Mizrachi | 60,050 | ||
| - | Phil Galfond | 37,300 | ||
| - | Phil Laak | 31,000 | ||
| - | Jason Mercier | 22,000 | ||
| - | Philip 'philgruissem' Gruissem | 21,000 | ||
| - | Sam Trickett | 19,000 | ||
| - | Phil Ivey | 11,525 | ||
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Prize Pool: $62,021,200 | Blinds: 200/400/50 |
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| World Series of Poker Main Event 2012 Payout Structure Prize Pool: $62,021,200 |
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| Place | Prize |
| 1 | $8,527,982 |
| 2 | $5,292,889 |
| 3 | $3,797,558 |
| 4 | $2,850,494 |
| 5 | $2,154,616 |
| 6 | $1,640,461 |
| 7 | $1,257,790 |
| 8 | $971,252 |
| 9 | $754,798 |
| 10-12 | $590,422 |
| 13-15 | $465,159 |
| 16-18 | $369,026 |
| 19-27 | $294,601 |
| 28-36 | $236,921 |
| 36-45 | $191,646 |
| 46-54 | $156,293 |
| 55-63 | $128,384 |
| 64-72 | $106,056 |
| 73-81 | $88,070 |
| 82-90 | $73,805 |
| 91-99 | $62,021 |
| 100-162 | $52,718 |
| 163-234 | $44,655 |
| 235-306 | $38,453 |
| 307-378 | $32,871 |
| 379-450 | $28,530 |
| 451-522 | $24,808 |
| 523-594 | $21,707 |
| 595-666 | $19,227 |
