For 17 years, the World Series of Poker Main Event attendance record of 8,773 players stood, before it was finally broken in 2023 by a field of 10,043 entrants.
That record set in 2023 lasted all of one year before getting toppled.
Registration for the 2024 $10,000 buy-in Main Event officially closed Monday afternoon in Las Vegas, with 10,112 poker players creating a record $94,041,600 prize pool.
The eventual tournament winner, however — to be crowned next Wednesday, July 17 — will not collect a record-setting amount of money. After the WSOP faced backlash in 2023 for making first place worth $12.1 million, a move designed for publicity’s sake to surpass the $12 million Jamie Gold won in 2006 back when a smaller percentage of the field cashed, the WSOP brass has flattened final table payouts in 2024.
