{"id":33114,"date":"2022-07-12T21:29:42","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T04:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=33114"},"modified":"2022-07-14T13:58:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:58:56","slug":"world-series-of-poker-update-main-event-prize-pool-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/world-series-of-poker-update-main-event-prize-pool-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"World Series of Poker Update: Main Event Prize Pool and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Any questions about the health of the World Series of Poker has apparently been laid to rest. &#8220;Lain,&#8221; if you&#8217;re pretentious, grammatically lost or just a past participle person.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo, the World Series of Poker recently announced its prize pool for the tournament&#8217;s Main Event, the granddaddy of all poker scrimmages.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we used a sports term. We are probably drunk. Forging on.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we used a blacksmith&#8217;s term.<\/p>\n<p>They should totally invent a sport where people use hammers and anvils. Trust us, there would be fewer concussions than in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;re talking about poker, probably.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28085\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28085 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wsop_dog_cigar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wsop_dog_cigar.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wsop_dog_cigar-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wsop_dog_cigar-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not an actual Main Event entrant. Also, not an actual cigar. Dogs have more common sense.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Specifically, we&#8217;re talking about No-Limit Texas Hold &#8217;em, which is the game contestants are playing in the WSOP Main Event.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve seen No-Limit Texas Hold &#8217;em in movies like &#8220;Rounders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-qajkvej2qje\" style=\"max-width:900px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:500\/281\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.200000%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;ch-ua &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts &#039;none&#039;;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-qajkvej2qje\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QAJkvEJ2QjE?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"505.8\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QAJkvEJ2QjE?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"900\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.casino.org\\\/vitalvegas\\\/world-series-of-poker-update-main-event-prize-pool-and-more\\\/#arve-youtube-qajkvej2qje\",\"type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/QAJkvEJ2QjE?feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You remember &#8220;Rounders.&#8221; It&#8217;s the one with the worst accent in cinematic history (courtesy of John Malkovich) if you don&#8217;t count Don Cheadle&#8217;s in &#8220;Ocean&#8217;s 11.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The WSOP, now held at Bally&#8217;s and Paris rather than Rio, announced its field for the Main Event is 8,663 people.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the second-largest number of Main Event participants in the history of the WSOP.<\/p>\n<p>The Main Event started July 3, but those eliminated before July 10 didn&#8217;t win money. Cue the sad trombone. In poker circles, that&#8217;s known as the &#8220;bubble.&#8221; You want to be in the bubble.<\/p>\n<p>The way the Main Event is structured, 1,300 of the 8,663 entrants get at least $15,000.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, it costs $10,000 to enter.<\/p>\n<p>As we write this (July 12, 2022), the Main Event has hit Level 29, with 63 players remaining.<\/p>\n<p>As of six minutes ago, there was one woman remaining in the Main Event.<\/p>\n<p>On July 13, the WSOP World Championship Main Event will be down to nine players, otherwise known as the &#8220;final table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Main Event winner will be determined on July 15 and July 16, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will get a sweet $10 million payday. The total prize pool is more than $80 million.<\/p>\n<p>The World Series of Poker has live updates on its Web site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsop.com\/tournaments\/updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">so check it out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The WSOP can be confusing to novices. We know this because we are them. The one thing we do know is if you&#8217;re attending the WSOP, don&#8217;t dress as Jack Sparrow if your costume involves fake guns. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poker.org\/jack-sparrow-costumed-player-scotter-clark-trespassed-from-caesars-properties-over-prop-gun-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No, really<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Update (7\/14\/22): The final table is\u00a0Espen Jorstad,\u00a0Matthew Su,\u00a0Matija Dobric,\u00a0Aaron Duczak,\u00a0John Eames,\u00a0Adrian Attenborough,\u00a0Michael Duek,\u00a0Jeffrey Farnes,\u00a0 Asher Conniff and\u00a0Philippe Souki.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any questions about the health of the World Series of Poker has apparently been laid to rest. &#8220;Lain,&#8221; if you&#8217;re pretentious, grammatically lost or just a past participle person. Anyhoo, the World Series of Poker recently announced its prize pool for the tournament&#8217;s Main Event, the granddaddy of all poker scrimmages. 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