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The WSOP Main Event’s previous participation record was 8,773, set in 2006. Jamie Gold won that year.<\/p>\n
Gold won $12 million, the highest Main Event prize ever. This year, WSOP smartly added $100,000 so this year’s could be the highest. Marketing for the win!<\/p>\n
The WSOP says fifteen percent of the participants in the Main Event will get prize money.<\/p>\n
Beyond the top prize of $12.1 million, second place gets $6.5 million, third place gets $4 million.<\/p>\n
Let’s just say it’s good to make it to the final table of nine players. The first of the nine to be eliminated gets a paltry $900,000.<\/p>\n
The player who comes in 1,0004th gets $20,000.<\/p>\n
In addition to the $12.1 million, the winner also gets some sweet bling, the 2023 Main Event gold bracelet. The bracelet was unveiled by Guy Fieri on July 7, 2023, so you know it looks classy.<\/p>\n From the news release, the WSOP winner’s bracelet features “approximately 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold with 2,352 various precious gemstones, including 42 carats of round genuine diamonds, 425 black and red stones to accentuate the suits and a removable golden poker chip that sits in the center of the bracelet.”<\/p>\n This year’s bracelet also has a horseshoe, a nod to the WSOP’s return to the Horseshoe, formerly Bally’s.<\/p>\n The WSOP got its start at Binion’s Horseshoe, downtown.<\/p>\n The WSOP’s Main Event gets the most attention, but the tournament is a series of events<\/a> spanning what feels like 26 consecutive months.<\/p>\n Another noteworthy item from this year’s World Series of Poker: Poker legend and unpleasant person Phil Hellmuth won his 17th WSOP gold bracelet in event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty.<\/p>\n Whatever one’s view of “Poker Brat” Phil Hellmuth’s personality, he’s the undeniable lead-holder of career WSOP bracelet wins, as he’s happy to remind anyone willing to listen.<\/p>\n The late Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan and Phil Ivey are all tied for second-most with 10 gold bracelets each.<\/p>\n The other most exciting thing to happen at this year’s WSOP was a kerfuffle about possible cheating by someone even more annoying that Phil Hellmuth.<\/p>\n Martin Kabrhel is apparently being investigated for marking cards<\/a>. Kabrhel has denied cheating, but we suspect he’d have to plead guilty to charges of being, in the parlance of poker, a complete jackass.<\/p>\n Here’s video of some of the fireworks.<\/p>\n Dan Smith (@DanSmithHolla<\/a>) had some choice words for Martin Kabrhel (@martinkabrhell<\/a>) after his elimination from the $250,000 Super High Roller Bowl. <\/p>\n 📺 – Watch live here: https:\/\/t.co\/InAL0tkRzV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/qoNU9e8qnm<\/a><\/p>\n — PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/wsop_bracelet_2023-845x563.jpg\")
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