2022 WSOP Predominant Occasion Attracts Second-Largest Discipline, $80.8M in Prizes
This 12 months’s World Collection of Poker Predominant Occasion is the second-largest of all-time, and practically everybody who makes it to the ultimate desk will go residence a millionaire.
Actor Vince Vaughn serves because the grasp of ceremonies for the 2022 World Collection of Poker Predominant Occasion, and parades the bracelet that will probably be awarded to the winner earlier than play begins Wednesday at Bally’s Las Vegas (Picture: Denise Truscello/Getty Photos for Caesars Leisure)
Organizers introduced late Friday night that 8,663 gamers competed within the mom of all poker tournaments. Solely the 2006 model of the Predominant Occasion, which noticed 8,773 play for the coveted gold bracelet, drew extra contestants.
The prize pool for the no-limit Texas Maintain ‘em event, with a $10,000 buy-in, is almost $80.8 million. That, too, was second solely behind $82.5 million within the 2006 Predominant Occasion.
Final 12 months’s Predominant Occasion, which happened in November, drew 6,650 gamers and distributed $62 million in prizes. WSOP organizers required COVID-19 vaccinations from all contestants throughout final 12 months’s occasion. Koray Aldemir took residence the bracelet and the $8 million high prize.
The winner of the 2022 Predominant Occasion will take residence $10 million. It’s the primary time since 2019, and the fourth time total, that the highest prize has reached not less than that quantity. Jamie Gold earned $12 million for his win in 2006.
Flights Come Collectively on Saturday
Friday was the sixth day of competitors within the Predominant Occasion, and the second day for these within the D flight of the event.
When play resumes at 11 am PT Saturday, the three,019 gamers who made it by means of one of many 4 flights will all come collectively for the primary time. The chief coming into the weekend is Gavin Munroe of Montgomery, Ala., who has 1,061,500 in chips. He’s additionally the one one with a seven-figure chip rely.
Money prizes, which begin at $15,000, will go to the ultimate 1,300 gamers remaining within the event. WSOP officers anticipate to hit that threshold throughout play on Sunday.
Play will proceed by means of subsequent week, till the sector is whittled right down to 9 on Wednesday. After a time without work on Thursday, the ultimate desk will begin on Friday. The champion is predicted to be topped on Saturday, July 16.
Those that make the ultimate desk will probably be rewarded handsomely. The ninth-place finisher will get $850,675. Everybody else on the remaining desk will get greater than $1 million. The fourth-place contestant will get $3 million, and third place will get $4 million. The runner-up walks away with $6 million.
Vince Vaughn Crashes Predominant Occasion
On Wednesday, actor Vince Vaughn kicked off the primary day of play within the D flight by displaying off the bracelet that the Predominant Occasion winner will obtain. Decked out in Roman garb, the Swingers and Wedding ceremony Crashers star paraded across the tables at each the Bally’s Occasion Heart and Paris Las Vegas Lodge and On line casino.
The customized bracelet is created from 500 grams of 10 karat yellow and white gold. It options greater than 2,750 gems, together with rubies, black diamonds, and whereas diamonds.
That is the Predominant Occasion and a World Champion wants an unimaginable trophy, not just a few awful ring,” mentioned Vaughn, who serves as this 12 months’s WSOP grasp of ceremonies.
The Las Vegas Strip is the location for the WSOP for the primary time in its 53-year historical past.
