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The 2023 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event is now officially the largest ever held! With 5,234 entries from the first three starting days and 3,612 as of 1:00 PM on Day 1D, the total field currently sits at 8,846. That number is set to grow even further, as registration will remain open up through the start of level 8 on both day 2ABC and day 2D. That means players can enter up to four hours into play on Saturday, July 8.
The previous record was set 16 years, 11 months, and four days ago on July 31, in the 2006 WSOP main event, which drew 8,773 players creating a prize pool of $82,512,162. Jamie Gold went on to win the championship bracelet that year, capturing what was then the largest prize in main event history: $12,000,000.
With the total number of entries set to grow throughout day 1D and both days 2ABC and 2D, the final prize pool info is likely still days away from being announced, but there seems to be a great chance that Gold’s record top prize will be surpassed this year as well.
With $9,300 from each buy-in going into the prize pool, there is unofficially more than $82.2 million that will be up for grabs currently, with millions more likely to be added in the coming hours and days.
This record-setting turnout is far from a surprise. In fact, event organizer came into this year with the explicit goal of breaking the record that has stood since 2006.
“With the momentum generated from the WSOP’s debut on the Las Vegas Strip last year, we expect a record-breaking WSOP and world championship at Paris and Horseshoe Las Vegas in 2023,” Executive Director Ty Stewart said before the series kicked off. “If the main event is on your bucket list, this is the year to get to Vegas.”
Here is a look at the ten largest WSOP main events of all time (by field):
| Year | Champion | Entries | Prize Pool | Top Payout |
| 2023 | TBD | 8,846 and counting | TBD | TBD |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold | 8,773 | $82,512,162 | $12,000,000 |
| 2022 | Espen Jorstdad | 8,663 | $80,782,475 | $10,000,000 |
| 2019 | Hossein Ensan | 8,569 | $80,548,600 | $10,000,000 |
| 2018 | John Cynn | 7,874 | $74,015,600 | $8,800,000 |
| 2010 | Jonathan Duhamel | 7,319 | $68,798,600 | $8,944,310 |
| 2017 | Scott Blumstein | 7,221 | $67,877,400 | $8,150,000 |
| 2011 | Pius Heinz | 6,865 | $64,531,000 | $8,715,638 |
| 2008 | Peter Eastgate | 6,844 | $64,333,600 | $9,152,416 |
| 2016 | Qui Nguyen | 6,737 | $63,327,800 | $8,005,310 |
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