From 1971 through 2019, more than $162 million in prize money has been awarded to WSOP main event champions. The winner of this storied event has earned at least $1 million every year since 1991. Main Event to Begin Online, Live Finale will crown a 'World Champion' of Poker for the 51st Consecutive Year. $1 Million 'Winner Take All' Prize Money will pit Domestic vs. International Champions.

Due to the unique hybrid online and live version of the 2020 $10,000 World Series of Poker main event, the winner of this year’s contest walked away with a total of $2,550,969. That’s good for no. 17 all-time.

The previous 16 champions of the World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in main event have all earned at least $5 million, a worthy prize for the highlight of the tournament calendar each year. 2003 WSOP world champion Chris Moneymaker was the last player to win less than that $5 million benchmark, having banked $2.5 million for the win that played a large part in sparking the poker boom of the early 2000s. Moneymaker also won the last main event to have fewer than 1,000 participants.

The largest first-place prize ever awarded in the ‘big dance’ was the $12 million paid out to 2006 champion Jamie Gold. He topped a record field of 8,773 entries that year to earn the massive eight-figure payday and the championship bracelet. Germany’s Hossein Ensan outlasted the second-largest field in the history of the event in 2019 to earn an even $10 million. In 2014 the event featured a guaranteed first-place payout of $10 million as well, which was awarded to Sweden’s Martin Jacobson after he overcame 6,683 entries.

From 1971 through 2019, more than $162 million in prize money has been awarded to WSOP main event champions. The winner of this storied event has earned at least $1 million every year since 1991 when Brad Daugherty became the first WSOP champ to earn seven figures for the win. In fact, all nine winners from 1991 to 1999 earned $1 million for their main event victory. Johnny Moss earned the smallest prize in history in the second main event, taking home just $30,000 for topping the field of six. The previous year he was elected winner by vote, and didn’t earn any additional prize money.

Wsop Payouts Main Event 2020

With registration closed at 705 entries, the prize pool has been finalized and the payout distribution released by the WSOP.

Those entries produced a prize pool of $6,768,000. That amount will be paid out to the top 107 finishers, with a min-cash worth $14,890.

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• With registration closed at 705 entries, the prize pool has been finalized and the payout distribution released by the WSOP. Those entries produced a prize pool of $6,768,000. That amount will be.

As for the top payouts, the winner will bank $1,553,256, though that player won't be determined until the live final table plays out in a few weeks. Here's how the top nine shakes out:

Wsop Main Event 2020 Payouts