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2024 World Series of Poker

Event #81: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2024 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
83
Prize
$10,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$94,041,600
Entries
10,112
Level Info
Level
44
Blinds
2,500,000 / 5,000,000
Ante
5,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
915
Players Left
620

Will the 2024 WSOP Main Event Shatter Records Again? Poker's Biggest Tournament Kicks Off on July 3

Daniel Weinman and Steven Jones
Daniel Weinman and Steven Jones

The $10,000 buy-in 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, poker's most prestigious annual tournament, kicks off Wednesday, July 3 with the first of four Day 1 starting flights.

Last year's world championship event attracted a 55-year record 10,043 entrants, with Daniel Weinman, a member of Team Lucky, taking it down for $12.1 million.

Another Record-Breaking Year?

Jamie Gold, the 2006 champion, held onto the record for winning the largest Main Event ever for 17 years — 8,773 players. Then last year's tournament cruised right on by that mark.

The question the poker world is asking heading into Wednesday is, will the 2024 WSOP Main Event set another record? World Series of Poker turnout, nearly across the board this summer, has been up, which is certainly a good sign. There's no way to know the answer until registration closes on Day 2d (July 8).

One thing is certain, it's going to be a massive field. Chances are strong attendance will be significantly higher than the 2006 Main Event, and potentially even bigger than one year ago.

2024 WSOP Main Event Schedule

Paris Ballroom
Paris Ballroom

The 2024 WSOP Main Event features four Day 1 flights, with the starting stack being 60,000.

Day 1a-1d all begin at noon local time and will play out five 120-minute levels, where a 20-minute break takes place after the completion of every level. A 75-minute dinner
break is scheduled after Level 3 (≈ 6:40 p.m.).

Players can bypass the first day and take advantage of the Day 2abc or Day 2d late registration. Late registration is open for seven levels and closes at the start of Level 8 on July 7 and July 8.

Day 2abc features all the players who bagged and tagged stacks from Day 1a-1c, while Day 2d will host the Day 1d survivors. The field then merges for the first time on Day 3.

DateDayTime
Wednesday, July 3, 2024Day 1aNoon
Thursday, July 4, 2024Day 1bNoon
Friday, July 5, 2024Day 1cNoon
Saturday, July 6, 2024Day 1dNoon
Sunday, July 7, 2024Day 2abcNoon
Monday, July 8, 2024Day 2dNoon
Tuesday, July 9, 2024Day 3Noon
Wednesday, July 10, 2024Day 4Noon
Thursday, July 11, 2024Day 5Noon
Friday, July 12, 2024Day 6Noon
Saturday, July 13, 2024Day 7Noon
Sunday, July 14, 2024Day 8 (Play to 9)Noon
Tuesday, July 16, 2024Final Table Day 1TBD
Wednesday, July 17, 2024Final Table Day 2TBD

How to Follow the Action

Lon McEachern (L) and Norman Chad (R)
Lon McEachern (L) and Norman Chad (R)

Each day, until the last card of the tournament is dealt and a world champion is crowned on July 17, you will find live reporting coverage right here at PokerNews, and livestreaming coverage daily on PokerGO. Following the conclusion of the tournament, CBS Sports Network will produce a condensed, broadcast version of the Main Event with longtime commentators Norman Chad and Lon McEachern in the booth.

There will be more coverage for this year's Main Event than ever before. From start to finish, poker fans can catch the action of the most important and exciting event of the year.

PokerGO's WSOP Streaming Schedule

World Series of Poker Main Event History

Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

In 1970, at Binion's Horseshoe on Fremont Street, future Poker Hall of Famer Johnny Moss won the first ever WSOP Main Event via a vote. Moss also won the tournament in 1971 and 1974, and is one of two players to have won poker's world championship event three times (Stu Ungar won it in 1980, 1981, and 1997).

The Main Event is where legends are made. Take Phil Hellmuth, for example. The "Poker Brat" ended Johnny Chan's bid for a three-peat in 1989 when he defeated Chan heads-up for the title, beating out 178 players to win $755,000.

Hellmuth pulled the upset and won his first bracelet, and now easily holds the record with 17 bracelets to his name. The Main Event went from having fewer than 10 players in 1970 to fields of nearly 200 each year in the late 1980s. There was some growth again in the 1990s with 350 entrants when Scotty Nguyen won it in 1998. From 1992-2006, the field increased annually.

When Chris Moneymaker won it in 2003 for $2.5 million, 839 people participated. Moneymaker, an amateur who swooped in and conquered an event that pros had long dominated, helped create a "poker boom," leading to exponential growth in poker's popularity.

The next year — 2004 — Greg Raymer beat a field of 2,576 entrants for $5 million, a 300% spike compared to 2003, the largest year-over-year percentage increase in Main Event history. It would again double in 2005, the year Joe Hachem took it down, and has remained above 6,300 players per year ever since, excluding the 2020 COVID year.

WSOP Main Event Champions

YearEntriesChampionCountryPrize
202310,043Daniel WeinmanUnited States$12,100,000
20228,663Espen JorstadNorway$10,000,000
20216,550Koray AldemirGermany$8,000,000
20201,379Damian SalasArgentina$2,550,969
20198,569Hossein EnsanGermany$10,000,000
20187,874John CynnUnited States$8,800,000
20177,221Scott BlumsteinUnited States$8,150,000
20166,737Qui NguyenUnited States$8,005,310
20156,420Joe McKeehenUnited States$7,683,346
20146,683Martin JacobsonSweden$10,000,000
20136,352Ryan RiessUnited States$8,361,570
20126,598Greg MersonUnited States$8,531,853
20116,865Pius HeinzGermany$8,715,638
20107,319Jonathan DuhamelCanada$8,944,310
20096,494Joe CadaUnited States$8,547,042
20086,844Peter EastgateDenmark$9,119,517
20076,358Jerry YangUnited States$8,250,000
20068,773Jamie GoldUnited States$12,000,000
20055,619Joe HachemAustralia$7,500,000
20042,576Greg RaymerUnited States$5,000,000
2003839Chris MoneymakerUnited States$2,500,000
2002631Robert VarkonyiUnited States$2,000,000
2001613Carlos MortensenSpain$1,500,000
2000512Chris FergusonUnited States$1,500,000
1999393Noel FurlongIreland$1,000,000
1998350Scotty NguyenVietnam$1,000,000
1997312Stu UngarUnited States$1,000,000
1996295Huck SeedUnited States$1,000,000
1995273Dan HarringtonUnited States$1,000,000
1994268Russ HamiltonUnited States$1,000,000
1993220Jim BechtelUnited States$1,000,000
1992201Hamid DastmalchiIran$1,000,000
1991215Brad DaughertyUnited States$1,000,000
1990194Mansour MatloubiIran$895,000
1989178Phil HellmuthUnited States$755,000
1988167Johnny ChanUnited States$700,000
1987152Johnny ChanUnited States$625,000
1986141Berry JohnstonUnited States$570,000
1985140Bill SmithUnited States$700,000
1984132Jack KellerUnited States$660,000
1983108Tom McEvoyUnited States$540,000
1982104Jack StrausUnited States$520,000
198175Stu UngarUnited States$375,000
198073Stu UngarUnited States$385,000
197954Hal FowlerUnited States$270,000
197842Bobby BaldwinUnited States$210,000
197734Doyle BrunsonUnited States$340,000
197622Doyle BrunsonUnited States$220,000
197521Brian RobertsUnited States$210,000
197416Johnny MossUnited States$160,000
197313Walter PearsonUnited States$130,000
19728Thomas PrestonUnited States$80,000
19716Johnny MossUnited States$30,000
19707Johnny MossUnited StatesN/A

Greg Raymer Reflects on Historic WSOP Main Event Win 20 Years Later

2024 WSOP Main Event FAQs

When does the 2024 WSOP Main Event begin?

The Main Event kicks off July 3.

How much does it cost to enter the WSOP Main Event?

Each year, the buy-in for the WSOP Main Event is $10,000.

Who can enter the WSOP Main Event?

Anyone who can come up with $10,000 is eligible to compete.

How can I follow the Main Event?

You can watch the 2024 WSOP Main Event on PokerGO daily and through PokerNews live reporting.

Who won the WSOP Main Event in 2023?

Daniel Weinman is the defending world champion.

Where does the WSOP Main Event take place?

The Main Event is hosted at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

How much money does the Main Event winner receive?

Last year's champion, Daniel Weinman, was paid $12,100,000. The 2024 winner will likely take home an amount within that ballpark.

Who won the first World Series of Poker Main Event?

Johnny Moss was the first ever world champion in 1970.

Tags: Chris MoneymakerDaniel WeinmanGreg RaymerJamie GoldJoe HachemJohnny ChanPhil HellmuthScotty NguyenStu Ungar