![]() ![]() But this year there was really no doubt about it as the WSOP loaded up on mega satellite winners and online qualifiers to ensure that they wouldn’t fall short again. Just last year, Espen Jorstad topped a massive field of 8,663 for his $10 million score, just 110 shy. In 2019, the year Hossein Ensan took home the $10,000,000 first-place prize the field of 8,569 was just 204 runners short. This wasn’t the first year to threaten the 2006 benchmark. And although a running total of entrants is not yet available, the next potential benchmark for this Main Event is the possibility of a field of 10,000 or more. It’s official: early in the first level of Day 1D of the 2023 World Series of Poker WSOP Executive Director Ty Stewart announced over the loudspeaker that the long-standing record for entrants in the Main Event has been broken.įor months prior to the start of the series, WSOP officials have been targeting the now-previous record of 8,773 runners, set in 2006. Chris Moneymaker was on hand to kick off a historic Day 1D of the WSOP Main Event. ![]()
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