Only topped by Jamie Gold’s navigation of 8,773 runners in 2006 and Jonathan Duhamel’s dissection of 7,319 entries in 2010, the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event field has become the third largest ever.
With 795 joining Day 1a, another 2,164 on Day 1b, and a whopping 4,262 today for Day 1c, the grand total of players closed at 7,221. A monstrous prize pool of $67,877,400 has been created and the next World Champion will be awarded $8,150,000. The top 1,084 will reach the money, all taking home at least $15,000.