Large pool of players for World Series of Poker
By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun
A summer series that has already produced the second- and third-largest tournaments in poker history can now add a third top-10 event of all-time.
The 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event had attracted the seventh-most entrants of any live tournament in history by the time registration closed Monday evening. After three separate starting days beginning Saturday, 6,683 players had paid the $10,000 entry fee to compete in poker’s world championship.
While that falls short of the 7,977 players who entered the $1,500 buy-in Millionaire Maker and the 7,862 who paid $1,500 for the Monster Stack event earlier this summer, it’s still an upward tick for the Main Event. For the first time since 2010, the Main Event beat the previous year’s number.
