More than a thousand trophies have been played over half a century of existence of World Series of Poker and many records have been set. In connection with the start of the new series, we mention the most interesting statistical facts of WSOP.
Top 10 players with the highest amount of gold bracelets WSOP
Phil Helmut – 16
Doyle Branson – 10
Billy Bacter – 7
Daniel Negrean – 6
Those Jay Klottier – 6
Phil Helmut / Photo PokerNews
Top 5 players with the largest prize on WSOP
Antonio Esfandari – $ 21.9 million
Daniel Negrean – $ 20.2 million
Dan Colman – $ 17.4 million
Phil Helmut – $ 16.3 million
Justin Bonomo – $ 14.8 million
Top 5 biggest prizes for winning in one WSOP tournament
Antonio Esfandari – $ 18.3 million, WSOP 2012 $ 1m One Drop
Dan Colman – $ 15.3 million, WSOP 2014 $ 1m One Drop
Jamie Gold – $ 12 million, WSOP 2006 $ 10k Main Event
Hosin Ensan – $ 10 million, WSOP 2019 $ 10k Main Event
Martin Jacobson – $ 10 million, WSOP 2014 $ 10k Main Event
Justin Bonomo – $ 10 million, WSOP 2018 $ 1m One Drop
Antonio Esfandari / Phoker PokerNews
The most massive tournament in WSOP history
Currently it is Big50 event with Bay-in $ 500 that took place at WSOP in 2019. Then 28 371 registration was made that is the largest entrance in one tournament in the history of living poker. The participants in the event were 17 790.
Top 5 players with the highest number of getting to ITM on WSOP
Daniel Negrean – 198
Phil Helmut – 181
Roland of the Satallashvili – 170
Chris Ferguson – 161
Eric Sideel – 136
Daniel Negrean / WPT photo
The largest prize fund in WSOP history
The largest prize fund in the history of poker world series was assembled at WSOP Main Event in 2006, where Jamie Gold won. It made over $ 82,000,000 thanks to 8 773 participants. This year’s record is likely to be updated.