Main Event Stats

The World Series of Poker Main Event registration is closed, so it's time to take a look at all the stats.

The Main Event attracted a whopping 7,221 entries (3rd most ever), creating a $67,877,400 prize pool and will see a record 1,084 players take home money and the winner will walk away with $8,150,000.

This year’s WSOP will go down as the largest on record, both in terms of participation and in terms of prize money awarded. Thus far, a record 116,604 entries have been recorded in official gold bracelet events, with prize money awarded at $227,058,974. The 2017 WSOP is about $700,000 away from the most prize money awarded in a single-year, but they expect another $3-4 million in the prize pool for the last event, to break the record.

Value of the chips in play:	361,050,000
Physical chips in play:	245,514	(Each player started with 34 individual poker chips)
Number of dealers utilized:	920
Number of decks of cards:	1,626

The average age of 2017 WSOP Main Event participants is 40.59. For males, the average is 40.54 and for females, 41.80.

Average Age:	40.59	(up from 40.08 in 2016)
Oldest player:	William Wachter	Mahopac, New York, USA – 96 years old (5th consecutive year he’s the oldest player in this event)
Youngest player:	Alex Conklin	Webster, New York, USA – 21 years old exactly (survived Flight B with 83,500 in chips)
Male participants:	6,949
Female participants:	272

Here's a more detailed look at the age ranges of this year’s participants.

Age Range	Total	Male	Female
21-25	347	346	1
26-30	1,520	1,472	48
31-35	1,478	1,411	67
36-40	895	857	38
41-45	731	705	26
46-50	753	725	28
51-55	613	582	31
>56	884	851	33

Total	7,221	6,949	272

Players from a total of 83 unique countries participated in the Main Event this year, up from 79 in 2016. The United States leads the charge, followed by Canada and the United Kingdom.

#	Country	Players	#	Country	Players	#	Country	Players	#	Country	Players
1	United States	5,218	23	Ukraine	19	44	Philippines	5	65	Ecuador	2
2	Canada	380	24	Mexico	16	45	Colombia	5	66	Paraguay	2
3	United Kingdom	324	25	Belgium	16	46	Greece	5	67	Vietnam	2
4	France	107	26	Denmark	14	47	Belize	5	68	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1
5	Germany	93	27	Malta	12	48	Costa Rica	5	69	Uruguay	1
6	Brazil	88	28	Turkey	12	49	Hong Kong	4	70	Qatar	1
7	Australia	83	29	Switzerland	12	50	Luxembourg	4	71	U.S. Virgin Islands	1
8	Austria	65	30	Poland	11	51	United Arab Emirates	3	72	Moldova	1
9	Russia	62	31	Hungary	10	52	Belarus	3	73	Chile	1
10	Israel	56	32	Lithuania	9	53	Bolivia	3	75	Mongolia	1
11	China	52	33	Latvia	9	54	Peru	3	76	Armenia	1
12	Japan	50	34	Finland	8	55	Haiti	3	77	Panama	1
13	Italy	49	35	Romania	8	56	Azerbaijan	3	78	Indonesia	1
14	Spain	44	36	Taiwan	8	57	Jamaica	3	79	Bermuda	1
15	Ireland	41	37	Korea	8	58	Cyprus	2	80	Thailand	1
16	Argentina	32	38	Singapore	7	59	Slovenia	2	81	Saudi Arabia	1
17	Netherlands	32	39	New Zealand	7	60	Venezuela	2	82	Guam	1
18	Czech Republic	31	40	Portugal	7	61	Croatia	2	83	Macedonia	1
19	Bulgaria	31	41	Puerto Rico	6	62	Macao	2
20	Sweden	30	42	South Africa	6	63	Lebanon	2
21	India	30	43	Slovakia	5	64	Malaysia	2
22	Norway	23

2017 World Series of Poker

2017 World Series of Poker

Main Event Stats