2015 WSOP Main Event Stats


WSOP officials have provided some impressive statistics for this year's tournament:
 
$228,387,514 taken in buy-ins (2014 WSOP – $256 million)
 
$18,335,129 – All tournament fees and One Drop donations
 
103,511 – Number of entrants for all WSOP tournaments this year.
 
22,374 – Number of players in The Colossus event.
 
3,963 – Number of players for day 1C – biggest starting day ever for a WSOP main event.
 
319 – Number of cashes greater than $100,000 (includes 63 six-figure-cashes in the Main Event)
 
113 – Number of cashes Phil Hellmuth made at the WSOP in his career, five of them this year.
 
94 – Age of the oldest main event player, US Navy retiree William Wachter
 
51 – Number of WSOP tournaments with more than $1 million prize pools.
 
19 – Number of players that won (or will win) at least $1 million dollars (including the November Niners)
 
14 – Number of Bracelets Phil Hellmuth has won in his career so far, one of them this year.
 
2 – Number of players that won two bracelets this year: Brian Hastings and Max Pescatori.
 
1 – Number of open bracelet events won by a woman – Carol Fuchs won the $1,500 dealers choice tourney.