"The top prize at the main event of the World Series of Poker will be $9.12 million this year, and 666 players will get some piece of a $64.3 million prize pool, tournament officials said Sunday.
More than one-third of the tournament's entrants entered the no-limit Texas Hold 'em tournament Sunday, the last day players were able to register. The 2,461 players pushed the total field to 6,844 players.
There were nearly 500 more players than last year but far fewer than 2006, when a record 8,773 players entered and Jamie Gold won $12 million.
The top prize of $9,119,517 is the second largest in the main event's history. Last year, California psychologist Jerry Yang emerged from a field of 6,358 players to win a top prize of $8.25 million."
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