2005 WSOP Payout

Official Numbers! We finally have the official numbers for the Main Event. First place will take home $7.5 million, and all nine players at the final table will become millionaires. There are 5,619 players who entered the event, creating a prize pool of $52,818,610. The top 560 players will finish in the money. Here is the complete breakdown:


1st: $7,500,000
2nd: $4,250,000
3rd: $2,500,000
4th: $2,000,000
5th: $1,750,000
6th: $1,500,000
7th: $1,300,000
8th: $1,150,000
9th: $1,000,000
10th - 12th: $600,000
13th - 15th: $400,000
16th - 18th: $350,000
19th - 27th: $304,680
28th - 36th: $274,090
37th - 45th: $235,390
46th - 54th: $173,880
55th - 63rd: $145,875
64th - 72nd: $124,835
73rd - 81st: $107,950
82nd - 90th: $91,950
91st - 100th: $77,710
101st - 110th: $65,360
111th - 140th: $54,965
141st - 170th: $46,245
171st - 200th: $39,075
201st - 230th: $33,197
231st - 260th: $28,375
261st - 300th: $24,365
301st - 350th: $21,070
351st - 400th: $18,335
401st - 450th: $16,055
451st - 500th: $14,135
501st - 560th: $12,500