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WSOP BRUTALLY SLAMMED For Main Event Payouts; Many Called It Stingy Poker
Mrinal Gujare
Posted on 09 Jul, 2023
By Mrinal Gujare
On 09 Jul, 2023
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By Mrinal Gujare
On 09 Jul, 2023
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WSOP BRUTALLY SLAMMED For Main Event Payouts; Many Called It Stingy


With World Series Of Poker (WSOP) 2023 Main Event registering record-breaking 10,043 entries, the prize pool now stands at $93,399,900. The winner will get a pay cheque of $12,100,000 with the runner-up grabbing $6,500,000 in prize money. 

But these are impressive figures (not to forget these numbers have shattered previous ME records), so why is there an uproar about the ME payouts? Let us explain.

WSOP get brutally called out for stingy payouts  

Poker players commented on WSOP 2023 ME payouts and called it stingy. Many users, including Mike Matusow, thrashed the payout structure. Folks believed that the 9th place should have $1 Million as its payout. 

Matusow wrote, “Congrats @wsop you broke the record and don’t give  everyone who makes final table 1m? What a disgrace of payout structure 700k for 10th? Common @wsop you can do better ! #WSOPMainEvent. (sic)

Another tweet of Matusow read, “A smart guy exploiting the absolute disgrace the @wsop has made a mockery of the main event by allowing people to sign up with 50bb when more then half field is out! #bravo #disgrace if he can double twice he gets to play 5 levels to cash!  The main event isn’t a championship event anymore, it’s a big money grab! Far cry from Jack Binions rake free main event to close out the Wsop! #WSOPMainEvent.” (sic)


Also Read: WSOP 2023: Robbi Lew MISREAD Her Winning Hand (She Rivered A Full House)


Users commented how there is nothing special left in the WSOP event and that the minimum pay on the final table should be $1 Million. Another Twitter user called the pay jump from $6 Million to $12.1 Million ridiculous. 

Businessman and poker pro, Tex Barch wrote the following in his post, “The casino finishes 2nd place in every wsop event.  Hijacking in broad daylight.  This and terrible payout structure are big reason i quit.” (sic)

Allen Cunningham, the five-time WSOP bracelet winner wrote, “This 1st is not the result of a formula. The previous biggest ever was $12 million for first, so they had to go $12.1 for this. However the 2006 Main Event paid at least $1 million all the way to 12th.” (sic)

Interestingly, Twitterati also brought up the fact, WSOP is not going to listen to people who are not happy about the ME payout structure, as it’s above the pay grade.

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