![]() That year’s attendance was well off earlier years, as were the turnouts in most other events. In 2021, many would-be Main Event participants were still COVID-weary and leery. Except for a special live, heads-up “Main Event” won by Damian Salas, the entire live 2020 WSOP was cancelled. 2020 looked to be the year the record would fall, but early that year, the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Then, over the next dozen years, the Main Event began a more-or-less steady climb toward the 2006 mark, just missing it in 2019 when attendance hit 8,569 and Hossein Ensan won the Main. Attendance dropped to 6,358 in 2007, more than a 25% decline. Later in 2006, following Gold’s win, the passage of the US’s UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) crippled the ability of offshore sites to send online qualifiers to the WSOP’s Main Event. That mark still stands and may remain intact, due to more recent changes in WSOP prize distribution. #poker #wsop /Ix4bcrp4zx- Poker Org July 6, 2023Īccidents of history have twice prevented the Main Event from topping the 2006 mark, in the year that Jamie Gold won the Main Event and collected the largest ME winner’s payout in WSOP history, $12 million. The 2023 WSOP is available to watch live on pokergo. If you don’t already know, is known to be the king of poker information within the Poker community. Kevin Mathers shares his take on the broken record for Main Event entry count ‼️□️
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