“It’s just been a perfect storm as we’ve continued to see records broken.” “It’s been an extremely busy summer, and the Main Event is one of the biggest that we’ve ever seen,” Effel said. Featuring a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is poker's longest-running tournament in the world, dating back to 1970.Īccording to Jack Effel just ahead of the 2022 WSOP Main Event, there had been more than 100,000 total entrants for the bracelet events with over $150 million in prize money awarded. The World Series of Poker® is the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world, having awarded more than $3.5 billion in prize money and the prestigious gold bracelet, globally recognized as the sport's top prize.
