The Big One
Livello 4
: 75/150, 0 ante
Registration is still open for almost another hour, and the field is getting thick. We've ticked up to 2,644 entrants today, bringing the total combined field to an eye-catching 4,576 and counting. If that doesn't impress you, take a look at the history of the $1,000 events since 2009. There were also $1,000 events in 2006 and prior, but none of them generated comparable fields to these:
Former $1,000 NLHE Champions
| Year | Event | Winner | Entrants | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Event #4 | Steve Sung | 6,012 | $771,106 |
| 2010 | Event #3 | Aadam Daya | 4,345 | $625,872 |
| 2010 | Event #13 | Steven Gee | 3,024 | $472,479 |
| 2010 | Event #24 | Jeffrey Tebben | 3,289 | $503,389 |
| 2010 | Event #36 | Scott Montgomery | 3,102 | $481,760 |
| 2010 | Event #47 | Shawn Busse | 3,128 | $485,791 |
| 2010 | Event #54 | Marcel Vonk | 3,844 | $570,960 |
| 2011 | Event #8 | Sean Getzwiller | 4,178 | $611,185 |
| 2011 | Event #20 | Jason Somerville | 3,175 | $493,091 |
| 2011 | Event #34 | Mark Schmid | 3,144 | $488,283 |
| 2011 | Event #45 | Kenneth Griffin | 2,890 | $455,356 |
This is the second-largest $1,000 event ever (next to 2009's notable "Stimulus Special"), and -- we think -- the second-largest non-Main-Event field in WSOP history. We'll check a little more thoroughly before we print that, though. Er... wait.