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World Series of Poker top prize at $8.25 million

July 10, 2007 on 11:14 pm | In General |

LAS VEGAS - Top prize at the 2007 World Series of Poker will be $8.25 million based on the 6,358 players who have entered the no-limit Texas Hold ’em main event over the tournament’s four starting days.

Organizers revised the payoff up from the previously announced $8.23 million and said Monday about $59.8 million will be paid out of the tournament’s pot to players who finish in the money.The totals are short of last year’s record 8,773 participants and $12 million top prize. But it comes nine months after President Bush signed a law cracking down on Internet gambling, which is blamed for shrinking the number of entrants who would have qualified in online tournaments.

Source: Associated Press