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Originally Posted by Phil9
Was at the Rio and yeah, many of the dealers also thought first place would be a million or so.
Dealers also think they know win at play poker because they watch it a lot.
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Originally Posted by beauvanlaanen
I don't understand why the payout structure isn't the same for every event? It seems unethical to adjust the payout structure as the WSOP pleases...
With 7K entries, this years Main Event will pay a little over $8M to first, or roughly 1/8th of prize pool. The 10K Deuce with 109 entries pays $322K to first, or about 1/3 of entire prize pool.
If the Main Event paid out same percentages as the 10K Deuce, first would get over $20M, 2nd would get over $12M. That extra would come out of everyone else, dropping payouts after 3rd place dramatically.
If the Deuce paid same percentages as the Main Event, first would get $140K, and since it only pays 12 people the rest of the payouts would have to average over $80K, making only a minor differences possible between 2nd through 9th places.