The Main Event in numbers

The Main Event in numbers

Friday, 10 July 2009

With over a third of the field eliminated in the Main Event already, Bluff Europe bring you a numerical breakdown of the action thus far.

3 – members of the Brunson family who sat down at the 2009 Main Event


5 – Black Belt Brown pros still in the running. Neil Channing must be delighted


9 – the number of former World Champions still in


11 – the number of former World Champions who have busted out


27 – the number of Jack Link’s Beef Jerky special packs given away to players hitting quad jacks


31 – the percentage of starters who have made it through to Day 3


42 – the number of non Americans in the top 100 at the end of Day 2


68 – the percentage of players who survived Day 1


96 – the age of the oldest player, Jack Ury who was eliminated on Day 1


484 – where eventual winner Peter Eastgate was placed at the same stage of the 2008 Main Event


648 – the number of people who will make the money


105,000 – the average stack size at the end of Day 2


2,044 – the number of players left in the Main Event


3,100 – the amount in chips held by current short stack Peter Clive


21,365 – make the money and a player will win at least this amount in dollars


610,500 – the stack of the current chip leader Amir Lehavot


1,263,602 – make the final table and a player will win at least this amount in dollars


8,546,435 – how much the 2009 Main Event winner will take home


61,043,600 – the total prize pool



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