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August 03, 2006

2006 World Series of Poker Payouts for the Main Event:

2006 World Series of Poker "Main Event" Payout List:

The Prize Pool for the 2006 World Series of Poker "Main Event" was posted yesterday.

With 8,778 entries in the 2006 WSOP Main Event, first place takes home US$ 12,000,000 which is a 60% increase from the 2005 first place prize of $7,500,000 when there were "only" 5,619 entries.

Final Table Winners:

Place Prize
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1 - $12,000,000 (up from $7,500,000 in 2005)
2 - $6,102,499 (up from $4,250,000 in 2005)
3 - $4,123,310 (up from $2,000,000 in 2005)
4 - $3,628,513 (up from $2,000,000 in 2005)
5 - $3,216,182 (up from $1,750,000 in 2005)
6 - $2,803,851 (up from $1,500,000 in 2005)
7 - $2,391,520 (up from $1,300,000 in 2005)
8 - $1,979,189 (up from $1,150,000 in 2005)
9 - $1,566,858 (up from $1,000,000 in 2005)

Place Prize
----- -----------
10-12 - $1,154,527 (up from $600,000 in 2005)
13-15 - $907,128 (up from $400,000 in 2005)
16-18 - $659,730 (up from $350,000 in 2005)
19-27 - $494,797 (up from $304,680 in 2005)
28-36 - $329,865
37-45 - $247,399
46-54 - $164,932
55-63 - $123,699
64-72 - $90,713
73-81 - $65,973
82-126 - $51,129
127-189 - $47,006
190-252 - $42,882
253-315 - $38,759
316-378 - $34,636
379-441 - $30,512
442-504 - $26,389
505-567 - $22,266
568-621 - $20,617
622-666 - $19,050
667-720 - $17,730
721-774 - $16,493
775-819 - $15,504
820-873 - $14,597

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