First place prize this year was $8,800,000 and at least a million dollars guaranteed for each of the players on the Main Event final table.
Securing first place was not an easy feat as the final two players battled it for more than 10 hours of heads-up play, the longest final play in WSOP history.
There were 7,874 players registered for the WSOP Main Event, the second highest playing field since 2006 Word Series of Poker Main Event.