With registration closed, the official numbers have been released by Tournament Director Jack McClelland.
Un total de 446 players entered the WPT Bellagio Cup IV, creating a total prizepool of $6,489,300. While the number of players is down 16% from last year (when there were 535 players), the increased buy in means the prizepool is 25% larger than last year (when it was about $5.19 millón).
Here's the prize structure:
1S t:$1,673,700
2y: $840,295
3rd:$452,465
4es: $290,900
5es: $193,915
6es: $129,275
7es: $116,350
8es: $103,420
9es: $90,495
10es: $77,565
11th-15es: $64,640
16th-20es: $51,710
21S t-30es: $38,785
31S t-40es: $32,320
41S t-50es: $25,855
51S t-100es: $19,390
The prizepool will also be posted on our "Payout Structure" tab, which you can reach via the menu at the top left of this page.
For comparison, last year's top prize was $1.34 million, won by Kevin "BelowAbove" Saul.