WSOP Reveals 2014 Series Statistics

As the World Series of Poker Main Event plays out in Las Vegas, the final registration numbers presented an opportunity for the WSOP to reveal the statistics for the entire 2014 series. There were a total of 65 tournaments in action from May 27 through mid-July.

There were 82,360 entries in the 65 tournaments, which was an increase from 79,471 in 2013. The cumulative prize pool for all events came to $225,584,873, with $62,820,200 of it for the Main Event alone. The total cash was a 14.4 percent increase over 2013. And a total of 8,730 payouts were (and will be) made from that $225 million.

The players in the 2014 WSOP hailed from 107 different nations, with the vast majority from the United States. More than 6,000 came from Canada, nearly 3,000 from the UK, more than 1,700 from France, and more than 1,600 from Germany. The other countries with the highest representations of players were Russia, Brazil, Italy, Austria, and Australia.

As far as the gender makeup of the overall tournaments, it was unsurprisingly predominantly male. The 78,009 male players comprised 94.72 percent of the fields, while the 4,351 women made up 5.28 percent of the fields.

One of the other significant numbers from the 2014 WSOP was the amount of money donated to the ONE DROP organization, the official charity partnered with the World Series. A total of $5,260,700 was raised to support access to water around the world. Much of that money came from the Big One for ONE DROP $1 million buy-in tournament and the Little One for ONE DROP $1,111 buy-in event. In addition, some players chose to donate one percent of their winnings.