Amongst the biggest superstars playing are 10-time NBA All-Star Paul Pierce and 3-time Superbowl winning defensive tackle Richard Seymour. Both Pierce and Seymour are currently free agents, waiting for new contracts, why not spend a few days in Vegas trying to win the big one! The Main Event final table will be played in November, it will be interesting to see if either adds a special stipulation to their contracts to make sure they can get the time off!
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Some of the world’s best athletes are also competing at the WSOP. Dutch Olympic gold medalist Fatima de Melo, Shane Warne, one of the best cricket players of all-time, and Gerard Piqué, fresh off representing Spain at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, are just a few other names competing at the World Series of Poker. 10 million dollars awaits the winner, will one of our top athletes be the winner? We’ll find out in November!
45th WORLD SERIES OF POKER$10,000 MAIN EVENT$10,000 Buy-In | 6,683 Entries | $62,820,200 Prize Pool Final Table Results
1st $10,000,000 2nd $5,145,968 3rd $3,806,402 4th $2,848,833 5th $2,143,174 6th $1,622,080 7th $1,235,862 8th $947,077 9th $730,725