First place in this year's World Series of Poker Main Event will win $8,250,000 from a prizepool of $5,784,954. That is far from as much as the amount paid to last year's winner Jamie Gold, who cashed $12 million. On the other hand, the prize money is more evenly spread this year than in previous WSOP Main Events. 621 players will cash, all guaranteed at least $20,320.

A total number of 6,358 players have entered the ongoing $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em event that started Friday July 6 and plays until Tuesday July 17. That is 2,415 fewer players than last year, when a record of 8,773 players participated, but 739 more than in the 2005 WSOP Main Event.

Good news is that this year we won't have to wait too long for ESPN's broadcasting of the WSOP events. ESPN will start broadcasting the first of a series of WSOP events today June 10 at 8 pm ET. The first event to be broadcasted will be the $5,000 World Championship Mixed Hold'em event (Event #1), followed by a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event (Event #3) at 9 pm ET.

Altogether, ESPN will broadcast ten WSOP events, including the $5,000 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em (Event #13), $5,000 World Championship Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em and the $2,000 Seven Card Stud event (Event #31 and 32), the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (Event #39) and of course, the ongoing $10,000 World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em event.

Sources:
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com
http://www.espn.go.com
http://www.msnbc.msn.com