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World Series of Poker: Statistics Through the Main Event

An Interesting Look at Some Leaders and Numbers from the Rio


Crowded Room at the RioThe 2011 World Series of Poker presented by Jack Links Beef Jerky at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino has wrapped up the full run of preliminary events so here is a look at some of the statistics from the tournament, through Event No. 57.

NOTE: Statistics provided by WSOP.

The Basics:

– The 2011 WSOP has awarded $127,468,010 through 57 events.

– The 2011 WSOP has seen 68,807 participants through 57 events.

Age Demographics (thru 57 events):

– Average Age of Entrants: 37.33

– Average Age of Cashers: 36.31

– Average Age of Final Tables: 33.61

– Average Age of Winners: 31.10

Geographic Data (thru 57 events):

– Number of countries entered: 98

_ Number of countries to cash: 73

– Number of U.S. states entered: 50

Top 5 STATES TO CASH STATE NUMBER of CASHES TOTAL
1 California 951 $16,183,498
2 Nevada 813 $16,875,736
3 Florida 360 $6,428,270
4 Texas 359 $6,406,274
5 New York 301 $8,208,865

Entrants

– Only 3,637 of 68,807 entrants have been female – or 5.3%
– Thus, the men represent 94.7% of all participants to date.

Individual Stats

– Of the 57 WSOP gold bracelets awarded, one Brian Rast (2) has won more than one.

Most Events Entered:

Tom Dwan — 52
Shannon Shorr — 42
Justin Smith — 41
George Lind — 38
Roland Israelashvili — 38
Jason Mercier — 37
Sorel Mizzi — 37
Paul Volpe — 37

Most Cashes:

Kirill Rabtsov — 7
Ben Yu — 7
Simon Charette — 6
Bryce Yockey — 6
Victor Ramdin — 6
Shaun Deeb — 6
Roland Israelashvili — 6
Davidi Kitai — 6
Dan O’Brien — 6
Shawn Busse — 6
Tommy Vedes — 6
Max Pescatori — 6
Chris Klodnicki — 6
42 tied at five — 5

MOST MONEY WON (Female; individual):

Name NUMBER of CASHES MONEY EARNED
Maria Ho 2 $544,262
Marsha Wolak 2 $194,239
Vanessa Peng 2 $137,983
Stephanie Nguyen 1 $131,900

MOST MONEY WON (by individual):

Name NUMBER of CASHES MONEY EARNED
Brian Rast 3 $1,952,443
Phil Hellmuth 5 $1,591,004
Ben Lamb 4 $1,331,832
Joe Ebanks 3 $1,179,031
Chris Moorman 5 $1,051,466
Allen Bari 4 $894,259

MOST EVENT ENTERED (female; individual):

Name # of ENTRIES
Erica Schoenberg 24
Maria Ho 23
Liv Boeree 23
Jennifer Tilly 22
Odette Tremblay 22
Vanessa Selbst 20

MOST CASHES (female; individual):

Name NUMBER of CASHES MONEY EARNED
Melanie Weisner 5 $42,894
Erica Schoenberg 4 $16,515
Cyndy Violette 4 $43,885
Veronica Dabul 3 $15,143

2011 WSOP MAIN EVENT ENTRANT STATS

Number of Entrants: 6,865

Number of Chips in Play: 205,950,000

Average Age: 37.17 years

Oldest Player: Ellen Deeb, Troy, New York (91 years old)

Youngest Player: Logan Deen, Cocoa, Florida (turned 21on 7/8/11)

Male Participants: 6,623 (96.5%)

Female Participants: 242 (3.5%)

Number of Countries Participating: 85

Top 10 Countries:

United States – 4604
Canada – 486
United Kingdom – 288
France – 213
Germany – 158
Russia – 108
Italy – 106
Brazil – 83
Australia – 80
Sweden – 79

Number of U.S. States Participating: 50

Top 5 States:

California – 796
Nevada – 460
New York – 422
Florida – 358Texas – 326

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