It took seven days for the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event to reach the final table. The $10,000 buy-in event saw 7,221 players register to compete at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to try to be this year’s gold bracelet winner. The competition has now been whittled down to nine, with final table game play set to begin this Thursday.
With so many players competing, the Main Event will offer up a total of $67,877,400 in prize money with first place set to earn $8,150,000! Every one of the remaining players will earn $1 million or more, but each wants to be the last player standing to take the title as well as the massive first place cash prize home.
When the tournament resumes on Thursday, it will mark the first time in many years that the WSOP Main…