With attendances of other events off the charts, everyone had their fingers crossed for the 2023 WSOP Main Event being the biggest ever.

A handful of Main Events surpassed 7,000 entrants in the coming years, while Espen Jorstad outlasted 8,662 opponents on his way to becoming the 2022 WSOP Main Event champion. Some 8,773 players turned out in force when Jamie Gold became the 2006 WSOP Main Event champion. As the series completed its first quarter, with 20 events having crowned their champions, 18 saw an uptick in attendance, which boded well for the $10,000 WSOP Main Event.

Most live poker tours had experienced increased attendance by the time the 2023 WSOP rolled around in May, but nothing prepared the poker community for what lie ahead. The longest-running and arguably most prestigious live poker tour of them all always attracts players in droves, but the 2023 WSOP in Las Vegas was something else. The WSOP is usually a good barometer for the state of the live poker world. Record Attendances at the 2023 World Series of Poker Daniel Weinman - 2023 WSOP Main Event champion

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