WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel estimated the total number of hands dealt out in this tournament to be about 480,000.

The 2009 WSOP Main Event ranks as the third-largest live poker tournament in history. Only the 2006 and 2008 Main Event championships drew larger numbers. It should be noted that if the Rio had greater seating capacity (Day 1-D sold out), this year's tournament would have unquestionably surpassed last year's attendance figures.

The total prize pool for this year's Main Event totals $61,044,921. This figure includes a small amount of interest added to payouts for players, due to the 117-day recess and interest accrued.

All players who made it to the final table this year (the November Nine) earned in excess of $1 million.

2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Schedule & Results

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Presented by Jack Link's Beef Jerky is the largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world awarding millions of dollars in prize money and the prestigious gold bracelet, globally recognized as the sport's top prize.

Featuring a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is poker's longest running tournament in the world, dating back to 1970. In 2009, the event attracted 60,875 entrants from 115 different countries to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and awarded over $174 million in prize money.

The creation of the new delayed Main Event final table more than doubled ratings on ESPN year over year.  The WSOP in December 2008 was named the 7th most admired sports brand in North America by the Turnkey Sports Survey, trailing only the older and more established NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NASCAR and PGA Tour among sports properties. 

In addition, the WSOP has experienced groundbreaking alliances in broadcasting, digital media and corporate sponsorships, while successfully expanding the brand internationally with the advent in 2007 of the World Series of Poker Europe.