Poker is Recession Proof - The Number Counts In The WSOP

It’s true that the number of entrants in the WPT have been down this year. Almost 25% fewer compared the previous year. However, the numbers don’t lie, poker is still an in demand commodity. Let’s just look at the WSOP events. Three events are already sold out from the first 9 events that passed. And it only signifies one thing; lots of poker players really want to join the events but the slots are only limited.

You can see the statistics in the Main Event throughout the years. In 2003, there were more than 800 players, and then at 2004 we saw 3 times the number of entrants in 2003. The field increase in 2005 with a number of 5,619 entries and at 2006 the field jumps to its highest at 8.773. While the number of players decrease at the following years; only 6,358 and 6,844 entrants in 207 and 2008.

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