By the Numbers

The numbers are in, and the tournament board lied. We ended up having only 179 players in today's field, and registration is now closed. Those entries generated a prize pool of $877,100, which will be divided amongst the final 18 players. The bottom cash level will be worth just more than twice the the buy-in: $10,405.

To the lucky man or woman who manages to outlast the rest of the field will go $280,940, a gorgeous gold and diamond championship ring, and a $10,000 entry to the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event. Not too shabby for three days' work.

The full payout information is posted in the "Prizepool and Payouts" tab to the right.