Time To Crunch Some Numbers

The tournament director just announced all of the numbers over the loud speaker, telling us that 361 players entered this tournament, up from the 346 who entered last year. First place is a whopping $814,436, the third highest prize of the series so far. Only the $25,000 heads up championship, won by Jake Cody, and the $5,000 No-Limit Holdem won by Allen Bari, produced a higher first place prize. 36 players will be paid, with the first payout being 20,699, and the top 7 players will all be getting six-figure scores.