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We just overheard Daniel Negreanu and David Williams talk a bit about the $50,000 Players Championship that will start this Sunday. Negreanu said that he thought the event was gonna get 93 players, a drop of 35 compared to last year. This is what the $50,000 Players Championship has looked like over the years.
| Year | Entrants | Winner | First Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 143 | David 'Chip' Reese | $1,784,640 |
| 2007 | 148 | Freddy Deeb | $2,276,832 |
| 2008 | 148 | Scotty Nguyen | $1,989,120 |
| 2009 | 95 | David Bach | $1,276,806 |
| 2010 | 116 | Michael Mizrachi | $1,559,046 |
| 2011 | 128 | Brian Rast | $1,720,328 |
| 2012 | - | - | - |
We will have to wait and see what the event will have in story for us, but PokerNews will be there with five days of live coverage on the most prestigious event of the World Series of Poker.