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The numbers have been tallied and triple-checked, and the staff has told us that 244 runners have played Event #1 of the WSOPE this year, 37 of them entering as alternates after play began. The entries have created a prize pool worth £610,000, and that's not too shabby. We'll have the prize pool for you as soon as it's calculated, but it looks like the winner of this opening event will take home well over £150,000 for their investment.