Quiz Question ... An ANSWER!

[Honeybadg]

... how many people have cashed in the history of the WSOP (all events)?

Guess - don"t google.

L

[duke3016]

Jesus -- tough one I could be way off the mark but I"ll say

approx 40 years - approx 30 event each year over that time (50 odd now) - approx 300 paid

= 360,000

like I say could be way off the mark

[lukybugur]

Given that you"re bringing it up, I"ll go for a milestone 500,000

[mal666]

Jesus -- tough one I could be way off the mark but I"ll say

approx 40 years - approx 30 event each year over that time (50 odd now) - approx 300 paid

= 360,000

like I say could be way off the mark

Didnt they start off with about 5 events and only 20 players

[duke3016]

Jesus -- tough one I could be way off the mark but I"ll say

approx 40 years - approx 30 event each year over that time (50 odd now) - approx 300 paid

= 360,000

like I say could be way off the mark

Didnt they start off with about 5 events and only 20 players

yes so the early years would have been low but the latter years must more than make up for it. Although I am still probably low .

[Eck]

about 10% of them

[AMRN]

250,000

[K3vl4rUK]

i"ll have a bash at 350,983 lol

[Honeybadg]

... when I set the question I thought I had an answer ... perhaps someone else can google a correct answer ... though I expect the number is more like 10,000.

The numbers of runners is startling.

1970 - year 1 - 6 Runners (Only a Main Event)
1980 - Main Event - 73 Runners - 12 Events
1990 - Main Event - 194 Runners - 15 Events
2000 - Main Event - 512 Runners - 24 Events.
2003 - Main Event - 839 Runners - 36 Events
2006 - Main Event - 8773 Runners - 47 Events

... here is a list of the top 5000 Cashers ... in the WSOP ... but I think there are an undefined amount of ties for one cash each ...

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/144

Question how many people have cashed once ... especially in the early years lost of the runners similar across the events.

My friend Humberto has cashed 54 times ... 7th in the all time list!

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=31

So it is now a dual quiz:

Guess the answer!
Find the answer!

I would be surprised if over 15,000 though.

Louis

[AMRN]

Has to be more than 15k Louis - there were 4333 in 2008 alone..... http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/352

[AMRN]

...and 4308 before this year"s ME starts http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/352

So total of nearly 10k in 2008 and 2009

[lukybugur]

about 10% of them

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[Honeybadg]

...and 4308 before this year"s ME starts http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/352

So total of nearly 10k in 2008 and 2009

... but lots of duplicates ... which are hard to estimate ... I will attempt to research later ... I think 15k might be good ...

[Swinebag]

about 10% of them

this

[mal666]

about 10% of them

this

Less a % for multiple cashers obv