List of largest poker tournaments in history (by prize pool)

List of largest poker tournaments in history (by prize pool)

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Event	Prize Pool (US$)	Winner	1st Prize	Ref.

2006 WSOP Main Event	$82,512,162	United States Jamie Gold	$12,000,000

2018 WSOP Main Event	$74,015,600	United States John Cynn	$8,800,000

2010 WSOP Main Event	$68,799,059	Canada Jonathan Duhamel	$8,944,310

2017 WSOP Main Event	$67,877,400	United States Scott Blumstein	$8,150,000

2011 WSOP Main Event	$64,531,000	Germany Pius Heinz	$8,711,956

2008 WSOP Main Event	$64,333,600	Denmark Peter Eastgate	$9,152,416

2016 WSOP Main Event	$63,327,800	United States Qui Nguyen	$8,005,310

2014 WSOP Main Event	$62,820,200	Sweden Martin Jacobson	$10,000,000

2012 WSOP Main Event	$62,021,200	United States Greg Merson	$8,527,982

2009 WSOP Main Event	$61,043,600	United States Joe Cada	$8,547,042

2015 WSOP Main Event	$60,348,000	United States Joe McKeehen	$7,680,021

2007 WSOP Main Event	$59,784,954	United States Jerry Yang	$8,250,000

2013 WSOP Main Event	$59,708,800	United States Ryan Riess	$8,359,531

2005 WSOP Main Event	$52,818,610	Australia Joe Hachem	$7,500,000

2012 WSOP Event 55 – The Big One for One Drop	$42,666,672	United States Antonio Esfandiari	$18,346,673

2014 WSOP Event 57 – The Big One for One Drop	$37,333,338	United States Dan Colman	$15,306,668

2016 Monte-Carlo One Drop Extravaganza	$27,437,564	China Elton Tsang	$12,248,912

2018 WSOP Event 78 – The Big One for One Drop	$24,840,000	United States Justin Bonomo	$10,000,000

2004 WSOP Main Event	$24,224,400	United States Greg Raymer	$5,000,000

2012 Macau High Stakes Challenge Super High Roller	$23,511,128	China Stanley Choi	$6,465,560

Super High Roller Bowl 2015	$21,500,000	United States Brian Rast	$7,525,000

2016 WSOP Event 67 – High Roller for One Drop	$19,316,565	Germany Fedor Holz	$4,981,775

2013 WSOP Event 47 – One Drop High Roller	$17,891,148	United States Anthony Gregg	$4,830,619

Super High Roller Bowl 2017	$16,800,000	Germany Christoph Vogelsang	$6,000,000

2007 WPT Championship	$15,495,750	Spain Carlos Mortensen	$3,970,415

2013 GuangDong Ltd Asia Millions Main Event	$15,376,897	Germany Niklas Heinecker	$4,456,885

2011 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure	$15,132,000	United States Galen Hall	$2,300,000

Super High Roller Bowl 2016	$15,000,000	Germany Rainer Kempe	$5,000,000

2010 Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure	$14,831,300	United States Harrison Gimbel	$2,200,000

2006 WPT Championship	$14,671,250	United States Joe Bartholdi, Jr.	$3,760,165

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In 2014, Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000, the fifth largest payout in poker tournament history.
In 2014, Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000.
In 2014, Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000, the fifth largest in poker tournament history.

final_sentence: In 2014, Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000, the fifth largest payout in poker tournament history.
final_sentence: In 2014, Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000.
final_sentence: In 2014, Martin Jacobson won the World Series of Poker Main Event for $10,000,000, the fifth largest in poker tournament history.