The 2024 World Series of PokerR$10,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em main event is officially the largest ever held. With 10,043 total players, this year's world championship drew 1,270 more entries than the previous record turnout of 8,773 made in 2006, a 14.5-percent increase.

Phil Hellmuth has won the most bracelets with 17 followed by Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, and Phil Ivey with ten bracelets each. Crandell Addington is the only player to place in the top ten of the World Series of Poker Main Event eight times, albeit in earlier years with small fields compared to modern times.

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