No poker tournament was more talked about this year than the record-breaking WSOP Main Event. After ten difficult days, he made only one name out of the record field, which belongs to Daniel Weinman. Daniel went down in history as the owner of the most valuable bracelet and a record prize of $12,100,000. But how much of this amount will actually go to his account?
Yes, this question is on point, as every year the public wonders what shares of the final table players' winnings will be determined by legislation in their home countries. This year was no exception, which makes it clear - after the final tally, the champion Daniel Weinman took home the most among the players, but in the final sum, his winnings of $6,578,028 were only 60% of the total amount. And the rest, it went to the account of state treasuries!
The top trio of players had all-American representation this year, which certainly made Uncle Sam very happy. The combined local, state and federal taxes took up to 45.64% (!) of the winnings from the champion Weinman, and his two followers, Jones and Walton, a no less negligible 39%. The champion himself will pay $5,521,972 in taxes (more than the prize for third place), but together, these three men alone helped the American treasury with the amount of $8,753,797.
The highest tax, worth up to 47%, had to be paid by the Spaniard Juan Macerias from this table, who had $596,250 left out of $1,125m. The winners of this table are definitely three players who can keep their entire winnings. Gambling winnings are tax-free in the UK, so Dean Hutchison and Toby Lewis won't have to pay a single pound of their winnings for sixth and seventh place.
The only "payjump" in the imaginary table was taken care of by the German entrepreneur and longtime Omaha lover Jan-Peter Jachtmann, with whom we also conducted a multi-day interview directly in Vegas. Thanks to the zero tax, Jachtmann can keep the full three million dollars, which puts him ahead of third-placed Adam Walton in the standings, who has $2,442,014 after deducting the tax of four million.
In the total amount, the taxes poured over 11 million dollars from the final table to the players, which represents exactly one third of the $33,300,000 in prizes. No less interesting information this year is the value of the rake, which earned the organizers $7,030,100 from the Main Event alone.
Source: PokerStrategy, PokerNews, PokerGO
