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What the numbers say about the 1st half of this year’s World Series of Poker

The first half of the 47th annual World Series of Poker zoomed by, and tournament officials released the statistics Monday.

Here’s a look, by the numbers, at the 2016 WSOP through 35 of 69 events:

ENTRIES

59,507 — Total entries.

59,771 — Total entries at the same point in 2015, when the WSOP went on to set a record for attendance. (Note: The schedule changes each year.)

1,700 — Average number of entries per bracelet event.

COUNTRIES

98 — Countries represented, the same number at this point last year. The top five countries are the U.S. (49,323), Canada (2,287), United Kingdom (1,889), Germany (580) and Russia (549).

27 — Bracelets won by American players. No other country has more than two.

PLAYERS

42.91 —Average age of players.

95 — Age of Herman Moonves, the oldest player to participate.

MEN VS. WOMEN

95.1 — Percent of total entries (56,601) that are men.

4.9 — Percent of total entries (2,906) that are women.

MONEY

8,694 — Players who have cashed this year.

11,638 — Players who cashed during the 68-event schedule in 2015, a record amount that is projected to fall thanks to a change in the payout structure that now awards prize money to the final 15 percent of entrants.

9 — Cashes by Ryan Laplante, the most by any player this summer.

8 — Cashes by Roland Israelashvili, the most by any player over age 50.

$69,072,845 —Total prize money awarded.

$1,973,510 — The average tournament prize pool.

$1,065,403 — Earnings by “Millionaire Maker” event winner Jason DeWitt, tops by any player in 2016.

$927,030 — Earnings by Player of the Year favorite Jason Mercier, who won two bracelets and cashed in six events.

$500,000 — Earnings for Lisa Meredith, the most by a woman. The former kindergarten teacher from Vancouver, Washington, finished third in the “Millionaire Maker” event.

A handful of notable events will take place in the next two weeks, including: the $888 buy-in Crazy Eights Eight-Handed No-limit Hold ’em (Friday), the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players’ Championship (Saturday), the $1,000 buy-in Tag Team No-limit Hold ’em (July 6), the $1,000 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold ’em Championship (July 8) and the $111,111 buy-in High Roller for One Drop No-limit Hold ’em (July 8).

The $10,000 buy-in No-limit Texas Hold ’em World Championship (Main Event) starts July 9.

“It’s great to see poker alive and well in Las Vegas this summer,” WSOP executive director Ty Stewart said in a statement. “Paying out 50 percent more places this summer and continuing to sprinkle in some new and unique events while bringing back the stalwarts has proven to be a successful recipe at the WSOP.

“Everyone seems to be having fun this summer, and with several new and exciting events in the back half of our schedule, we remain confident that players will find some great poker-playing options the rest of the way.”

For a more detailed look at the WSOP statistics, check out http://www.wsop.com/players/stats/byyear/?y=2016.

Contact reporter David Schoen at dschoen@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5203. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidSchoenLVRJ

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