The WSOP Main Event is Big Time

We just got the media guide for the 2009 WSOP Main Event final table from our good friends at the World Series of Poker, and they had an interesting stat buried deep in the 26-page document.

As you can see from the graphic above the winner of the Main Event will receive more than the winners of the Daytona 500, Indianapolis 500, the US Open of golf and the US Open of tennis combined.

Including the ninth-place money paid out to all the final table players, and the interest the remainder has accrued since July, there's an astounding $27,220,989 in prize money on the table.

Of course, there's one major difference between poker and those other sports. Golfers and race car drivers don't put up their own cash to play.

Any way you cut it though, that's a lot of clams.

PokerListings.com is flying down to Vegas in just a few days to bring you all the action live so check out our Live 2009 Main Event final table coverage starting noon November 7th.