Redistribution of professional swimming pool for principal Vent (1978)

Per 1977, the principal event of WSOP allotted only one simple price of money cash to the player who managed to gather all the pieces and gains the tournament. It was one gaining take all the format, significance, for example, when Doyle Brunson gained its second title principal right of event in 1977, it gathered the whole professional swimming pool of $340.000 to which the 34 beginners who the year had contributed. The following year, one decided it to divide the professional swimming pool among the five principal modules of completion (of 42 which entered), with gaining Bobby Baldwin gathering 50% of the money ($210.000) and those finishing in the second place by the fifth income 20%,15%,10%, and 5% respectively. While the principal event developed, the program of disbursement was adjusted consequently, with the 10% the main thing of modules of completion generally transforming it into money cash. Consequently, the share of the champion developed gradually smaller, with the price of gaining this year of $8.5 million-more to account for approximately 14% of the $61 million-more the professional swimming pool.