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6 pros, 3 amateurs compete for $8.53M WSOP prize

By Oskar Garcia
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A college student, six poker professionals and two white-collar card hobbyists are back in Las Vegas and set to settle a World Series of Poker main event prize worth $8.53 million to the winner.

Seven players will earn seven-figure paydays at the no-limit Texas Hold ’em final table that runs Monday and Tuesday nights, with the loser settling for just the nearly $755,000 paid to all nine finalists in July.

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