Tuesday 31 July 2018

Here’s Why The Average Age Of A WSOP Participant Keeps Going Up

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The 2018 World Series of Poker was a rousing success. Not only did WSOP Main Event attendance rise for the third consecutive year, the 2018 WSOP Main Event produced the second largest field in the event’s long history.

Among the 17 records that fell by the wayside at the 2018 WSOP were:

  • Most Entrants (across the entire series): 123,865
  • Largest total prizepool: $266,889,193
  • Largest Starting Flight in Main Event History: Event #65, Flight C: 4,571 entries

Despite the positive numbers, there is a growing concern within the poker community that a troubling trend is emerging. That trend? The average age of WSOP participants is going up, and young players are all but disappearing from the game.

The trend dates back to 2011, and since that time the average age of a WSOP Main Event player has risen by more than four years.

Year Average Age of Main Event Participants Average Age of WSOP Participants Overall
2010 37.33 No data available
2011 37.2 No data available
2012 37.74 No data available
2013 38.1 No data available
2014 38.93 39.28
2015 39.62 41.04
2016 40.08 41.12
2017 40.59 41.42
2018 41.23 42.27

In this column I’ll attempt to explain why the...


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