Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 2003, e nwere mmadụ 839 sonyere n'egwuregwu WSOP, ma mụbaa okpukpu atọ n'afọ 2004. Nchịkọta nke onye mmeri WSOP nke 2004, Greg "Fossilman" Raymer, onye ọka iwu patent si Connecticut, gbakwunyere ihe omume ahụ n'etiti ndị egwuregwu amateur (na karịsịa Internet). N'egwuregwu ahụ bụ́ isi nke e mere n'afọ 2005, ọnụ ọgụgụ na-enweghị atụ nke mmadụ 5,619 sonyere n'asọmpi ahụ iji nweta ihe nrite mbụ nke $7,500,000. Onye meriri, bụ́ Joe Hachem nke Australia, bụ onye na-agba bọl n'egwuregwu. Ọganihu a gara n'ihu na
2006, ya na mmadụ 8,773 so na ya na ihe nrite nke mbụ nke $ 12,000,000 (nke Jamie Gold meriri).