First of all, most of this is from the internet, so take it with a grain of salt:
1. Binion's will cap the entries at 2,600 this year. Last year there were app 800 players.
2. Thus, whoever wins the main event will immediately become that all-time cash winner for the WS. Even though some guys have 9 bracelets and Chan won it twice for over a mil each.
3. There is a rumor that C Moneymaker is not playing becuase they got to the max 2,600 before he signed up.
4. Binion's is taking app 7% of the prize pool in juice. So 2,600 * 10,000 * 7% = $1.8M.
5. Chris Moneymaker placed in the money in the Pot Limit Omaha event. I think PL Omaha is verrrry difficult. I think this shows that CM is not some lucky idiot, but that he actually has some card sense.
Random thoughts from a lawyer, an accountant, a commodities trader, an ex-Marine and a WSOP Main Event money finisher that don't know as much as they wish they did...