Poker by the Numbers

Age of the youngest player is win the World Series of Poker main event: 24

Age of the oldest player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet: 80

Dollar amount of the first place finish from the 2005 main event: $7,500,500

Combined dollar amount of the first place finishes from the 1991-1999 World Series

of Poker main events: $9,000,000

Odds of being dealt a pocket pair: 16-to-1

Odds of Flopping a set after being dealt a pocket pair: 8.3-to-1

Odds of flopping a full house with a pocket pair: 136-to-1

Odds of flopping four of a kind with a pocket pair: 407-to-1

Odds of flopping four of a kind after being dealt unpaired hole cards: 9799-to-1

Percentage or "rake" taken from the WSOP total prize pool by Harrah's Entertainment: 10%

Total dollar amount of the 2005 WSOP main event prize pool: $52,818,610

The "rake": $5,281,861

Number of months Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss played heads up during

the unofficial inaugural World Series of Poker: 5

Total dollar amout won by Moss: $2,000,000

Total dollar amount won by Moss at the first official WSOP: $0

Total number of possible hands in a 52 crd deck: 2,598,960

Odds of making a royal flush: 649,740-to-1