Who won the largest payout for the Main Event at the WSOP and how much was it?

Question

a list of all reccen winners with their payout would be nice too, thank you!!!!!

Answer 1

Jamie Gold with around 12.5 (he had a deal with someone and ended up having to give around half of his after taxes winnings away).  Interestingly, last years was the first one ever that had a prize less than the year before, this had to do with the the Safe Ports Act and the confussion over the legality of online poker rooms so not as many people won seats to the main event online.

Answer 2

jamie gold  Around $12mil

Answer 3

Here's a list of the recent winners.

In order of payout the top five are:

1) Jamie Gold - 2006 - $12.5m

2) Jerry Yang - 2007 - $8.25m

3) Joe Hachem - 2005 - $7.5m

4) Greg Raymer - 2004 - $5m

5) Chris Moneymaker - 2003 - $2.5m