Once again the IRS were the biggest winners from the Main Event, find out how much the big winners owe in tax from their winnings.

After the spectacle of the biggest event of the poker year we now to turn the annual sobering discussion about what the November Nine actually took home after paying their tax bill, provided by Taxable Talk.

Qui Nguyen took home the biggest prize on paper and after tax, but when you consider he forfeited almost half his prize purse you'll forgive him if he only buys the one Ferrari. As a Las Vegas resident he takes home $4,682,153 of his $8,005,310 prize.

Just like his countryman Pierre Neuville last year, Kenny Hallaert is the only player who got to keep all of his prize money, as you do not pay tax on gambling winnings in Belgium.

Both Kenny in 6th pace and Vojtech Ruzicka of the Czech Republic in 5th place are estimated to have taken home more than 4th place finisher Michael Ruane of the USA after tax.

As always the biggest winner at the final table was the Inland Revenue Service of the United States, who likely will be taking $8,108,024 from the American players this year.

WSOP Main Event Final Table Position Player Home Prize Prize After Tax 1st Qui Nguyen Las Vegas, USA $8,005,310 $4,682,153 2nd Gordon Vayo San Francisco, USA $4,661,228 $2,262,428 3rd Cliff Josephy New York, USA $3,453,035 $1,778,428 4th Michael Ruane New Jersey, USA $2,576,003 $1,397,478 5th Vojtech ' VojtaR' Ruzicka Czech Republic $1,935,288 $1,644,995 6th Kenny Hallaert Belgium $1,464,258 $1,464,258 7th Griffin Benger Canada $1,250,190 $875,133 8th Jerry Wong New York, USA $1,100,076 $680,300 9th Fernano Pons Spain $1,000,000 $550,416 Number of entrants: 1 (6,737)

The 2016 November Nine