Find out who is keeping most of their winnings and who isn't from the final table of the biggest event in poker.

The 2019 World Series of Poker is over and now all that is left is for the winners to count their money, and as always the biggest winner of all is the Tax Man.

Every year Russ Fox from Taxable Talk estimates how much each finalist will take home after their country has recouped their share in taxes. This information assumes no staking deals, which obviously make these figures even more complex.

$10,000 World Series of Poker Main Event Position Player Country Prize Prize after tax 1st Hossein Ensan Germany $10,000,000 $5,393,531 2nd Dario Sammartino Italy $6,000,000 $3,427,650 3rd Alex Livingston Canada $4,000,000 $2,800,000 4th Garry Gates United States $3,000,000 $1,949,187 5th Kevin Maahs United States $2,200,000 $1,329,271 6th Zhen Cai United States $1,850,000 $1,143,321 7th Nick Marchington United Kingdom $1,525,000 $1,525,000 8th Timothy Su United States $1,250,000 $758,850 9th Milos Skrbic Serbia $1,000,000 $525,537

Eventual winner Hossein Ensan still walked away with the biggest prize but is expected to pay over $4 million in tax to the German government, which is more than third place finisher Alex Livingston's entire prize.

Milos Skrbic may be from Serbia but he now resides in California which is bad news for him from a tax perspective as he has the highest tax burden of all, around 47.5%.

Everyone else will pay somewhere between 30-40% on their winnings with one notable exception, the Brit. Nick Marchington of the United Kingdom will take home every cent he won meaning he actually will win more than Kevin Maahs and Zhen Cai who finished ahead of him. This is because in the UK gambling winnings are not taxed because the government considers the tax to have already been paid on money wagered in the form of earnings for the consumer, so only the gambling operator pays tax. This is why you see a lot of high stakes players moving to the UK (it's not for the weather).

The Final Table of the 2019 WSOP Main Event (Image courtesy of the WSOP)

In total $11,972,653 is likely to be paid to tax offices around the world, which is more than a third of everything won and of course than $10 million first prize.

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