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While the $1500 NLHE fields have generally been bigger than last year, so far the $2000 and $2500 fields are down ~20%,

Event 19 - $2500
June 11
1290 last year
1013 this year
-21.5%

Event 10 - $2000
June 6
1919 last year
1531 this year
-20.2%

If this trend continues, we could see a 20-30% drop in the WSOP ME, down from 8773 to 6000-7000.

Other NLHE events to keep an eye on:

Event 22 - $5000
June 13
622 last year

Event 25 - $2000
June 15
1579 last year

Event 47 - $2000
June 29
2050 last year