Miscellaneous WSOP Main Event Records

Numerous World Series of Poker Main Event records can be found throughout the Poker Omnibus W50P, but some aren't mentioned elsewhere:

When Eoghan O'Dea reached the 2011 WSOP Main Event final table, he and his father Donnacha (1983 and 1991) became the first father and son to accomplish the feat.
Biggest Prize Pool: The 2024 Main Event had a record $94,041,600 prize pool (to go with its record 10,112 entries and 1,517 paid). Until 2023, the 2006 Main Event had held the records with $82,512,162 total, a $12,000,000 1st prize, $6,102,499 2nd prize, and 8,773 players. The prizes for 3nd ($4,123,310) and 4th ($3,628,513) were records only until 2008 ($4,517,773 and $3,794,974), while its records for 5th ($3,216,182), 6th ($2,803,851), 7th ($2,391,520), 8th ($1,979,189), 9th ($1,566,858), and 10th ($1,154,527) still stand.
In 2015, William Wachter became the oldest player to cash in the Main Event at age 94, finishing 524th for $19,500.
Oldest Main Event Entrants: In 2023, 100-year-old Gene Calden broke Jack Ury's record of 97 years and 3 months set in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. In 2012, Ellen "Gram" Deeb, Shaun Deeb's grandmother, became the oldest female at age 91.