2023 World Series of Poker

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The 2023 World Series of Poker was the 54th edition of the World Series of Poker (WSOP), a series of poker tournaments. It took place from May 30-July 17 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

2023 World Series of Poker
LocationHorseshoe Las Vegas and
Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesMay 30 – July 17
Champion
United States Daniel Weinman
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The series featured 95 bracelet events, plus another 20 online bracelet events. Events included the $1,000 Mystery Millions beginning on May 31, with mystery bounties of up to $1 million. There were also Badugi and Big O events for the first time, as well as a $300 Gladiators of Poker event. The Tournament of Champions also returned, this time near the beginning of the series.[2]

The $10,000 Main Event began on July 3 with the first of four starting flights. The final table was held over two days on July 16-17.

Event Schedule

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Key: (bracelets won in 2023/bracelets won in career)

High stakes event ($10,000+ buy-in).
No points awarded towards Player of the Year.
Online event.
# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up Results
1 $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em 1,015   Peter Thai (1/1) $75,535   James Urbanic Results
2 $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em 207   Alexandre Vuilleumier (1/1) $1,215,864   Chance Kornuth (0/3) Results
3 $1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em 18,188   Tyler Brown (1/1) $1,000,000   Guang Chen Results
4 WSOP Tournament of Champions 741   Ronnie Day (1/1) $200,000   Brent Gregory Results
5 $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed 456   Chad Eveslage (1/2) $131,879   Andrew Kelsall (0/1) Results
6 $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 568   Michael Moncek (1/2) $534,499   Fernando Habegger Results
7 $1,500 Limit Hold'em 527   Vadim Shlez (1/1) $146,835   Rostyslav Sabishchenko Results
o1 $333 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 1,330   Cody Bell (1/1) $87,665   Douglas May
8 $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship 64   Chanracy Khun (1/1) $507,020   Doug Polk (0/3) Results
9 $1,500 Seven Card Stud 360   Nick Schulman (1/4) $110,800   Andrew Hasdal Results
10 $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship 130   Chad Eveslage (2/3) $311,428   Dutch Boyd (0/3) Results
11 $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 6,085   Kenneth O'Donnell (1/1) $351,098   Jefferson Guerrero Results
12 $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 735   Jeremy Eyer (1/1) $649,550   Felipe Ramos Results
o2 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder 1,253   Ian Matakis (1/1) $120,686   Baruch Forst
o3 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 688   Ryan Hughes (1/3) $145,059   Shaun Deeb (0/5)
13 $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 3,200   Joseph Altomonte (1/1) $217,102   Michael Holmes Results
14 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship 130   Brian Yoon (1/5) $311,433   Dan Shak Results
15 $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em 2,454   Rafael Reis (1/1) $465,501   Daniel Barriocanal Results
16 $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 301   Isaac Haxton (1/1) $1,698,215   Ryan O'Donnell Results
17 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 1,143   Jim Collopy (1/3) $262,542   Nick Kost (0/1) Results
o4 $600 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack 1,656   Danny Wong (1/1) $130,648   Eshaan Bhalla
18 $300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em 23,088   Jason Simon (1/1) $499,852   Eric Trexler Results
19 $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 1,139   Valentino Konakchiev (1/1) $435,924   Andres Korn (0/1) Results
20 $1,500 Badugi 516   Michael Rodrigues (1/1) $144,678   Yingui Li Results
21 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed 2,017   Stephen Nahm (1/1) $267,991   Kevin Rand Results
22 $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship 134   Josh Arieh (1/5) $316,226   Dan Idema (0/3) Results
23 $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 124   Leon Sturm (1/1) $1,546,024   Bill Klein Results
24 $1,500 Razz 556   David "ODB" Baker (1/3) $152,991   Justin Liberto (0/1) Results
25 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 212   Ben Lamb (1/2) $492,795   James Chen Results
26 $800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 4,747   Renji Mao (1/1) $402,588   Matthew Elsby (0/1) Results
27 $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed 789   Shaun Deeb (1/6) $198,854   Aloísio Dourado Results
o5 $400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max 1,488   Gary Belyalovsky (1/1) $121,854   Joseph Hebert
28 $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 2,046   Benjamin Ector (1/1) $406,403   Adam Swan Results
29 $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 93   Jans Arends (1/2) $2,576,729   Cary Katz Results
30 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw 522   John Monnette (1/5) $145,846   Christopher Chung Results
31 $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 2,759   Scott Dulaney (1/1) $194,155   Sridhar Sangannagari Results
32 $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em 1,241   Mark Ioli (1/1) $558,266   Johann Ibanez Results
33 $10,000 Razz Championship 123   Jerry Wong (1/1) $298,682   Carlos Chadha Results
34 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 1,355   Sean Troha (1/2) $298,192   Ryan Coon Results
35 $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 568   Chris Klodnicki (1/2) $733,317   Aram Oganyan Results
36 $3,000 Nine Game Mix 361   Ryutaro Suzuki (1/1) $221,124   Walter Chambers Results
37 $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em 1,962   Yuan Li (1/1) $524,777   Jonathan Camara Results
38 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship 130   Benny Glaser (1/5) $311,428   Oscar Johansson Results
39 $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em 8,317   Braxton Dunaway (1/1) $1,162,681   Colin Robinson Results
40 $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 69   Chris Brewer (1/1) $5,293,556   Artur Martirosian Results
41 $1,500 Big 0 1,458   Scott Abrams (1/1) $315,203   Robert Williamson III (0/1) Results
42 $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 3,773   Qiang Xu (1/1) $339,377   Jason Johnson Results
43 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 99   Brian Rast (1/6) $1,324,747   Talal Shakerchi Results
o6 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo 1,879   Harley Brooks (1/1) $134,527   Will Collins
o7 $500 PLO 8-Max 608   Joe Serock (1/1) $93,911   Millard Hale
44 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 1,735   Yang Zhang (1/1) $717,879   Aram Oganyan Results
45 $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 1,091   William Leffingwell (1/1) $253,651   Zhen Cai Results
46 $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 5,342   Jay Lockett (1/1) $262,526   Jie Fu Results
47 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 836   Yuri Dzivielevski (1/3) $207,688   Randy Ohel (0/1) Results
o8 $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 321   Jeremy Ausmus (1/6) $360,036   Christopher Castiglia (0/1)
48 $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship 8,180   Lonnie Hallett (1/1) $765,731   Billy Baxter (0/7) Results
49 $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 2,226   Pengfei Wang (1/1) $270,700   Will Linden Results
50 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 731   Lou Garza (1/1) $1,309,232   Arthur Morris Results
51 $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em 1,282   Michael Savakinas (1/1)
  Satoshi Tanaka (1/1)
$190,662   Vincent Moscati
  Tanner Bibat (0/2)
Results
52 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball 353   Nick Pupillo (1/1) $181,978   Ryan Moriarty Results
o9 $1,000 PLO Championship 383   Stanislav Barshak (1/1) $128,841   Chris DeMaci
53 $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em 10,416   Pavel Plesuv (1/1) $1,201,564   Florian Ribouchon Results
54 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship 185   Mike Gorodinsky (1/3) $422,747   Alex Livingston (0/1) Results
55 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 566   Marcin Horecki (1/1) $155,275   Mike Matusow (0/4) Results
56 $500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold'em 4,303   Steven Genovese (1/1) $217,921   Kelly Gall Results
57 $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 449   Ka Kwan Lau (1/1) $2,294,756   Sergio Martinez Gonzalez Results
58 $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold'em 263   Jason Daly (1/1) $165,250   Brent Mutter Results
o10 $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack 2,901   Ryan Eriquezzo (1/3) $145,374   Richard West
59 $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 1,598   Robert Schulz (1/1) $675,275   Julien Sitbon Results
60 $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 548   Jason Mercier (1/6) $151,276   Mike Watson Results
61 $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em 3,121   Klaus Ilk (1/1) $371,603   Ronald Lane Results
62 $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha 2,076   David Simon (1/1) $410,659   David Prociak (0/1) Results
63 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 141   Ryan Miller (1/1) $344,677   Bryn Kenney (0/1) Results
o11 $888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy 8's 1,679   Robert Como (1/1) $227,001   Gytis Lazauninkas
64 $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em 4,303   David Guay (1/1) $270,972   John Taylor Results
65 $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em 1,199   Weiran Pu (1/1) $938,244   Norbert Szecsi (0/3) Results
66 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 1,125   William Kopp (1/1) $259,549   Michael Rodrigues (1/1) Results
67 $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship 1,295   Tamar Abraham (1/1) $192,167   Shiina Okamoto Results
68 $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 2,824   Gabriel Schroeder (1/1) $228,632   Joel Wertheimer Results
69 $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship 154   Chris Brewer (2/2) $367,599   Alex Livingston (0/1) Results
70 $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em 15,894   Moshe Refaelowitz (1/1) $501,120   Dae Woong Song Results
71 $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 200   Jesse Lonis (1/2) $2,303,017   Tyler Smith (0/1) Results
72 $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 642   Phil Hellmuth (1/17) $803,818   Justin Zaki Results
73 $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event 377   Julio Belluscio (1/1) $190,240   Federico Quevedo Results
74 $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em 5,257   Bradley Gafford (1/1) $549,555   Joshua Reichard Results
75 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 277   Hassan Kamel (1/1) $598,613   Ryan Hoenig Results
o12 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 1,754   Thomas Hall (1/1) $176,920   Daniel Marin
76 $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em 10,043   Daniel Weinman (1/2) $12,100,000   Steven Jones Results
o13 * $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship * 408   Sam Soverel (1/2) $393,516   Gergely Kulcsár
o14 $400 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo 1,767   Zachary Grech (1/1) $107,504   Amit Makhija
77 $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em 7,300   Shawn Daniels (1/1) $777,777   Julien Montois Results
o15 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship 1,365   Blaze Gaspari (1/1) $224,816   Matthew Gillingham
o16 $600 Online Deepstack Championship 2,157   Vitor Dzivielevski (1/1) $185,316   Michael Baldwin
78 $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha 1,214   Thomas Skaggs (1/1) $171,742   David Hu Results
79 $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em 2,068   Samuel Bernabeu (1/1) $682,436   James Anderson (0/1) Results
80 $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E. 112   Josh Arieh (2/6) $711,313   Dan Heimiller (0/2) Results
81 $600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold'em 7,207   Joseph Roh (1/1) $401,250   Denny Lee Results
82 $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 1,013   Matthew Parry (1/1) $480,122   Dustin Goldklang Results
o17 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship 1,170   Tom Marchese (1/1) $195,963   Besmir Hodaj
83 $1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em 363   Thai Ha (1/1) $111,170   David Prociak (0/1) Results
84 $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 176   Alex Kulev (1/1) $2,087,073   Gergely Kulcsár Results
85 $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em 987   Faraz Jaka (1/1) $237,367   Michael Finstein Results
86 $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em 1,417   Diego Ventura (1/1) $402,054   Thomas Kysar Results
87 $2,500 Mixed 460   Bradley Smith (1/1) $221,733   Nghia Le Results
88 $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em 3,531   Pierre Shum (1/1) $606,810   Peter Nigh Results
89 $1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em 1,024   Dong Meng (1/1) $160,490   Wesley Fei Results
90 $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship 550   Alexandre Reard (1/2) $1,057,663   Stephen Chidwick (0/1) Results
91 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 331   Ryan Miller (2/2) $208,460   Leonard August Results
o18 $2,000 Freezeout Championship 551   Julien Sitbon (1/1) $176,348   Ashish Ahuja
92 $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 1,710   Kang Hyun Lee (1/1) $236,741   Eric Mizrachi Results
93 $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em 106   Martin Nielsen (1/1) $270,160   Hong Wei Yu Results
o19 $500 NL Hold'em Summer Saver 1,301   Christian Roberts (1/1) $154,359   Michael Haberman
o20 $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's 954   Nipun Java (1/3) $195,151   Michael Jozoff
94 $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em 813   Alex Keating (1/1) $701,688   Guoliang Wei (0/1) Results
95 $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em 1,482   Paul Berger (1/1) $212,645   Yuri Dzivielevski (1/3) Results

* Online tournament, but final table held as in-person event.

Michigan Online

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# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
o1 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder 132   Todd Estes (1/2) $18,623   Imari Love
o2 $400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max 215   Morgan Magee (1/1) $17,447   Alec Magdan
o3 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo 193   Rudy Gavaldon (1/1) $20,193   Roger Khoury
o4 $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack 208   David Ferus (1/1) $17,898   Shivprasad Nomula
o5 $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 125   Kyle Goodman (1/1) $22,850   Peter Hotaling
o6 $300 No-Limit Hold'em 207   Joe Midena (1/1) $17,884   Sung Cho
o7 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver 178   Nicolai Morris (1/1) $26,231   Randy Bullen

Pennsylvania Online

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# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
o1 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder 153   Andrew Kershaw (1/1) $16,965   Derek Duckett
o2 $400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max 234   Joshua Dempsey (1/1) $20,100   Samuel Monks
o3 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo 195   Justin Vaysman (1/1) $20,402   Max Pinnola
o4 $400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack 217   Christopher Nunez (1/1) $20,311   Clinton Branchen
o5 $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack 134   Michael Mayer (1/1) $25,110   Michael Wolf
o6 $300 No-Limit Hold'em 122   Aleksey Levin (1/1) $19,776   Keith McCarroll
o7 $500 No-Limit Hold'em Summer Saver 156   Elias Garney (1/1) $23,306   Justin Koniuk

Player of the Year

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Final standings as of July 18 (note: does not include events from the 2023 WSOP Online series, 2023 WSOP Europe series, or the 2023 WSOP Paradise series):

Standings[3]
Rank Name Points Bracelets
1   Ian Matakis 5,203.89 1
2   Shaun Deeb 4,276.12 1
3   Chris Brewer 4,127.61 2
4   Josh Arieh 3,938.62 2
5   Jesse Lonis 3,865.70 1
6   Michael Rodrigues 3,513.21 1
7   Chad Eveslage 3,447.63 2
8   Yuri Dzivielevski 3,382.33 1
9   Ben Yu 3.128.08 0
10   Phil Hellmuth 3,072.14 1

Main Event

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The $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 3 with the first of four starting flights. The final table took place on July 16-17.

The Main Event attracted 10,043 players, making it the largest Main Event field in history.[4] The top 1,507 players finished in the money, with the champion earning $12,100,000.[5]

Performance of past champions

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Name Championship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Tom McEvoy 1983 3
Johnny Chan 1987, 1988 4 (1067th)*
Phil Hellmuth 1989 2D
Jim Bechtel 1993 3
Scotty Nguyen 1998 2D
Chris Moneymaker 2003 5 (403rd)*
Greg Raymer 2004 2ABC
Joe Hachem 2005 5 (402nd)*
Jamie Gold 2006 4 (1082nd)*
Joe Cada 2009 4 (1358th)*
Greg Merson 2012 1C
Ryan Riess 2013 3
Martin Jacobson 2014 3
Joe McKeehen 2015 3
Qui Nguyen 2016 2D
Scott Blumstein 2017 4 (782nd)*
John Cynn 2018 3
Hossein Ensan 2019 1D
Damian Salas 2020 3
Koray Aldemir 2021 1C
Espen Jørstad 2022 2ABC

*- Denotes player who finished in the money

Other notable high finishes

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NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
11th Alec Torelli $700,000
32nd Mark Teltscher $280,100
46th Sam Stein $188,400
53rd John Racener $188,400
66th Tony Dunst $130,300
72nd John Duthie $109,400
87th Nate Silver $92,600

Final Table

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Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
  Adam Walton 143,800,000 (23.9%) 0 20 $265,147
  Steven Jones 90,300,000 (15.0%) 0 23 $130,751
  Daniel Weinman 81,700,000 (13.6%) 1 69 $1,298,605
  Jan-Peter Jachtmann 74,600,000 (12.4%) 1 17 $923,980
  Juan Maceiras 68,000,000 (11.3%) 0 2 $5,483
  Ruslan Prydryk 50,700,000 (8.4%) 0 1 $6,207
  Dean Hutchison 41,700,000 (6.9%) 0 17 $130,239
  Daniel Holzner 31,900,000 (5.3%) 0 1 $4,070
  Toby Lewis 19,800,000 (3.3%) 0 48 $874,216

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

Final Table results

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Place Name Prize
1st   Daniel Weinman $12,100,000
2nd   Steven Jones $6,500,000
3rd   Adam Walton $4,000,000
4th   Jan-Peter Jachtmann $3,000,000
5th   Ruslan Prydryk $2,400,000
6th   Dean Hutchison $1,850,000
7th   Toby Lewis $1,425,000
8th   Juan Maceiras $1,125,000
9th   Daniel Holzner $900,000

References

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  1. ^ "Caesars Entertainment's World Series of Poker® Returns for its 54th Annual Tournament May 30 - July 18". Caesars Entertainment. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Holloway, Chad (February 2, 2023). "Here's Full Schedule for 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP); Win Main Event for Life!". PokerNews.com. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "WSOP Player of the Year standings". WSOP.com.
  4. ^ Fast, Erik (July 8, 2023). "Largest World Series of Poker Main Event In History Smashes Record With 10,043 Entries - Poker News". CardPlayer. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  5. ^ Schlachter, Thomas (2023-07-18). "Daniel Weinman wins record-breaking $12.1M prize in World Series of Poker". CNN. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
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