2023 World Series of Poker explained

Competition:2023 World Series of Poker
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Dates:May 30 – July 18
Champion: Daniel Weinman
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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 18 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

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

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.
EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em1,015 Peter Thai (1/1)$75,535 James UrbanicResults
2$25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold'em207 Alexandre Vuilleumier (1/1)$1,215,864 Chance Kornuth (0/3)Results
3$1,000 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold'em18,188 Tyler Brown (1/1)$1,000,000 Guang ChenResults
4WSOP Tournament of Champions741 Ronnie Day (1/1)$200,000 Brent GregoryResults
5$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed456 Chad Eveslage (1/2)$131,879 Andrew Kelsall (0/1)Results
6$5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha568 Michael Moncek (1/2)$534,499 Fernando HabeggerResults
7$1,500 Limit Hold'em527 Vadim Shlez (1/1)$146,835 Rostyslav SabishchenkoResults
o1$333 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off1,330 Cody Bell (1/1)$87,665 Douglas May
8$25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship64 Chanracy Khun (1/1)$507,020 Doug Polk (0/3)Results
9$1,500 Seven Card Stud360 Nick Schulman (1/4)$110,800 Andrew HasdalResults
10$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship130 Chad Eveslage (2/3)$311,428 Dutch Boyd (0/3)Results
11$600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack6,085 Kenneth O'Donnell (1/1)$351,098 Jefferson GuerreroResults
12$5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed735 Jeremy Eyer (1/1)$649,550 Felipe RamosResults
o2$500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder1,253 Ian Matakis (1/1)$120,686 Baruch Forst
o3$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack688 Ryan Hughes (1/3)$145,059 Shaun Deeb (0/5)
13$600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack3,200 Joseph Altomonte (1/1)$217,102 Michael HolmesResults
14$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship130 Brian Yoon (1/5)$311,433 Dan ShakResults
15$1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em2,454 Rafael Reis (1/1)$465,501 Daniel BarriocanalResults
16$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed301 Isaac Haxton (1/1)$1,698,215 Ryan O'DonnellResults
17$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better1,143 Jim Collopy (1/3)$262,542 Nick Kost (0/1)Results
o4$600 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack1,656 Danny Wong (1/1)$130,648 Eshaan Bhalla
18$300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold'em23,088 Jason Simon (1/1)$499,852 Eric TrexlerResults
19$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em1,139 Valentino Konakchiev (1/1)$435,924 Andres Korn (0/1)Results
20$1,500 Badugi516 Michael Rodrigues (1/1)$144,678 Yingui LiResults
21$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed2,017 Stephen Nahm (1/1)$267,991 Kevin RandResults
22$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship134 Josh Arieh (1/5)$316,226 Dan Idema (0/3)Results
23$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em124 Leon Sturm (1/1)$1,546,024 Bill KleinResults
24$1,500 Razz556 David "ODB" Baker (1/3)$152,991 Justin Liberto (0/1)Results
25$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship212 Ben Lamb (1/2)$492,795 James ChenResults
26$800 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack4,747 Renji Mao (1/1)$402,588 Matthew Elsby (0/1)Results
27$1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed789 Shaun Deeb (1/6)$198,854 Aloísio DouradoResults
o5$400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max1,488 Gary Belyalovsky (1/1)$121,854 Joseph Hebert
28$1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em2,046 Benjamin Ector (1/1)$406,403 Adam SwanResults
29$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em93 Jans Arends (1/2)$2,576,729 Cary KatzResults
30$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw522 John Monnette (1/5)$145,846 Christopher ChungResults
31$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack2,759 Scott Dulaney (1/1)$194,155 Sridhar SangannagariResults
32$3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em1,241 Mark Ioli (1/1)$558,266 Johann IbanezResults
33$10,000 Razz Championship123 Jerry Wong (1/1)$298,682 Carlos ChadhaResults
34$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha1,355 Sean Troha (1/2)$298,192 Ryan CoonResults
35$10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold'em568 Chris Klodnicki (1/2)$733,317 Aram OganyanResults
36$3,000 Nine Game Mix361 Ryutaro Suzuki (1/1)$221,124 Walter ChambersResults
37$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,962 Yuan Li (1/1)$524,777 Jonathan CamaraResults
38$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship130 Benny Glaser (1/5)$311,428 Oscar JohanssonResults
39$1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em8,317 Braxton Dunaway (1/1)$1,162,681 Colin RobinsonResults
40$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em69 Chris Brewer (1/1)$5,293,556 Artur MartirosianResults
41$1,500 Big 01,458 Scott Abrams (1/1)$315,203 Robert Williamson III (0/1)Results
42$800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack3,773 Qiang Xu (1/1)$339,377 Jason JohnsonResults
43$50,000 Poker Players Championship99 Brian Rast (1/6)$1,324,747 Talal ShakerchiResults
o6$500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo1,879 Harley Brooks (1/1)$134,527 Will Collins
o7$500 PLO 8-Max608 Joe Serock (1/1)$93,911 Millard Hale
44$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em1,735 Yang Zhang (1/1)$717,879 Aram OganyanResults
45$1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo1,091 William Leffingwell (1/1)$253,651 Zhen CaiResults
46$500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em5,342 Jay Lockett (1/1)$262,526 Jie FuResults
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 Roller321 Jeremy Ausmus (1/6)$360,036 Christopher Castiglia (0/1)
48$1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship8,180 Lonnie Hallett (1/1)$765,731 Billy Baxter (0/7)Results
49$1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em2,226 Pengfei Wang (1/1)$270,700 Will LindenResults
50$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship731 Lou Garza (1/1)$1,309,232 Arthur MorrisResults
51$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold'em1,282 Michael Savakinas (1/1)
Satoshi Tanaka (1/1)
$190,662 Vincent Moscati
Tanner Bibat (0/2)
Results
52$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball353 Nick Pupillo (1/1)$181,978 Ryan MoriartyResults
o9$1,000 PLO Championship383 Stanislav Barshak (1/1)$128,841 Chris DeMaci
53$1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold'em10,416 Pavel Plesuv (1/1)$1,201,564 Florian RibouchonResults
54$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship185 Mike Gorodinsky (1/3)$422,747 Alex Livingston (0/1)Results
55$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better566 Marcin Horecki (1/1)$155,275 Mike Matusow (0/4)Results
56$500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold'em4,303 Steven Genovese (1/1)$217,921 Kelly GallResults
57$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha449 Ka Kwan Lau (1/1)$2,294,756 Sergio Martinez GonzalezResults
58$3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold'em263 Jason Daly (1/1)$165,250 Brent MutterResults
o10$400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack2,901 Ryan Eriquezzo (1/3)$145,374 Richard West
59$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em1,598 Robert Schulz (1/1)$675,275 Julien SitbonResults
60$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw548 Jason Mercier (1/6)$151,276 Mike WatsonResults
61$1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold'em3,121 Klaus Ilk (1/1)$371,603 Ronald LaneResults
62$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha2,076 David Simon (1/1)$410,659 David Prociak (0/1)Results
63$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship141 Ryan Miller (1/1)$344,677 Bryn Kenney (0/1)Results
o11$888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy 8's1,679 Robert Como (1/1)$227,001 Gytis Lazauninkas
64$600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em4,303 David Guay (1/1)$270,972 John TaylorResults
65$5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em1,199 Weiran Pu (1/1)$938,244 Norbert Szecsi (0/3)Results
66$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better1,125 William Kopp (1/1)$259,549 Michael Rodrigues (1/1)Results
67$10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship1,295 Tamar Abraham (1/1)$192,167 Shiina OkamotoResults
68$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em2,824 Gabriel Schroeder (1/1)$228,632 Joel WertheimerResults
69$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship154 Chris Brewer (2/2)$367,599 Alex Livingston (0/1)Results
70$400 Colossus No-Limit Hold'em15,894 Moshe Refaelowitz (1/1)$501,120 Dae Woong SongResults
71$50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha200 Jesse Lonis (1/2)$2,303,017 Tyler Smith (0/1)Results
72$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em642 Phil Hellmuth (1/17)$803,818 Justin ZakiResults
73$2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event377 Julio Belluscio (1/1)$190,240 Federico QuevedoResults
74$1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em5,257 Bradley Gafford (1/1)$549,555 Joshua ReichardResults
75$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship277 Hassan Kamel (1/1)$598,613 Ryan HoenigResults
o12$500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack1,754 Thomas Hall (1/1)$176,920 Daniel Marin
76$10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em10,043 Daniel Weinman (1/2)$12,100,000 Steven JonesResults
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 Turbo1,767 Zachary Grech (1/1)$107,504 Amit Makhija
77$777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em7,300 Shawn Daniels (1/1)$777,777 Julien MontoisResults
o15$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship1,365 Blaze Gaspari (1/1)$224,816 Matthew Gillingham
o16$600 Online Deepstack Championship2,157 Vitor Dzivielevski (1/1)$185,316 Michael Baldwin
78$1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha1,214 Thomas Skaggs (1/1)$171,742 David HuResults
79$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em2,068 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'em7,207 Joseph Roh (1/1)$401,250 Denny LeeResults
82$3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha1,013 Matthew Parry (1/1)$480,122 Dustin GoldklangResults
o17$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship1,170 Tom Marchese (1/1)$195,963 Besmir Hodaj
83$1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em363 Thai Ha (1/1)$111,170 David Prociak (0/1)Results
84$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em176 Alex Kulev (1/1)$2,087,073 Gergely KulcsárResults
85$1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em987 Faraz Jaka (1/1)$237,367 Michael FinsteinResults
86$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em1,417 Diego Ventura (1/1)$402,054 Thomas KysarResults
87$2,500 Mixed460 Bradley Smith (1/1)$221,733 Nghia LeResults
88$1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em3,531 Pierre Shum (1/1)$606,810 Peter NighResults
89$1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em1,024 Dong Meng (1/1)$160,490 Wesley FeiResults
90$10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship550 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 AugustResults
o18$2,000 Freezeout Championship551 Julien Sitbon (1/1)$176,348 Ashish Ahuja
92$1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em1,710 Kang Hyun Lee (1/1)$236,741 Eric MizrachiResults
93$10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em106 Martin Nielsen (1/1)$270,160 Hong Wei YuResults
o19$500 NL Hold'em Summer Saver1,301 Christian Roberts (1/1)$154,359 Michael Haberman
o20$777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7's954 Nipun Java (1/3)$195,151 Michael Jozoff
94$5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em813 Alex Keating (1/1)$701,688 Guoliang Wei (0/1)Results
95$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em1,482 Paul Berger (1/1)$212,645 Yuri Dzivielevski (1/3)Results
* Online tournament, but final table held as in-person event.

Michigan Online

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
o1$500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder132 Todd Estes (1/2)$18,623 Imari Love
o2$400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max215 Morgan Magee (1/1)$17,447 Alec Magdan
o3$500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo193 Rudy Gavaldon (1/1)$20,193 Roger Khoury
o4$400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack208 David Ferus (1/1)$17,898 Shivprasad Nomula
o5$600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack125 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 Saver178 Nicolai Morris (1/1)$26,231 Randy Bullen

Pennsylvania Online

EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
o1$500 No-Limit Hold'em Bankroll Builder153 Andrew Kershaw (1/1)$16,965 Derek Duckett
o2$400 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max234 Joshua Dempsey (1/1)$20,100 Samuel Monks
o3$500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo195 Justin Vaysman (1/1)$20,402 Max Pinnola
o4$400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack217 Christopher Nunez (1/1)$20,311 Clinton Branchen
o5$600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack134 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 Saver156 Elias Garney (1/1)$23,306 Justin Koniuk

Player of the Year

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]
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Ian Matakis5,203.891
2 Shaun Deeb4,276.121
3 Chris Brewer4,127.612
4 Josh Arieh3,938.622
5 Jesse Lonis3,865.701
6 Michael Rodrigues3,513.211
7 Chad Eveslage3,447.632
8 Yuri Dzivielevski3,382.331
9 Ben Yu3.128.080
10 Phil Hellmuth3,072.141

Main Event

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. The top 1,507 players finished in the money, with the champion earning $12,100,000.

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Tom McEvoy19833
Johnny Chan1987, 1988data-sort-value="6"4 (1067th)*
Phil Hellmuth19892D
Jim Bechtel19933
Scotty Nguyen19982D
Chris Moneymaker2003data-sort-value="8"5 (403rd)*
Greg Raymer20042ABC
Joe Hachem2005data-sort-value="9"5 (402nd)*
Jamie Gold2006data-sort-value="5"4 (1082nd)*
Joe Cada2009data-sort-value="4"4 (1358th)*
Greg Merson20121C
Ryan Riess20133
Martin Jacobson20143
Joe McKeehen20153
Qui Nguyen20162D
Scott Blumstein2017data-sort-value="7"4 (782nd)*
John Cynn20183
Hossein Ensan20191D
Damian Salas20203
Koray Aldemir20211C
Espen Jørstad20222ABC

Other notable high finishes

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

PlaceNamePrize
11thAlec Torelli$700,000
32ndMark Teltscher$280,100
46thSam Stein$188,400
53rdJohn Racener$188,400
66thTony Dunst$130,300
72ndJohn Duthie$109,400
87thNate Silver$92,600

Final Table

NameNumber 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
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
19,800,000 (3.3%) 0 48 $874,216

Final Table results

PlaceNamePrize
1st$12,100,000
2nd$6,500,000
3rd$4,000,000
4th $3,000,000
5th Ruslan Prydryk $2,400,000
6th Dean Hutchison $1,850,000
7th $1,425,000
8th Juan Maceiras $1,125,000
9th Daniel Holzner $900,000

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caesars Entertainment's World Series of Poker® Returns for its 54th Annual Tournament May 30 - July 18. Caesars Entertainment. December 12, 2022. December 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Holloway. Chad. Here's Full Schedule for 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP); Win Main Event for Life!. PokerNews.com. February 2, 2023. February 2, 2023.
  3. Web site: WSOP Player of the Year standings. WSOP.com.