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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Dates | May 30 – July 17 |
| Champion | |
 Daniel Weinman | |
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
editKey: (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
editPennsylvania Online
editPlayer of the Year
editFinal 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):
| 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
editThe $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
edit| 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
editNB: 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "WSOP Player of the Year standings". WSOP.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Schlachter, Thomas (2023-07-18). "Daniel Weinman wins record-breaking $12.1M prize in World Series of Poker". CNN. Retrieved 2024-11-12.