2023 WSOP record breaking festival pays out over $397.8M; numbers and highlights; Asia wins 9 bracelets

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The largest and most prized annual festival, the World Series Of Poker, concluded its 54th run with games taking place from May 30 to July 18 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas.Players from all sections of the globe competed for 95 gold bracelets plus 20 online. In the aftermath, it was the biggest and richest WSOP in history, multiple event records were broken, and $397.8+ Million was paid out. Here are some of the festival highlights and results.

2023 WSOP Festival review

Bracelet 1-95: $397,802,897
Entries: 224,789
Online Bracelet 1-20: $20,418,507
Online Entries: 29,155
Main Event field:10,043 (new record)

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Largest field: $300 Gladiators of Poker NLH – 23,088
Largest field champion: Jason Simon – $300 Gladiators of Poker NLH – $499,852
Largest prize pool: Main Event – $93,399,900 (new record)

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Phil Hellmuth and Dan Cates

Bracelet race leader: Phil Hellmuth – 17 bracelets – Event 72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (latest win)
Hall of Fame inductee: Brian Rast
Most final table cashes (Asia & Pacific): Nozomu Shimizu (3), Pete Yen Han Chen (3)
Most final table cashes (ROW): Chance Kornuth (5)

Main Event winner: Daniel Weinman – $12,100,000

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WSOP 2023 by pokerGO

This year’s WSOP Main Event broke all bounds with a record 10,043 players taking on the greatest annual poker tournament. With a buy in of $10,000 each, it amassed a $93,399,900 prize pool, the largest Main Event pot in all of WSOP history. USA’s Daniel Weinman outlasted the enormous field to claim the record $12,100,000 first prize, the only eight-digit payout.

Daniel Weinman wins the 2023 WSOP Main Event for $12.1 Million

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Multiple wins – 3 players

While winning one bracelet is a dream many hope to accomplish, at the series, three players locked up not one but two bracelets each – Chad Eveslage, Chris Brewer, Josh Arieh. For Eveslage, these were his second and third career bracelets. For Arieh, they were his fifth and sixth bracelets. And for Chris Brewer, they were #1 and #2.

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Prize pool – USD
5$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-HandedChad EveslageUSA131,879456608,760
10$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed ChampionshipChad EveslageUSA311,4281151,069,500
40$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’emChris BrewerUSA5,293,5566917,181,000
69$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw ChampionshipChris BrewerUSA367,5991541,432,200
22$10,000 Limit Hold’em ChampionshipJosh AriehUSA316,2261341,246,200
80$25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.Josh AriehUSA711,3131122,632,000

Millionaire bracelet champions – 14 players

A long list of players walked away as millionaires at the series however only 14 of them were decorated as champions. Of course, WSOP Main Event champion Daniel Weinman emerged the richest for his $12.1 Million payout. Here’s the full list of millionaire bracelet champions.

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Prize pool in USD
76$10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World ChampionshipDaniel WeinmanUSA12,100,00010,04393,399,900
40$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’emChris BrewerUSA5,293,5566917,181,000
29$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’emJans ArendsNetherlands2,576,729938,997,750
71$50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit OmahaJesse LonisUSA2,303,0172009,550,000
57$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit OmahaKa Kwan LauHong Kong2,294,75644910,551,500
84$50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’emAlex KulevHungary2,087,0731768,404,000
16$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-HandedIsaac HaxtonUSA1,698,2152646,204,000
23$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’emLeon SturmGermany1,546,0241245,921,000
43$50,000 Poker Players ChampionshipBrian RastUSA1,324,747994,727,250
50$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ChampionshipLou GarzaUSA1,309,2327316,798,300
2$25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’emAlexandre VuilleumierSwitzerland1,215,8642074,864,500
53$1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’emPavel PlesuvMoldova1,201,56410,41613,905,360
39$1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’emBraxton DunawayUSA1,162,6818,31711,103,195
3$1,000 Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’emTyler BrownUSA1,000,00018,18810,730,920

Asia bracelets by Flag – 9

Asia came out very strong this year, especially the Chinese contingent with easily over 100 players making the trip to Sin City. Their presence was certainly felt with 5 players winning bracelets. Also winning one for their flag were Japan, Hong Kong, Vietnam, and India.

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Qiang Xu wins bracelet at WSOP 2023 by pokerGO
#EventWinnerFlag1st – USDEntries
Prize pool – USD
26$800 No-Limit Hold’em DeepstackRenji MaoChina402,5884,7473,341,888
37$2,000 No-Limit HoldemYuan LiChina524,7771,9623,492,360
42$800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em DeepstackQiang XuChina339,0333,7732,656,192
44$3,000 No-Limit HoldemYang ZhangChina717,8791,7354,632,450
65$5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’emWeiran PuChina938,2441,1995,515,400
36$3,000 Nine Game MixRyutaro SuzukiJapan221,124361963,870
57$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit OmahaKa Kwan LauHong Kong2,294,75644910,551,500
83$1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’emThai HaVietnam111,170363484,605
O-20$777 No Limit Hold’em Lucky 7sNipun JavaIndia195,1519541,087,800

Deepest Main Event run by Asia & Pacific

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Anirban Das – Photo by pokerGO
Deepest Main Event per Flag (Asia & Pacific)
PlayerPlace
IndiaAnirban Das16th
JapanMasato Yokosawa45th
AustraliaDaniel Dzian52nd
TaiwanI-Chun Chiu133rd
ChinaQuan Zhou152nd
KoreaKwanghwan Park315th
Hong KongLok Ming Chan465th
ThailandPunnat Punsri541st
PhilippinesWilliam Ysmael624th
MalaysiaVictor Chong838th
SingaporeFeng Zhao1107th

Anirban Das and Masato Yokosawa share their 2023 WSOP Main Event experience after falling in Day 7

Asian players with 10 or more cashes

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Pete Yen Han Chen – Photo by Pokernews
PlayerFlagLive Cash
Online Cash
Pete ChenTaiwan103
Anson TsangHong Kong7
Quan ZhouChina11
Hon Cheong LeeHong Kong82
Sheng Chao ZhuChina10
Xixiang LuoChina10

Most Final Table cashes (Asia)

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Nozomu Shimizu – Photo by WSOP / Pokernews

Nozomu Shimuzu:

  • 3rd – Event 12: $5K Freezeout NLH 8-Handed
  • 3rd – Event 22: $10K Limit Hold’em Championship
  • 3rd – Event 94: $5K 8-Handed NLH

Pete Chen:

  • 7th – Online Event 5: $400 NLH 8-Max
  • 3rd – Event 70: $400 COLOSSUS NLH
  • 5th – Event 89: $1K Flip & Go NLH

Most Final Table cashes (ROW)

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Chance Kornuth – Photo by WSOP / Pokernews

Chance Kornuth:

  • 2nd – Event 2: $25K High Roller 6-Handed NLH
  • 4th – Event 29: $100K High Roller NLH
  • 5th – Event 40: $250K Super High Roller NLH
  • 4th – Online Event 8: $3,200 NLH High Roller
  • 9th – Event 57: $25K High Roller PLO

Biggest prize pool jumps from 2022 to 2023

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2022 Prize pool
76$10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship10,04393,399,9008,66380,782,475
40$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em6917,181,0005613,944,000
53$1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em10,41613,905,3607,96110,627,935
39$1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em8,31711,103,1956,5018,678,835
57$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha44910,551,5002646,237,000
71$50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha2009,550,0001065,074,750
29$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em938,997,750625,998,500
84$50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em1768,404,000974,643,875
48$1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship8,1807,280,2007,1886,397,320
70$400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em15,8946,000,00013,5654,476,450
72$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em6425,970,6004193,907,175
23$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em1245,921,0001014,835,375
65$5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em1,1995,515,4009204,243,500
90$10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship5505,115,0003943,674,050
44$3,000 No-Limit Holdem1,7354,632,4501,2403,310,800
79$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em2,0684,601,3001,3643,034,900
59$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em1,5984,266,6601,3593,628,530
94$5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em8133,739,8005732,642,963
62$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha2,0762,771,4601,2341,647,390
82$3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha1,0132,704,7107191,919,730
19$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em1,1372,529,8257521,673,200
68$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em2,8242,513,3601,2821,140,980
86$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em1,4172,495,7768651,495,363
56$500 SALUTE to Warriors – No-Limit Hold’em4,3031,936,3503,2091,444,050
31$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em; Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack2,7591,407,0902,1071,074,570
22$10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship1341,246,20092857,900

2023 WSOP Bracelet Winners – 95

#EventChampionFlag1st – USDEntries
Prize pool – USD
1$500 Casino Employees NLHPeter ThaiUSA75,5351,015426,300
2$25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’emAlexandre VuilleumierSwitzerland1,215,8642074,864,500
3$1,000 Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’emTyler BrownUSA1,000,00018,18810,730,920
4Tournament of ChampionsRonnie DayUSA200,0007411,000,000
5$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-HandedChad EveslageUSA131,879456608,760
6$5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em Pot-Limit OmahaMichael MoncekUSA534,4995672,608,200
7$1,500 Limit Hold’emVadim ShlezUkraine146,835527703,545
8$25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em ChampionshipChanracy KhunCanada507,020641,504,000
9$1,500 Seven Card StudNick SchulmanUSA110,800360482,600
10$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed ChampionshipChad EveslageUSA311,4281151,069,500
11$600 No-Limit Hold’em DeepstackKenneth O’DonnellUSA351,0986,0763,098,760
12$5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 8-HandedJeremy EyerUSA649,5507353,381,000
13$600 Pot-Limit Omaha DeepstackJoseph AltomonteUSA217,1023,2001,632,000
14$10,000 Seven Card Stud ChampionshipBrian YoonUSA311,4331301,209,000
15$1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’emRafael ReisBrazil465,5012,4543,276,090
16$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-HandedIsaac HaxtonUSA1,698,2152646,204,000
17$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or BetterJim CollopyUSA262,5421,1431,525,905
18$300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold’emJason SimonUSA499,85223,0885,679,648
19$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’emValentino KonakchievBulgaria435,9241,1372,529,825
20$1,500 BadugiMichael RodriguesPortugal144,678516688,860
21$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-HandedStephen NahmCanada267,9912,0171,795,130
22$10,000 Limit Hold’em ChampionshipJosh AriehUSA316,2261341,246,200
23$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’emLeon SturmGermany1,546,0241245,921,000
24$1,500 RazzDavid “ODB” BakerUSA152,991556742,260
25$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better ChampionshipBen LambUSA492,7952121,971,600
26$800 No-Limit Hold’em DeepstackRenji MaoChina402,5884,7473,341,888
27$1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-HandedShaun DeebUSA198,8547891,053,315
28$1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’emBenjamin EctorUSA406,4032,0462,731,410
29$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’emJans ArendsNetherlands2,576,729938,997,750
30$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple DrawJohn MonnetteUSA145,863522696,870
31$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em; Pot Limit Omaha DeepstackScott DulaneyUSA194,1552,7591,407,090
32$3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’emMark IoliUSA558,2661,2413,313,470
33$10,000 Razz ChampionshipJerry WongUSA298,682102948,600
34$1,500 Pot-Limit OmahaSean TrohaUSA298,1921,3551,808,925
35$10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold’emChris KlodnickiUSA733,3175685,282,400
36$3,000 Nine Game MixRyutaro SuzukiJapan221,124361963,870
37$2,000 No-Limit HoldemYuan LiChina524,7771,9623,492,360
38$10,000 Limit2-7 Lowball Triple Draw ChampionshipBenny GlaserUK311,4281301,209,000
39$1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’emBraxton DunawayUSA1,162,6818,31711,103,195
40$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’emChris BrewerUSA5,293,5566917,181,000
41$1,500 Big OScott AbramsUSA315,2031,4581,946,430
42$800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em DeepstackQiang XuChina339,0333,7732,656,192
43$50,000 Poker Players ChampionshipBrian RastUSA1,324,747994,727,250
44$3,000 No-Limit HoldemYang ZhangChina717,8791,7354,632,450
45$1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi LowWilliam LeffingwellUSA253,6511,0911,456,485
46$500 Freezeout No-Limit HoldemJay LockettUSA262,5265,3422,243,640
47$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.Yuri DzivielevskiBrazil207,6888361,116,060
48$1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em ChampionshipLonnie HallettCanada765,7318,1807,280,200
49$1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’emPengfei WangUSA270,7002,2262,971,710
50$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ChampionshipLou GarzaUSA1,309,2327316,798,300
51$1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’emSatoshi TanakaUSA95,3311,2821,140,980
52$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw LowballNick PupilloUSA181,978353785,425
53$1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’emPavel PlesuvMoldova1,201,56410,41613,905,360
54$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. ChampionshipMike GorodinskyUSA422,7471851,720,500
55$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or BetterMarcin HoreckiPoland155,275566755,610
56$500 SALUTE to Warriors – No-Limit Hold’emSteven GenoveseUSA217,9214,3031,936,350
57$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit OmahaKa Kwan LauHong Kong2,294,75644910,551,500
58$3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold’emJason DalyUSA165,250623702,210
59$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’emRobert SchulzAustria675,2751,5984,266,660
60$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball DrawJason MercierUSA151,276548731,580
61$1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’emKlaus IlkAustria371,6033,1212,777,690
62$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit OmahaDavid SimonUSA410,6592,0762,771,460
63$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better ChampionshipRyan MillerUSA344,6771411,311,300
64$600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’emDavid GuayCanada271,0324,3032,194,530
65$5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’emWeiran PuChina938,2441,1995,515,400
66$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or BetterWilliam KoppUSA259,5491,1241,501,875
67$1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em ChampionshipTamar AbrahamUSA192,1671,2951,152,550
68$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’emGabriel SchroederBrazil228,6322,8242,513,360
69$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw ChampionshipChris BrewerUSA367,5991541,432,200
70$400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’emMoshe RefaelowitzIsrael501,12015,8946,000,000
71$50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit OmahaJesse LonisUSA2,303,0172009,550,000
72$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’emPhil HellmuthUSA803,8186425,970,600
73$2,500 Mixed Big Bet EventJulio BelluscioArgentina190,240377838,825
74$1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’emBradley GaffordUSA549,5555,2574,678,730
75$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better ChampionshipHassan KamelAustralia598,6132472,297,100
76$10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World ChampionshipDaniel WeinmanUSA12,100,00010,04393,399,900
77$777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’emShawn DanielsUSA777,7777,3004,991,448
78$1,500 BOUNTY Pot-Limit OmahaThomas SkaggsUSA171,7421,2141,620,690
79$2,500 No-Limit Hold’emSamuel BernabeuSpain682,4322,0684,601,300
80$25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.Josh AriehUSA711,3131122,632,000
81$600 Ultra Stack – No-limit Hold’emJoseph Roh401,2507,2073,675,570
82$3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit OmahaMatthew ParryUSA480,1221,0132,704,710
83$1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’emThai HaVietnam111,170363484,605
84$50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’emAlex KulevHungary2,087,0731768,404,000
85$1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold’emFaraz JakaUSA237,3679871,317,645
86$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’emDiego VenturaPeru402,0541,4172,495,776
87$2,500 MixedBradley SmithCanada221,7334601,023,500
88$1,500 The Closer – No-Limit Hold’emPierre ShumUSA606,8103,5314,713,885
89$1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold’em Presented by GG PokerDong MengUSA160,490128911,360
90$10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em ChampionshipAlexandre ReardFrance1,057,6635505,115,000
91$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.Ryan MillerUSA208,460331883,770
92$1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’emKang Hyun LeeCanada236,7411,7101,521,900
93$10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’emMartin NielsenFaroe Islands270,160106985,800
94$5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’emAlex KeatingUSA701,6888133,739,800
95$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’emPaul BergerUSA212,6451,4821,318,980

2023 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners – 20

#EventChampiomFlag1st – USDEntries
Prize pool – USD
1$333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip OffCody BellUSA87,6652,116634,800
2$500 No-Limit Hold’em Bankroll BuilderIan MatakisUSA120,6861,942873,900
3$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em DeepstackRyan HughesUSA145,059987888,300
4$600 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra DeepstackDanny WongUSA130,6481,656894,240
5$400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-MaxGary BelyalovskyUSA121,8542,451882,360
6$500 No-Limit Hold’em TurboHarley BrooksUSA134,5271,879845,550
7$500 PLO 8-MaxJoe SerockUSA93,9111,122504,900
8$3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High RollerJeremy AusmusUSA360,0363211,489,600
9$1,000 PLO ChampionshipStanislav BarshakUSA128,842674606,600
10$400 No-Limit Ultra DeepstackRyan EriquezzoUSA145,3752,9011,044,360
11$888 No-Limit Hold’em Crazy 8’sRobert ComoUSA227,0011,6791,343,200
12$500 No-Limit Hold’em DeepstackThomas HallUK176,9201,7541,210,950
13$5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller ChampionshipSam SoverelUSA393,5164082,040,000
14$400 No-Limit Hold’em TurboZachary GrechUSA107,5041,767636,119
15No-Limit Hold’em ChampionshipBlaze GaspariUSA224,8161,3651,228,500
16$600 Online Deepstack ChampionshipVitor DzivielevskiBrazil185,3162,1571,164,779
17$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max ChampionshipTom MarcheseUSA195,9631,1701,053,000
18$2,000 Freezeout ChampionshipJulien SitbonFrance176,3485511,019,349
19$500 NL Hold’em Summer SaverChristian RobertsVenezuela154,3591,301970,200
20$777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’sNipun JavaIndia-USA195,1519541,087,800
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