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

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)

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)

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

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

Record breaking WSOP Main Event, 10,043 entries, $93M+ prize pool; 678 tables strong; drama erupts over payout distribution

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.

#	Event	Winner	Flag	1st -USD	Entries	Prize pool – USD
5	$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed	Chad Eveslage	USA	131,879	456	608,760
10	$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship	Chad Eveslage	USA	311,428	115	1,069,500
40	$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	Chris Brewer	USA	5,293,556	69	17,181,000
69	$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	Chris Brewer	USA	367,599	154	1,432,200
22	$10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship	Josh Arieh	USA	316,226	134	1,246,200
80	$25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.	Josh Arieh	USA	711,313	112	2,632,000

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.

				t in USD	Entries	Prize pool in USD
76	$10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship	Daniel Weinman	USA	12,100,000	10,043	93,399,900
40	$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	Chris Brewer	USA	5,293,556	69	17,181,000
29	$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	Jans Arends	Netherlands	2,576,729	93	8,997,750
71	$50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha	Jesse Lonis	USA	2,303,017	200	9,550,000
57	$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	2,294,756	449	10,551,500
84	$50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em	Alex Kulev	Hungary	2,087,073	176	8,404,000
16	$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed	Isaac Haxton	USA	1,698,215	264	6,204,000
23	$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	Leon Sturm	Germany	1,546,024	124	5,921,000
43	$50,000 Poker Players Championship	Brian Rast	USA	1,324,747	99	4,727,250
50	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	Lou Garza	USA	1,309,232	731	6,798,300
2	$25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em	Alexandre Vuilleumier	Switzerland	1,215,864	207	4,864,500
53	$1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	1,201,564	10,416	13,905,360
39	$1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em	Braxton Dunaway	USA	1,162,681	8,317	11,103,195
3	$1,000 Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’em	Tyler Brown	USA	1,000,000	18,188	10,730,920

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.

#	Event	Winner	Flag	1st – USD	Entries	Prize pool – USD
26	$800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	Renji Mao	China	402,588	4,747	3,341,888
37	$2,000 No-Limit Holdem	Yuan Li	China	524,777	1,962	3,492,360
42	$800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	Qiang Xu	China	339,033	3,773	2,656,192
44	$3,000 No-Limit Holdem	Yang Zhang	China	717,879	1,735	4,632,450
65	$5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	Weiran Pu	China	938,244	1,199	5,515,400
36	$3,000 Nine Game Mix	Ryutaro Suzuki	Japan	221,124	361	963,870
57	$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	2,294,756	449	10,551,500
83	$1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em	Thai Ha	Vietnam	111,170	363	484,605
O-20	$777 No Limit Hold’em Lucky 7s	Nipun Java	India	195,151	954	1,087,800

Deepest Main Event run by Asia & Pacific

Deepest Main Event per Flag (Asia & Pacific)	Player	Place
India	Anirban Das	16th
Japan	Masato Yokosawa	45th
Australia	Daniel Dzian	52nd
Taiwan	I-Chun Chiu	133rd
China	Quan Zhou	152nd
Korea	Kwanghwan Park	315th
Hong Kong	Lok Ming Chan	465th
Thailand	Punnat Punsri	541st
Philippines	William Ysmael	624th
Malaysia	Victor Chong	838th
Singapore	Feng Zhao	1107th

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

Asian players with 10 or more cashes

Player	Flag	Live Cash	Online Cash
Pete Chen	Taiwan	10	3
Anson Tsang	Hong Kong	7
Quan Zhou	China	11
Hon Cheong Lee	Hong Kong	8	2
Sheng Chao Zhu	China	10
Xixiang Luo	China	10

Most Final Table cashes (Asia)

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)

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

#	Event	Entries	Prize Pool	2022 Entries	2022 Prize pool
76	$10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship	10,043	93,399,900	8,663	80,782,475
40	$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	69	17,181,000	56	13,944,000
53	$1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em	10,416	13,905,360	7,961	10,627,935
39	$1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em	8,317	11,103,195	6,501	8,678,835
57	$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha	449	10,551,500	264	6,237,000
71	$50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha	200	9,550,000	106	5,074,750
29	$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	93	8,997,750	62	5,998,500
84	$50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em	176	8,404,000	97	4,643,875
48	$1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship	8,180	7,280,200	7,188	6,397,320
70	$400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em	15,894	6,000,000	13,565	4,476,450
72	$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	642	5,970,600	419	3,907,175
23	$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	124	5,921,000	101	4,835,375
65	$5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	1,199	5,515,400	920	4,243,500
90	$10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship	550	5,115,000	394	3,674,050
44	$3,000 No-Limit Holdem	1,735	4,632,450	1,240	3,310,800
79	$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em	2,068	4,601,300	1,364	3,034,900
59	$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	1,598	4,266,660	1,359	3,628,530
94	$5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	813	3,739,800	573	2,642,963
62	$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha	2,076	2,771,460	1,234	1,647,390
82	$3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	1,013	2,704,710	719	1,919,730
19	$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	1,137	2,529,825	752	1,673,200
68	$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	2,824	2,513,360	1,282	1,140,980
86	$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	1,417	2,495,776	865	1,495,363
56	$500 SALUTE to Warriors – No-Limit Hold’em	4,303	1,936,350	3,209	1,444,050
31	$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em; Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack	2,759	1,407,090	2,107	1,074,570
22	$10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship	134	1,246,200	92	857,900

2023 WSOP Bracelet Winners – 95

#	Event	Champion	Flag	1st – USD	Entries	Prize pool – USD
1	$500 Casino Employees NLH	Peter Thai	USA	75,535	1,015	426,300
2	$25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em	Alexandre Vuilleumier	Switzerland	1,215,864	207	4,864,500
3	$1,000 Mystery Millions – No-Limit Hold’em	Tyler Brown	USA	1,000,000	18,188	10,730,920
4	Tournament of Champions	Ronnie Day	USA	200,000	741	1,000,000
5	$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed	Chad Eveslage	USA	131,879	456	608,760
6	$5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em Pot-Limit Omaha	Michael Moncek	USA	534,499	567	2,608,200
7	$1,500 Limit Hold’em	Vadim Shlez	Ukraine	146,835	527	703,545
8	$25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship	Chanracy Khun	Canada	507,020	64	1,504,000
9	$1,500 Seven Card Stud	Nick Schulman	USA	110,800	360	482,600
10	$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship	Chad Eveslage	USA	311,428	115	1,069,500
11	$600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	Kenneth O’Donnell	USA	351,098	6,076	3,098,760
12	$5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed	Jeremy Eyer	USA	649,550	735	3,381,000
13	$600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	Joseph Altomonte	USA	217,102	3,200	1,632,000
14	$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship	Brian Yoon	USA	311,433	130	1,209,000
15	$1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	Rafael Reis	Brazil	465,501	2,454	3,276,090
16	$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed	Isaac Haxton	USA	1,698,215	264	6,204,000
17	$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	Jim Collopy	USA	262,542	1,143	1,525,905
18	$300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold’em	Jason Simon	USA	499,852	23,088	5,679,648
19	$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	Valentino Konakchiev	Bulgaria	435,924	1,137	2,529,825
20	$1,500 Badugi	Michael Rodrigues	Portugal	144,678	516	688,860
21	$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed	Stephen Nahm	Canada	267,991	2,017	1,795,130
22	$10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship	Josh Arieh	USA	316,226	134	1,246,200
23	$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	Leon Sturm	Germany	1,546,024	124	5,921,000
24	$1,500 Razz	David “ODB” Baker	USA	152,991	556	742,260
25	$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	Ben Lamb	USA	492,795	212	1,971,600
26	$800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	Renji Mao	China	402,588	4,747	3,341,888
27	$1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed	Shaun Deeb	USA	198,854	789	1,053,315
28	$1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	Benjamin Ector	USA	406,403	2,046	2,731,410
29	$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	Jans Arends	Netherlands	2,576,729	93	8,997,750
30	$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw	John Monnette	USA	145,863	522	696,870
31	$600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em; Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack	Scott Dulaney	USA	194,155	2,759	1,407,090
32	$3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	Mark Ioli	USA	558,266	1,241	3,313,470
33	$10,000 Razz Championship	Jerry Wong	USA	298,682	102	948,600
34	$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	Sean Troha	USA	298,192	1,355	1,808,925
35	$10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	Chris Klodnicki	USA	733,317	568	5,282,400
36	$3,000 Nine Game Mix	Ryutaro Suzuki	Japan	221,124	361	963,870
37	$2,000 No-Limit Holdem	Yuan Li	China	524,777	1,962	3,492,360
38	$10,000 Limit2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship	Benny Glaser	UK	311,428	130	1,209,000
39	$1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold’em	Braxton Dunaway	USA	1,162,681	8,317	11,103,195
40	$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	Chris Brewer	USA	5,293,556	69	17,181,000
41	$1,500 Big O	Scott Abrams	USA	315,203	1,458	1,946,430
42	$800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	Qiang Xu	China	339,033	3,773	2,656,192
43	$50,000 Poker Players Championship	Brian Rast	USA	1,324,747	99	4,727,250
44	$3,000 No-Limit Holdem	Yang Zhang	China	717,879	1,735	4,632,450
45	$1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi Low	William Leffingwell	USA	253,651	1,091	1,456,485
46	$500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem	Jay Lockett	USA	262,526	5,342	2,243,640
47	$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	Yuri Dzivielevski	Brazil	207,688	836	1,116,060
48	$1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship	Lonnie Hallett	Canada	765,731	8,180	7,280,200
49	$1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	Pengfei Wang	USA	270,700	2,226	2,971,710
50	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	Lou Garza	USA	1,309,232	731	6,798,300
51	$1,000 TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold’em	Satoshi Tanaka	USA	95,331	1,282	1,140,980
52	$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball	Nick Pupillo	USA	181,978	353	785,425
53	$1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em	Pavel Plesuv	Moldova	1,201,564	10,416	13,905,360
54	$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	Mike Gorodinsky	USA	422,747	185	1,720,500
55	$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	Marcin Horecki	Poland	155,275	566	755,610
56	$500 SALUTE to Warriors – No-Limit Hold’em	Steven Genovese	USA	217,921	4,303	1,936,350
57	$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha	Ka Kwan Lau	Hong Kong	2,294,756	449	10,551,500
58	$3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold’em	Jason Daly	USA	165,250	623	702,210
59	$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	Robert Schulz	Austria	675,275	1,598	4,266,660
60	$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	Jason Mercier	USA	151,276	548	731,580
61	$1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em	Klaus Ilk	Austria	371,603	3,121	2,777,690
62	$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha	David Simon	USA	410,659	2,076	2,771,460
63	$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	Ryan Miller	USA	344,677	141	1,311,300
64	$600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em	David Guay	Canada	271,032	4,303	2,194,530
65	$5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	Weiran Pu	China	938,244	1,199	5,515,400
66	$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	William Kopp	USA	259,549	1,124	1,501,875
67	$1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship	Tamar Abraham	USA	192,167	1,295	1,152,550
68	$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	Gabriel Schroeder	Brazil	228,632	2,824	2,513,360
69	$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	Chris Brewer	USA	367,599	154	1,432,200
70	$400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em	Moshe Refaelowitz	Israel	501,120	15,894	6,000,000
71	$50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha	Jesse Lonis	USA	2,303,017	200	9,550,000
72	$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	Phil Hellmuth	USA	803,818	642	5,970,600
73	$2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event	Julio Belluscio	Argentina	190,240	377	838,825
74	$1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’em	Bradley Gafford	USA	549,555	5,257	4,678,730
75	$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	Hassan Kamel	Australia	598,613	247	2,297,100
76	$10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold’em World Championship	Daniel Weinman	USA	12,100,000	10,043	93,399,900
77	$777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em	Shawn Daniels	USA	777,777	7,300	4,991,448
78	$1,500 BOUNTY Pot-Limit Omaha	Thomas Skaggs	USA	171,742	1,214	1,620,690
79	$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em	Samuel Bernabeu	Spain	682,432	2,068	4,601,300
80	$25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.	Josh Arieh	USA	711,313	112	2,632,000
81	$600 Ultra Stack – No-limit Hold’em	Joseph Roh		401,250	7,207	3,675,570
82	$3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	Matthew Parry	USA	480,122	1,013	2,704,710
83	$1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em	Thai Ha	Vietnam	111,170	363	484,605
84	$50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em	Alex Kulev	Hungary	2,087,073	176	8,404,000
85	$1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold’em	Faraz Jaka	USA	237,367	987	1,317,645
86	$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em	Diego Ventura	Peru	402,054	1,417	2,495,776
87	$2,500 Mixed	Bradley Smith	Canada	221,733	460	1,023,500
88	$1,500 The Closer – No-Limit Hold’em	Pierre Shum	USA	606,810	3,531	4,713,885
89	$1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold’em Presented by GG Poker	Dong Meng	USA	160,490	128	911,360
90	$10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship	Alexandre Reard	France	1,057,663	550	5,115,000
91	$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	Ryan Miller	USA	208,460	331	883,770
92	$1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	Kang Hyun Lee	Canada	236,741	1,710	1,521,900
93	$10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em	Martin Nielsen	Faroe Islands	270,160	106	985,800
94	$5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	Alex Keating	USA	701,688	813	3,739,800
95	$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em	Paul Berger	USA	212,645	1,482	1,318,980

2023 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners – 20

#	Event	Champiom	Flag	1st – USD	Entries	Prize pool – USD
1	$333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off	Cody Bell	USA	87,665	2,116	634,800
2	$500 No-Limit Hold’em Bankroll Builder	Ian Matakis	USA	120,686	1,942	873,900
3	$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	Ryan Hughes	USA	145,059	987	888,300
4	$600 No-Limit Hold’em Ultra Deepstack	Danny Wong	USA	130,648	1,656	894,240
5	$400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max	Gary Belyalovsky	USA	121,854	2,451	882,360
6	$500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo	Harley Brooks	USA	134,527	1,879	845,550
7	$500 PLO 8-Max	Joe Serock	USA	93,911	1,122	504,900
8	$3,200 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller	Jeremy Ausmus	USA	360,036	321	1,489,600
9	$1,000 PLO Championship	Stanislav Barshak	USA	128,842	674	606,600
10	$400 No-Limit Ultra Deepstack	Ryan Eriquezzo	USA	145,375	2,901	1,044,360
11	$888 No-Limit Hold’em Crazy 8’s	Robert Como	USA	227,001	1,679	1,343,200
12	$500 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	Thomas Hall	UK	176,920	1,754	1,210,950
13	$5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Championship	Sam Soverel	USA	393,516	408	2,040,000
14	$400 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo	Zachary Grech	USA	107,504	1,767	636,119
15	No-Limit Hold’em Championship	Blaze Gaspari	USA	224,816	1,365	1,228,500
16	$600 Online Deepstack Championship	Vitor Dzivielevski	Brazil	185,316	2,157	1,164,779
17	$1,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max Championship	Tom Marchese	USA	195,963	1,170	1,053,000
18	$2,000 Freezeout Championship	Julien Sitbon	France	176,348	551	1,019,349
19	$500 NL Hold’em Summer Saver	Christian Roberts	Venezuela	154,359	1,301	970,200
20	$777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s	Nipun Java	India-USA	195,151	954	1,087,800