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One hand changed everything Atlanta’s Daniel Weinman is the new champion of the poker world, winning the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event in a quick, two-hour final day. The Georgia Tech grad won the biggest prize in Main Event history, $12.1 million, triumphing over a field of 10,043 players, far and away the… Read more »
Though the eyes of the poker world are on the final three players in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event, Monday is also a big day for smaller buy-in, regional players, as it marks the start of the 2023-2023 WSOP Circuit season. Aside from a holiday break in December, the schedule is nearly… Read more »
We will know who the newest World Series of Poker Main Event champion is later tonight or, if it goes like some final days have gone, tomorrow morning. Just three players – Steven Jones, Daniel Weinman, and Adam Walton – remain, battling it out for astronomical prize money. It’s anyone’s bracelet at this point. Jones… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker has certainly been one for the record books. Besides the five new members of the Six Bracelet Club (Josh Arieh, Jeremy Ausmus, Shaun Deeb, Jason Mercier, and newly inducted Poker Hall of Famer Brian Rast) and the record-breaking non-Texas Hold’em tournaments, the 2023 WSOP Championship Event shattered the record… Read more »
It all comes down to this. In what was a rather quick evening – at least when it comes to determining the final table – the 2023 World Series of Poker has worked its way to its final nine combatants. While they are taking a well-deserved day off on Saturday, Adam Walton will be able… Read more »
In golf, the third day of a tournament is usually called “Moving Day” because the players who truly stake themselves as contenders to win the title make their biggest moves up the leaderboard. The same holds true in the late stages of a poker tournament – the players who are poised to battle it out… Read more »
It seems like the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event has been going on forever – and there are still four more days to go – but, in reality, it has only been in action for the past ten days. Day Six is now in the books, with 49 players left on the battlegrounds,… Read more »
Those remaining in the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event can look at things one of two ways: a) they need to outlast 140 more players to make the final table, or b) survive three more days. Either way, as close as the 149 players are to the promised land, they are still very… Read more »
More than 1,000 players were eliminated on Monday in the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event as the money bubble burst and the field was whittled to just 441 players. Now, a 441-entrant tournament is still a large contest, but it is as far cry from the 10,043 players who began the Main… Read more »
All of the surviving players from the different Day 2 flights came together in a unified field on Sunday for Day 3 of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. When the night came to a close, 1,517 of the record-breaking 10,043 players remained, with Antonio Mallol Heredia leading the way with 1,899,000… Read more »
The 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event is certainly one for the record books. After two levels of late registration concluded on Saturday, the official count for the largest Championship Event of all time was set. By the end of the night, two players had eclipsed Day 2ABC chip leader Christopher Brammer to take… Read more »
So, has there been anything that happened over the past couple of days at the 2023 World Series of Poker? As expected, the 2023 WSOP Championship Event soared past the record for most players on Day 1D of the event. Thursday afternoon, Day 1D eclipsed the 8773-player mark to become the largest Championship Event in… Read more »
The third of four Day Ones at the 2023 World Series of Poker Championship Event is in the books, and it is leading towards what could be a historic moment. Christopher Brammer packed up a stack of 366,100 chips in what has, to date, been the largest day of action at the WSOP. That is… Read more »
Two starting flights down, two to go. The 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event is halfway through its four Day 1s and it is still Day 1A’s Yehuda Dayan who enjoys the chip lead, advancing to Day 2A with 389,900 chips. Nobody from Day 1B eclipsed the 300,000-chip mark, but several ended the night… Read more »
The World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off on Monday as more than 1,000 hopefuls paid the $10,000 to participate in the most famous poker tournament on Earth. Tournament organizers have been confident all year that this one will break the 2006 record of 8,776 entrants. Last year’s Main Event came within 100 of… Read more »
Tamar Abraham Wins $1,000 Ladies Event Winning your first World Series of Poker bracelet is special. Winning it in against a historically large field is even better. That’s what Tamar Abraham did Sunday, grabbing the crown in the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship. With 1,295 players, it was the largest field in the event’s history,… Read more »
Chris Brewer got emotional a couple weeks ago when he won his first-ever World Series of Poker bracelet after years of coming close. With the “one of the best to never win one” title shed, perhaps he was a little more relaxed, as this past weekend, he won his second, taking the crown in Event… Read more »
Phil Hellmuth has done it again. In one of the top moments of the 2023 World Series of Poker, the 1989 World Champion once again etched his name into the record books, winning his seventeenth WSOP bracelet in Event #72, the $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em tournament. At a table that included another… Read more »
The Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas are buzzing on this, the fourth weekend of action at the 2023 World Series of Poker. The Ladies’ Championship has reached the money and should be looking at setting a final table on Saturday. Around the felt battlegrounds, Ryan Miller was able to vanquish Bryn Kenney in what was… Read more »
One thing that doesn’t get enough attention is the “women-only” tournaments in the world of poker. Unless a man takes on the dubious challenge of entering one of these tournaments (as is permissible by law, but just because it is permissible doesn’t make it right), you usually don’t hear about it. Thus, it is a… Read more »
Since roughly 2018, poker professional Shaun Deeb has etched his name in the hunt for the prestigious World Series of Poker Player of the Year award. 2018 would see Deeb take down the title and, in 2019, he barely missed out on repeating as the POY when Robert Campbell passed him. Last year, Deeb came… Read more »
One of the great things about the 2023 World Series of Poker is that it seems to have been bringing more attention to the non-Texas Hold’em tournaments. Whether they are High Roller events or mixed game tournaments, these disciplines of poker are certainly demonstrating that they are viable and extremely popular around the Horseshoe and… Read more »
When the World Series of Poker introduced online bracelet events years ago, many people scoffed at the idea, decrying the step away from traditional, live, poker. But like most things, people got used to it and now the online events are a normal part of the WSOP. And, of course, the great thing about them… Read more »
Canadian Lonnie Hallett foiled those who were looking to witness history Monday, as he defeated Poker Hall of Famer Billy Baxter heads-up to win the 2023 World Series of Poker $1,000 Seniors Event. It was history-making for Hallett, though, as it marked the first gold bracelet win of his career and a $765,731. Hallett went… Read more »
The first month of the 2023 World Series of Poker has seen several historic moments, but, arguably, Thursday was one of the biggest. In one of the marquee events of the WSOP, Brian Rast earned his third-ever title in the event (and sixth WSOP bracelet overall) against what was a power-packed final table. Elsewhere around… Read more »
