2023 - This Year in WSOP History

2023

January 12

Lon McEachern Wins Circuit Ring
ESPN Announcer tops two Normans by winning the 181-player WSOPC Thunder Valley $400 Seniors Event for $15,008. He beat his WSOP booth partner Norman Chad to a ring, and he took out second-place finisher Calvin Norman heads up for the jewelry.

February 15

La Sengphet Wins Female Record Seventh WSOP Circuit Ring
Defeats field of 159 in $250 Ladies event for $8,163 at Horseshoe Las Vegas.

March 14

Beth Hall Wins Circuit Ring
Defeats 166-player field in Parkwest Bicycle Casino $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $13,885.

March 16

Roland Israelashvili First to 200 Circuit Cashes and 400 Total Cashes
Already the leader in career cashes (WSOP + WSOP Circuit), Israelashvili notched his record 200th Circuit cash, placing 55th for $669 in the Turning Stone $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em Double Stack one day after registering his 400th overall cash (17th in the March Online Super Circuit $215 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $711). [He would also top 200 bracelet event cashes on June 26 to become the first 200-200 man]

March 27

Shaun Deeb Collects First Circuit Ring
Wins 1,070-player, $1,700 Turning Stone Main Event for $275,916 to join the WSOP Bracelet+Ring club.

March 30

Las Vegas Strip's Bally's Becomes Horseshoe Casino
Already home to the annual World Series of Poker with the neighboring Paris casino, new Horseshoe christened including new WSOP Hall of Fame Poker Room.

April 17

Joshua Reichard Ties Record With 14th Circuit Ring
Wins 954-player $1,700 No-Limit Hold 'Em in Chicago for $253,073 to catch Maurice Hawkins.

April 24

Daniel Lowery Wins 13th Circuit Ring
Wins 216-player $400 WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica opener for $16,739 and his third ring of the year to pull within one of Maurice Hawkins and Joshua Reichard for the Circuit record.

May 14

Doyle Brunson d. 2023 [age 89] (b. 8/10/1933)
Two-time WSOP Main Event winner: 1976 ($220,000) & 1977 ($340,000). Four other Main Event final tables: 1972 3rd (not officially paid), 1980 2nd ($146,000), 1982 4th ($52,000), & 1983 3rd ($108,000). Won first bracelet in 1976 $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw and last in 2005 $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max. One of four players to win multiple bracelets in consecutive years. Poker Hall of Fame 1988 & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1996.
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

May 16

Maurice Hawkins Wins Record 15th Circuit Ring
Defeats field of 92 entries in WSOPC Harrah’s Cherokee $2,200 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller for $54,599.

May 30

2023 World Series of Poker Begins
The Casino Employees tournament again opens the action, with 94 other live events on the schedule.

May 31

$500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 2 days [5/30 start])

Winner: Peter Thai ($75,535 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,015 (153 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 1

$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #2, 3 days [5/30 start])

Winner: Alexandre Vuilleumier ($1,215,864 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 207 (32 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $333 Online No-Limit Hold 'Em Triple Treys (Event #8, 1 day)

Winner: Cody Bell ($87,666 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,116 (240 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 2

$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Max (Event #5, 3 days [5/31 start])

Winner: Chad Eveslage ($131,879 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 456 (68 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #6, 2 days [6/1 start])

Winner: Michael Moncek ($534,499 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 568 (86 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 3

John Cernuto Cashes in Record-Tying 32nd Consecutive Year
Finishes 23rd in $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for $3,736 to tie Mike Sexton's record set from 1988 to 2019.

$0 WSOP Circuit Tournament of Champions Invitational (Event #4, 4 days [5/31 start])

Winner: Ronnie Day ($200,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 741 (100 paid)

Tournament was a freeroll for all players who won a WSOP bracelet or ring from July 20, 2022 to May 22, 2023.

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 3 days [6/1 start])

Winner: Vadim Shlez ($146,835 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 527 (80 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 4

$25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em (64 max) (Event #9, 3 days [6/2 start])

Winner: Chanracy Khun ($507,020 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 64 (8 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Online Bankroll Builder No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 1 day)

Winner: Ian Matakis ($120,686 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,253 (240 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Bankroll Builder No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Todd Estes ($18,623 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 156 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Bankroll Builder No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Andrew Kershaw ($16,965 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 118 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Nick Schulman Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 360 for $110,800.

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #10, 3 days [6/2 start])

Winner: Nick Schulman ($110,800 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 360 (54 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 Online DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 1 day)

Winner: Ryan Hughes ($145,059 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 688 (120 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Jim Bechtel Cashes in Record Sixth Straight Decade
Finishes 919th in the $1,000 Mystery Millions Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em for $2,000 to break a tie with Artie Cobb and Doyle Brunson.

June 5

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deep Stack Sets Record With 3,200 Players
All larger WSOP Omaha events have been online or had rebuys or re-entries.

$1,000 Mystery Millions Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 6 days [5/31 start])

Winner: Tyler Brown ($100,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 18,188 (2,514 paid)

Set record for most players in $1,000+ buyin bracelet event.

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Max (Event #11, 3 days [6/3 start])

Winner: Chad Eveslage ($311,428 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 115 (20 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Chad Eveslage Wins $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Max for Second Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 115 for $311,428 just three days after taking down the 456-player $1,500 Dealers Choice for $131,879, extending the World Series of Poker's streak to 24 straight years with at least one double winner.

$600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 2 days [6/4 start])

Winner: Kenneth O'Donnell ($351,098 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,085 (912 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 6

$5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #13, 3 days [6/4 start])

Winner: Jeremy Eyer ($649,550 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 735 (111 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$600 DeepStack Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #16, 2 days [6/5 start])

Winner: Joseph Altomonte ($217,102 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,200 (479 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $600 Online Ultra DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, 1 day)

Winner: Danny Wong ($130,648 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,031 (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 8

Brian Yoon Wins $10,000 Seven-Card Stud for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 131 for $311,433.

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #17, 3 days [6/5 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Brian Yoon ($311,433 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 131 (20 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #18, 3 days [6/6 start])

Winner: Rafael Reis ($465,501 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,454 (369 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$25,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #19, 3 days [6/6 start])

Winner: Isaac Haxton ($1,698,215 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 301 (46 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #20, 3 days [6/6 start])

Winner: Jim Collopy ($262,542 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 1,143 (172 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 9

$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #23, 3 days [6/7 start])

Winner: Valentino Konakchiev ($435,924 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,139 (171 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 10

John Spadavecchia d. 2023 [age 84] (b. 7/17/1938)
1994 WSOP Main Event 3rd place ($294,000). Won 1991 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($58,500); ERROR W or obit: 262nd in 2024 Seniors (oddly H has a different 2024 cash for him)! Maybe his son John, Jr. also plays poker!?
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Badugi (Event #24, 4 days [6/7 start])

Winner: Michael Rodrigues ($144,678 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 516 (78 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #25, 3 days [6/8 start])

Winner: Stephen Nahm ($267,991 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,017 (303 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 11

Josh Arieh Wins $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 134 for $316,226.

$10,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #26, 4 days [6/8 start])

Winner: Josh Arieh ($316,226 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 134 (21 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $400 Online NLHE 8-Max (Event #32, 1 day)

Winner: Gary Belyalovsky ($121,854 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,488 (240 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $400 PKO No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #2, 1 day)

Winner: Morgan Magee ($17,447 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 129 (30 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $400 PKO No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #2, 1 day)

Winner: Joshua Dempsey ($20,100 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 179 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$50,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #27, 3 days [6/9 start])

Winner: Leon Sturm ($1,546,024 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 124 (19 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Razz (Event #28, 3 days [6/9 start])

Winner: David 'ODB' Baker ($152,991 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 556 (84 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 12

$300 Gladiators of Poker No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #22, 6 days [6/7 start])

Winner: Jason Simon ($499,852 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 23,088 (3,174 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 13

$10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #29, 4 days [6/10 start])

Winner: Ben Lamb ($492,795 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 212 (32 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$800 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #30, 3 days [6/11 start])

Winner: Renji Mao ($402,588 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 4,747 (711 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Shaun Deeb Wins $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Max for Sixth Bracelet
Defeats field of 789 for $198,854 to move into a tie for 9th to 18th place most bracelets.

$1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Max (Event #31, 3 days [6/11 start])

Winner: Shaun Deeb ($198,854 & 6th bracelet)

Entries: 789 (119 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 14

$1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #33, 3 days [6/12 start])

Winner: Benjamin Ector ($406,403 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,046 (307 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$100,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #34, 3 days [6/12 start])

Winner: Jans Arends ($2,576,729 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 93 (14 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

John Monnette Wins $1,500 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 522 for $145,863.

$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw 6-Max (Event #35, 3 days [6/12 start])

Winner: John Monnette ($145,863 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 522 (79 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$600 No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha DeepStack 8-Max (Event #36, 2 days [6/13 start])

Winner: Scott Dulaney ($194,155 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,759 (414 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #37, 2 days [6/13 start])

Winner: Mark Ioli ($558,266 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,241 (187 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 16

$10,000 Razz (Event #38, 4 days [6/13 start])

Winner: Jerry Wong ($298,682 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 102 (19 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #39, 3 days [6/14 start])

Winner: Sean Troha ($298,192 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 1,355 (204 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #40, 3 days [6/14 start])

Winner: Chris Klodnicki ($733,317 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 568 (86 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 Nine Game Mix 7-Max (Event #41, 3 days [6/14 start])

Winner: Ryutaro Suzuki ($221,124 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 361 (55 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 17

$2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #42, 3 days [6/15 start])

Winner: Yuan Li ($524,777 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,962 (295 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 18

Benny Glaser Wins $10,000 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 130 for $311,428.

$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (Event #43, 4 days [6/15 start])

Winner: Benny Glaser ($311,428 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 130 (20 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$250,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #45, 3 days [6/16 start])

Winner: Chris Brewer ($5,293,556 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 69 (11 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Online No-Limit Hold 'Em Turbo (Event #49, 1 day)

Winner: Harley Brooks ($134,527 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,879 (289 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #3, 1 day)

Winner: Rudy Gavaldon ($20,193 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 171 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #3, 1 day)

Winner: Justin Vaysman ($20,402 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 175 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Online PLO 8-Max (Event #50, 1 day)

Winner: Joe Serock ($93,911 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 608 (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 19

Dan Cates Enters Poker Players Championship as the Terminator
Eccentric high stakes pro continues his tradition of playing in costume.

$1,500 Big O (Event #46, 3 days [6/17 start])

Winner: Scott Abrams ($315,203 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,458 (219 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$800 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #47, 2 days [6/18 start])

Winner: Qiang Xu ($339,377 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,773 (566 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 20

$1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #44, 5 days [6/16 start])

Winner: Braxton Dunaway ($1,162,681 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 8,317 (1,248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 21

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB / Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB / Big O 7-Max (Event #52, 3 days [6/19 start])

Winner: William Leffingwell ($253,651 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,091 (164 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $3,200 Online High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #55, 1 day [6/20 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jeremy Ausmus ($360,036 & 6th bracelet)

Entries: 321 (54 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #53, 2 days [6/20 start])

Winner: Jay Lockett ($262,526 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,342 (802 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Jeremy Ausmus Wins Online $3,200 High Roller for Sixth Bracelet
Defeats field of 321 for $360,036 to move into a tie for 9th to 19th most bracelets.

June 22

Brian Rast Wins $50,000 Poker Players Championship for Sixth Bracelet
Defeats field of 99 for $1,324,747 and record-tying third PPC title (matching Michael Mizrachi) to move into a tie for 9th to 20th place most bracelets.

$50,000 Poker Players Championship 7-Max (Event #48, 5 days [6/18 start])

Winner: Brian Rast ($1,324,747 & 6th bracelet)

Entries: 99 (15 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #51, 4 days [6/19 start])

Winner: Yang Zhang ($717,879 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,735 (261 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 8-Max (Event #54, 3 days [6/20 start])

Winner: Yuri Dzivielevski ($207,678 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 836 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Bounty Super Turbo Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #57, 2 days [6/21 start])

Winner: Pengfei Wang ($270,700 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,226 (334 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 Online PLO Championship (Event #61, 1 day)

Winner: Stanislav Barshak ($128,842 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 674 (99 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 24

Lou Garza Wins a Bracelet and Gives Away a Ring
Defeats field of 731 in $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max for $1,309,232 then immediately pops the question to his girlfriend Carla, who says yes.

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #58, 4 days [6/21 start])

Winner: Lou Garza ($1,309,232 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 731 (110 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #59, 3 days [6/22 start])

Winner: Michael Savakinas & Satoshi Tanaka ($190,662 & 1st bracelets)

Entries: 2,564 (386 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Event #60, 3 days [6/22 start])

Winner: Nicholas Pupillo ($181,978 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 353 (53 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 25

Billy Baxter Finishes Second in $1,000 Seniors Tourney
The seven-time bracelet winner sets a new record of 48 years between his first and last final tables, surpassing Doyle Brunson's 42 years (still the open record). Lonnie Hallett won the 8,180-player event for $765,731.

$1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #56, 5 days [6/21 start])

Winner: Lonnie Hallett ($765,731 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 8,180 (1,227 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $400 Online Ultra DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #68, 1 day)

Winner: Ryan Eriquezzo ($145,375 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 2,901 (412 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $400 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, 1 day)

Winner: David Ferus ($17,898 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 241 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $400 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, 1 day)

Winner: Christopher Nunez ($20,311 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 310 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 26

$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. 8-Max (Event #63, 4 days [6/23 start])

Winner: Mike Gorodinsky ($422,747 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 185 (28 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #64, 3 days [6/24 start])

Winner: Marcin Horecki ($155,275 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 566 (85 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 27

$500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #65, 3 days [6/25 start])

Winner: Steven Genovese ($217,921 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 4,305 (646 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #67, 3 days [6/25 start])

Winner: Jason Daly ($165,250 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 263 (40 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $888 Online Crazy 8's No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #74, 1 day)

Winner: Robert Como ($227,001 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,679 (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 28

Pavel Plesuv Wins $1,500 Millionaire Maker for Moldova's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 10,430 for $1,201,564.

$1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #62, 6 days [6/23 start])

Winner: Pavel Plesuv ($1,201,564 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 10,416 (1,561 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #66, 4 days [6/25 start])

Winner: Ka Kwan Lau ($2,294,756 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 449 (68 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #69, 3 days [6/26 start])

Winner: Robert Schulz ($675,275 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,598 (240 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 29

Jason Mercier Wins $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 7-Max for Sixth Bracelet
Defeats field of 548 for $151,276 and to move into a tie for 9th to 20th most bracelets.

$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 7-Max (Event #70, 4 days [6/26 start])

Winner: Jason Mercier ($151,276 & 6th bracelet)

Entries: 548 (83 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 30

$1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #71, 4 days [6/27 start])

Winner: Klaus Ilk ($371,603 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,121 (468 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #77, 3 days [6/28 start])

Winner: William Kopp ($259,549 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,125 (169 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Bounty Super Turbo Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #79, 2 days [6/29 start])

Winner: Gabriel Schroeder ($228,632 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,824 (424 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #72, 4 days [6/27 start])

Winner: David Simon ($410,659 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,076 (312 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8/OB (Event #73, 4 days [6/27 start])

Winner: Ryan Miller ($344,677 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 141 (22 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

William Kopp Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo to Become Second Brother/Sister Pair With Bracelets
Defeats field of 1,125 for $259,549. His sister Katie won last year's Casino Employees event.

July 1

$600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #75, 4 days [6/28 start])

Winner: David Guay ($271,032 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 4,303 (645 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

China Earns Record Fifth Bracelet of Summer
Weiran Pu's victory in the 1,199-player $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max followed wins by Yang Zhang ($3,00 No-Limit Hold 'Em), Qiang Xu ($800 No-Limit Hold 'Em Deepstack), Yuan Li ($2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em), and Renji Mao ($800 No-Limit Hold 'Em Deepstack) all in a three-week span.

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #76, 4 days [6/28 start])

Winner: Weiran Pu ($938,244 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,199 (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 2

$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #78, 4 days [6/29 start])

Winner: Tamar Abraham ($192,167 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,295 (195 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 7-Max (Event #80, 4 days [6/29 start])

Winner: Chris Brewer ($367,599 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 154 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #82, 3 days [6/30 start])

Winner: Jesse Lonis ($2,303,017 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 200 (30 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Online DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #87, 1 day)

Winner: Thomas Hall ($176,920 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,754 (371 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 1 day)

Winner: Kyle Goodman ($22,850 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 161 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 1 day)

Winner: Michael Mayer ($25,110 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 180 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Chris Brewer Wins $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 154 for $367,599 just two weeks after winning $250,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em.

$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #83, 1 day [7/1 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Phil Hellmuth ($803,818 & 17th bracelet)

Entries: 642 (97 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Phil Hellmuth Wins $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty for Record Seventeenth Bracelet
Defeats field of 642 for $803,818 to extend his bracelet lead to seven.

July 3

$400 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #81, 4 days [6/30 start])

Winner: Moshe Refaelowitz ($501,120 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 15,894 (2,369 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event 6-Max (Event #84, 3 days [7/1 start])

Winner: Julio Belluscio ($190,240 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 377 (57 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 4

October 2 Deemed "Doyle Brunson Day"
At the celebration of life for Doyle Brunson, his agent Brian Balsbaugh proposed celebrating and playing poker on 10/2 in honor of the late legend's hole cards during the final hands of both the 1976 and 1977 World Series of Poker Main Events.

$1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #85, 3 days [7/2 start])

Winner: Bradley Gafford ($549,555 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,257 (789 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB 8-Max (Event #86, 3 days [7/2 start])

Winner: Hassan Kamel ($398,613 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 247 (42 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 5

100-year-old Gene Calden Becomes Oldest to Play Main Event
The Boynton Beach, Florida resident was sponsored by the Moneymaker tour and shared the stage with Chris Moneymaker before announcing, "Shuffle up and deal!"

WSOP.com $5,300 Online High Roller Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #89, 2 days [7/3 start])

Winner: Sam Soverel ($393,516 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 408 (60 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 6

Phil Hellmuth Enters Main Event as Circus Ring Leader
Dan Cates in a lion costume and 17 models, one for each of Hellmuth's bracelets, escort him to his table for Day 1D.

WSOP.com $400 Online Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #90, 1 day)

Winner: Zachary Grech ($107,504 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,767 (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 8

WSOP.com $1,000 Online Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #93, 1 day)

Winner: Blaze Gaspari ($224,816 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,365 (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 9

Johnny Chan Cashes in Record Eleventh Main Event
Breaks tie with Berry Johnston and Allen Cunningham, eventually bowing out in 1,067th place for $17,500.

WSOP.com $600 Online DeepStack Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #94, 1 day)

Winner: Vitor Dzivielevski ($185,316 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,157 (289 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $300 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, 1 day)

Winner: Joe Midena ($17,884 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 278 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $300 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, 1 day)

Winner: Aleksey Levin ($19,776 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 302 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 10

$1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #92, 3 days [7/7 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Thomas Skaggs ($171,742 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,214 (183 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 11

$777 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #91, 3 days [7/7 start])

Winner: Shawn Daniels ($777,777 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 7,323 (1,043 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 Online Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #99, 1 day)

Winner: Tom Marchese ($195,963 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,170 (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 12

$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #95, 3 days [7/10 start])

Winner: Samuel Bernabeu ($682,436 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,068 (311 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Josh Arieh Wins $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. for Sixth Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 112 for $711,313 and to move into a tie for 9th to 22nd place most bracelets.

$25,000 H.O.R.S.E. 8-Max (Event #96, 3 days [7/10 start])

Winner: Josh Arieh ($711,313 & 6th bracelet)

Entries: 112 (17 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 13

Brian Rast Joins Poker Hall of Fame
Rast has won six bracelets, including the $50,000 Poker Player Championships three times.

$1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #100, 2 days [7/12 start])

Winner: Thai Ha ($111,170 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 363 (55 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 14

$600 Ultra Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #97, 4 days [7/11 start])

Winner: Joseph Roh ($401,250 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 7,207 (1,060 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$50,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #101, 3 days [7/12 start])

Winner: Alex Kulev ($2,087,073 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 176 (27 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #103, 2 days [7/13 start])

Winner: Diego Ventura ($402,054 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,417 (213 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max (Event #98, 4 days [7/11 start])

Winner: Matthew Parry ($480,122 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,013 (152 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 15

$1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold 'Em (2,000 max) (Event #102, 3 days [7/13 start])

Winner: Faraz Jaka ($237,367 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 987 (100 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo 8/OB/Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8/OB 8-Max (Event #104, 3 days [7/13 start])

Winner: Bradley Smith ($221,733 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 460 (69 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $2,000 Online Freezeout Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #109, 1 day)

Winner: Julien Sitbon ($176,348 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 551 (96 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #105, 2 days [7/14 start])

Winner: Pierre Shum ($606,810 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,531 (524 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Flip & Go (Event #106, 2 days [7/14 start])

Winner: Dong Meng ($160,490 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,022 (128 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 16

$10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #107, 3 days [7/14 start])

Winner: Alexandre Reard ($1,057,663 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 550 (83 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Online Summer Saver No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #112, 1 day)

Winner: Christian Roberts ($154,359 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,301 (289 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 1 day)

Winner: Nicolai Morris ($26,231 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 221 (30 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 1 day)

Winner: Elias Garney ($23,306 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 206 (29 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $777 Online Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #113, 1 day)

Winner: Nipun Java ($195,151 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 954 (207 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Kathy Liebert Becomes First Woman With 100 WSOP Cashes
Finishes 121st in $500 Summer Saver for $1,358 and the historic paycheck.

July 17

Daniel Weinman Wins 2023 Main Event for Second Bracelet
The Atlanta-based poker pro overcomes a field of 10,043 players to win $12,100,000, both Main Event records. Weinman won another bracelet in last year's $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max ($255,359) and a Circuit ring in the 2015 Harrah's Cherokee $1,675 Main Event ($280,260).

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #88, 15 days [7/3 start])

Winner: Daniel Weinman ($12,100,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 10,043 (1,507 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #110, 2 days [7/16 start])

Winner: Kang Hyun Lee ($236,741 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,710 (257 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP Paradise Introduced
The live poker tournament series will award 15 bracelets from December 3 to 14 at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas

Jason Clarke Wins Drawing for "Main Event for Life"
The 42-year-old Canadian qualified for the drawing as one of the record 10,043 players in the Main Event, where he failed to cash. Instead, he will freeroll into the next 30 WSOP Main Events, promising to donate five percent of his winnings to charity.

July 18

Ryan Miller Wins $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 8-Max for Second Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 331 players for $208,460, three weeks after winning the 141-player $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo 8/OB for $344,677. Barbara Enright finishes 4th for $62,783 to set a female record of 37 years between first and last final tables.

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 8-Max (Event #108, 4 days [7/15 start])

Winner: Ryan Miller ($208,460 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 331 (50 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #111, 3 days [7/16 start])

Winner: Martin Nielsen ($270,760 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 106 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #114, 2 days [7/17 start])

Winner: Alex Keating ($701,688 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 813 (122 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #115, 1 day)

Winner: Paul Berger ($212,645 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,482 (223 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 24

Ian Matakis Is WSOP Player of the Year
Wins Online $500 Bankroll Builder and reaches five other final tables among his 22 cashes to easily beat Shuan Deeb.

August 17

Ari Engel Wins 15th Circuit Ring to Tie Record
At the inugural WSOPC Graton Casino circuit festival, Engel defeats a field of 61 for $6,647 in the $400 H.O.R.S.E. and a field of 61 in the $400 Pot-Limit Big O for $6,564 to leapfrog over Joshua Reichard and tie Maurice Hawkins with 15 rings.

August 20

GGPoker $108 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Or Nezer ($31,330 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 7,619 (800 paid)

August 21

GGPoker $300 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, 1 day)

Winner: Vinicius Felipe ($234,707 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 9,488 (1,135 paid)

August 22

GGPoker $2,100 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 1 day)

Winner: Sergei Koliakov ($59,681 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 677 (98 paid)

August 24

GGPoker $840 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #4, 1 day)

Winner: Paulius Vaitiekunas ($24,895 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 706 (98 paid)

August 26

GGPoker $500 Ladies No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 1 day)

Winner: Jessica Marks ($16,613 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 167 (27 paid)

August 27

GGPoker $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, 1 day)

Winner: Sean Boyle ($231,821 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,207 (197 paid)

August 28

GGPoker $210 No-Limit Hold 'Em Mystery Millions Sets Record for Most Entries
A record 51,211 entries were made in the one-day online event, edging past the previous record of 51,000 from the 2022 running of the same event, which still holds the record for places paid at 4,800 (9.4%; this event only paid 8.7% or 4,472 players).

GGPoker $210 Mystery Millions No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 1 day)

Winner: Yurii Oliinyk ($354,651 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 51,211 (4,472 paid)

August 29

GGPoker $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 1 day)

Winner: Terrence Chan ($64,021 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 124 (20 paid)

August 31

GGPoker $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 1 day)

Winner: Sergio Ballestin Mur ($33,635 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,856 (368 paid)

September 2

GGPoker $1,050 Beat the Pros Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 1 day)

Winner: Leonid Yanovich ($38,261 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 956 (134 paid)

September 3

GGPoker $100 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #11, 1 day)

Winner: Jinlong Hu ($122,587 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 13,272 (798 paid)

September 4

GGPoker $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 1 day)

Winner: Peng Zhou ($326,692 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 7,506 (891 paid)

September 5

GGPoker $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #13, 1 day)

Winner: Boris Neykov ($426,171 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 487 (71 paid)

September 7

GGPoker $500 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 1 day)

Winner: Oleg Tarnovski ($47,281 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,623 (368 paid)

September 9

GGPoker $800 Ultra DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 1 day)

Winner: Panagiota Dimitrakopoulou ($153,195 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,573 (269 paid)

September 10

GGPoker $1,050 Secret Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #16, 1 day)

Winner: Geraldo Cesar Neto ($67,567 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 865 (116 paid)

WSOP.com $400 Series Kick-Off No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Joseph Pombriant ($59,974 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 838 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, 1 day)

Winner: Collin Ball ($86,768 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 184 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 12

GGPoker $5,000 Short Deck Hold 'Em (Event #17, 1 day)

Winner: Elior Sion ($153,471 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 126 (17 paid)

WSOP.com $3,200 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #3, 1 day)

Winner: John Riordan ($112,228 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 134 (15 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 14

GGPoker $777 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em 7-Max (Event #18, 1 day)

Winner: Tomi Brouk ($60,970 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,062 (296 paid)

WSOP.com $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max (Event #4, 1 day)

Winner: Calvin Anderson ($49,782 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 217 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 16

GGPoker $1,000 Double Chance No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, 1 day)

Winner: Marius Kudzmanas ($145,523 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,119 (179 paid)

WSOP.com $500 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 1 day)

Winner: Lingkun Lu ($53,011 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 516 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 17

GGPoker $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #20, 1 day)

Winner: Sven Mc Dermott ($253,823 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,358 (233 paid)

WSOP.com $888 Crazy 8's No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, 1 day)

Winner: Kristen Foxen ($92,142 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 492 (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Kristen Foxen Wins Online $888 No-Limit Hold 'Em Crazy 8's for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 492 for $92,142 to set a new women's record for bracelets, breaking a four-way tie with Nani Dollison, Barbara Enright, and Vanessa Selbst. Later in the day, she would become the first woman with back-to-back final tables in open events with a 4th place in the Online $5,300 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for $48,480.

WSOP.com $5,300 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #7, 1 day)

Winner: Calvin Anderson ($141,400 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 101 (12 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Calvin Anderson Wins Online $5,300 No-Limit Hold 'Em Super High Roller 6-Max for Fourth Bracelet, Second in Three Days
Defeats field of 101 for $141,400 after taking down $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max for $49,782.

September 18

GGPoker $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, 1 day)

Winner: Aayush Arya ($326,901 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 10,812 (1,398 paid)

GGPoker $400 PLOssus Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #22, 1 day)

Winner: Ognyan Dimov ($60,482 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,847 (423 paid)

September 19

Yuri Dzivielevski Wins Online $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for Fourth Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 153 for $368,343. His brother Vitor also won a bracelet between Yuri's two victories to make them the first siblings to win three bracelets in one year.

GGPoker $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #23, 1 day)

Winner: Yuri Dzivielevski ($368,343 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 153 (20 paid)

WSOP.com $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #8, 1 day)

Winner: Michael Gagliano ($54,042 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 513 (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 21

GGPoker $525 Superstack Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #24, 1 day)

Winner: Aram Zobian ($50,393 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,516 (368 paid)

WSOP.com $600 Turbo DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 1 day)

Winner: Matthew Stone ($48,589 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 353 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 23

GGPoker $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'Em (128 max) (Event #25, 1 day)

Winner: Artur Martirosian ($424,698 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 127 (8 paid)

WSOP.com $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 1 day)

Winner: Toby Lewis ($59,506 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 105 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 24

GGPoker $500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #26, 1 day)

Winner: Amit Ben Yacov ($76,703 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,080 (152 paid)

WSOP.com $365 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #11, 1 day)

Winner: Philip Gillespie ($58,164 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 892 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #12, 1 day)

Winner: Jesse Yaginuma ($80,612 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 230 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 25

GGPoker $5,000 Main Event - NLHE (Event #27, 1 day)

Winner: Bert Stevens ($2,783,433 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,742 (761 paid)

September 26

GGPoker $25,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #28, 1 day)

Winner: Joao Vieira ($760,396 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 145 (15 paid)

WSOP.com $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 1 day)

Winner: Daniel Chan ($51,198 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 486 (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 28

GGPoker $2,100 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #29, 1 day)

Winner: Enrique Rodriguez Cabanillas ($78,123 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 976 (134 paid)

WSOP.com $1,000 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 1 day)

Winner: Guy Dunlap ($24,330 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 191 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 30

GGPoker $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #30, 1 day)

Winner: Ben Wilinofsky ($243,934 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 228 (31 paid)

WSOP.com $500 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 1 day)

Winner: Qinghai Pan ($42,875 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 407 (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 1

GGPoker $1,500 Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #31, 1 day)

Winner: Rodrigo Seiji Sirichuk ($75,281 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,263 (170 paid)

WSOP.com $400 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #16, 1 day)

Winner: Daniel Chan ($61,125 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 489 (90 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Daniel Chan Wins $400 Colossus for Second Online Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 489 for $61,125 five days after capturing $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $51,198.

WSOP.com $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #17, 1 day)

Winner: Shannon Shorr ($89,126 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 189 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 2

GGPoker $10,300 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #32, 1 day)

Winner: David Yan ($1,538,400 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 1,140 (149 paid)

WSOP.com $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #18, 1 day)

Winner: Brian Wood ($49,897 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 435 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 3

John Riordan Wins $777 No-Limit Hold 'Em Lucky 7's for Second Online Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 346 for $61,737 three weeks after capturing $3,200 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller for $112,228.

WSOP.com $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, 1 day)

Winner: John Riordan ($61,737 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 346 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 4

WSOP.com $400 Ultra DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #20, 1 day)

Winner: Gerald Morrell ($50,217 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 611 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 5

Guy Dunlap Wins $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Super Turbo for Second Online Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 314 for $36,017 one week after capturing $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Bounty for $24,330.

WSOP.com $500 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, 1 day)

Winner: Guy Dunlap ($36,017 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 314 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 7

Anthony Holden d. 2023 [age 76] (b. 5/22/1947)
Wrote the book, Big Deal, in 1990 about his one year journey to the World Series of Poker and followed up in 2007 with Bigger Deal, which covers some of the 2005 and 2006 WSOPs. First president of the International Federation of Poker from 2009 to 2013.
Obituary | Wikipedia | Hendon

Tjan Tepeh Wins Online $500 Big 500 6-Max No-Limit Hold 'Em for Slovenia's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 377 for $43,244.

WSOP.com $500 Big 500 6-Max No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #22, 1 day)

Winner: Tjan Tepeh ($43,244 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 377 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 8

WSOP.com $600 DeepStack Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #23, 1 day)

Winner: Frank Brannan ($69,654 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 565 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Denise Pratt and Kristen Foxen Become First Women to Finish First and Second in Open Event
Pratt defeats field of 125 for $104,690 while Foxen collects 2nd prize of $68,400.

WSOP.com $3,200 High Roller Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #24, 1 day)

Winner: Denise Pratt ($104,690 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 125 (15 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 9

Erik Seidel Wins WSOP Paradise Island $50,000 Super High Roller for Tenth Bracelet
Defeats field of 137 for $1,704,400 to move into four-way tie for second most bracelets.

October 10

Ari Engel Wins Record 16th Circuit Ring
Defeats field of 117 for $10,749 in WSOPC Horseshoe Hammond $400 Omaha Eight-or-Better to break tie with Maurice Hawkins. Engel also passes Phil Hellmuth (17 bracelet & 0 rings) for most combined bracelets and rings with 18. [He would increase that to 19 with his third bracelet just three days later.]

WSOP.com $1,500 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #25, 1 day)

Winner: Edric Nicoli ($28,888 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 142 (24 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 11

WSOP.com $400 PLOssus Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max (Event #26, 1 day)

Winner: David Goodman ($30,649 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 334 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 12

Shannon Shorr Wins Second Online Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 186 for $35,539 in $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Freezeout eleven days after capturing $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Six-Max for $89,126. Remarkably, he becomes the fifth double bracelet winner in the first 27 events of the 33-tourney WSOP.com Nevada/New Jersey online series.

WSOP.com $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #27, 1 day)

Winner: Shannon Shorr ($35,539 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 186 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 13

WSOP.com $500 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #28, 1 day)

Winner: Alan Engel ($38,197 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 333 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 14

WSOP.com $600 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #29, 1 day)

Winner: Jed Hoffman ($35,100 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 255 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 Mystery Bounty Championship (MI) (Event #34, 1 day)

Winner: Steven Stolzenfeld ($18,480 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 75 (18 paid)

WSOP.com $1,000 Mystery Bounty Championship (PA) (Event #35, 1 day)

Winner: Zachary Gruneberg ($23,576 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 101 (24 paid)

October 15

WSOP.com $1,000 Online Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #30, 1 day)

Winner: Darren Rabinowitz ($91,861 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 436 (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $5,300 Super High Roller Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #31, 1 day)

Winner: Justin Lapka ($106,068 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 77 (15 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 16

WSOP.com $400 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #32, 1 day)

Winner: Karapet Galstyan ($43,395 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 424 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 17

WSOP.com $888 Fall Finale Crazy 8's No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #33, 1 day)

Winner: Mario Damiao ($75,450 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 333 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 30

WSOPE €350 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 6 days [10/25 start])

Winner: Lukas Pazma ($127,571 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,359 [1144 rebuys] (499 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 31

WSOPE €550 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #2, 5 days [10/27 start])

Winner: Omar Eljach ($69,854 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 414 [305 rebuys] (109 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 1

WSOPE €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #4, 2 days [10/31 start])

Winner: Hok Yiu Lee ($96,654 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 113 [93 rebuys] (31 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 4

WSOPE €1,350 Mini Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 7 days [10/29 start])

Winner: Sokratis Linaras ($328,971 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,304 [425 rebuys] (260 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 6

WSOPE €550 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #5, 6 days [11/1 start])

Winner: Ermanno Di Nicola ($222,971 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,453 [983 rebuys] (495 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #6, 2 days [11/5 start])

Winner: Wing Po Liu ($243,800 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 119 [83 rebuys] (31 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 7

WSOPE €1,650 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #7, 2 days [11/6 start])

Winner: Tobias Peters ($162,657 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 315 [180 rebuys] (75 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €25,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 2 days [11/6 start])

Winner: Daniel Dvoress ($636,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 72 [17 rebuys] (14 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 8

WSOPE €1,100 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 2 days [11/7 start])

Winner: Tobias Garp ($97,838 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 431 [372 rebuys] (121 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 9

WSOPE €2,000 Eight Game Mix (Event #10, 2 days [11/8 start])

Winner: Dainius Antanaitis ($50,636 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 63 [34 rebuys] (15 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €1,100 Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #11, 1 day)

Winner: Joakim Andersson ($85,171 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 354 [216 rebuys] (86 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 10

WSOPE €50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 2 days [11/9 start])

Winner: Santhosh Suvarna ($689,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 29 [8 rebuys] (6 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 12

WSOPE €1,000 Turbo Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 1 day)

Winner: Berndt Gleissner ($49,502 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 182 (28 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 14

WSOPE €550 Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 3 days [11/12 start])

Winner: Maurice Nass ($63,600 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 628 (61 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 16

Max Neugebauer Wins 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event
Defeats field of 712 (plus 105 rebuys) for $1,590,000.

WSOPE €10,350 Main Event - NLHE (Event #13, 5 days [11/10 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Max Neugebauer ($1,590,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 712 [105 rebuys] (123 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 3

WSOP Paradise Island Debuts
The $1,500 Mystery Millions is the first event to begin and attracts 3,446 entries. [Jin Hoon Lee would go on to win the $420,000 first prize, but Allan Mello actually gets the first bracelet of the festival by taking down the $1,500 Millionaire Maker in Paradise, which starts a day later but ends a day earlier.]

December 5

WSOPPI $1,500 Millionaire Maker in Paradise (Online/Live) (Event #2, 1 day [12/4 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Allan Mello ($1,000,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,496 (100 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 6

WSOPPI $1,500 Mystery Millions (Event #1, 4 days [12/3 start])

Winner: Jin Hoon Lee ($420,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,446 (338 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 7

WSOPPI $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, 3 days [12/5 start])

Winner: Martin Raus ($334,380 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,234 (335 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 8

WSOPPI $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship (Event #3, 4 days [12/5 start])

Winner: Samuel Mullur ($2,726,300 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 533 (80 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPPI $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #5, 2 days [12/7 start])

Winner: Nikolaos Lampropoulos ($871,600 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 140 (20 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPPI $2,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Online) (Event #8, 1 day)

Winner: Ben Wilinofsky ($139,379 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 668 (100 paid)

Ben Wilinofsky Wins Second Online Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 668 for $139,379 (including $26,300 in bounties) in $2,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha ten weeks after capturing $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $243,934.

December 9

WSOPPI $3,000 6-Max No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, 2 days [12/7 start])

Winner: Boris Kolev ($424,550 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 755 (114 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPPI $50,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 2 days [12/8 start])

Winner: Erik Seidel ($1,704,400 & 10th bracelet)

Entries: 137 (22 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 11

WSOPPI $100,000 Ultra High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 3 days [12/9 start])

Winner: Masashi Oya ($2,940,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 111 (17 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 13

WSOPPI $800 Flip & Go (Event #11, 2 days [12/12 start])

Winner: Artur Martirosian ($110,591 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 767 (96 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPPI $2,000 Turbo Bounty Hunter (Event #14, 1 day)

Winner: Bernardo Neves ($166,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 406 (61 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPPI $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Freezeout (Online) (Event #12, 1 day)

Winner: Anton Bardziyan ($178,261 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,336 (213 paid)

December 14

Stanislav Zegal Wins 2023 WSOP Paradise Island Main Event
Defeats field of 3,010 for $2,000,000 in $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em tournament.

WSOPPI $5,000 Main Event - NLHE Championship (Event #10, 4 days [12/9 start])

Winner: Stanislav Zegal ($2,000,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,010 (447 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPPI $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (Event #13, 2 days [12/13 start])

Winner: Dante Goya ($277,700 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 104 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 16

WSOPPI $10,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #15, 3 days [12/14 start])

Winner: Dong Chen ($411,659 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 169 (26 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon