2023 WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Steven Jones
Table Of Contents
- Final Table Profile: Steven Jones
- Seat Assignments for the Final Day
- Steven Jones' Main Event Story
- Jones' Run to the Final Table
- How Jones Got to the Final Table
- 2023 WSOP Main Event Final Table Seating
- Jones' Final Table Performance
- 2023 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payouts
- 2023 Main Event Final Table Player Stats
Final Table Profile: Steven Jones
| Seat: | 1 |
| Chip Count: | 90,300,000 |
| Big Blinds: | 75 |
| Age: | 35 |
| Hometown: | Scottsdale, Arizona |
Update: Steven Jones has made the final three of the Main Event and will battle it out for $12.1M. Click here for more info on the final three players in the 2023 WSOP Main Event.
Seat Assignments for the Final Day
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Jones | United States | 238,000,000 | 119 |
| 4 | Adam Walton | United States | 165,500,000 | 83 |
| 5 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 199,000,000 | 100 |
Steven Jones' Main Event Story
Steven Jones is an American poker player and real estate broker that resides in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Prior to his run to the WSOP Main Event final table in 2023, Jones had $245,346 in live tournament cashes. The biggest of these was $57,425 for a 9th place finish in 2018’s WSOP Event #07: $565 No Limit Hold'em Colossus. Jones also had a deep run to eighth place in the 2021 Tag Team event with his partner Zachary Erdwurm.
'This has been a life goal of mine since I was a kid."
"There's nothing that is going to beat this I don't think. This has been a life goal of mine since I was a kid. It really hasn't sunk in yet all the way but I'm going to try to be present in the moment and enjoy every second."
Jones' Run to the Final Table
Jones was in early form on Day 1c when he nearly finished in the top 200 in a field of 3,080. From there, he maintained the pace with top-200 finishes on Day 2abc and Day 3, but he fell to the bottom quarter of the pack on Day 4 with only 29 big blinds in the bag for a field of 441 returning on Day 5.
Jones stayed in the back of the pack on Day 5, turning in a 96th-best bag of 2,770,000 in a returning field of 149. Day 6 was much of the same with a bag of 6,250,000 for Day 7, good for 36th of the returning 49.
It was on Day 7 that Jones won over 60,000,000 chips and found himself in the fourth spot on the leaderboard with 15 players coming back on Day 8 for their shot at final table glory.
Jones secured his spot on Day 8 with another remarkable run that included a gutsy call with ace-high to catch the bluff of Adam Walton. Jones will sit down in Seat 1 at the 2023 Main Event final table with the second-most chips at the start of the day.
"It's the craziest thing. I don't even feel like I've accomplished anything yet. I'm not even looking at the money. I haven't looked at pay jumps since there were 20 people left. My goal is the first place."
How Jones Got to the Final Table
| Day | Chips | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1c | 148,500 | 204/2,326 |
| 2abc | 336,000 | 167/1877 |
| 3 | 808,000 | 163/1,518 |
| 4 | 720,000 | 309/441 |
| 5 | 2,770,000 | 96/149 |
| 6 | 6,250,000 | 36/49 |
| 7 | 67,900,000 | 4/15 |
| 8 | 90,300,000 | 2/9 |
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2023 WSOP Main Event Final Table Seating
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steven Jones | United States | 90,300,000 | 75 |
| 2 | Juan Maceiras | Spain | 68,000,000 | 57 |
| 3 | Daniel Holzner | Italy | 31,900,000 | 27 |
| 4 | Adam Walton | United States | 143,800,000 | 120 |
| 5 | Ruslan Prydryk | Ukraine | 50,700,000 | 42 |
| 6 | Dean Hutchison | United Kingdom | 41,700,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 19,800,000 | 17 |
| 8 | Daniel Weinman | United States | 81,700,000 | 68 |
| 9 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 74,600,000 | 62 |
Jones' Final Table Performance
Jones started Day 9 in second place with nine players left in the event. His stack of 90,300 was only behind Adam Walton with his stack of 143,800,000.
Over the course of the day, Jones steadily build his stack. He started strong, eliminating Daniel Holzner in ninth place for $900,000.
Jones was also responsible for sending Toby Lewis to the rail in seventh place for $1,425,000.
By the time Jan-Peter Jachtmann (4th-$3,000,000) became the final casualty of Day 9, Jones had taken the chiplead with 238,000,000 in his stack. Day 9 ended with three players left. Jones, Walton, and Daniel Weinman, all of whom were scheduled to return for Day 10, when they were expected to play down to the winner.
2023 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $12,100,000 | ||
| 2 | $6,500,000 | ||
| 3 | $4,000,000 | ||
| 4 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | $3,000,000 |
| 5 | Ruslan Prydryk | Ukraine | $2,400,000 |
| 6 | Dean Hutchison | Scotland | $1,850,000 |
| 7 | Toby Lewis | England | $1,425,000 |
| 8 | Juan Maceiras | Spain | $1,125,000 |
| 9 | Daniel Holzner | Italy | $900,000 |
2023 Main Event Final Table Player Stats
| Player | Country | First Cash | WSOP Cashes | Career Earnings | Biggest Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Walton | United States | 2009 | 20 | $989,037 | $283,072 |
| Steven Jones | United States | 2016 | 23 | $245,346 | $57,425 |
| Daniel Weinman | United States | 2010 | 69 | $3,757,357 | $892,433 |
| Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 2003 | 17 | $1,907,632 | $661,000 |
| Juan Maceiras | Spain | 2006 | 2 | $1,126,121 | $467,532 |
| Ruslan Prydryk | Ukraine | 2009 | 1 | $461,758 | $104,637 |
| Dean Hutchison | United Kingdom | 2010 | 9 | $723,865 | $154,000 |
| Daniel Holzner | Italy | 2012 | 1 | $25,517 | $5,944 |
| Toby Lewis | United Kingdom | 2009 | 48 | $8,213,474 | $1,235,204 |
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