The Complete Overview of the 2023 World Series of Poker

July 25, 2023

Calum Grant Editor & Live Reporter

Plenty of Bullets Fired
Over $440 Million Collected
Record-Breaking Main Event
Miller, Eveslage, Brewer & Arieh Pick Up Multiple Bracelets
US Poker Players Dominate
2023 WSOP By the Numbers

The 2023 World Series of Poker is now just a memory, as poker's premier festival wrapped up at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas on July 19, 2023.

A jam-packed schedule saw 95 bracelet events play out at the WSOP's home, with several obliterating all kinds of attendance and prize pool records.

So, if you weren't able to keep up with all the action from the last two months, then PokerNews has got you covered with this complete overview of the 2023 WSOP.

This article focuses on just the live events from the 2023 WSOP. You can see the complete overview of the NV/NJ online bracelet events here.

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Plenty of Bullets Fired

Across the 95 live bracelet events, there were 215,655 entries recorded from players in all corners of the world.

The most attended event also had the lowest buy-in. The $300 Gladiators of Poker had 23,088 entries to make it one of the biggest poker tournaments of all time.

In addition to the Gladiators, there were four more tournaments that had more than 10,000 entries.

Over $440 Million Collected

From the entries mentioned above, a whopping $440,562,594 was collected across the 2023 WSOP. To put that into perspective, that's more than the GDP of countries such as Nauru ($133.2M), Palau ($217.8M), Marshall Islands ($259.5M), and Federated Islands of Micronesia ($404M).

From the money collected, $401,837,583 was available in prizes, while the remaining $38,925,011 was portioned for the rake. The WSOP then splits the rake into two categories. The first being entry fees, which had a final total of $27,247,508. This left over $11,677,503, which was then divided between the dealers and staff.

Across the summer, $66,286,689 was allocated to the bracelet winners. There were 15 events that awarded at least $1 million to the eventual champions, and then there were a further two $1 million prizes given out thanks to the bounty prizes from the Mystery Millions.

Record-Breaking Main Event

One of the biggest stories from the summer was that the 2023 WSOP Main Event finally eclipsed the 2006 entry record.

Some 10,043 hopefuls paid the $10,000 buy-in to set up the biggest Main Event of all time. Of course, this generated the largest prize pool in the history of poker, with $93,399,900 being shared among the 1,508 players to finish in the money.

Daniel Weinman was the last player standing and saw $12.1 million head his way after he etched his name in poker's history books. His payout bested the prize that was awarded to Jamie Gold during the first poker boom.

But just much of the eight-figure score is Weinman expected to keep after taxes? Well, you can find out just how much money the players made at the final table.

Miller, Eveslage, Brewer & Arieh Pick Up Multiple Bracelets

Winning one bracelet at the WSOP is cool, but winning two? That's just too good.

The 2023 WSOP saw four players bag multiple bracelet wins with Ryan Miller, Chris Brewer (pictured), Chad Eveslage, and Josh Arieh being in that quartet.

Eveslage kicked off the 2023 WSOP in incredible form and picked up back-to-back bracelet triumphs in the Dealer's Choice events. He won the $1,500 edition before reigning supreme in the Dealer's Choice Championship for a combined score of $443,307.

Bad beat specialist Brewer has experienced some sick bust-outs over the last few years in some huge spots, but he was able to see the warmer side of lady luck over the last couple of months. Brewer won the biggest buy-in event of the series and took home $5,293,556 for his $250K Super High Roller victory. He then showed he was more than just a hold'em maestro as he grabbed his second win in the $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Lowball Championship.

Arieh took his overall bracelet tally to six after he won the Limit Hold'em Championship and $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. High Roller. Miller then collected two pieces of WSOP hardware from five events.

US Poker Players Dominate

As expected, poker players from the United States collected the most WSOP bracelets across the summer, with 58 different Americans all finding a pole position finish. Phil Hellmuth was one of those to finish an event in the top spot, and he extended his all-time bracelet record to 17 after he took down Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty for $803,818.

Canadian and Chinese-based players were able to capture six bracelets each. The Brazilian crowd also turned out in force and proved once again that they're a poker force to be reckoned with as three more bracelets were taken back to the South American state.

Bulgaria had two champions, while Switzerland, Japan, Moldova, Poland, Austria, Spain, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Vietnam, Peru, France, Australia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, and Portugal had one winner each.

2023 WSOP By the Numbers

Event	Buy-in	Entries	USD Collected	Prize Pool	Rake	Entry Fees	Dealers & Staff	Winner	First Place Prize
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em	$500	1,015	$507,500	$426,300	$81,200	$56,840	$24,360	Peter Thai	$75,535
Event #2: $25,000 High Roller Six Handed No-Limit Hold’em	$25,000	207	$5,175,000	$4,864,500	$310,500	$217,350	$93,150	Alexandre Vuilleumier	$1,215,864
Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions - No-Limit Hold'em	$1,000	18,188	$18,188,000	$16,187,320	$2,000,680	$1,400,476	$600,204	Tyler Brown	$1,000,000
Event #4: Tournament of Champions (Invite-Only)	NA	741	NA	$200,000	NA	NA	NA	Ronnie Day	$200,000
Event #5: $1,500 Dealers Choice	$1,500	456	$684,000	$608,760	$75,240	$52,668	$22,572	Chad Eveslage	$131,879
Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha	$5,000	567	$2,835,000	$2,608,200	$226,800	$158,760	$68,040	Michael Moncek	$534,499
Event #7: $1,500 Limit Hold’em	$1,500	527	$790,500	$703,545	$86,955	$60,869	$26,087	Vadim Shlez	$146,835
Event #8: $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	$25,000	64	$1,600,000	$1,504,000	$96,000	$67,200	$28,800	Chanracy Khun	$507,020
Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud	$1,500	360	$540,000	$480,600	$59,400	$41,580	$17,820	Nick Schulman	$110,800
Event #10: $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship	$10,000	130	$1,300,000	$1,209,000	$91,000	$63,700	$27,300	Chad Eveslage	$311,428
Event #11: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	$600	6,076	$3,645,600	$3,098,760	$546,840	$382,788	$164,052	Kenneth O'Donnell	$351,098
Event #12: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em	$5,000	735	$3,675,000	$3,381,000	$294,000	$205,800	$88,200	Jeremy Eyer	$649,550
Event #13: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	$600	3,200	$1,920,000	$1,632,000	$288,000	$201,600	$86,400	Joseph Altomonte	$217,102
Event #14: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship	$10,000	130	$1,300,000	$1,209,000	$91,000	$63,700	$27,300	Brian Yoon	$311,433
Event #15: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500	2,454	$3,681,000	$3,276,090	$404,910	$283,437	$121,473	Rafael Reis	$465,501
Event #16: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	$25,000	301	$7,525,000	$7,073,500	$451,500	$316,050	$135,450	Isaac Haxton	$1,698,215
Event #17: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	$1,500	1,143	$1,714,500	$1,525,905	$188,595	$132,017	$56,579	Jim Collopy	$262,542
Event #18: $300 Gladiators of Poker No-limit Hold'em	$300	23,088	$6,926,400	$5,679,648	$1,246,752	$872,726	$374,026	Jason Simon	$500,332
Event #19: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	$2,500	1,137	$2,842,500	$2,529,825	$312,675	$218,873	$93,803	Valentino Konakchev	$435,924
Event #20: $1,500 Badugi	$1,500	516	$774,000	$688,860	$85,140	$59,598	$25,542	Michael Rodrigues	$144,678
Event #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed	$1,000	2,017	$2,017,000	$1,795,130	$221,870	$155,309	$66,561	Stephen Nahm	$267,991
Event #22: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship	$10,000	134	$1,340,000	$1,246,200	$93,800	$65,660	$28,140	Josh Arieh	$316,226
Event #23: $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em	$50,000	124	$6,200,000	$5,921,000	$279,000	$195,300	$83,700	Leon Sturm	$1,546,024
Event #24: $1,500 Razz	$1,500	556	$834,000	$742,260	$91,740	$64,218	$27,522	David "ODB" Baker	$152,991
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	$10,000	212	$2,120,000	$1,981,600	$138,400	$96,880	$41,520	Ben Lamb	$492,795
Event #26: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	$800	4,747	$3,797,600	$3,341,888	$455,712	$318,998	$136,714	Renji Mao	$402,588
Event #27: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed	$1,500	789	$1,183,500	$1,053,315	$130,185	$91,130	$39,056	Shaun Deeb	$198,854
Event #28: $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem	$1,500	2,046	$3,069,000	$2,731,410	$337,590	$236,313	$101,277	Benjamin Ector	$406,403
Event #29: $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em	$100,000	93	$9,300,000	$8,997,750	$302,250	$211,575	$90,675	Jans Arends	$2,576,729
Event #30: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw	$1,500	522	$783,000	$696,870	$86,130	$60,291	$25,839	John Monnette	$145,863
Event #31: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack	$600	2,759	$1,655,400	$1,407,090	$248,310	$173,817	$74,493	Joseph Dulaney	$194,155
Event #32: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	$3,000	1,241	$3,723,000	$3,313,470	$409,530	$286,671	$122,859	Mark Ioli	$558,266
Event #33: $10,000 Razz Championship	$10,000	102	$1,020,000	$948,600	$71,400	$49,980	$21,420	Jerry Wong	$298,682
Event #34: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	$1,500	1,355	$2,032,500	$1,808,925	$223,575	$156,503	$67,073	Sean Troha	$298,192
Event #35: $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold'em	$10,000	568	$5,680,000	$5,282,400	$397,600	$278,320	$119,280	Chris Klodnicki	$733,317
Event #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix (7-Handed)	$3,000	361	$1,083,000	$963,870	$119,130	$83,391	$35,739	Ryutaro Suzuki	$221,124
Event #37: $2,000 No-Limit Holdem	$2,000	1,962	$3,924,000	$3,492,360	$431,640	$302,148	$129,492	Yuan Li	$524,777
Event #38: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship	$10,000	130	$1,300,000	$1,209,000	$91,000	$63,700	$27,300	Benny Glaser	$311,428
Event #39: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em	$1,500	8,317	$12,475,500	$11,103,195	$1,372,305	$960,614	$411,692	Braxton Dunaway	$1,162,681
Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em	$250,000	69	$17,250,000	$17,181,000	$69,000	$48,300	$20,700	Chris Brewer	$5,293,556
Event #41: $1,500 Big O	$1,500	1,458	$2,187,000	$1,946,430	$240,570	$168,399	$72,171	Scott Abrams	$315,203
Event #42: $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack	$800	3,773	$3,018,400	$2,656,192	$362,208	$253,546	$108,662	Qiang Xu	$339,377
Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship	$50,000	99	$4,950,000	$4,727,250	$222,750	$155,925	$66,825	Brian Rast	$1,324,747
Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem	$3,000	1,735	$5,205,000	$4,632,450	$572,550	$400,785	$171,765	Yang Zhang	$717,879
Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omah	$1,500	1,091	$1,636,500	$1,456,485	$180,015	$126,011	$54,005	William Leffingwell	$253,651
Event #46: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem	$500	5,342	$2,671,000	$2,243,640	$427,360	$299,152	$128,208	Jay Lockett	$262,526
Event #47: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	$1,500	836	$1,254,000	$1,116,060	$137,940	$96,558	$41,382	Yuri Dzivielevski	$207,688
Event #48: $1,000 SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em Championship	$1,000	8,180	$8,180,000	$7,280,200	$899,800	$629,860	$269,940	Lonnie Hallett	$765,731
Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em	$1,500	2,226	$3,339,000	$2,971,710	$367,290	$257,103	$110,187	Pengfei Wang	$270,700
Event #50: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship	$10,000	731	$7,310,000	$6,798,300	$511,700	$358,190	$153,510	Lou "AP" Garza	$1,309,232
Event #51: $1,000/Team TAG TEAM No-Limit Hold'em	$1,000	1,282	$1,282,000	$1,140,980	$141,020	$98,714	$42,306	S. Tanaka - M. Savakinas	$190,662
Event #52: $2,500 Mixed Limit Triple Draw Lowball	$2,500	353	$882,500	$785,425	$97,075	$67,953	$29,123	Nick Pupillo	$181,978
Event #53: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500	10,416	$15,624,000	$13,905,360	$1,718,640	$1,203,048	$515,592	Pavel Plesuv	$1,201,564
Event #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	$10,000	185	$1,850,000	$1,720,500	$129,500	$90,650	$38,850	Mike Gorodinsky	$422,747
Event #55: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	$1,500	566	$849,000	$755,610	$93,390	$65,373	$28,017	Marcin Horecki	$155,275
Event #56: $500 SALUTE to Warriors*	$500	4,303	$1,979,380	$1,936,350	$43,030	$30,121	$12,909	Steven Genovese	$217,921
Event #57: $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha	$25,000	449	$11,225,000	$10,551,500	$673,500	$471,450	$202,050	Ka Kwan Lau	$2,294,756
Event #58: $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold’em	$3,000	263	$789,000	$702,210	$86,790	$60,753	$26,037	Jason Daly	$165,250
Event #59: $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em	$3,000	1,598	$4,794,000	$4,266,660	$527,340	$369,138	$158,202	Robert Schulz	$675,275
Event #60: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw	$1,500	548	$822,000	$731,580	$90,420	$63,294	$27,126	Jason Mercier	$151,276
Event #61: $1,000 SUPER SENIORS No-Limit Hold’em	$1,000	3,121	$3,121,000	$2,777,690	$343,310	$240,317	$102,993	Klaus Ilk	$371,603
Event #62: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em; Pot-Limit Omaha	$1,500	2,076	$3,114,000	$2,771,460	$342,540	$239,778	$102,762	David Simon	$410,659
Event #63: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	$10,000	141	$1,410,000	$1,311,300	$98,700	$69,090	$29,610	Ryan Miller	$344,677
Event #64: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em	$600	4,303	$2,581,800	$2,194,530	$387,270	$271,089	$116,181	David Guay	$270,972
Event #65: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em	$5,000	1,199	$5,995,000	$5,515,400	$479,600	$335,720	$143,880	Weiran Pu	$259,459
Event #66: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better	$1,500	1,125	$1,687,500	$1,501,875	$185,625	$129,938	$55,688	William Kopp	$259,549
Event #67: $10,000/$1,000 LADIES No-Limit Hold’em Championship	$1,000	1,295	$1,295,000	$1,152,550	$142,450	$99,715	$42,735	Tamar Abraham	$192,167
Event #68: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em	$1,000	2,824	$2,824,000	$2,513,360	$310,640	$217,448	$93,192	Gabriel Schroeder	$228,632
Event #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	$10,000	154	$1,540,000	$1,432,200	$107,800	$75,460	$32,340	Chris Brewer	$367,599
Event #70: $400 COLOSSUS No-Limit Hold’em	$400	15,894	$6,357,600	$4,989,540	$1,368,060	$957,642	$410,418	Moshe Refaelwitz	$501,120
Event #71: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER Pot-Limit Omaha	$50,000	200	$10,000,000	$9,550,000	$450,000	$315,000	$135,000	Jesse Lonis	$2,303,017
Event #72: $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em	$10,000	642	$6,420,000	$5,970,600	$449,400	$314,580	$134,820	Phil Hellmuth	$803,818
Event #73: $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event	$2,500	377	$942,500	$838,825	$103,675	$72,573	$31,103	Julio Belluscio	$190,240
Event #74: $1,000 MINI Main Event No-Limit Hold’em	$1,000	5,257	$5,257,000	$4,678,730	$578,270	$404,789	$173,481	Bradley Gafford	$549,555
Event #75: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	$10,000	247	$2,470,000	$2,297,100	$172,900	$121,030	$51,870	Hassan Kamel	$598,613
Event #76: $10,000 MAIN EVENT No-Limit Hold'em World Championship	$10,000	10,043	$100,430,000	$93,339,900	$7,090,100	$4,963,070	$2,127,030	Daniel Weinman	$12,100,000
Event #77: $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em	$777	7,323	$5,689,971	$5,007,175	$682,796	$477,957	$204,839	Shawn Daniels	$777,777
Event #78: $1,500 BOUNTY Pot-Limit Omaha	$1,500	1,214	$1,821,000	$1,013,690	$807,310	$565,117	$242,193	Thomas Skaggs	$171,742
Event #79: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em	$2,500	2,068	$5,170,000	$4,601,300	$568,700	$398,090	$170,610	Samuel Bernabeu	$682,436
Event #80: $25,000 High Roller H.O.R.S.E.	$25,000	112	$2,800,000	$2,632,000	$168,000	$117,600	$50,400	Josh Arieh	$711,313
Event #81: $600 Ultra Stack No-limit Hold'em	$600	7,207	$4,324,200	$3,675,570	$648,630	$454,041	$194,589	Joseph Roh	$401,250
Event #82: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	$3,000	1,013	$3,039,000	$2,704,710	$334,290	$234,003	$100,287	Matthew Parry	$480,122
Event #83: $1,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em	$1,500	363	$544,500	$484,604	$59,896	$41,927	$17,969	Thai Ha	$111,170
Event #84: $50,000 HIGH ROLLER No-Limit Hold’em	$50,000	176	$8,800,000	$8,404,000	$396,000	$277,200	$118,800	Alex Kulev	$2,087,073
Event #85: $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold'em	$1,500	997	$1,495,500	$1,317,645	$177,855	$124,499	$53,357	Faraz Jaka	$237,367
Event #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold'em	$1,979	1,417	$2,804,243	$2,495,776	$308,467	$215,927	$92,540	Diego Ventura	$402,054
Event #87: $2,500 Mixed: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better; Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better	$2,500	460	$1,150,000	$1,023,500	$126,500	$88,550	$37,950	Bradley Smith	$221,733
Event #88: $1,500 The Closer - No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500	3,531	$5,296,500	$4,713,885	$582,615	$407,831	$174,785	Pierre Shum	$606,810
Event #89: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold’em	$1,000	1,329	$1,329,000	$1,182,810	$146,190	$102,333	$43,857	Dong Meng	$160,490
Event #90: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship	$10,000	550	$5,500,000	$5,115,000	$385,000	$269,500	$115,500	Alexandre Reard	$1,057,663
Event #91: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.	$3,000	331	$993,000	$886,440	$106,560	$74,592	$31,968	Ryan Miller	$208,460
Event #92: $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Holdem	$1,000	1,710	$1,710,000	$1,521,900	$188,100	$131,670	$56,430	Kang Hyun Lee	$236,741
Event #93: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold'em	$10,000	84	$840,000	$734,700	$105,300	$73,710	$31,590	Martin Nielsen	$270,160
Event #94: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	$5,000	813	$4,065,000	$3,739,800	$325,200	$227,640	$97,560	Alex Keating	$701,688
Event #95: $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold'em	$1,000	1486	$1,486,000	$1,318,980	$167,020	$116,914	$50,106	Paul Berger	$212,645

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