A total of 57 gold bracelets have been delivered so far in 2023 world championship of poker, With 49 live events and eight online events in the books now. Over 114,000 entries have been made across these completed tournaments, with nearly $157.3 million in prize money awarded along the way. Here’s a look at the four most recent winners crowned in the 54th annual cycle WSOP.
2023 WSOP $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Of the 1,735 entries in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em event in this year’s series, only one person can slip away with the bracelet and the $717,879 jackpot. That player turned out to be Yang Zhang, who topped a tough final table to secure his first bracelet.
It was the biggest score to date for the Chinese player, who managed four more six-figure boxes on the live circuit in his career. He now has over $2.9 million in lifetime earnings after this latest victory.
The top 261 contestants received prize money at the event, each receiving a share of the $4,632,450 prize pool. Among the notables who ran deep was two-time bracelet winner Drew O’Connell (17) No Limit Hold’em tournament for Pokerstars players Winner Alexander Schilko (13th), bracelet winner Ankush Mandavia (11th), bracelet winner Kartik Vaid (10th), Shannon Shore (seventh), John Van Fleet (fourth), 2018 WSOP 7th place in the main event Alex Linsky (3rd), Aram Oghanian (2nd).
It was the tenth finish at the final table of the year for Oganyan, who collected $2 million for these points. His only title this year came when he fell $25,500 into the high roller Lucky Hearts Open Poker for $480,175. 1350 card player Oganyan’s Player of the Year points as runner-up at the event was enough to move him up to fifth place in 2023. POY Race order, which is provided by Global Poker.
Here is a look at payments and POY Points awarded at the final table:
place | player | earnings | POY points |
1 | Yang Chang | $717,879 | 1620 |
2 | Aram Oganyan | $443,680 | 1350 |
3 | Alex Lenski | $323,610 | 1080 |
4 | John Van Fleet | $238,546 | 810 |
5 | Frederick Normand | $177,732 | 675 |
6 | Alex Dimitrov | $133,862 | 540 |
7 | Shannon Shore | $101,928 | 405 |
8 | John Marino | $78,475 | 270 |
9 | Levente Szabo | $61,098 | 135 |
2023 WSOP $1,500 Omaha Mixed 8
The next event on the agenda featured a combination of three Omaha eight or better variants: Omaha boundary eight or better, Omaha boundary eight or better, and the ‘Big O’. The $1,500 entry tournament attracted 1,091 entries by the time registration closed, resulting in a prize pool of $41,456,485.
After three days of work, William Livingwell reaped the final pot to seal his first bracelet and the grand prize of $253,651. This was the second career WSOP The table finalist for the Texas resident, who placed eighth in last year’s $1,500 Omaha mixed mixed event, showed up for $30,139. He now has $636,000 in cash to his name.
Plenty of big names joined Leffingwell in the working end of the event, including Chris Demaci (17), winner of the bracelet and WSOP Main Event finalists list Alex Livingston (16th), bracelet winner Alan Lee (13th), bracelet winner Nick Coast (10th), bracelet winner Ben Miner (seventh), bracelet winner Raj Vohra (sixth), bracelet winner Six-time Sean Depp (fifth), Joseph Coden (fourth), and 2019 WSOP 6th place in the main event Zhen Cai (2nd).
Here is a look at payments and POY Points awarded at the final table:
place | player | earnings | POY points |
1 | William Livingwell | $253,651 | 960 |
2 | Chen Kai | $156,773 | 800 |
3 | Carlos Guerrero | $109,474 | 640 |
4 | Joseph Cowden | $77,620 | 480 |
5 | Sean Dipp | $55,894 | 400 |
6 | Raj Vohra | $40,887 | 320 |
7 | Benjamin Miner | $30,392 | 240 |
2023 WSOP $500 Freeze No Limit Hold’em
The $500 No Limit Hold’em Freeze drew 5,342 players, building a prize pool of over $2.2 million. The lion’s share of that money was eventually given to Jay Lockett, who survived a two-day affair to earn $262,526 and his first gold bracelet.
This was the first ever outright win for a resident of San Antonio, Texas. In fact, prior to this win, he had only one money on record: 176th in 2021 WSOP Deepstack $600 event vs $1,980.
Several championship millers made it to the last few tables in the event, including two-time bracelet winner David Jackson (16th), a five-time WSOP Circuit Two-time ring winner Preston McEwen (15). WSOPC The winner in the ring is Spencer Champlin (12th).
Here is a look at payments and POY Points awarded at the final table:
place | player | earnings | POY points |
1 | Jay Lockett | $262,526 | 660 |
2 | Ji Fu | $162,207 | 550 |
3 | Diego Aquila | $121,085 | 440 |
4 | Matthew Thom | $91,066 | 330 |
5 | Moaz Ghani | $69,007 | 275 |
6 | Bandi Pyambagav | $52,690 | 220 |
7 | Shannon Boone | $40,540 | 165 |
8 | David Hirst | $31,433 | 110 |
9 | Ibrahim Tarim | $24,562 | 55 |
2023 WSOP No-Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty $1,500
The $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Super turbo bonus event was scheduled to last one day only, but a large turnout of 2,226 entries resulted in an unscheduled second day being added.
When the dust settled in this rapid knockout event, Pengfei Wang was the last player left standing. The Stanton, California resident took home $270,700 in the main prize pool to go along with his first gold bracelet. This was Wang’s first ever live cash tournament.
Wang outlasted several notables on his way to victory, including in 2023 European poker tour paris Main event in third place Bigot Canvas (X), WSOP Grand Victoria circuit casino Main event winner Frank Lagodic (9th), 2021 WSOP The main event finishers are seventh, Alejandro Lococo (seventh), and Anthony Gargano (sixth).
Here is a look at payments and POY Points awarded at the final table:
place | player | earnings | POY points |
1 | Pingfei Wang | $270,700 | 1080 |
2 | William Linden | $167,339 | 900 |
3 | Chen An Lin | $123,198 | 720 |
4 | Kenneth Maurer | $91,558 | 540 |
5 | Michael Burns | $68,693 | 450 |
6 | Anthony Gargano | $52,034 | 360 |
7 | Alejandro Lococo | $39,799 | 270 |
8 | Danny Scott | $30,740 | 180 |
9 | Frank Lagodic | $23,978 | 90 |
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Winner photo credits: WSOP / Spencer Simpratt, Rachel Kay Miller, and Alicia Skillman.