Editorial World Series of Poker Commission The festival reached its climax on Thursday, December 14 with the conclusion of the $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event. The $15,000,000 guaranteed tournament attracted a total of 3,010 entries, but only one player will walk away with the championship bracelet and the $2,000,000 grand prize: German online qualifier Stanislaw Zigal.
The poker pro from Berlin has been playing for a living since 2016. This was not only his first bracelet win, but also his first straight finish at the final table.
“It was kind of stressful and needed to be sorted out,” Zigal said. Poker news Live reporters after Al-Nasr closed. “You always make plans when things like this happen, but when they do, it’s so overwhelming.”
In addition to the title and money, Zigal also earned a huge amount of money Card player He received the Player of the Year award for this win. His 2400 race is good for 154th in 2023 Boy The order it offers World poker.
This event included four launch flights and three other days of tournament action. The top 447 contestants took home a share of the prize money, with many big names in attendance. Among those who cashed in and were close to making the final table were bracelet winner Sam Greenwood (39th place), four-time bracelet winner David Peters (35th place), Kevin Martin (25th place), and bracelet winner Timothy Adams (20th place ), and bracelet winner Bryce. Yuki (17), winner of Vitor Dzijelevskiy 912 bracelet), 2023 WSOP Third place finisher in the main event is Adam Walton (11), and bracelet winner Mikita Badziakowski (10).
Last men standing!
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The final day began with just seven players still in contention, with Australian Daniel Nelson leading and Zigal tied for second with Gabriel Schroeder. Matt Glantz scored the first knockout of the day. His four Jeeps won a pre-race race against Montgomery McQuaid’s K-10 (7th place – $300,000) to narrow the field to six.
Schroder missed a huge throw with the AK against the Pocket Queens to send Michael Sklenica sliding down the leaderboard. The Brazilian was unable to recover from that blow to his group and was eliminated in sixth place ($400,000).
Sklenicka’s climb up the leaderboard continued thanks to the AQ Queen holding off Rui Sousa’s fit Q-9. The flop gave Sousa an open draw in the straight, but he failed to improve further and fell out of fifth place ($510,000).
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From Nelson. Neither player was connected to the board and Nelson rising high was enough to win the pot. Glantz, who drew a million-dollar envelope in 2022 WSOP In the Million Dollar Bonus event, he earned $685,000 for his fourth-place finish. He now has over $8.3 million in earnings recorded to his name.
Nelson lost the majority of his combination with the higher pair, the one with the first kick against the top pair of Zegal. It quickly came to nothing with a 7-4 fit against a 10-9 from Sklenicka, who fumbled a couple. Nelson got a straight draw, but the turn or river did not deliver the required eight. Nelson, who finished second in the $3,000 Six Max event earlier in the series, earned $900,000 as third place finisher. e now has more than $3.5 million in cash for life.
Singles play began with Zegal holding 94,100,000 to Sklenicka’s 32,500,000. Sklenicka had it all with AJ leading Zegal’s A-9 right and was in a good position to double, but the run out brought an ace and a pair on the board and a king to give both players an ace and a four with the same kick to cut. .
Shortly thereafter, the number of Sklenicka buttons rose to 2,700,000 with 73. Zegal defended his big blind with J
4 The flop decreased by 1042. Zegal’s check called for a standing bet of 4,000,000 and Q He rolled overboard. Both players and 5 were checked It eventually appeared. Zegal checked again and Sklenicka announced a total amount of 16,000,000. Zegal went to the tank, but eventually claimed about 13 percent of his remaining chips. The fourth pair was good enough to earn him the pot and the title.
Sklenicka took home $1,200,000 as runner-up, the largest score of his career. He now has over $2.5 million in lifetime earnings.
Here’s a look at the payouts Boy Points awarded at the final table:
| place | player | Profits | Boy points |
| 1 | Stanislaw Zigal | $2,000,000 | 2400 |
| 2 | Michael Sklenica | $1,200,000 | 2000 |
| 3 | Daniel Nelson | $900,000 | 1600 |
| 4 | Matthew Glantz | $685,000 | 1200 |
| 5 | Roy Souza | $510,000 | 1000 |
| 6 | Gabriel Schroeder | $400,000 | 800 |
| 7 | Montgomery McQuaid | $300,000 | 600 |
| 8 | Luke Graham | $250,000 | 400 |
| 9 | Junio Gilba | $200,000 | 200 |
Winning photo credit: WSOP / Thomas Stacha.
