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| 2023 World Series of Poker Online | |
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| Location | Online (WSOP.com and GGPoker) |
| Dates | August 20 - October 2 |
| Champion | |
 Bert Stevens | |
The 2023 World Series of Poker Online was the fourth annual series of online poker tournaments organized by the World Series of Poker (WSOP). [1]
| # | Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $108 Bankroll Builder | 7,619 |  Or Nezer (1/1) | $58,884 | Anna Ilyevskiy |
| 2 | $300 Gladiators of Poker Opener | 9,488 |  Vinicius Felipe (1/1) | $234,707 |  Maher Achour |
| 3 | $2,100 Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 677 |  Sergei Koliakov (1/1) | $158,345* |  Tsang Dicky Siu Hang |
| 4 | $840 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha | 706 |  Paulius Vaitiekunas (1/1) | $81,849* |  Tyler Smith (0/1) |
| 5 | $500 Ladies No-Limit Championship | 167 |  Jessica Marks (1/1) | $16,613 |  Julia Bondarovich |
| 6 | $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em | 1,207 |  Sean Boyle (1/1) | $231,821 |  Hristo Anastassov |
| 7 | $210 Mystery Millions | 51,211 |  Yurii Oliinyk (1/1) | $360,139 |  Gilles Simon |
| 8 | $2,500 Limit Hold'em Championship | 124 |  Terrence Chan (1/1) | $64,021 |  Espen Jørstad (0/2) |
| 9 | $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold'em | 2,856 | Sergio Ballestin Mur (1/1) | $65,595* | Ilya Marchenko |
| 10 | $1,050 Beat the Pros Bounty No-Limit Hold'em | 956 | Leonid Yanovich (1/1) | $110,843* |  Gary Thompson |
| 11 | $100 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold'em | 7,688 |  Jinlong Hu (1/1) | $122,587 | Elior Sion (0/1) |
| 12 | $500 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em | 8,709 | Peng Zhou (1/1) | $326,692 | Tjarco Reitsma |
| 13 | $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 487 | Boris Neykov (1/1) | $426,171 | Battulga Byambaa |
| 14 | $500 The Big Bounty No-Limit Hold'em | 2,623 |  Oleg Tarnovski (1/1) | $106,134* | Manfred Hermann |
| 15 | $800 Ultra Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em | 1,573 |  Panagiota Dimitrakopoulou (1/1) | $153,195 |  Alessandro Pichierri (0/1) |
| 16 | $1,050 Secret Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha | 865 | Geraldo Cesar Neto (1/1) | $159,567* |  David Mzareulov |
| 17 | $1,500 Millionaire Maker in Paradise | Concludes with the final 100 players playing live in the 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise | |||
| 18 | $5,000 Short Deck Championship [3-Stack] | 126 | Elior Sion (1/2) | $153,471 |  Marcin Barwinski |
| 19 | $777 Lucky Sevens Bounty 7-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | 2,052 |  Tomi Brouk (1/1) | $150,011* |  Cristian Bele |
| 20 | $1,000 Double Chance No-Limit Hold'em [2-Stack] | 1,119 | Marius Kudzmanas (1/1) | $145,523 | Yinan Zhou |
| 21 | $1,500 WSOP GGMasters Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em | 1,358 | Sven McDermott (1/1) | $253,823 | David Suriano |
| 22 | $400 Colossus | 10,812 |  Aayush Arya (1/1) | $326,901 | Volodymyr Bartko |
| 23 | $400 Plossus | 3,847 |  Ognyan Dimov (1/2) | $148,786* | Zhiqiang Deng |
| 24 | $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 153 | Yuri Dzivielevski (2/4) | $368,343 | Christopher Frank (0/1) |
| 25 | $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold'em | 2,516 | Aram Zobian (1/1) | $109,622* |  Yu Chung Chang |
| 26 | $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'emChampionship | 127 | Artur Martirosian (1/1) | $424,698 |  Petr Knopp |
| 27 | $500 Fifty Stack Pot-Limit Omaha | 1,080 | Amit Ben Yacov (1/1) | $76,703 | Yunlong Wu |
| 28 | $5,000 WSOP Online Main Event | 5,742 | Bert Stevens (1/1) | $2,783,433 | Yagen Li |
| 29 | $25,000 GGMillion$ Super High Rollers Championship | 145 |  João Vieira (1/3) | $760,396 | Pieter Aerts (0/1) |
| 30 | $2,100 6-Handed Bounty No-Limit Hold'em | 976 |  Enrique Rodriguez Cabanillas (1/1) | $207,599 | Andrii Derzhypilskiy |
| 31 | $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller | 228 | Benjamin Wilinofsky (1/1) | $243,934 | João Simão (0/2) |
| 32 | $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold'em [Bounty Turbo] | 1,263 | Rodrigo Seiji Sirichuk (1/1) | $75,281+bounties* | Yago Simplicio Dos Santos |
| 33 | $10,300 GGMillion$ High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em | 1,140 |  David Dong Ming Yan (1/2) | $1,528,400 |  Simon Eric Mattsson (0/1) |
Notes:
* For events with bounties awarded, final prize has been calculated from Prize Won from Position, and final bounty awarded.
The Main Event attracted 5,742 players. Bert Stevens, a Belgian streamer known as "Girafganger7," defeated Yagen Li heads-up to win $2,783,433. [2]
| Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Stevens | 82,624,825 (23.0%) | 0 | 21 | $52,760 |
| Erik Bakker | 71,764,152 (20.0%) | 0 | 3 | $57,193 |
| Lukas Hafner | 51,083,662 (14.2%) | 0 | 19 | $1,206,132 |
 Ezequiel Kleinman | 34,493,276 (9.6%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramiro Petrone | 33,386,515 (9.3%) | 0 | 24 | $126,871 |
| Yagen Li | 24,844,490 (6.9%) | 0 | 1 | $347 |
 Fabian Rolli | 23,246,349 (6.5%) | 0 | 8 | $56,446 |
| Alexander Timoshenko | 19,786,671 (5.5%) | 0 | 6 | $13,112 |
| Simon Wilson | 17,957,558 (5.0%) | 0 | 2 | $6,503 |
*Career statistics prior to the Main Event
| Place | Name | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bert Stevens | $2,783,433 |
| 2nd | Yagen Li | $2,059,059 |
| 3rd | Ezequiel Kleinman | $1,524,214 |
| 4th | Ramiro Petrone | $1,128,332 |
| 5th | Alexander Timoshenko | $835,304 |
| 6th | Erik Bakker | $618,407 |
| 7th | Lukas Hafner | $457,865 |
| 8th | Fabian Rolli | $339,032 |
| 9th | Simon Wilson | $251,074 |
Source: [3]
| # | Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400 Series Kick-Off | 838 | Joseph Pombriant (1/1) | $59,974 | Michael Trivett |
| 2 | $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 184 | Collin Ball (1/1) | $86,768 | Shankar Pillai (0/3) |
| 3 | $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 6-Max | 134 | John Riordan (1/1) | $112,228 | Ryan Riess (0/1) |
| 4 | $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Max | 217 | Calvin Anderson (1/3) | $49,782 | Yong Keun Kwon |
| 5 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 516 | Lingkun Lu (1/1) | $53,011 | John Forlenza |
| 6 | $888 No-Limit Hold'em Crazy 8s | 492 | Kristen Foxen (1/4) | $92,142 | John Ripnick (0/1) |
| 7 | $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller 6-Max | 101 | Calvin Anderson (2/4) | $141,400 | Anthony Zinno (0/4) |
| 8 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 513 | Michael Gagliano (1/3) | $54,042 | Jim Collopy (1/3) |
| 9 | $600 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack | 353 | Matthew Stone (1/1) | $48,589 | Kenny Huynh (0/1) |
| 10 | $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 105 | Toby Lewis (1/1) | $59,506 |  Byung Eun Shin |
| 11 | $365 No-Limit Hold'em Monster Stack | 892 | Philip Gillespie (1/1) | $58,164 | Kenneth Neri |
| 12 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 230 | Jesse Yaginuma (1/2) | $80,612 | David Botcowsky |
| 13 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em | 486 | Daniel Chan (1/1) | $51,198 | Michael Hauptman |
| 14 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty | 191 | Guy Dunlap (1/2) | $24,330 | Eric Baldwin (0/2) |
| 15 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo | 407 | Qinghai Pan (1/2) | $42,875 | Don Himpele |
| 16 | $400 Colossus | 489 | Daniel Chan (2/2) | $61,125 | Anthony Hu |
| 17 | $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 189 | Shannon Shorr (1/1) | $89,126 | Maxx Coleman (0/2) |
| 18 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em | 435 | Brian Wood (1/1) | $49,897 | David Goodman |
| 19 | $777 No-Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s | 346 | John Riordan (2/2) | $61,737 | Bruce Yamron |
| 20 | $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack | 611 | Gerald Morrell (1/1) | $50,217 | Justin Wong |
| 21 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo | 314 | Guy Dunlap (2/3) | $36,017 | Karapet Galstyan |
| 22 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em Big 500 6-Max | 377 | Tjan Tepeh (1/1) | $43,244 | Tyler Hirschfeld |
| 23 | $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship | 565 | Frank Brannan (1/1) | $69,654 | Collin Ball (1/1) |
| 24 | $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship | 125 | Denise Pratt (1/1) | $104,690 | Kristen Foxen (1/4) |
| 25 | $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty 6-Max | 142 | Edric Nicoli (1/1) | $28,888 | Sridhar Sangannagari |
| 26 | $400 Plossus 6-Max | 334 | David Goodman (1/1) | $30,649 | Leonard August |
| 27 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 186 | Shannon Shorr (2/2) | $35,539 | John Ripnick (0/1) |
| 28 | $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo 6-Max | 333 | Ari Engel (1/3) | $38,197 | Charles Papandreou |
| 29 | $600 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty 6-Max | 255 | Jed Hoffman (1/1) | $35,100 | Joseph Casseus |
| 30 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Online Championship | 436 | Darren Rabinowitz (1/1) | $91,861 | Scott Ball (0/2) |
| 31 | $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller Freezeout 6-Max | 77 | Justin Lapka (1/2) | $106,068 | Chan Kim |
| 32 | $400 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack | Karapet Galstyan (1/1) | $43,395 | Leonard August | |
| 33 | $888 Fall Finale Crazy 8s | Mario Damiao (1/1) | $75,450 | Kenny Huynh (0/1) |
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