2023 World Series of Poker Paradise | |
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Location | Atlantis Paradise Island, The Bahamas |
Dates | December 3-14, 2023 |
Champion | |
Stanislav Zegal |
The 2023 World Series of Poker Paradise was the inaugural version of the event. It was held from December 3-14 at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas and featured 15 bracelet events.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) announced the festival in July, in partnership with GGPoker. The $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event began on December 9, with Stanislav Zegal of Germany being crowned the first-ever champion on December 14. [1]
Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel became the fifth player in WSOP history with 10 bracelets when he won Event #7: $50,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em. [2]
Source: [3]
# | Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up |
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1 | $1,500 Mystery Millions | 3,446 | Jinhoon Lee (1/1) | $420,000 | Max Pinnola |
2 | $1,425 Millionaire Maker in Paradise | 3,496 | Allan Mello (1/1) | $1,000,000 | Nazar Buhaiov |
3 | $25,000 GGMillion$ High Roller Championship | 533 | Samuel Muller (1/1) | $2,736,300 | Frank Brannan |
4 | $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em | 2,234 | Martin Raus (1/1) | $334,380 | Josef Snejberg |
5 | $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha | 140 | Nikolaos Lampropoulos (1/1) | $871,600 | Dan Shak |
6 | $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 755 | Boris Kolev (1/2) | $424,550 | Daniel Neilson |
7 | $50,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em | 137 | Erik Seidel (1/10) | $1,704,400 | Seth Gottlieb |
8 | $2,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Online | 668 | Benjamin Wilinofsky (2/2) | $113,079 | Asheque Elahi |
9 | $100,000 Ultra High Roller No-Limit Hold'em | 111 | Masashi Oya (1/1) | $2,940,000 | Jason Koon (0/1) |
10 | $5,000 Main Event Championship | 3,010 | Stanislav Zegal (1/1) | $2,000,000 | Michael Sklenicka |
11 | $740 Flip & Go | 767 | Artur Martirosian (2/2) | $110,591 | Dongwuk Moon |
12 | $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Online | 1,336 | Anton Bardziyan (1/1) | $178,261 | Yuri Rodrigues |
13 | $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship | 104 | Dante Goya (1/1) | $277,700 | Jim Collopy (1/3) |
14 | $2,000 The Closer Turbo Bounty | 406 | Bernardo Neves (1/1) | $166,000 | Archibald Seaton |
15 | $10,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 169 | Dong Chen (1/1) | $411,659 | Thomas Santerne |
The $5,000 Main Event began on December 9 with the first of four starting flights. There was also an online flight held on GGPoker. The event featured a $15 million guaranteed prize pool. [4]
The Main Event drew 3,010 total entries, generating a prize pool of $15,050,000. The top 447 players made the money, with the champion earning $2,000,000.
Stanislav Zegal, a German online qualifier, won the inaugural bracelet after defeating Michael Sklenicka heads-up. The final table also included Matt Glantz and WSOP bracelet winner Gabriel Schroeder. [5]
Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* |
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Daniel Neilson | 37,400,000 (24.9%) | 0 | 42 | $1,004,597 |
Gabriel Schroeder | 28,000,000 (18.6%) | 1 | 40 | $389,125 |
Stanislav Zegal | 28,000,000 (18.6%) | 0 | 7 | $9,759 |
Rui Sousa | 20,700,000 (13.8%) | 0 | 12 | $55,626 |
Michael Sklenicka | 16,000,000 (10.6%) | 0 | 9 | $334,593 |
Matt Glantz | 15,500,000 (10.3%) | 0 | 75 | $3,612,513 |
Montgomery McQuade | 4,900,000 (3.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Career statistics prior to the start of the 2023 WSOP Paradise Main Event
Place | Name | Prize |
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1st | Stanislav Zegal | $2,000,000 |
2nd | Michael Sklenicka | $1,200,000 |
3rd | Daniel Neilson | $900,000 |
4th | Matt Glantz | $685,000 |
5th | Rui Sousa | $510,000 |
6th | Gabriel Schroeder | $400,000 |
7th | Montgomery McQuade | $300,000 |
8th | Luke Graham | $250,000 |
NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
Place | Name | Prize |
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10th | Mikita Badziakouski | $150,000 |
20th | Timothy Adams | $90,000 |
35th | David Peters | $58,300 |
39th | Sam Greenwood | $58,300 |
46th | Mustapha Kanit | $47,500 |
71st | Adrián Mateos | $26,800 |
87th | Daniel Weinman | $19,000 |
91st | Davidi Kitai | $19,000 |
98th | Daniel Negreanu | $19,000 |
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