2023 World Series of Poker Paradise

2023 World Series of Poker Paradise
2023 World Series of Poker Paradise
Location	Atlantis Paradise Island, The Bahamas
Dates	December 3-14, 2023
Champion
	Stanislav Zegal

Last updated December 26, 2023

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.

Event Schedule

Source: ^[3]

#	Event	Entrants	Winner	Prize	Runner-up
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

Main Event

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]

Final Table

Name	Number of chips (percentage of total)	WSOP Bracelets	WSOP Cashes*	WSOP Earnings*
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

Final Table results


Place	Name	Prize
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

Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place	Name	Prize
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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References

↑ Harwood, Brad (December 15, 2023). "WSOP PARADISE CROWNS FIRST CHAMPION, THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER UNVEILS DATES FOR 2024 WSOP". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
↑ Richards, Connor (December 9, 2023). "Erik Seidel Joins Exclusive 10-Bracelet Club, Wins WSOP Paradise Super High Roller ($1,704,400)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
↑ "WSOP Paradise schedule" . Retrieved December 18, 2023.
↑ Hampton, Adam (December 11, 2023). "WSOP Paradise: Main Event on track to beat $15m guarantee". Poker.org. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
↑ Richards, Connor (December 14, 2023). "Online Qualifier Stanislav Zegal Wins First WSOP Paradise Main Event ($2,000,000)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

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[1] Harwood, Brad (December 15, 2023). "WSOP PARADISE CROWNS FIRST CHAMPION, THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER UNVEILS DATES FOR 2024 WSOP". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[2] Richards, Connor (December 9, 2023). "Erik Seidel Joins Exclusive 10-Bracelet Club, Wins WSOP Paradise Super High Roller ($1,704,400)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[3] "WSOP Paradise schedule" . Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[4] Hampton, Adam (December 11, 2023). "WSOP Paradise: Main Event on track to beat $15m guarantee". Poker.org. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

[5] Richards, Connor (December 14, 2023). "Online Qualifier Stanislav Zegal Wins First WSOP Paradise Main Event ($2,000,000)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.

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