The 2023 WPT World Championship Festival at Wynn Las Vegas is almost within the books, and full outcomes proceed to pour in from the huge pageant that runs from Nov. 29 – Dec. 23.
The schedule for this sequence is filled with marquee occasions, which largely wrapped up over the previous few days. In addition to these headlining tournaments that occupied the spotlights, there have been a number of huge tournaments that performed right down to winners just lately. Below is a glance at the outcomes from a few of these large aspect occasions.
WPT World Championship $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Seniors $500K GTD
One of the larger occasions to from the previous week, by way of prime prize, was the $10,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em seniors excessive curler. A complete of 162 entries noticed the $500,000 assure greater than tripled, with $1,539,000 in the end awarded to the prime 20 finishers.
In the tip, 14-time World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring winner Daniel Lowery emerged victorious with the title and $394,636. This was the biggest match rating but for the Arkansas native. It elevated his lifetime earnings to greater than $2.9 million.
Judith Bielan completed second, incomes $236,978 for her efforts. Ten-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel fell just some spots shy of the ultimate desk, incomes $33,553 because the Eleventh-place finisher.
Place | Player | Earnings |
1 | Daniel Lowery | $394,636 |
2 | Judith Bielan | $236,978 |
3 | Michael Kinney | $169,180 |
4 | Lawrence Greenberg | $129,111 |
5 | Terricita Milgrom | $97,326 |
6 | Paul Richardson | $72,526 |
7 | James Mullaly | $56,787 |
8 | Michael Fuhs | $46,459 |
9 | Michael Farris | $38,717 |
WPT World Championship $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em $3 Million GTD
The $3 million assured $3,000 buy-in match drew 2,196 entries, doubling the assure. The prime 274 finishers made the cash, with $1,001,377 for eventual champion Dennys Luis Ramos.
This was the biggest rating but for the Brazilian, whose earlier prime payday was the $276,696 he earned because the champion of the 2022 BSOP Millions primary occasion.
WPT champion Matthew Wantman completed sixth for $223,239, the fifth-largest rating of his profession.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Dennys Ramos | $1,001,377 | 1620 |
2 | Dale Roesel | $640,983 | 1350 |
3 | Ilya Nikiforov | $492,826 | 1080 |
4 | John Mcdonald | $380,340 | 810 |
5 | Michael Estes | $293,032 | 675 |
6 | Matthew Wantman | $223,239 | 540 |
7 | Justin Geronsin | $167,749 | 405 |
8 | Anonymous | $123,251 | 0 |
9 | Florian Duta | $88,378 | 135 |
WPT World Championship $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Progressive Bounty $500K GTD
The 582 entries made within the $3,000 no-limit maintain’em progressive bounty occasion noticed the $500,000 assure greater than doubled ($1,017,960). The ultimate bounty was secured by Clemen Deng, who earned $249,280 because the final participant standings.
This was the second large rating of the month for Deng, who additionally completed sixth within the World Series of Poker Paradise Millionaire Maker occasion for $103,500.
Brian Altman (sixteenth), Brek Schutten (twelfth), John Riordan (Eleventh), Alex Kulev (sixth), and Bruno Fitoussi (fifth) had been among the many large names that ran deep on this occasion.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Clemen Deng | $249,280 | 1260 |
2 | Leonard Carrillo | $165,780 | 1050 |
3 | Jordan Siegel | $118,842 | 840 |
4 | Eshaan Bhalla | $82,592 | 630 |
5 | Bruno Fitoussi | $64,469 | 525 |
6 | Alex Kulev | $75,032 | 420 |
7 | Lachezar Petkov | $43,216 | 315 |
8 | Namhyung Kim | $34,666 | 210 |
9 | David Gonzalez | $18,082 | 105 |
WPT World Championship $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max $500K GTD
Yet one other large $3,000 buy-in occasion noticed 572 entries made within the six-max no-limit maintain’em match, greater than tripling the $500,000 assure to construct a ultimate pot of $1,573,000.
Bracelet winner Dong Chen, who took down the $10,000 six-max occasion at the WSOP Paradis lower than every week earlier than this win, earned $290,048 because the champion.
2023 WSOP Player of the Year Ian Matakis (tenth), 2022 WPT Prime Championship winner Stephen Song (ninth), 2020 WSOP primary occasion champion Damian Salas (eighth), Ping liu (sixth), and Nathanael Kogel (2nd) had been among the many notables that made it to the business-end of this occasion.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Dong Chen | $290,048 | 1260 |
2 | Nathanael Kogel | $193,456 | 1050 |
3 | Taylor Wilson | $148,793 | 840 |
4 | Xixiang Luo | $117,519 | 630 |
5 | Aleks Dimitrov | $91,074 | 525 |
6 | Ping Liu | $69,162 | 420 |
WPT World Championship $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha $100K GTD
The $1,100 pot-limit Omaha occasion ended up paying out greater than 5 occasions its $100,000 assure. With 547 entries, the highest 71 finishers cashed.
Mike Leah, who was just some days faraway from taking down the $2,200 eight-game combine at this pageant, got here out on prime for his second title of the sequence. The Canadian earned $99,916 for this newest victory.
The bracelet winner and WPT champion now has greater than $8.6 million in lifetime cashes below his belt.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Mike Leah | $99,916 | 840 |
2 | Mal Hagan | $68,189 | 700 |
3 | Artem Suhak | $50,517 | 560 |
4 | Eric Pfenning | $37,443 | 420 |
5 | Andrew Friedhofen | $27,722 | 350 |
6 | Greg Himmelbrand | $20,571 | 280 |
7 | Mehmet Siginc | $15,376 | 210 |
8 | Phillip Hui | $11,725 | 140 |
9 | Quan Tran | $9,130 | 70 |
WPT World Championship $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 $100K GTD
The $1,100 restrict Omaha eight-or-better occasion additionally doubled its $100,000 assure, attracting 209 entries to make a $202,730 prize pool.
Two-time bracelet winner Nathan Gamble overcame fellow two-time bracelet winner Yuval Bronshtein heads-up to safe the title and the highest prize of $47,472.
Craig Chait (twelfth), Frankie O’Dell (Eleventh), and Fabrice Soulier (third) additionally put up robust showings.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Nathan Gamble | $47,472 | 360 |
2 | Yuval Bronshtein | $29,350 | 300 |
3 | Fabrice Soulier | $21,406 | 240 |
4 | Young Kim | $16,013 | 180 |
5 | Nohad Teliani | $11,831 | 150 |
6 | Tom Koral | $9,010 | 120 |
7 | Christopher Stewart | $7,047 | 90 |
8 | Tyler Willse | $5,662 | 60 |
9 | Micah Brooks | $4,688 | 30 |
WPT World Championship $3,000 Dealer’s Choice $200K GTD
Nicholas Pupillo bested a 77-entry area within the $3,000 supplier’s selection occasion, incomes $66,171 because the champion. The $200,000 assure was simply surpassed on this mixed-game affair, with the highest 9 finishers incomes a share of the $211,750 prize pool.
Pupillo, who received his first bracelet this summer season because the champion of the WSOP $2,500 triple draw lowball occasion, now has greater than $5.3 million in recorded match earnings.
Five-time bracelet winner and back-to-back-to-back WSOP $10,000 supplier’s selection champion Adam Friedman completed fourth, becoming a member of different large names like bracelet winner Bryce Yockey (eighth), three-time bracelet winner Jim Collopy (sixth), and Mark Gregorich (third) at the ultimate desk.
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Nicholas Pupillo | $66,171 | 252 |
2 | Joseph Couden | $42,350 | 210 |
3 | Mark Gregorich | $29,645 | 168 |
4 | Adam Friedman | $21,175 | 126 |
5 | Tamon Nakamura | $15,775 | 105 |
6 | Jim Collopy | $12,176 | 84 |
7 | Richard Bai | $9,635 | 63 |
8 | Bryce Yockey | $7,941 | 42 |
Winner photographs supplied by WPT / Wynn Las Vegas.