They did it. The World Series of Poker hosted its largest Main Event in 54 years of the series. The 2023 WSOP Main Event surpassed the record by more than 1,200 players. And the 10,043-player field translated into a prize pool of $94M. And as the 2023 WSOP’s 95 live
All signs pointed to a big year. The World Series of Poker showed strong numbers in 2022, the first big year after the pandemic and the first series held at Paris Las Vegas and Bally’s-now-Horseshoe Las Vegas. The 2022 WSOP Main Event showed the second-largest attendance in its history. Players
When the WSOP World Championship began at the 2023 World Series of Poker, other live tournaments wrapped so the entire focus could be on the Main Event. It is the center of attention for so many poker players and fans, and it takes up quite a lot of space in
It is more than half over. The 2023 World Series of Poker is in its second half, and the WSOP Main Event will start in just a few days. It is the culmination of a summer of poker, with the biggest series hitting its stride and heading into the stretch.
A poker tournament series consisting of 95 live events, not to mention those online in various jurisdictions, is tough to analyze before it is complete. But there is a halfway point at which the early numbers can provide some insight. The 2023 World Series of Poker just passed that halfway
The World Series of Poker just passed the halfway mark of its 95-event live tournament series in Las Vegas. It’s time to look at a Player of the Year race that has become tighter and more interesting than most anticipated. It is important to note the events that qualify for
The 2023 World Series of Poker already completed four weeks of its summer series in Las Vegas. It started with a bang named Chad Eveslage, who won two bracelets within a few days. As more tournaments ran to completion, players from the poker boom like Nick Schulman, Isaac Haxton, Josh
The first week of the 2023 World Series of Poker saw a number of poker players claim the first bracelets of the year, the most notable of which was Chad Eveslage. Coming off of a stellar year with the World Poker Tour, including winning its Player of the Year in
One of the fun things for poker fans and players – or just nerds – is to break down the World Series of Poker by the numbers. Sometimes, the WSOP staff releases numbers at the end of the summer series, showing the total amount of prize money awarded, countries represented,
Every one or two years, there is a player who stands out from the crowd at the World Series of Poker by winning more than one gold bracelet. Even in recent years, when the WSOP awards more than 100 each summer alone, there is usually a player who wins two.
