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.

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.

Event schedule

Source: Online event. # Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up1$1,500 Mystery Millions3,446 Jinhoon Lee (1/1)$420,000 Max Pinnola2$1,425 Millionaire Maker in Paradise3,496 Allan Mello (1/1)$1,000,000 Nazar Buhaiov3$25,000 GGMillion$ High Roller Championship533 Samuel Mullur (1/1)$2,736,300 Frank Brannan4$1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em2,234 Martin Raus (1/1)$334,380 Josef Snejberg5$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha140 Nikolaos Lampropoulos (1/1)$871,600 Dan Shak6$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed755 Boris Kolev (1/2)$424,550 Daniel Neilson7$50,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em137 Erik Seidel (1/10)$1,704,400 Seth Gottlieb8$2,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Online668 Benjamin Wilinofsky (2/2)$113,079 Asheque Elahi9$100,000 Ultra High Roller No-Limit Hold'em111 Masashi Oya (1/1)$2,940,000 Jason Koon (0/1)10$5,000 Main Event Championship3,010 Stanislav Zegal (1/1)$2,000,000 Michael Sklenicka11$740 Flip & Go767 Artur Martirosian (2/2)$110,591 Dongwuk Moon12$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Online1,336 Anton Bardziyan (1/1)$178,261 Yuri Rodrigues13$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship104 Dante Goya (1/1)$277,700 Jim Collopy (1/3)14$2,000 The Closer Turbo Bounty406 Bernardo Neves (1/1)$166,000 Archibald Seaton15$10,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed169 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.

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.

Final Table NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBraceletsWSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings* 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 Prize10th Mikita Badziakouski$150,00020th Timothy Adams$90,00035th David Peters$58,30039th Sam Greenwood$58,30046th Mustapha Kanit$47,50071st Adrián Mateos$26,80087th Daniel Weinman$19,00091st Davidi Kitai$19,00098th Daniel Negreanu$19,000

References

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