Troha, Suzuki, and Li Among Recent Bracelet Winners At 2023 World Series of Poker

The total prize money awarded at the 2023 World Series of Poker has climbed into the nine-figure range. Through the first 38 live and five online events, more than $105.5 million has been paid out at the series, with the total number of entries so far surpassing 86,500. Below is a look at three recent bracelet events that wrapped up at the 54th annual WSOP.

2023 WSOP $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

The latest pot-limit Omaha event at the series saw 1,355 entries post $1,500 to play a little four-card poker. The strong turnout resulted in a $1,808,925 prize pool, with 204 finishers making the money. After three days of heated PLO action, North Olmsted, Ohio’s Sean Troha came away with the title and the top prize of $298,192.

This was Troha’s second career bracelet victory, having earned his first in the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha championship in 2022. That title run saw Troha secure a career-best payday of $1,246,770. His two top tournament paydays have both come from his bracelet wins at the series. Troha now has more than $2.3 million in career earnings, with nearly $1.8 million coming from WSOP cashes.

Big names that ran deep included six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu (16th), five-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh (13th), bracelet winner Antonin Teisseire (10th), and four-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (7th).

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

2023 WSOP $3,000 Nine-Game Mix

Ryutaro Suzuki emerged victorious in the $3,000 nine-game mix event, besting a field of 361 entries for his first bracelet and the top prize of $221,124. This was his first live six-figure tournament score ever.

The 22-year-old Japanese player became just the event WSOP champion from his home country with this win.

Suzuki overcame plenty of tough competition down the stretch, with notables like two-time bracelet winner Chris Vitch (19th), bracelet winner Yueqi Zhu (16th), bracelet winner Allan Le (15th), two-time bracelet winner Anatolii Zyrin (13th), bracelet winner Shawn Buchanan (11th), three-time bracelet winner Scott Clements (9th), bracelet winner Justin Liberto (8th), and bracelet winner Ian Steinman (5th) all running deep.

In the final hand, Suzuki got all-in on the flop with an overpair of aces (and bottom pair of threes) in a round of pot-limit Omaha. Runner-up Walter Chambers held both a wrap straight draw and a flush draw. Chambers’ draws all bricked out, though, and he was eliminated in second place ($136,667) to bring the tournament to an end.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

2023 WSOP $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em

Yuan Li was the last player standing in the $2,000 no-limit hold’em event. The Chinese player outlasted a field of 1,962 total entries to earn his first bold bracelet and the top prize of $524,777.

This was the second-largest score of Li’s career, having won the Asia Championship of Poker for $871,000 back in 2016. Li now has more than $1.9 million in career tournament earnings to his name.

The healthy turnout for this event resulted in a prize pool of $3,492,360. The top 295 finishers made the money, with poker stars like 2016 Card Player Poker Tour Wynn Classic champion Ludovic Geilich (19th), 2021 CPPT Venetian champion and bracelet winner Ankush Mandavia (14th), two-time WSOP main event final tablist Antoine Saout (13th), two-time bracelet winner Mark Seif (6th), and Jeremy Joseph (4th) among the contenders that made the final few tables.

Jonathan Camara earned $324,355 as the runner-up, his first-ever six-figure cash in a live event.

Here is a look at the payouts awarded at the final table:

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Winner photo credits: WSOP / Alicia Skillman, Omar Sader, Rachel Kay Miller.