Five More Bracelets Handed Out At 2023 World Series of Poker

The 2023 World Series of Poker has seen 64 live and 11 online bracelets awarded thus far, with more than $220.2 million in prize money paid out along the way. Below is a look at five recent tournaments that have wrapped up at the 54th annual WSOP.

2023 WSOP $3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em

Germany’s Robert Schulz was the last player standing from a field of 1,598 that entered the $3,000 no-limit hold’em freezeout event. For the win, Shulz earned $675,275 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

The score increased his total tournament earnings to nearly $1.6 million. Prior to this victory, his largest cash had been a runner-up showing he secured in a $1,600 buy-in event at the Venetian DeepStack Championship Poker Series earlier this summer for $160,278.

Plenty of notables ran deep in this event, including bracelet winner Gianluca Speranza (18th), high-stakes tournament regular Brock Wilson (13th), bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (9th), 2019 WSOP main event runner-up Dario Sammartino (5th), bracelet winner Barak Wisbrod (4th), and Julien Sitbon (2nd).

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

2023 WSOP Online $888 No-Limit Hold’em Crazy 8’s

The WSOP Online $888 buy-in no-limit hold’em ‘Crazy 8’s’ event attracted 1,050 entries to create a prize pool of more than $1.3 million. After about 13 hours of play, that field was narrowed down to just one player: Robert ‘Suki_The_Sav’ Como. The California resident earned $227,001 and his first gold bracelet for the win.

This was Como’s fourth cash of the series, including a pair of tenth-place showings in the $10,000 limit hold’em championship and $3,000 limit hold’em six-max events. He now has more than $360,000 in recorded tournament earnings to his name.

The final few tables featured plenty of recognizable names, including two-time bracelet winner Jans Arends (24th), two-time bracelet winner Ari ‘PalmTreeB’ Engel (17th), bracelet winner Davide ‘drogonzizi’ Suriano, 2021 Wynn Millions main event winner Andrew ‘GudLife’ Moreno (5th), and 2013 WSOP main event champion Ryan ‘BitC0in’ Riess (3rd).

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

2023 WSOP $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em

The $1,000 super seniors no-limit hold’em event requires all participants to be at least 60 years of age. A total of 3,121 entries were made by the time registration closed in this year’s running, building a prize pool of $2,777,690 that was split up among the top 468 finishers.

Klaus Ilk emerged victorious after four days of tournament action, earning his first bracelet and $371,603. This was only the second recorded in-the-money finish at the series for the 66-year-old Austrian. His first came when he finished 262nd in this same tournament last year.

With his win in the super seniors event, Ilk now has $388,000 in lifetime tournament earnings.

Some of the highly accomplished players that ran deep in this event included six-time WPT final tablist Curt Kohlberg (97th), bracelet winner Kevin Song (54th) and Mitch Garshofsky (34th), who recently finished third in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown mai event for $550,000.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

2023 WSOP $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha

David Simon came out on top of a 2,076-entry field to win the $1,500 no-limit hold’em and pot-limit Omaha eight-max event. The Kilauea, HI resident earned $410,659 and his debut gold bracelet after defeating bracelet winner David Prociak heads-up for the title.

This was by far the largest live tournament score on Simon’s resume, blowing away the $18,158 he earned for a third-place showing in a $550 event at the 2019 Wynn Classic.

The top 312 finishers cashed in this event, with six-figure paydays for the top five who made it to day 4. Three-time bracelet winner Upeshka De Silva (7th – $58,464) and
four-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (6th – $76,910) were both knocked out late on day 3.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

2023 WSOP $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em

It took just two days of tournament action to narrow the 2,824 entries made in the $1,000 no-limit hold’em bounty super turbo freezeout event down to a champion. When the dust settled, Brazil’s Gabriel Schroeder had collected the last bounty, his first bracelet, and the top payout of $228,632.

This was the 32-year-old’s second live final-table finish of the year, having placed fourth in a $1,100 buy-in event over at Venetian for $899,922 just over a week prior to his win in this tournament. The 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year points he earned in this event were enough to see him enter into a tie with Dao Minh Phu for 100th place in the 2023 POY race standings, which are presented by Global Poker.

Schroeder was joined by the likes of 13-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner Daniel Lowery (6th), and 2005 WSOP main event fifth-place finisher Andy Black (3rd) at the final table of this fast-paced event.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

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