2023 World Series of Poker Paradise
LocationAtlantis Paradise Island, The Bahamas
DatesDecember 3-14, 2023
Champion
Germany Stanislav Zegal
Atlantis Paradise Island hosted the inaugural WSOP Paradise

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.[1]

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.[2]

Event Schedule

Erik Seidel won his 10th WSOP bracelet in Event 7
Artur Martirosian won his second bracelet of 2023 in Event 11

Source: [3]

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up
1 $1,500 Mystery Millions 3,446 South Korea Jinhoon Lee (1/1) $420,000 United States Max Pinnola
2 $1,425 Millionaire Maker in Paradise 3,496 United States Allan Mello (1/1) $1,000,000 Ukraine Nazar Buhaiov
3 $25,000 GGMillion$ High Roller Championship 533 Austria Samuel Muller (1/1) $2,736,300 United States Frank Brannan
4 $1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold'em 2,234 Canada Martin Raus (1/1) $334,380 Czech Republic Josef Snejberg
5 $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 140 Greece Nikolaos Lampropoulos (1/1) $871,600 United States Dan Shak
6 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 755 Bulgaria Boris Kolev (1/2) $424,550 Australia Daniel Neilson
7 $50,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 137 United States Erik Seidel (1/10) $1,704,400 United States Seth Gottlieb
8 $2,000 Mystery Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Online 668 Canada Benjamin Wilinofsky (2/2) $113,079 Bangladesh Asheque Elahi
9 $100,000 Ultra High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 111 Japan Masashi Oya (1/1) $2,940,000 United States Jason Koon (0/1)
10 $5,000 Main Event Championship 3,010 Germany Stanislav Zegal (1/1) $2,000,000 Czech Republic Michael Sklenicka
11 $740 Flip & Go 767 Russia Artur Martirosian (2/2) $110,591 South Korea Dongwuk Moon
12 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout Online 1,336 Belgium Anton Bardziyan (1/1) $178,261 Brazil Yuri Rodrigues
13 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 104 Brazil Dante Goya (1/1) $277,700 United States Jim Collopy (1/3)
14 $2,000 The Closer Turbo Bounty 406 Portugal Bernardo Neves (1/1) $166,000 United Kingdom Archibald Seaton
15 $10,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 169 China Dong Chen (1/1) $411,659 France 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.[4]

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.[5]

Final Table

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)		 WSOP
Bracelets		 WSOP
Cashes*		 WSOP
Earnings*
Australia Daniel Neilson37,400,000 (24.9%)042$1,004,597
Brazil Gabriel Schroeder28,000,000 (18.6%)140$389,125
Germany Stanislav Zegal28,000,000 (18.6%)07$9,759
Portugal Rui Sousa20,700,000 (13.8%)012$55,626
Czech Republic Michael Sklenicka16,000,000 (10.6%)09$334,593
United States Matt Glantz15,500,000 (10.3%)075$3,612,513
United Kingdom Montgomery McQuade4,900,000 (3.3%)000

*Career statistics prior to the start of the 2023 WSOP Paradise Main Event

Final Table results

Place Name Prize
1stGermany Stanislav Zegal$2,000,000
2ndCzech Republic Michael Sklenicka$1,200,000
3rdAustralia Daniel Neilson$900,000
4thUnited States Matt Glantz$685,000
5thPortugal Rui Sousa$510,000
6thBrazil Gabriel Schroeder$400,000
7thUnited Kingdom Montgomery McQuade$300,000
8thUnited States Luke Graham$250,000

Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
10th Belarus Mikita Badziakouski $150,000
20th Canada Timothy Adams $90,000
35th United States David Peters $58,300
39th Canada Sam Greenwood $58,300
46th Italy Mustapha Kanit $47,500
71st Spain Adrián Mateos $26,800
87th United States Daniel Weinman $19,000
91st Belgium Davidi Kitai $19,000
98th Canada Daniel Negreanu $19,000

References

  1. ↑ Harwood, Brad (December 15, 2023). "WSOP PARADISE CROWNS FIRST CHAMPION, THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER UNVEILS DATES FOR 2024 WSOP". WSOP.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  2. ↑ Richards, Connor (December 9, 2023). "Erik Seidel Joins Exclusive 10-Bracelet Club, Wins WSOP Paradise Super High Roller ($1,704,400)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ "WSOP Paradise schedule". Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hampton, Adam (December 11, 2023). "WSOP Paradise: Main Event on track to beat $15m guarantee". Poker.org. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. ↑ Richards, Connor (December 14, 2023). "Online Qualifier Stanislav Zegal Wins First WSOP Paradise Main Event ($2,000,000)". PokerNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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