The countdown to the 2023 Goliath is on, with the first flight scheduled for July 29 at the Grosvenor Casino in Coventry, United Kingdom. The Goliath has always lived up to its name and seen some incredible attendances, but the 2023 could be the biggest yet, and that could mean a £1.5 million prize pool for a £150 buy-in tournament.

If you are following PokerNews‘ coverage of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas, you will no doubt have seen that several events have broken their attendance records. That is happening in tournaments costing $1,500 to $100,000, so imagine if that trend continues in the Goliath festival’s events that are at the more affordable end of the scale.

2023 Goliath Festival Kicks Off July 27

The 2023 Goliath festival shuffles up and deals at midday on July 27, with a £1,000 GUKPT Event kicking off the action. Coventry has proven a popular GUKPT destination of late.

In 2022, the GUKPT Coventry Main Event that was part of the Goliath 10th Anniversary celebrations, attracted 549 entrants, and Jack Hardcastle left them all in his wake. Hardcastle helped himself to a £125,450 top prize.

Grosvenor Poker is pulling out all of the stops to make the 2023 Goliath the biggest and best yet. The bustling schedule has been extended to make room for an eagerly anticipated Mystery Bounty event, a £2,000 High Roller, and a £3,500 Super High Roller. Of course, live satellites for those high-stakes events are available exclusively on Grosvenor Poker.

Kyle Jeffrey Tops 10,584-Player Field to Win 2022 Grosvenor Goliath X Main Event (£200,000)

Returning for 2023 is the ever-popular Joker’s Wild charity tournament. Always ridiculously good fun, this year’s £100 buy-in Joker’s Wild is raising money for the Carer’s Trust. Not only can you have a barrel of laughs and win prizes at the table, but you will be raising money for a fantastic cause.

Cash games players are well-catered for, too, with around-the-clock cash games taking place within the Grosvenor G Casino. Anyone that attended the Goliath last year can attest to those cash games being ever so juicy throughout the festival. Perhaps you’ll be able to buy a couple of Goliath Main Event entries at the cash you win?

An Estimated £1.5 Million Prize Pool for the Goliath Main Event

The 2023 Goliath Main Event features eight flights, each with unlimited re-entries for the first ten levels. Those levels are 30 minutes long, except the turbo-structure flight that has a 15-minute clock.

Each flight plays 18 levels, and they all start at 12:00 p.m. apart from Flight G and Flight H Turbo. Flight G starts at 11:00 a.m. because it will be the most popular start day by far, while Flight H Turbo kicks off at 6:00 p.m. Both of those flights run on August 4.

Day 2, on August 5, sees the clock extended to 40 minutes. The plan will be to reduce the field to only 16 players, although the tournament director may pause the action with four tables remaining if time is knocking on.

The third and final day’s action commences on August 6 and continues until only one man or woman is left standing and becomes the 2023 Goliath Main Event champion.

Jack Hardcastle Takes Down Goliath X GUKPT Main Event (£125,450)

The History of the Goliath

This writer was part of the poker media industry when the inaugural Goliath took place back in 2011. Everyone looked on in awe as the 2011 Goliath drew in 1,765 entrants, and paid champion Lee Rawson a £32,705 prize.

The Goliath broke through 2,500 runners in 2014, has hit more than 5,000 entrants by 2016, and topped out at 9,300 in 2019. Everything was set for a 10,000-strong field the following year, but the COVID-19 pandemic put paid to any live poker plans.

Grosvenor’s online poker site hosted the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Goliath; they saw 2,013 and 2,722 entries, respectively, making them two of the biggest online events Grosvenor Poker has hosted.

Lee Reynolds Wins the Record-Breaking Goliath For £64,601

Goliath returned to the live scene with a bang in 2022, when 10,584 players created a £1,270,080 prize pool for a £150 buy-in, which was and still is unheard of. Kyle Jeffrey emerged victoriously from the 2022 Goliath Main Event, and did so with a bankroll-boosting £200,000 in tow.

Jeffrey called his £200,000 score “life-changing” as he picked up his cheque, and it has been exactly that for the reigning champion. Jeffrey’s massively boosted bankroll has given him the freedom to play in live poker events up and down the country in addition to across Europe. He has enjoyed some poker in the sun in Malta, and in late May, put together a deep run in an €800 buy-in event in Belgium. No doubt, Jeffrey will be in Coventry in an attempt to defend his title.

2023 GUKPT Goliath Schedule

Check out the full 2023 GUKPT Goliath schedule in the table below, which details the Goliath Main Event, all side events, and satellites.

Day 20 of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas occurred on June 18. Three events awarded their respective bracelet, while another trio of bracelet-awarding events nudged closer to dishing out theirs.

The first bracelet of the day went to “suited_h13” in Online Event #6: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo. It took a little over six hours for the 1,203-strong field to be reduced to only one player, the tournament’s champion. “suited_h13” took home $134,527 for their efforts, which is an incredible hourly rate!

Chris Brewer reeled in the largest score by far of the series so far, a whopping $5,293,556. Brewer came out on top of the $250,000 Super High Roller, captured his maiden bracelet and denied Artur Martirosian his first piece of poker hardware. Brewer now has more than $15 million in live poker tournament earnings.

Bracelet number three came from the second online event of the day, the $500 PLO 6-Handed, and it was Joe Serock who got their hands on it. They outlasted 601 opponents, including Millard Hale heads-up, to become a WSOP champion for the first time. Oh, and they raked in $93,911 for their efforts.

Big O Reaches Day 3 With 18 Players; Chan in the Mix

Poker legend Johnny Chan has a realistic shot of becoming only the second player in history to win more than ten bracelets because he is still in the mix in Event #41: $1,500 Big O with only 18 players remaining.

Chan currently has ten WSOP bracelets on his resume, the two-time WSOP Main Event champion has not added to his collection since 2005. Could all that change on June 19 when he returns to the action 12th in chips?

Plenty of talented players stand between Chan and his 11th bracelet. They include Victor Ramdin (3,495,000), Bjorn Verbakel (3,090,000), Adam Owen (2,705,000), Robert Williamson III (2,700,000), and Owais Ahmed (2,225,000).

Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on June 19, and continues until a champion is crowned. Will Chan be that champion? Tune into PokerNews to find out.

Event #41: $1,500 Big O Top 10 Chip Counts

Terminator Cates Begins his PPC Title Defence; Ivey Bags Second-Largest Stack

Seventy-three players bought into Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship, including back-to-back champion Dan Cates, and a certain Phil Ivey.

Cates entered the mix dressed as the Terminator, and was almost terminated early into proceedings, but fought back to finish with 305,000 and the chance of an epic three-peat.

Ivey fared much better than Cates; he crammed 944,500 chips into an overnight bag. Ivey made an incredible call that showed why many consider him the GOAT. Only Josh Arieh (1,088,000) bagged a larger stack than the ten-time WSOP bracelet winner.

Fifty-four players remained at the close of play, and the list reads like a who’s who of the poker world. James Obst (929,500), John Monnette (800,500), and Viktor Blom (784,000) finished in the top five, while Jeremy Ausmus (737,500), Bryce Yockey (634,000), Elior Sion (620,000), David Williams (585,500), and Matthew Ashton (565,000) find themselves in the top 10.

Play resumes on June 19 at 1:00 p.m. local time, and late registration remains open for the first three levels. Keep with PokerNews as we bring you all of the action from this incredible tournament.

Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Top 10 Chip Counts

Vohra Bags Big on Day 2 of the Monster Stack

Only 389 of the 8,317 players that bought into Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack remain, and it is David Vedral (4,350,000) who leads them back into battle on Day 3.

Eight of the overnight top ten have at least three million chips in their stacks. Ahmed Karrim (3,890,000), Rayane Bouibeb (3,830,000), Raj Vohra (3,780,000), Robert Bickley (3,240,000), Frederic Normand (3,095,000), Jesse Yaginuma (3,060,000), and Koveh Waysei (3,000,000) being those players.

Further down the counts you find the likes of David Jackson (1,995,000), Kyle Julius (1,915,000), Nate Silver (1,430,000), poker legend Barry Greenstein (1,225,000), and Joe Cada (800,000).

Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack Top 10 Chip Counts

Chino Rheem Leads the $800 NLHE Deepstack

Chino Rheem finds himself at the top of the chip counts in Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack where a record-breaking crowd of 3,778 players turned out. At the close of play and the completion of 22 levels, only 238 players remain, and Rheem’s 2,450,000) stack is the largest of them all.

Pat Lyons (2,360,000) finished just behind Rheem in the chip leader race, with Paul Grande (2,055,000) rounding out the top three.

Antoine Saout (1,620,000) is also through to Day 2, as are 2021 WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir (1,465,000), Joe Kuether (1,005,000), Dylan Linde (615,000), Martin Finger (510,000), and David Pham (450,000).

The cards are back in the air from 10:00 a.m. local time on June 19, and PokerNews‘ live reporting team will be on the ground throughout the day.

Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack Top 10 Chip Counts

What to Expect on Day 21 of the 2023 WSOP

Two new tournaments begin on Day 21 of the 2023 WSOP. June 19 sees Event #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better shuffle up and deal. The other fresh event is Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em.

Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack will be strides towards its final table, while Event #41: $1,500 Big O will hand out its bracelet. Event #42: $800 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack (8-Handed) will also play down to a worthy winner, while the star-studded Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship also continues.

After a swift 10 hours and 15 minutes of play, Joe “jimjam01” Serock was crowned the champion of the Online Event #7: $500 PLO 6-Max. Serock came back from a considerable chip deficit heads-up to overpower opponent Millard “meekmill” Hale. Not only does Serock lay claim to the top prize of $93,911, but will also get his hands on the coveted golden WSOP bracelet for this inaugural online event.

This is Serock’s fifth cash of the 2023 WSOP, with this result bringing a career-first bracelet to compliment his current $102,522 of World Series cashes within the last three weeks.

A total of 608 entries generated a prize pool of $504,900, of which 167 players were paid. Each player that squeaked into the money earned $706 for their finish, while the six finalists received a guaranteed $15,752.

Online Event #4: $600 NLH Ultra Deepstack Final Table Results

Notable names who made the money include Ian “IanMa” Matakis (17th), who won the $500 No Limit Hold’em – Bankroll Builder (Online Bracelet Event 2) earlier this year. As well as Tom “lultaxpayers” Hall (3rd), who continues adding to his already impressive lifetime earnings of $3,008,780 with his final table finish.

Big names to fall short of their next WSOP cash included Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu, Kristen “krissyb24” Bicknell, Phil “Lumestackin” Hellmuth and Phil “HeyGuys” Galfond.

Final Table Action

“theBAGEL” was the first player to depart this final table as Hall came back from behind as his two-pair improved into a full house, beating “theBAGEL”’s straight, and sending them to the rail.

The accolade of fifth place lay with Christian “Quad7s” Loucas after all the money went in preflop against Hale. Loucas was no match for Hale’s kings, and he departed in fifth for $21,407.

Steve “gborooo” Gross left preceding in fourth place as an ace on the turn improved Serock to a higher pair eliminating Gross in the process.

The one and only player not from the united states on the final table, Hall, busted in third. Hall found himself all in preflop with a pair of kings against the aces of Serock; Hall was the first player to be eliminated in a podium position.

In secnd place came Hale. After a valiant effort in his heads-up battle, Hale fell short of bracelet glory, exiting the tournament $58,013 richer.

Out of 608 players, only one remained: Serock. Serock came back from a two-to-one chip deficit to take down Hale and claim first place as the inaugural champion of this online event.

That wraps up the coverage of Online Event #7: $500 PLO 6-Max. Be sure to stick with PokerNews for all of the coverage from the rest of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

On June 21, 2023, the new EAPT (EA Poker Tour) lands at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, Czech Republic. Although the EAPT has existed for ten years, it recently went through a complete rebranding and relocation, established new partnerships, and started an expansive European life—the new old one, as it is.

Many stories have happened over the past ten years. We decided to tell you the story of this time. Once, for example, the series runs in the north in winter. Due to the heavy snowfall, the electricity (and heating) was disrupted for… two days. Roads were blocked, and the temperature in the casino and hotel was getting lower. To get to the nearest city, you would need to ride bears for three days. Okay, no spoilers.

Let’s go!

Marvin Rettenmaier – The Very First Champion

The very first EAPT tournament run in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2013. Many famous players came to celebrate the launch. One of them, the winner of the European Poker Awards, ‘Player of the Year 2012’, Marvin Rettenmaier, won the very first EAPT gold with first place in the Main Event and $73,930.

Gratz!

The Champion Who Got $0

In 2020, the EAPT winner received $0 at the Deep Stack event. With five players left, Maxim Skovorodnik offered his competitors a deal: he gave his prize money to his opponents, and in return, they agreed that he would take the trophy. Maxim’s opponents accepted such a profitable deal!

Gratz! (Gratz?)

The Story of How the EAPT Girls Got In the Maxim Magazine

An extraordinary story happened a couple of years ago, and the EAPT employees found themselves on the pages of a top men’s magazine. And it happened like this.

Okay, actually, there’s no fascinating story behind it. But any story related to a men’s mainstream magazine and the poker industry simply must be presented.

The Most Exciting Final Table

The most exciting final table happened in Prague in 2017. J.C. Alvarado, Sergio Aido, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Viktor Kudinov, Ludovic Geilich, Patrick Leonard, and Andrey Novak met at the final table of the EAPT High Roller event. The Ukrainian player, Novak, won the event, replenishing his bankroll by €140,000.

Gratz!

The Story of When the Lights Went Out in the Middle of Nowhere

The geography of the EAPT stretches from sunny Caribbean islands to harsh Siberia. If the Caribbean tournaments had a relaxed atmosphere with cocktail parties, then it would be possible to film the third part of the wild film “The Hangover” in Siberia.

The most epic moment. Siberia. Winter. Minus 35. The EAPT series had been going on for a week, and snow had been falling for a week, slowly rising to the 3-meter mark. The electrical system was under pressure and… the lights were cut off throughout the whole region. Absolute darkness. Dealers took out their phones and turned on flashlights over their tables to make all the players’ chips visible.

For the first 30 minutes, no one realized this was a large-scale breakdown; players laughed and ran outside to smoke (it was STILL warm in the building). Well, soon, there was reported that electricity was out of order for 400 kilometers around! In winter. In Siberia. Quite challenging!

The temperature in the building dropped by a degree literally every hour. Some local players took a risk and drove to their homes by car, although the roads were almost blocked with snow.

Many people still resided in the casino hotel and forever became part of the EAPT family. They had to endure cold sandwiches from the only restaurant in the casino, drink a lot of horilkas (a popular Siberian alcoholic tincture), play card games using EAPT plastic professional cards (and candlelight), and were reminded to stay in the Casino due to the presence of bears in the surrounding forest. Unforgettable!

Two days later, the electricity was restored, the tournament resumed, and the champion won loud applause.

The Luckiest Guy of the Series

The champion of the EAPT Cyprus in 2022, Eduard Barsegian, can rightfully consider himself the main lucky winner of the series. He rolled over his opponents on the final table, knocking seven of eight players out of the game! The reward — $100,000 and the EAPT trophy.

It needs to be watched for real poker inspiration!

The Story that Drove the EAPT Staff Crazy

The EAPT came to Kazakhstan for the first time in 2014! A new poker country. Nobody knew what to expect. By the first day, 15 tables were ready. The doors opened, all the tables were filled within the next 10 minutes, and the queue lined up across the poker room went through the hotel, and ended on the street. By the evening, another 20 (!) tables with completely different logos were delivered. But everyone was happy. Can you imagine 35 nonstop working tables 24/7? Kazakhstan!

P.S. The dealers and floors survived.

Deal For Eight

The final table of the EAPT Main Event 2022. Spotlights, cameras, journalists, viewers, and readers of the broadcast. Everyone is ready for the big exciting game! Nerves are on edge!

Twenty minutes after the start, the finalists decided to make a deal and give the trophy to the chip leader. The end!

Where did that happen? Of course, in Siberia! What did the finalists do after? Maybe they had Horilka. Perhaps they were hunting a bear. Or, on a bet, run through the forest naked. Well, everything that happens in Siberia will stay in Siberia.

Seriously, though, the EAPT is:

• A new old series, released in Europe with huge plans
• 50 stops from 2013
• The professional team held the EPT, WPT, WSOP C, Triton, and SHR Bowl.
• Thousands of unforgettable stories and emotions from different parts of the world: the Caribbean, Prague, Kyiv, Sochi, Georgia, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Montenegro, and other locations.

The next EAPT stop will take place at King’s Resort, Rozvadov, from June 21 to 26. Main Event buy-in is €560 with a €350,000 + € 50,000 in seats guarantee. Satellites and an online Day 1 are available on EAPoker and across the whole GG Network.

After that, the tour heads to Milan, Barcelona, North Cyprus, Nottingham, and other new locations.

Online Day 1

The latest news sees an online Day 1 added on Monday, June 19, for the first stop in the 2023-2024 series at King’s Resor.

The online Day 1 takes place at 20.05 BST (21.05 local time) with a buy-in of €500 + €60. Participants start with 40,000 chips, play to the money, and rejoin the field at the live tournament at King’s on Day 2.

https://eapoker.com. is partnered with the market-leading GGPoker Network, which means all players can also qualify and play online Day 1’s at GGPoker itself and have access to all global promotions, games, and huge player fields that you expect from the world’s largest online poker room.

Taking part in EAPT online, players can

• Play online satellites from 1 cent to win a ticket for any EAPT event.
• Play the Main Event Online Day 1 to the money, taking the stack to the live Day 2.
• Take part in special EAPT Online Events and promotions getting up to 60% cashback.

Greetings and welcome to EAPT 2.0, the series that intends to become the best for mid-stakes players!

Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller, the highest buy-in event of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), saw a record field of 69 entrants, up from the 56 that registered in last year’s event, create a prize pool of $17,181,000, with the eventual winner pocketing $5,293,556.

On Sunday, the final nine returned to the event center at the Horsehoe and Paris Las Vegas to try and claim the top prize, but it would be high-stakes poker pro, Chris Brewer, who would eventually do it. Brewer put on an artful display of short stack maneuvering throughout the day to earn a new career-high score and his first-ever WSOP bracelet.

Brewer became emotional in his post-win interview, commenting, “I’m sorry, I’ve had some really tough ones. It just feels good.”

Brewer’s had some close calls in the past and was developing a reputation as being “unlucky,” in so much as being voted “most unlucky player” by a WSOP poll, but said, “Oh, I don’t think so, I think I’m getting pretty lucky nowadays.”

Prior to winning, Brewer had just north of $10 million in lifetime earnings, with his biggest win netting him a bit over $1 million at EPT Paris.

Final Table Action

Nine players returned to battle it out, but only seven would make the PokerGo live broadcast, as Steven Veneziano would exit in ninth after calling it off with top pair against the flopped two pair of Chance Kornuth.

Last year’s runner-up in this event, Brandon Steven, would be the next to go when his flush draw failed to improve against the flopped trips of polarizing figure, Martin Kabrhel. Steven would take home $574,899 for his efforts.

The first casualty of the live stream was four-time bracelet winner, David Peters, whose ace-nine dominated the ace-eight of Kornuth, but Kornuth would ultimately make a flush to send Peters to the rail in seventh.

Dan Smith battled back from the short stack at the beginning of the day to become one of the chip leaders, only to be out in sixth place when his kings fell to the turned set of queens of Artur Martirosian, which left Smith with crumbs. Smith would be out a few hands later when his ace-queen failed to hold against the ten-six of Martin Kabrhel.

Kornuth would finish fifth for his first ever seven-figure pay-day, saying, he was glad to get that monkey off his back. Another first for Kornuth was having his Dad watch him at the final table, something he said he’s never done before. Kornuth was able to fly him out in time to see his son win over $1.2 million dollars. On Father’s Day, no less.

Martirosian would be responsible for the next two eliminations, sending Alex Kulev out in fourth after his queen-jack failed to improve against the pocket eights of Martirosian and Kabrhel hit the payout desk in third after shoving queen-deuce suited from the button and running right into Martirosian’s ace-king.

Heads-up play began with Brewer at a more than two-to-one chip disadvantage until his pocket three’s held up against the ace-ten of Martirosian. That created a one-eighty in the counts, giving Brewer the two-to-one chip lead and leaving Martirosian at risk. Things would come to a head when Martirosian called a pre-flop jam from Brewer with ace-king against Brewers ace-seven. Martirosian was in great shape to continue the match until Brewer would catch pure lightning in the form of a runner-runner straight after a king-high flop. Martirosian took home $3,271,666 as a consolation prize.

888poker Ontario are gearing up for a big summer. The Summer Sale series takes a selection of classic weekly 888poker Ontario events and lowers the buy-ins while preserving the size of the guaranteed prize pools. The Summer Sale starts June 19 and runs until June 26.

In total, there will be fifteen events running as part of the Summer Sale, including a multi-flight Main Event. Thanks to the unchanged guarantees, there is a total of $62,500 guaranteed across the series. Despite being on the hook for these huge prize pools, 888poker is dropping the buy-ins by 50% for each of the Summer Sale events.

For players in Ontario, these half-price poker tournaments are a prime opportunity to go hunting for overlay value or to take a shot at events that might usually be outside your bankroll.

888poker also runs satellites for the Summer Sale events, so you have an opportunity to win your tournament ticket for even less.

Schedule Highlights For The 888poker Summer Sale

There is a wide range of events on the Summer Sale schedule from which to take your pick.

At the cheaper end are bargain buy-in events like the $500 GTD Mystery Bounty 5.5 (the buy-in is just $2.75 for The Summer Sale), the $500 Mystery Bounty 8.8 (with a buy-in of $4.40) and several $1,000 GTD Mystery Bounty 11s (with a buy-in of $5.50). For players who fancy a shot at a slightly riper apple, there is the $3,000 PKO Rumble 109 (with a buy-in of $55) and the centerpiece of the schedule — $30,000 Mystery Bounty Main Event (also with a $55 buy-in).

In between those extremes, there is a good spread of buy-ins at the $8.80, $11, and $27.50 levels.

Players will have plenty of shots at their cut of the $30k guaranteed prize pool in the Mystery Bounty Main Event, as there will be multiple Day 1 flights every day of 888poker’s Summer Sale from June 19 to June 26.

There are satellites running for many of these events on 888poker Ontario. If you want to participate in the Summer Sale you will need to sign-up for an 888poker account.

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888poker Ontario Summer Sale Full Schedule

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After just a little over six hours of play, “suited_h13” came out on top in WSOP Online Event #6: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo to net the first-place prize of $134,527 along with a coveted gold WSOP bracelet. They defeated “Suplex7” in a short-lived heads-up affair, with “MTTWarrior” rounding out the top three.

The 1,879-strong field generated a prize pool of $845,550 that was split amongst the top 289 finishers, each of whom secured a minimum of $760.99. Yong Keun “LuckySpewy1” Kwon was the last individual not to see a return on their investment after getting knocked out in 290th place.

Play increased in pace as the day wore on, and the blinds became increasingly expensive. As a result, it did not take long for the final table of eight to be set with the elimination of Ioannis “Cheeecha” Angelou Konstas in 9th place when their ace-queen failed to connect.

WSOP Online Event #6: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Final Table Results

Final Table Action

Jonathan “Art.Vandelay” Dokler was the first out the door at the final table when his tens came up short against the big slick of Adam “Demerssa” Demersseman.

Next to go was James “ohhhhjaybird” Hundt alongside Demersseman after they both ran into the jacks of eventual winner “suited_h13”.

Robert “Binkwen” Nelson was sent to the rail in 5th place after getting rivered by a rampant “suited_h13” who promptly followed that up by ousting “Duci13” in 4th place.

Not long after, “MTTWarrior” hit the showers, their dominated ace failing to get lucky against “suited_h13”.

That setup a heads-up match between “suited_h13” and “Suplex7” with the former starting with a sizable chip lead. As with the rest of the final table, it did not take long for a winner to be crowned with “Suplex7” unable to mount a comeback, instead forced to settle for a not too shabby $83,202 consolation prize.

“suited_h13” was left to claim a gold WSOP bracelet to go along with a six-figure score. Congratulations to them on their victory!

This concludes coverage of WSOP Online Event #6: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo. Be sure to stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to provide comprehensive coverage of all events at the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.

On Sunday, the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #43: $50,000 Poker Players Championship (PPC) kicked off. The tournament is often the most-anticipated of the year for mixed game players, including Daniel Negreanu, who has called it his favorite tournament. Unfortunately for “Kid Poker,” he made an uncharacteristically early exited midway through Day 1.

While most eyes were on two-time defending champ Dan “Jungleman” Cates, who came dressed as “The Terminator,” famously portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the hit 1992 film, 10-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey slipped into the field.

The night before, Ivey had bubbled the $250,000 Super High Roller when he jammed with ace-three suited and failed to get there against the pocket queens of the much-maligned Martin Kabrhel. Well, the Poker Hall of Famer played another big hand less than 24 hours later.

Phil Ivey Bubbles the 2023 WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller

The Monster PLO Pot

The pot-limit Omaha (PLO) hand was captured by reporter Mike Patrick in Level 5, and it wound up being the largest pot of the tournament up to that point.

After Greg Mueller raised to 6,500 in the cutoff and Matthew Ashton called in the small blind, Ivey three-bet to 26,000 in the big blind. Both Mueller and Ashton called, and a big pot that would get a lot bigger was brewing.

The flop came Q♦3♥9♦ and Ashton led out for 32,000. Ivey took some time to think and then made the call. Action was on Mueller now and he also called, leaving himself 64,000 behind.

The turn came 4♣ and after about a minute of thought, Ashton bet the pot, sliding out a stack of green T-25,000 chips that totaled 275,000.

Ivey then went into the tank, covering his mouth as he thought through his decision for over two minutes, then cutting out his chips and sliding them all forward to the tune of 347,000.

Mueller then went into the tank for about a minute before deciding to fold and preserve his remaining stack.

Ashton dropped a call in and the hands were revealed that would either double up or eliminate Ivey.

Phil Ivey: A♥K♦Q♠J♣
Matthew Ashton: A♦K♠2♦2♠

Ashton’s aggression with his flush draw and wheel draw had been picked off by Ivey’s pair of queens and straight draw.

The river brought the 10♠, giving Ivey his straight to win the massive pot and send him to the top of the leaderboard.

Ivey is looking to cash the $50,000 PPC for the fifth time. Back in 2006, he finished third in the inaugural event, which was won by David “Chip” Reese. Two years later, he placed 12th for $159,840, and then wouldn’t cash it again until 10 years later when he placed ninth in the 2018 WSOP $50,000 PPC. The following year he upped it by one spot taking eighth place for $124,410.

Follow live updates from the 2023 WSOP $50,000 PPC here!

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Executive Editor US, PokerNews Podcast co-host & 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.

The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is hosting 20 online bracelets – up from 13 last year – awarded on WSOP.com in the merged network of New Jersey and Nevada.

While PokerNews is offering live updates from those tournaments, the segregated markets of Pennsylvania and Michigan are also each awarding seven bracelets.

While we’re not able to offer live updates from those tournaments, we will be bringing you recaps for all the bracelet winners from Wolverine and Keystone States.

Below is a look at the latest winners from Michigan and Pennsylvania.

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Morgan “Jammin4Jesus” Magee Adds Michigan Bracelet to Go Along w/ Ring

On Sunday, June 11, the second Michigan online bracelet of the summer was awarded. Event #2: $400 NLH PKO 8-Max saw 155 players rebuy 60 times, which resulted in a 215-entry field that awarded its $77,400 prize pool to the top 30 finishers. Coming out on top of that tournament was Morgan “Jammin4Jesus” Magee, who claimed $17,446.76 in prize money and his first online bracelet.

The bracelet compliments the gold ring he won back in March when he took down the $525 buy-in WSOP Circuit Super Series Event #18: $50,000 Main Event 8-Max for $18,850.

Among those to cash the tournament were Brett “OopsRiver” Blackwood (10th – $915.12), Jonathon “2GoodCards” State (15th – $587.79), Matthew “ploof21” Ploof (18th – $763.92), Brent “HappyMrsChkn” Burrows (20th – $625.05), Michael “Cilantrose” Reardon (28th – $846.18), and Jory “shark2006” Pardon (30th – $621.18).

WSOP Online MI Event #2 Final Table Results

A Look at All the 2022 WSOP Online Michigan Bracelet Winners

Dempsey Wins Second PA Bracelet of the Summer

On Sunday, June 11, the second Pennsylvania online bracelet of the summer was awarded. Event #2: $400 NLH PKO 8-Max attracted 148 players who rebought 86 times. The 234-entry field resulted in an $84,240 prize pool that was paid out to the top 24 finishers.

Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were Dongwuk “anvil85” Moon (10th – $2,163.18), Christopher “BadIdea5” Dow (15th – $1,797.58), Josh “ArmyWife1972” Rivera (20th – $1,048.10), and Franco “D.Lafferty” Bonacci (24th – $935.60).

After nearly nine hours of play, it was Josh “Come83” Dempsey defeating Samuel “PineCreek” Monks in heads-up play to win the tournament for $8,403.04 plus an $11,697.17 PKO bounty for a total payday of $20,100.21.

A week earlier, Dempsey had captured his first WSOP Circuit gold ring when he won the June Online Circuit $215 buy-in Event #4: $40,000 NLH Mystery Bounty for $5,536.

WSOP Online PA Event #2 Final Table Results

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Remaining Michigan/Pennsylvania Schedule

Back in 2021, the WSOP offered gold online bracelet events in the segregated Pennsylvania market. In 2022, the WSOP expanded its online bracelet offering into Michigan with eight events.

In 2023, WSOP.com will offer seven online bracelets each in their segregated markets in Michigan and Pennsylvania. The events and schedule are the same in both markets.

On Sunday, June 25, Event #4: $500 Mystery Bounty will take place marking the first time an online gold bracelet will be awarded for the popular Mystery Bounty format.

Executive Editor U.S.

Executive Editor US, PokerNews Podcast co-host & 2013 WSOP Bracelet Winner.