Daniel Weinman is the WSOP Main Event champion and takes home US$12,1 million.
Daniel Weinman dominated the final day of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event. Despite starting with the second-largest stack among the three finalists, the player had an inspired Final Day, giving his opponents no chance and, having overcome the record field of 10.043 entries, pocketed a whopping US$12.100.000, the largest prize ever awarded in the main event. It was the player's second career bracelet; the first was won in 2014 in a Pot-Limit Omaha tournament.
A fan of the mind sport who had an appointment and arrived late to watch the grand final may have caught the match already in the heads-up phase, or even missed the entire final. Excluding the breaks, the game lasted less than 120 minutes.
It was a completely atypical final day. With the short stack having at least 80 big blinds to play with and the finalists very close in chip count, in addition to the deep structure, a long contest was expected. However, Weinman dominated the action.
Right after the first break of the day, in the first hand, Weinman saw a dream scenario, watching Adam Walton go all in for 200.000.000 chips, with blinds at 1.250.000/2.500.000, while holding AA. As nothing is simple, the board 7539 gave the short stack a gutshot straight draw, but a K on the river sealed the first elimination of the day and a prize of US$4.000.000 for third place.
With twice the stack of his opponent, the chip leader gave Steven Jones no chance to react; quickly, the champion had accumulated three times more chips than his opponent. The game was decided at the first opportunity when they went all in.
In the final hand, Jones raised to 7.000.000 from the button with blinds at 1.250.000/2.500.000 and was called by his opponent. The flop was J52, with two spades, and the raiser c-bet 6.000.000. Weinman raised to 18.500.000 and was called.
After a 4 appeared on the turn, the chip leader bet 38.000.000. With 145.000.000 behind in a pot of over 90.000.000, the short stack thought for a long time and went all in. Weinman asked to check his chip stack, and after receiving confirmation, called, seeing the excellent favorable situation, holding KJ against J8. An A on the river confirmed the victory for the player.
Check out the final table standings:
1st – Daniel Weinman (United States) – US$ 12.100.000
2nd – Steve Jones (United States) – US$ 6.500.000
3rd – Adam Walton (United States) – US$ 4.000.000
4th – Peter Jachtmann (Germany) – US$ 3.000.000
5th – Ruslan Prydryk (Ukraine) – US$ 2.400.000
6th – Dean Hutchison (United Kingdom) – US$ 1.850.000
7th – Toby Lewis (United Kingdom) – US$ 1.425.000
8th – Juan Maceiras (Spain) – US$ 1.125.000
9th – Daniel Holzner (Italy) – US$ 900.000.
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Daniel Weinman ( @notontilt09 ) is your 2023 @WSOP Main Event Champion.
In the final hand, Weinman and Steven Jones both flop top pair, and when Jones moves in on the turn, Weinman calls.
Weinman walks away with $12,100,000 after conquering the largest Main Event field ever. pic.twitter.com/bxOOJaOcMH
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) July 17, 2023
