WSOP 2023 - Race to the Main Event begins in Las Vegas

By Chris Horton

06 Jun 2023

Chris Horton 06 Jun 2023

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The World Series of Poker 2023 is underway in Las Vegas
WSOP paid a special tribute to the late Doyle Brunson

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The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is well underway in Las Vegas.

The first day of the annual series took place on Tuesday, May 30, with all participants paying tribute to WSOP legend Doyle Brunson.

Brunson, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee and two-time WSOP Main Event champion, passed away last month at the age of 89.

This year's WSOP is the 54th edition and the race is now on to the Main Event, which will conclude on Tuesday, July 18.

World Series of Poker Vice President Jack Effel opened the 2023 tournament with a ceremonial Shuffle Up and Deal for Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em.

“As we get another WSOP underway, we’re reminded how indebted we are to the colossal impact Doyle had on the WSOP and the game of poker itself,” said Effel.

"Doyle was the sport’s biggest ambassador who helped bring poker to the mainstream. He is a legend that we had the honor to work alongside for more than 50 years. We owe so much to Doyle and look forward to setting records this summer as a special tribute to his legacy.!

There will be a historic 115 bracelet events (95 live events and 20 online) from Tuesday, May 30 through Tuesday, July 18.

As an exclusive partner of the World Series of Poker, international players can enter WSOP events directly from their GGPoker.com account. The global poker room is offering at least 500 Main Event seats through international qualifiers, plus another 100 seats to subscribed members.

New players can use the GGPoker bonus code NEWBONUS when registering to get the global poker room's biggest welcome bonus.

New and noteworthy events for this year's WSOP include the debut of the $300 Gladiators of Poker event, the lowest buy-in live event in WSOP history promising a massive $3 million in guaranteed prize money, while the return of last year's $1,000 Buy-In Mystery Millions has a $1 million guaranteed top bounty.

The full WSOP 2023 schedule has information on all tournaments, including entry details.

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