{"id":5207,"date":"2023-07-15T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T09:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/2023-wsop-main-event-meet-the-final-nine-competing-for-121m-first-prize\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T09:00:15","slug":"2023-wsop-main-event-meet-the-final-nine-competing-for-121m-first-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/15\/2023-wsop-main-event-meet-the-final-nine-competing-for-121m-first-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 WSOP Main Event: Meet the Final Nine Competing for $12,1M First Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The 2023 World Series of Poker (<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker\/world-series-of-poker-wsop\/\">WSOP<\/a>) has raised the stakes to a record level, with the main event amassing an unprecedented 10,043 entries. 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The youngest player, Italy\u2019s <strong>Daniel Holzner<\/strong>, at 31, will return with 31,900,000 chips. The list concludes with the most accomplished tournament player still in contention, <strong>Toby Lewis<\/strong>, holding an impressive record of over $8.4 million in lifetime earnings.<\/p>\n<h2>Official Chip Counts<\/h2>\n<table width=\"131\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Player<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">Chip Count<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Adam Walton<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">143,800,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Steven Jones<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">90,300,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Daniel Weinman<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">81,700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Jan-Peter Jachtmann<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">74,600,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Juan Maceiras<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">68,000,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Ruslan Prydryk<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">50,700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Dean Hutchison<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">41,700,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Daniel Holzner<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">31,900,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\">Toby Lewis<\/td>\n<td width=\"67\">19,800,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/2023-wsop-main-event-meet-the-final-nine-competing-for-121m-first-prize\/\">2023 WSOP Main Event: Meet the Final Nine Competing for $12,1M First Prize<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has raised the stakes to a record level, with the main event amassing an unprecedented 10,043 entries. 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