Marquis and Java Headline Final WSOP Online Bracelet Winners
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2023 World Series of Poker online came to a conclusion earlier this week. More than 32,000 enrollments have been made in the 20 WSOP bracelet events held up WSOP.com in Nevada and New Jersey, with more than $20.4 million in prize money paid out along the way. Below is a look at the results from this year’s final four tournaments WSOP plan.
2023 WSOP $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max Online Championship
Tom Marchese has arrived in 2023 WSOP as one of the most accomplished tournament players in the world who had yet to win a gold bracelet in the series. Marchese had more than $18.7 million in prior scores to his name, including seven separate seven-figure paydays.
On July 11, she finally broke through to capture her prime WSOP title, besting a field of 1,170 entries to win the $1,000 buy-in six-max no-limit hold’em championship for $195,963.
Most of Marchese’s high live scores have come in super high roller tournaments outside of the series. With this victory, his WSOP earnings grew to nearly $1.6 million.
Other big names who joined him towards the business end of this event included Poker World Tour champion Taylor Black (22nd), bracelet winner James Gilbert (10th), bracelet winner Guy Dunlap (4th) and two-time bracelet winner Connor Drinan (3rd).
Here is a look at the winnings awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Tom Marchese | $195,963 |
| 2 | Besmir Hodaj | $121,095 |
| 3 | Connor Drinan | $85,714 |
| 4 | Guy Dunlap | $61,495 |
| 5 | Eugene Peralta | $44,647 |
| 6 | Michael Monroe | $32,854 |
2023 WSOP $2,000 Freezeout Online Championship
A total of 551 entries were made in the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em freezeout championship, creating a $1,019,349 prize pool that was split among the top 96 finishers.
Many big names hit the bullseye, including two-time bracelet winner Nipun Java (20th), six-time bracelet winner Thomas Boivin (17th) and two-time WPT champion Daniel Negreanu (12th), two-time bracelet winner Joao Vieira (11th), 2018 WSOP main event runner-up Tony Miles (6th), bracelet winner Guy Dunlap (4th) and 2018 WSOP main event sixth-place finisher Aram Zobian (3rd).
Ultimately, it was Frenchman Julien Sitbon who emerged victorious with the title, his first bracelet and the $176,348 grand prize. This was the third highest score so far for Sitbon, with his biggest payday being the $417,338 he earned as the runner-up in the $3,000 freezeout event during the live WSOP earlier this summer.
Here is a look at the winnings awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Julien Sitbon | $176,348 |
| 2 | Ashish Ahuja | $128,642 |
| 3 | Aram Zobian | $93,984 |
| 4 | Guy Dunlap | $68,602 |
| 5 | Taylor Calwell | $50,458 |
| 6 | Tony Miles | $37,410 |
| 7 | Louis Pinho | $27,726 |
| 8 | Yudhishter Jaswal | $20,693 |
2023 WSOP $500 Online Summer Savings
The penultimate event of 2023 WSOP was the “Summer Saver” of $500 buy-in no-limit hold’em. There were 2,156 total entries made when registration officially closed, creating a prize pool of $970,200.
Christian Roberts of Venezuela eventually grabbed the biggest chunk of that money. He earned $154,359 and his first bracelet as champion.
Two-time bracelet winner Drew O’Connell (17th), bracelet winner John Espositio Jr. (15th), bracelet winner Sang Lee (12th), two-time bracelet winner Jesse Lonis (9th) and bracelet winner Mark Ioli (4th) all performed well in this tournament.
Here is a look at the winnings awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Christian Roberts | $154,359 |
| 2 | Michael Habermann | $95,468 |
| 3 | Tzur Levy | $69,369 |
| 4 | Marco Ioli | $50,838 |
| 5 | Christopher Smith | $37,644 |
| 6 | Grant Ellis | $28,136 |
| 7 | Daniel Pigago | $21,247 |
| 8 | Thomas Hippolytus | $16,202 |
| 9 | Jesse Lonis | $12,516 |
2023 WSOP Online $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s
Nipun Java earned his third career bracelet by outlasting a field of 1,554 entries into the $777 buy-in “Lucky 7’s” tournament.
The California resident received $195,151 for his latest win in the series. His previous two wins came in 2017 WSOP $1,000 no-limit hold’em tag team event and a $1,000 buy-in online event that same summer.
Java now has nearly $3.5 million in recorded tournament earnings after this latest six-figure score. It was his fifth highest win ever, with his best payday being $270,509 which he secured for a second-place finish in a $3,000 pot-limit Omaha event at 2015 WSOP.
Joining Java at the last tables was 2021 WSOP main event champion Espen Jorstad (26th), 2021 wynn million main event winner Andrew Moreno (22nd), bracelet winner Andrew Lichtenberger (18th), Kane Kalas (16th), bracelet winner Harry Lodge (13th), bracelet winner Danny Wong (7th), bracelet winner Michael Holtz (3rd) and 2022 WSOP Circuit bicycle casino main event winner Michael Jozoff (2nd).
Here is a look at the winnings awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Nipun Java | $195,151 |
| 2 | Michael Jozoff | $120,855 |
| 3 | Michael Holz | $85,827 |
| 4 | Yoon Choi | $61,787 |
| 5 | Michael Linster | $45,144 |
| 6 | Bryce McVay | $33,287 |
| 7 | Danny Wong | $25,019 |
| 8 | Alessandro Palombo | $18,928 |
| 9 | Michael Phillips | $14,577 |
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Sitbon photo credit: Eloy Cabacas / Rational Intellectual Holdings Ltd. Roberts photo credit: Seminole Hard Rock Poker Blog.
