The final 219 players have guaranteed themselves a piece of the $1,946,430 prizepool in Event #41: $1,500 Big O. This 2023 World Series of Poker inaugural edition of the event has a buzz and excitement surrounding it as the victor of this event earns a whopping $315,203 and the very first Big O bracelet.
Leading the pack is relative unknown Xu Zhu from China who sits atop the leaderboard with 570,000. Others who bagged massive stacks include bracelet winners Owais Ahmed (437,000), Ari Engel (432,000), and Nathan Gamble (324,000), each one of them looking for another bracelet in a split-pot variant of poker. Yuval Bronshtein also found a bag worth 271,000 and will be hunting for his third bracelet.
Top Ten Chip Stacks
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| 1 | Xu Zhu | United States | 570,000 | 57 |
| 2 | David Havlicek | United States | 516,000 | 52 |
| 3 | William Haffner | United States | 510,000 | 51 |
| 4 | Charles Coultas | United States | 478,000 | 48 |
| 5 | Owais Ahmed | United States | 437,000 | 44 |
| 6 | Ari Engel | United States | 432,000 | 43 |
| 7 | Danny Chang | United States | 425,000 | 43 |
| 8 | Ryan Hoenig | United States | 419,000 | 42 |
| 9 | Grzegorz Derkowski | Germany | 411,000 | 41 |
| 10 | Yuebin Guo | United States | 409,000 | 41 |
A player who has yet to win a bracelet in a split-pot game, but holds more bracelets than the rest of the field, is Johnny Chan, who comes into the day with 147,000. The two-time WSOP Main Event champion and ten-time WSOP bracelet winner brings a wealth of experience into play, with his first reported tournament cash dating back forty years. In a year where many experienced pros have added more bracelets to their accolades, can Chan add one more and become only the second player ever to get more than ten?
Play will begin at 1 p.m. in the Horseshoe at Level 16 with blinds at 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante. Levels will be upped to 60 minutes and a 15-minute break will occur at the conclusion of every two levels. Players will play ten levels before finishing the day and get a 60-minute dinner break at the conclusion of Level 21.
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Ari EngelCharles CoultasDanny ChangDavid HavlicekGrzegorz DerkowskiJohnny ChanNathan GambleOwais AhmedRyan HoenigYuebin GuoYuval Bronshtein
