By Staff
Weinman’s big win lifts expectations
Dan Weinman has pushed everything to a new level.
A veteran poker player from Atlanta, Weinman won the Main Event at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas. The performance paid $12.1 million. Weinman outlasted 10,042 other entrants to secure the win.
The field was the largest in the history of the Main Event. With that being the case, the prize pool – $93,399,900 – also set a record.
Winning the Main Event capped an impressive showing by Weinman at the 54th WSOP. He cashed 5 times overall. His biggest take – outside of the Main Event – came via Event 3, where he earned $6,300 for finishing 201st.
This year marked the first time an American won the Main Event since 2018. When the tournament ended, 3 American players occupied the top 3 spots (Weinman, Steven Jones Jr. and Adam Walton).
For finishing second, Jones earned $6.5 million. Playing out of Phoenix, he had 4 cashes in live events at the 2023 WSOP. He also earned money in an online tourney, the $500 NLH – Deepstack. Like Weinman, he cashed in Event 3, collecting $4,070 for finishing 351st.
Subsequent to the WSOP, Jones was 21st in the 17th Annual Arizona State Poker Championship. That was worth $13,140. In early September, he made $2,802 for nabbing 12th in Event 59 of EPT (European Poker Tour) Barcelona.
Walton – third in the Main Event – resides in Seattle. His showing at the WSOP added $4 million to his bankroll. Earlier at the WSOP, he cashed twice (Event 39, Event 59). He took away $6,499 for finishing 107th in Event 59. Walton, according to numbers from the Hendon Mob, ranks 348th on the all-time money list.
Weinman is 62nd on the same list, while Jones is at 214.
His win in the Main Event certainly takes his profile to higher ground, to put it mildly, but Weinman had made a substantial mark before this summer.
At the 2022 WSOP, he won his first bracelet in a $1,000 PLO event. The victory paid $255,359. So far, Weinman has made 9 final tables and registered 70 cashes at the WSOP.
He’s also been a force in World Poker Tour (WPT) tournaments, totaling 2 wins and 7 cashes. The graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology has a pair of money finishes in EPT events.
Some argue whether or not poker’s a sport. That’s a matter of perspective, but there’s no question Weinman’s an athlete. He participated in the U.S. Mid-Amateur Golf Championship, a top tournament for amateur golfers, this year.
