PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 3rd $94,681 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #58: $3,000 Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) 3rd $72,681 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #52: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw 1st $181,978 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 201st $5,253 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #37: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em 144th $4,346 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship 6th $62,255 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #5: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max 79th $1,853 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #5: $1,500 Dealer’s Choice (6-Handed) 11th $7,842 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #1: $333 No-Limit Hold’em Triple Treys Summer Tip Off 32nd $1,904 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$2,100 Bounty Event 46th $1,940 2022 MSPT Venetian November$1,600 Main Event 4th $75,017 2022 MSPT Venetian November$1,100 Main Event 48th $2,450 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 55th $11,991 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #26: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship 10th $18,506 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $1,500 Limit Hold’em 8th $13,789 2022 World Series of Poker[Online] No-Limit Hold’em BIG $500 104th $1,118 2022 World Series of Poker[Online] $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout 21st $8,720 2022 The Lodge Championship SeriesEvent #15: $1,000 NLH Turbo 2nd $19,478 2021 MSPT South Dakota State Poker Championship$1,100 Main Event 16th $5,675 MSPT Riverside CasinoMSPT Riverside $1,100 Main Event 6th $31,716 2021 Wynn Spring ClassicWynn Spring Classic $1M GTD Championship 50th $9,067 2020 Mid-States Poker Tour Venetian $1,100 Main EventMSPT Venetian $1,100 Main Event 13th $10,566 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #24: $400 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed 329th $694 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #12: $500 The BIG 500 No-Limit Hold’em 19th $5,242 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #11: $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 6-Handed 52nd $2,207 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #10: $600 No-Limit Hold’em MonsterStack 8th $18,367 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Rio Las Vegas$2,200 High Roller 2nd $55,085 2020 Aussie MillionsA$10,600 Main Event 8th 178,080 AUD 2019 Wynn Winter Classic$5,300 Championship Event 53rd $13,211 2019 MSPT Wisconsin State Poker Championship$1,100 Main Event 17th $6,387 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw Durant$1,700 Main Event 50th $4,089 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Harveys Lake Tahoe$1,700 Main Event 7th $19,182 2019 MSPT Michigan State Poker Championship$1,100 Main Event 68th $3,443 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Southern Indiana$1,700 Main Event 4th $38,145 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates$1,650 Main Event 13th $7,733 2019 Borgata Poker OpenWPT Borgata Poker Open $3,500 Championship 7th $100,657 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Ameristar East ChicagoMain Event 53rd $3,238 August 2019 Colorado Poker Championship$1,100 Main Event 23rd $2,881 2019 Hollywood St. LouisMain Event 2nd $98,195 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw DurantMain Event 73rd $3,101 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden Gates CasinoMain Event 7th $19,810 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #69: $1,000 Mini Main Event 155th $4,108 2019 Heartland Poker Tour East ChicagoMain Event 16th $7,192 2019 PokerStars and Monte-CarloCasino EPT1,100 No-Limit Hold’em 4th €16,110 2019 Heartland Poker Tour Golden GatesMain Event 1st $194,478 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 20th $14,572 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers CasinoMain Event 21st $2,974 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour TropicanaMain Event 6th $12,099 Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Columbus Regional Main EventRegional Main Event 2nd $43,512 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers CasinoMain Event 6th $27,031 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Golden Gates CasinoMain Event 6th $18,845 Hollywood Poker Open Season 3 Toledo Regional Main EventRegional Main Event 23rd $3,168 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Canterbury ParkMain Event 21st $2,584 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki CasinoMain Event 41st $2,054 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour FireKeepers CasinoMain Event 5th $28,000 2014 Mid-States Poker Tour Ho-Chunk Gaming Wisconsin DellsMain Event 5th $19,805

Biography Adrian Mateos is a Spanish poker player. During his career he has won four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, including the 2013 WSOP Europe Main Event. During his career he has also won an EPT Main Event and a partypoker MILLIONS Main Event. He is a Winamax ambassador, and is widely considered one of the best poker players under 30. In 2017, he became the youngest player ever to win a WSOP bracelet aged just 22.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #94: 5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (8-Handed) 97th $8,815 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 128th $67,700 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #20: $777 No-Limit Hold’em Lucky 7’s 178th $1,305 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty 35th $11,298 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker 44th $36,576 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #36: $3,000 Nine Game Mix 36th $5,250 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #32: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em (6-Handed) 43rd $11,168 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $25,000 High Roller (8-Handed) 5th $368,134 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo3,000 Mystery Bounty 60th €3,650 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo1,100 FPS Main Event 315th €1,650 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty 27th €7,180 2022 PokerStars EPT London5,300 EPT Main Event 4th £227,800 2022 PokerStars EPT London2,200 UKIPT High Roller 2nd £155,780 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em 85th $8,773 2022 World Series of Poker[Online] $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 226th $786 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 121st $8,053 2022 Wynn Summer Classic$2,200 Mystery Bounty 100th $7,723 2022 MSPT Venetian$1,100 Main Event 198 [$1,500,000 GTD] 14th $20,994 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw 37th $2,837 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 72nd $95,700 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 6th $31,733 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #48: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold’em 78th $5,459 2021 MSPT Venetian$1,600 Main Event 48th $5,542 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold’em 11th $13,460 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #23: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold’em 10th $10,259 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #8: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship 9th $32,218 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #5: $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 70th $1,136 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #6: $200 FLIP & GO NO-Limit Hold’em [Go Stage], $1M GTD 312th $1,236 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st [Final Day], $5M GTD 635th $2,115 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH 114th $2,087 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 4th $86,900 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 116th $7,200 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #75: $300 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em 77th $1,484 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD 1027th $365 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em 112th $1,475 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #60: $525 Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed $951 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #55: HK$8,000 No Limit Hold’em Asia Championship, HK$8M GTD 290th $2,855 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st 762nd $2,115 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #41: $400 COLOSSUS [Day 2], $3M GTD 1429th $840 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #38: $600 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 153rd $1,663 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #34: $525 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 261st $567 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona2,700 Warm Up 63rd €6,500

Biography Julien Sitbon is a French poker player with over $2,000,000 in lifetime earnings. In 2015, he won the Unibet Open Cannes for 80,000. In 2018 he narrowly missed out on a WSOP bracelet, finishing fourth in the WSOPE Event #6: 1,650 NLH/PLO Mixed Event for 25,618. He narrowly missed out on an Aussie Millions ring two years later, after finishing second in Event #2: $2,500 H.O.R.S.E. for A$27,000. The largest cash of his career came in 2022 when his won the APO High Roller for 81,136 in Paris, France. Later that year he final-tabled the UKIPT London Main Event, finishing sixth for 24,242.

Biography Michael Wang is an American poker player and two-time WSOP bracelet winner. His first bracelet came in 2015, winning Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $466,120. He defeated Bryn Kenney heads-up. His second bracelet came in one of the last events of the 2022 WSOP. It was another $5k bracelet, winning Event #87: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $541,604 a new career highest score. Other victories for Wang include the 2022 Stairway to Millions Event #5 for $219,300 and the 2019 Borgata Fall Poker Open Event #20 $1,560 Purple Chip Bounty NLH.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 NAPT Las Vegas$1,650 Main Event 82nd $3,945 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship 546th $32,500 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #86: $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty 169th $3,429 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 39th $17,332 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 17th $22,077 The Return - A Borgata Championship Event$2,100 Bounty Event 45th $2,183 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #85: $1,500 The Closer 136th $4,330 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 93rd $73,100 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #66: $1,000 Mini Main Event 38th $15,413 2022 Wynn Summer Classic$3,500 NLH Championship 32nd $23,476 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 35th $15,489 2022 The Lodge Championship SeriesEvent #9: $800 NLH 21st $6,127 2022 MSPT Sycuan Casino$1,110 MSPT Main Event 44th $2,312 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 212th $44,200 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $800 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 403rd $1,282 MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD)MSPT Venetian $1,600 Main Event ($2M GTD) 50th $7,737 2019 Wynn Winter Classic$5,300 Championship Event 58th $11,619 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Bicycle Casino$1,700 Main Event 22nd $5,250 2019 Borgata Fall Poker OpenEvent #17: $2,700 Championship 24th $6,815 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit Horseshoe Hammond$1,700 Main Event 5th $73,837 2019 Borgata Poker OpenEvent #16: $3,150 Heads-Up NLH 6th $7,421 2019 World Series of Poker Circuit FoxwoodsMain Event 4th $47,859 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 541st $24,560 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #84: The Closer - $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 99th $4,401 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #50: Monster Stack - $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 366th $3,934 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #42: $600 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em / Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack 81st $1,554 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 209th $7,664 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 52nd $5,880 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 135th $57,010 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed - $888,888 Guaranteed 1st Place 215th $4,492 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #51: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty 97th $2,278 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold’em 551st $1,863 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 33rd $214,913 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #47: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em MONSTER STACK 273rd $5,415 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em MILLIONAIRE MAKER 946th $2,493 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 195th $2,287

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$5,300 EPT Main Event 90th $14,150 2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus$25,000 NL Hold’em II 4th $81,800 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #84: $50,000 High Roller 1st $2,087,073 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker 572nd $4,480 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 153rd $6,003 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #40: $250,000 Super High Roller 4th $1,632,005 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker$10,300 Main Event 14th $61,314 2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker$1,050 Main Event 426th $2,521 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo100,000 EPT Super High Roller 1st €1,036,287 2023 PokerStars EP Paris5,300 EPT Paris Main Event 22nd €37,450 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 151st $35,100 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$10,300 PCA Main Event 37th $33,800 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 8-Handed 8th $108,450 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague25,000 NL Hold’em III 2nd €64,830 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague25,000 NL Hold’em I 2nd €142,620 PokerStars WCOOP 2022WCOOP 92-H: $10,300 NLHE [World Championship of NLHE / Main Event], $7M Gtd 37th $37,288 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona5,300 EPT Main Event 182nd €13,500 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona10,300 EPT High Roller 24th €33,370 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller 83rd €7,720 2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event 104th €7,910 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 272nd $46,800 2022 World Series of Poker[Online] $500 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Deepstack 24th $4,007 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #49: $2,000 No-Limit Hold’em 186th $4,006 2022 MSPT Venetian$1,100 Main Event 198 [$1,500,000 GTD] 208th $2,079 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #14: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 221st $3,006 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 127th €9,930 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague10,200 No-Limit Hold’em 5th €21,970 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #83: $1,500 The Closer 2nd $232,920 2021 Wynn Fall Classic$1,600 Mystery Bounty 68th $7,435 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em 17th $24,160 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #43: $1,000 Double Stack 11th $36,949 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #5: $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack 91st $902 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD 2227th $203 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em 78th $1,645 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #64: $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em 122nd $1,242 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #61: $300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 77th $1,458 2020 Irish Open OnlineEvent #1: 100,000 GTD 6-Max 50th €629 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague2,200 EPT National High Roller 131st €3,465 2019 Winamax Poker Open DublinMain Event 16th €5,000

Biography Mikita Badziakouski is a Belarussian poker player and WSOP bracelet winner with over $31 million in lifetime earnings (Jan. 2022). He was also a partypoker Ambassador from 2019-2022. Poker Achievements Badziakouski’s first live tournament cashes came in Ukraine in the early 2010s, with his first six-figure score coming at EPT Monte Carlo in 2016. He finished sixth in the 50,000 High Roller. More High Roller success would come in Malta, Macau and Prague before winning the $50,000 Shot Clock at the 2017 Aussie Millions. Later that year, he would secure his first seven-figure cash after finishing third in the WSOPE High Roller for One Drop.

Biography Seth Davies is an American poker player and World Poker Tour champion. During his career he has amassed over $14 million in career earnings. The largest cash of his career came in 2019, finishing fourth in the Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas for $1,020,000. In 2021, Davies finished fourth in the WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller for $930,791. This is the closest he has come to adding an online WSOP Circuit ring he won in 2022

Biography Sam Soverel is an American poker player from Florida who has amassed $18.2 million in live tournament earnings, putting him third on the state’s all-time money list behind Sean Winter and Jason Mercier. Just a month after getting his first tournament cash, Soverel finished second in the 2011 $3,500 WPT Jacksonville Main Event for $187,762. Soverel quickly moved up in stakes and now primarily plays a high roller schedule. In October 2016, Soverel took down a $100,000 Aria Super High Roller for just over a million, his biggest tournament score to date.

Biography Born April 6, 1982, in Colorado, Steve ODwyer got into poker after seeing Chris Moneymaker win the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP). A Bachelor of Science in Communications graduate from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, ODwyer worked briefly in broadcasting before making a career for himself in the poker world. ODwyer, who is friends with fellow poker pros Scott Seiver and Isaac Haxton, had more than $31.5 million in lifetime earnings (as of summer 2022) dating back to 2007 according to The Hendon Mob. That includes a career-best of $1,872,580 for winning the 2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) $100,000 Super High Roller.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #13: 10,350 Main Event NLH European Championship 109th €16,500 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #12: 50,000 NLH Diamond High Roller 3rd €266,000 2023 WSOP EuropeEvent #8: 25,000 NLH GGMillion 1st €600,000 2023 PokerStars WCOOPWCOOP 98-H $10,300 NLHE (World Championship of NLHE / Main Event), $6M GTD 16th $49,894 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo5,300 EPT Main Event 76th €13,050 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 EPT High Roller 6th €220,800 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em III 4th &euro108,200 2023 PokerStars EPT Paris25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 3rd €160,400 2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship 23rd $123,600 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 8-Handed 10th $75,300 2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 PCA Super High Roller 6th $320,900 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague50,000 EPT Super High Roller 3rd €386,870 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague25,000 NL Hold’em I 3rd €95,080 2022 PokerStars EPT London25,000 Single-Day High Roller II 1st £196,170 2022 PokerStars EPT London50,000 EPT Super High Roller 6th £132,430 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo50,000 No-Limit Hold’em 5th €148,440 2022 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo25,000 Single-Day High Roller 2nd €387,435 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #5: $75,000 Short Deck 5th $268,000 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #2: $100,000 NLH 8-Handed 5th $529,000 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague5,300 EPT Main Event 69th €14,720 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-92-M: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event], $750K Gtd 91st $2,282 PokerStars WCOOP 2021WCOOP-71-H: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max, Super Tuesday SE], $650K Gtd 10th $11,481 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship [3-Stack] 4th $63,918 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH, $5M GTD 50th $28,363 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH - $1M for 1st [Final Day], $5M GTD 315th $3,377 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #3: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship 17th $4,670 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event 24th $6,849 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #20: $3,200 Main Event, $3m GTD 3rd $249,324 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #23: $10,300 WPT High Roller, $1m GTD 7th $37,676 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #29: $25,500 WPT Super High Roller, $1m GTD 6th $65,700 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-108: $10,300 Super MILLION$ [2-day event] 5th $230,453 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-93: $25,500 Super High Roller 2nd $435,832 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-83: $10,300 Super Tuesday 20th $19,341 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-58: $10,300 Thursday Thriller [Bounty] 9th $22,972 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-41: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million 20th $52,164 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-16: $25,500 Super High Rollers 9th $67,830 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-03: $5,250 Bounty Hunters Main Event 4th $60,595 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekEvent #30: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.5M Gtd. 5th $238,691 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekEvent #6: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.5M Gtd. 9th $74,821 2021 partypoker MILLIONS OnlineMain Event 3rd $422,422 2020 GGPoker High Rollers WeekHRW 16: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max High Roller 8th $31,492 2020 GGPoker High Rollers WeekHRW 07: $10,300 NLHE High Roller, $1.25M GTD 7th $60,264 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #10: $25,500 High Roller Championship, $5m GTD 16th $68,000 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #74: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 129th $3,412 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #73: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed 297th $2,145 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold’em 56th $2,229 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship, $3m GTD 85th $8,100 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st 1st $1,489,289 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #32: $100 The Opener [Final Day], $2M GTD 251st $851 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 12th €40,320 2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona5,300 EPT Main Event 183rd €11,090 2019 PokerStars and Monte-CarloCasino EPT25,000 EPT High Roller 8th €104,610 2019 PokerStars and Monte-CarloCasino EPT5,300 EPT Main Event 120th €8,800 2019 PokerStars and Monte-CarloCasino EPT100,000 EPT Super High Roller 4th €554,950 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$50,000 Single-Day High Roller 4th $319,780 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 EPT High Roller 5th €155,010 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague10,300 No-Limit Hold’em 4th €42,390 2018 Caribbean Poker Party$10,300 High Roller 3rd $210,000 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona10,300 High Roller 12th €21,600 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series MacauHK $250,000 6-Max Event 12th 552,000 HKD 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino25,750 High Roller 21st €50,400 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo CasinoMain Event 89th €9,540 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino25,500 Single-Day High Roller 7th €100,000 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino50,000 Single-Day High Roller 2nd €652,000 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino100,000 Super High Roller 3rd €832,800 2017 PokerStars Championship MacauHK$103,000 High Roller 18th 210,000 HKD 2017 PokerStars Championship PanamaMain Event 67th $7,720 2017 PokerStars Championship Panama$50,000 Super High Roller 2nd $372,360 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas$25,750 High Roller 12th $66,220 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas$50,000 Single-Day High Roller 8th $125,900 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas$100,000 Super High Roller 4th $576,300 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague5,300 Main Event 191st €7,560 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona50,000 Super High Roller 7th €232,600 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$50,000 Single-Day High Roller 6th $235,460 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$100,000 Super High Roller 7th $286,920 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague50,000 Super High Roller 6th €172,100 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta5,300 Main Event 7th €91,550 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona10,300 High Roller 42nd €21,000 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona5,300 Main Event 31st €32,125 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta10,300 High Roller 28th €23,300 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta5,300 Main Event 82nd €10,850 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta25,500 High Roller 3rd €263,000 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona5,300 Main Event 17th €54,700

Biography Alex Livingston is a Canadian poker player, WSOP bracelet winner, and former WSOP Main Event final tablist. In 2019, he finished third in the WSOP Main Event behind Dario Sammartino and Hossein Ensan to win $4,000,000. He had previously finished 13th in the same event for $451,398 back in 2013. Three years later, Livingston won his first WSOP bracelet in Event #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud for $103,292. PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 The Grand Big Wrap10,000 Diamond High Roller 4th €170,000 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 35th $5,762 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #77: $777 Lucky 7’s 52nd $9,070 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #69: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship 2nd $227,193 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #54: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship 2nd $261,278 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 16th $10,943 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #24: $1,500 Razz 45th $3,329 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 302nd $1,602 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #14: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship 10th $24,445 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #12: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout 50th $12,187 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha 3rd $235,062 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions 369th $4,070 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #78: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em 50th $10,061 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #38: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship 4th $96,104 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #29: $1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 36th $3,021 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #15: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 7th $61,991 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #9: $1,500 Seven Card Stud 1st $103,282 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD] 3rd $745,749 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 350th $33,900 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #73: 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 21st $16,340 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #54: $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Handed 39th $4,445 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #42: $1,500 Razz 7th $11,305 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 100th $2,625 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E 26th $4,505 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #10: $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em 218th $1,065 2019 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #10: 25,500 Mixed Games Championship 7th €38,389 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 3rd $4,000,000 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #51: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 7th $23,362 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $1,500 Eight Game Mix 9th $12,969 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em MAIN EVENT - World Championship 251st $42,980 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 84th $2,617 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 32nd 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #25: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 23rd $4,899 2017 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #6: 2,200 Pot-Limit Omaha 17th €3,594 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #44: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 13th $10,248 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #30: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 13th $7,588 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #23: $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em 56th $3,711 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event 13th $451,398 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout 70th $4,998

Biography Stephen Song is an American poker player with over $5 million in career cashes and the 2022 GPI Player of the Year. He is World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner and well a three-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner. In 2022, he was named Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year and Mid-Major Player of the Year, which recognizes success in events with buy-ins up to $2,500.

Biography Matthew Wantman is an American poker player with over $4 million in career earnings. He is a former WPT champion, winning the Aria Summer Championship in May 2019 for $443,475. At the Wynn High Rollers in December 2020, Wantman made the final table in the first three events. First, he finished fifth for $39,200 in the first high roller, and he followed it up with another fifth-place finish for $51,200 in the second one. For Event #3, he wound up finishing runner-up to Ray Qartomy, good for $135,000. All told, Wantman banked $225,400 in prize money.

Biography Shannon Shorr is an American poker player and World Series of Poker bracelet winner with $12 million in career earnings as of October 2023. After years of being considered one of the best players without a bracelet, Shorr took down a 2023 WSOP Online US event for $89,126 and his “long-awaited” maiden bracelet. Shorr has won Poker Masters and US Poker Open titles during his career. The largest cash of Shorr’s career came in 2006 when he won a $10,300 Bellagio Cup for $960,690.

Biography Benny Glaser is a British poker player. Over the course of his career, he has won five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and amassed over $7 million in live earnings. In 2022, he also finished second in the WPT World Championship at Wynn for $2.8 million. He has also won 24 SCOOP and WCOOP titles on PokerStars, and is widely renowned as one of the all-around best British poker players.

Biography Before becoming a professional poker player, Marylands Justin Liberto worked in sales after graduating from Virginia Tech. A sports and music aficionado, Liberto has amassed over $4.5 million in lifetime tournament earnings (as of January 2023) according to the Hendon Mob. That includes a career-high $640,711 for topping a field of 1,043 entries to win the 2015 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #51: $3,000 No-Limit Holdem 6-Handed for his first gold bracelet at the age of 26. That same year, four-time gold ring winner Liberto won the Best All-Around Player at the WSOP Circuit stop in his hometown of Baltimore, MD (at the Horseshoe Casino), which qualified him for the 2014-2015 WSOP Circuit National Championship tournament at Harrahs Cherokee.

Biography Artur Martirosian is a Russian poker player. In 2021, he won the EPT Sochi Main Event for $325,316. In 2023, he final tabled the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event, finishing third for $677,400. The largest live cash of his career came in 2021, winning $1,400,000 after taking down SHRB Europe Event #6: $100,000 No-Limit Hold’em. The following year he also won an EPT Barcelona 25,000 Single-Day High Roller for 540,990. He has close to $4,000,000 in live earnings.

Biography Punnat Punsri is a Thai poker player and ambassador for Natural8. A regular on the PokerGO Tour, he won two High Roller titles in two days to start 2022. Punsri exploded onto the poker scene in 2020 when he started playing high-stakes live poker tournaments. He captured his first six-figure prize in January 2022 by winning a $10,000 PokerGo Tour High Roller at the Venetian Las Vegas for $118,037. One day later, he won another $10,000 buy-in event for an additional $133,200 before finishing third in a $50,000 buy-in event one day after that for $593,481.

Biography Chad Eveslage is an American poker player and three-time WSOP bracelet winner from Indiana with over $7.1 million in career earnings and two World Poker Tour (WPT) titles. Five American Poker Players to Watch in 2022 Growing up on a cow farm in southern Indiana, Eveslage discovered poker on ESPN during the Moneymaker Boom and started playing online. After starting off with play money, Eveslage did well in poker and started playing real money in high school.

PokerNews Covered Events Event Place Prize 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #57: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller 55th $43,946 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 1256th $15,000 2022 BetMGM Poker Championship$3,500 Main Event 18th $14,269 2022 Wynn Millions$10,000 Main Event [$10,000,000 GTD] 2nd $1,093,314 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #80: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 57th $5,271 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship 430th $26,700 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship 44th $16,141 $10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD)$10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD) 92nd $31,842 2020 World Series of Poker Circuit Hard Rock Tampa$1,700 Main Event 1st $290,974

Biography Jason Koon is an American poker player with over $39 million in career earnings. A GGPoker Ambassador since 2021, Koon is a member of the Poker Integrity Council (PIC) Koon won his first WSOP bracelet in 2021, taking down the prestigious $25K Heads-Up Championship for $243,981. “Its one of those things when youre on an airplane and a person is like, Do you have a bracelet? Im just like, Nope. At least I can finally say yes to that,” he told PokerNews. “I love coming here. I think Ill play poker forever, and when its all said and done I think its inevitable Ill have several of them.”

Biography Sean Winter is an American poker player with over $21 million in career earnings as of June 2022. He finished runner-up to David Peters in both the 2019 and 2021 US Poker Open before winning the Championship in 2022. In 2018 he finished second behind Ben Yu in a WSOP $50,000 High Roller, narrowly missing out on a bracelet but still bagging a seven-figure score. The largest cash of his career also came in 2018, finishing second in the $250,000 partypoker Caribbean Poker Party Super High Roller for $2.4 million.