The 2023 WSOP Player of the Year (PoY) race covers all of the open bracelet events of the 2023 WSOP live festival which runs from May 30 to July 18 at Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas. The online bracelet events on WSOP.com in Nevada and New Jersey also count towards the race.
Five events are excluded from the leaderboard, namely, the $1,000 Ladies Event, $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em, $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em, $1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold’em, and $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em.
The WSOP uses an established point system to calculate the points, taking into account the buy-in amount and the field size or number of participants for each bracelet event. There’s a PoY calculator available on the WSOP website for anyone who wishes to estimate points for any particular event. The site also displays the PoY standings with the names of the players and their respective points as the series progresses.
Whoever takes the PoY crown at the end of the festival secures a 2024 Main Event seat along with a trophy and a PoY banner at Paris and Horseshoe.
Potential 2023 WSOP PoY Frontrunners
We can never predict who will emerge as the top WSOP player this year, but some familiar names have always made it their goal to finish at the top, including Daniel Negreanu who won the PoY title twice in 2004 and 2013, as well as Shaun Deeb who claimed the top honors in 2018.
Phil Hellmuth, who holds the record for most bracelet wins with 16, is also on the frontrunners’ list, and so is 2022 WSOP Main Event champion Espen Jorstad who previously indicated he would play a full schedule this year.