Others to cash the tournament were Day 3 chip leader Xuming Qi (11th - $89,644), Ashley Frank (16th - $56,980), Tyler Hancock (23rd - $45,980), Nate Silver (32nd - $37,233), Michael “BrockLesnar” Holtz (62nd - $20,730), Kyle Julius (79th - $14,540), and bracelet winner Gershon Distenfeld (93rd - $10,499), who once again donated all his winnings to charity. I told my wife, and she said, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’” 2023 WSOP Event #39 Final Table Results “I’ve just been gone so long I need to get home, do laundry, and sleep in my own bed. “I’ll be back to for sure play the Main that’s the plan,” Dunaway confirmed. While Dunaway is catching the first flight out in the morning, he indicated he will return for the 2023 WSOP Main Event in July. I’ll be there, we’ll catch some games, and just hang out on vacation.”īefore the victory, Dunaway had $333,318 in lifetime tournament earnings according to The Hendon Mob, which included a prior career-best of $62,500 for finishing in 142nd place in last year’s WSOP Main Event. He won his first two games today and he’s guaranteed like five more games. “My son is in a tournament during that, which is for teenage boys. “They’re at the College World Series,” Dunaway explained. “Our little girl who runs the whole show, the boss of the family, we call her ‘Bossy Saucy,’” said Dunaway, who indicated he’ll be flying to Omaha, Nebraska in the morning to meet his wife and two youngest children. His first order of business after the last card was dealt was to call his wife, Stephanie, and their four children – Jordyn, who just graduated college Macy, who is 17 and a senior in high school Hayes, who is in ninth grade and eight-year-old, Sawyer. When the dust settled, 40-year-old family man Braxton Dunaway, who hails from Midland, Texas and works in the oil and gas industry, emerged victorious to claim the seven-figure first-place prize and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Each was guaranteed at least $186,149 out of the $11,103,195 prize pool, but of course, everyone had their eyes firmly fixed on the $1,162,681 prize. The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #39: $1,500 Monster Stack began with 8,317 entrants but on Wednesday night only seven returned to play down to a winner.