The Mayor of Flavortown Guy Fieri Debuts the 2023 World Series of Poker® Main Event Bracelet
July 08 2023 - 12:12AM
Business Wire
Chef, restaurateur, and Emmy Award-winning
television host unveils the prestigious trophy to be awarded to the
winner of the biggest WSOP® Main Event in history
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Earlier today, chef and restaurateur Guy Fieri arrived at the
54th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in grand
fashion to deliver the richest trophy in all of sports. Fieri
rolled into the Horseshoe Events Center on a golf cart adorned in
flames, flanked by The Knight Line presented by Drumbots, and ten
WSOP ambassadors before making his way to the Main Event Final
Table to unveil this year’s highly coveted WSOP Main Event gold
bracelet.
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Guy Fieri Poses with 2023 World Series Of
Poker® Main Event® Bracelet and Stack of Cash at Horseshoe Las
Vegas on July 07, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise
Truscello/Getty Images for Caesars Entertainment)
“I heard this year’s WSOP Main Event is shattering records, so I
had to come to check it out for myself,” said Fieri. “The WSOP Main
Event bracelet is out-of-bounds and whoever wins it will need some
extra fuel to become poker’s undisputed World Champion. My new
restaurant, Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Sports Kitchen at Horseshoe Las
Vegas, is officially open and ready to rock for poker players and
anyone who enjoys killer, scratch-made food!”
Considered the richest trophy in sports, the 2023 Main Event
gold bracelet is custom-made by Jostens featuring approximately 500
grams of 10-karat yellow gold, 2,352 various precious gemstones,
including 42 carats of round genuine diamonds, 425 black and red
stones to accentuate the suits, and a removable golden poker chip
that sits in the center of the bracelet. This year’s bracelet also
features a special horseshoe incorporated into the design as a
tribute to the WSOP’s return to the newly rebranded Horseshoe Las
Vegas.
With more than 9,500 entrants and counting, WSOP has officially
shattered the attendance record for its Main Event, making the 2023
edition the richest tournament in live poker history. The record
falls 17 years after Jamie Gold defeated a crowd of 8,773 entrants
in 2006 before the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
changed the poker landscape, leaving doubt that the 2006 record
could ever be broken.
“Who better to bring the bling?” said WSOP Senior Vice President
and Executive Director Ty Stewart. “This is the biggest event in
poker history, so we needed someone who loves going big to do the
honors. We’d like to thank Guy for being part of the 2023 WSOP. Win
or lose on the tables, Flavortown is now the official after-party
location for poker players.”
The WSOP Main Event’s record turnout guarantees that someone in
the field will win a “Main Event Seat for Life” or a complimentary
entry to the Main Event for the next 30 years. That drawing,
amongst all registrants in the 2023 Main Event, will take place
shortly after registration officially closes at 4:40 p.m. on
Saturday, July 8.
Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Sports Kitchen, the second full-service
Guy Fieri restaurant on The Strip, is adjacent to the Caesars
Sportsbook desk at Horseshoe Las Vegas. Hours are Sunday through
Thursday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m.
to midnight. Fans looking to visit Flavortown can make reservations
at
caesars.com/horseshoe-las-vegas/restaurants/guy-fieris-flavortown-sports-kitchen.
The action continues past the Main Event with 25 WSOP bracelet
events left to play and qualify for, including the $1,500 Closer
Event on Friday, July 14. The full WSOP tournament schedule can be
found at https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/.
Upcoming WSOP events this week include:
- Event #77: $777 Lucky 7’s No-Limit Hold’em
- Event #78: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
About World Series of Poker:
Part of Caesars Entertainment's Caesars Digital operations, the
World Series of Poker® is the largest, richest and most prestigious
gaming event in the world, having awarded more than $3.63 billion
in prize money and the prestigious gold bracelet, globally
recognized as the sport's top prize. Featuring a comprehensive
slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is
poker's longest-running tournament in the world, dating back to
1970. In 2022, the event attracted 197,626 entrants from over 100
different countries to the Paris Las Vegas and Horseshoe Las Vegas
and awarded more than $347 million in prize money. In addition, the
WSOP has formed groundbreaking alliances in broadcasting, digital
media and corporate sponsorships, while successfully expanding the
brand internationally with the advent of WSOP Europe in 2007 and
the WSOP Asia-Pacific in 2013 and the WSOP International Circuit
Series in 2015. All WSOP events are subject to the then-current and
applicable WSOP tournament rules. For more information, please
visit www.wsop.com.
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