On the day that the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event was playing down to a final table, and Bin Weng was busy winning his second World Poker Tour (WPT) title of the year, the $111,000 buy-in WPT Alpha8 for One Drop was kicking off at Wynn Las Vegas.
Day 1 attracted 39 entrants, though registration is open until the start of Day 2. After 10 levels of play, 15 players bagged with Aleksejs Ponakovs leading the pack with 1,455,000.