British star Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi kicked off 2023 in style by taking down the $2,023 NLHE 8-Max New Year Special event at PokerStars. The tournament, one of three New Year Specials held at PokerStars on January 1, 2023, was ridiculously stacked, as you would expect from such a high-stakes affair. Any of the entrants would have made a worthy champion, but Shakerchi got the job done and his hands on $100,029.
$2,023 NLHE New Year Special Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi | United Kingdom | $100,029 |
| 2 | Ac-King00 | Austria | $74,944 |
| 3 | gettingpwned | Bulgaria | $56,149 |
| 4 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | Austria | $42,068 |
| 5 | tzuzteutezu | Austria | $31,518 |
| 6 | Julian "jutrack" Track | Germany | $23,614 |
| 7 | Forest_PL | Poland | $17,692 |
| 8 | Benjamin "Spraggy" Spragg | United Kingdom | $13,255 |
| 9 | Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot | Hungary | $10,976 |
Some 272 players bought in for $2,023, an unusual buy-in designed to celebrate the start of the new year.