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2013 World Series of Poker

The 2013 World Series of Poker was the 44th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada between May 29-July 15, 2013. There was 62 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event beginning on July 6. The November Nine concept returned for a sixth year, with the Main Event finalists returning on November 4.

The One Drop Foundation, a charity founded by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy LalibertГ© devoted to providing safe water supplies in developing countries, continued a relationship with the WSOP that began with the 2012 edition. While last year’s $1 million Big One for One Drop was not held this year, the WSOP held two events that raised money for the charity. The first event was the One Drop High Roller, with a buy-in of $111,111; the Rio donated its 3% rake of the entry fees to One Drop. The other was the “”Little One for One Drop””, with a $1,111 buy-in plus unlimited rebuys, with One Drop receiving $111 from each buy-in and rebuy.

In April 2013, the WSOP expanded and held bracelet events in Australia at the 2013 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific.

Event schedule

# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up Results Reference
1 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em 898 Chad Holloway $84,915 Allan Kwong Results [2]
2 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Eight Handed 481 Trevor Pope $553,906 David Vamplew Results [3]
3 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Re-entry 3,164 Charles Sylvestre $491,360 Seth Berger Results [4]
4 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed 1,069 John Beauprez $324,764 Manig Loeser Results [5]
5 $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better 374 Mike Gorodinsky $216,988 Kristopher Tong Results [6]
6 $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold’em 6,343 Benny Chen $1,199,104 Michael Bennington Results [7]
7 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 1,837 Matt Waxman $305,952 Eric Baldwin Results [8]
8 $2,500 Eight-Game Mix 388 Michael Malm $225,104 Steven Wolansky Results [9]
9 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Shootout 477 Cliff Josephy $299,486 Evan Silverstein Results [10]
10 $1,500 Limit Hold’em 645 Brent Wheeler $191,605 Mark Mierkalns Results [11]
11 $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed 924 Levi Berger $473,019 Scott Clements Results [12]
12 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold’em 535 Lev Rofman $166,136 Allen Cunningham Results [13]
13 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 210 Mike Matusow $266,503 Matthew Ashton Results [14]
14 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 1,819 Jonathan Taylor $454,424 Blake Bohn Results [15]
15 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 862 Tom Schneider $258,960 Owais Ahmed Results [16]
16 $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em 162 Mark Radoja $331,190 Don Nguyen Results [17]
17 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 2,105 Athanasios
Polychronopoulos
$518,755 Manuel Mutke Results [18]
18 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 2,071 Taylor Paur $340,260 Roy Weiss Results [19]
19 $5,000 Pot Limit Hold’em 195 Davidi Kitai $224,560 Cary Katz Results [20]
20 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 1,014 Calen McNeil $277,274 Can Kim Hua Results [21]
21 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed 807 Martin Finger $506,764 Matt Stout Results [22]
22 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 1,022 Josh Pollock $279,431 Noah Schwartz Results [23]
23 $2,500 Seven Card Stud 246 David Chiu $145,520 Scott Seiver Results [24]
24 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 1,731 Corey Harrison $432,411 Daniel Cascado Results [25]
25 $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 241 Danny Fuhs $277,519 Christopher George Results [26]
26 $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold’em Championship 4,407 Kenneth Lind $634,809 Dana Ott Results [27]
27 $3,000 Mixed Max No Limit Hold’em 593 Isaac Hagerling $372,387 Max Steinberg Results [28]
28 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 2,115 Jason Duval $521,202 Majid Yahyaei Results [29]
29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. 261 Tom Schneider $318,955 Benjamin Scholl Results [30]
30 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 2,108 Chris Dombrowski $346,332 Mathew Moore Results [31]
31 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 936 Jarred Graham $255,942 Marco Johnson Results [32]
32 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed 516 Erick Lindgren $606,317 Lee Markholt Results [33]
33 $2,500 Seven Card Razz 301 Bryan Campanello $178,052 David Bach Results [34]
34 $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em 1,629 Michael Gathy $278,613 Benjamin Reason Results [35]
35 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 640 Jeff Madsen $384,420 Douglas Corning Results [36]
36 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Shootout 1,194 Simeon Naydenov $326,440 Jake Schwartz Results [37]
37 $5,000 Limit Hold’em 170 Michael Moore $211,743 Gabriel Nassif Results [38]
38 $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Four Handed 566 Justin Oliver $309,071 Nick Schwarmann Results [39]
39 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 558 Daniel Idema $184,590 Joseph Hertzog Results [40]
40 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 2,161 Jared Hamby $525,272 Peter Hengsakul Results [41]
41 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed 400 Steve Gross $488,817 Salman Behbehani Results [42]
42 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 2,100 Norbert Szecsi $345,037 Denis Gnidash Results [43]
43 $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball 87 Jesse Martin $253,524 David Baker Results [44]
44 $3,000 No Limit Hold’em 1,072 Sandeep Pulusani $592,684 Niall Farrell Results [45]
45 $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold’em 678 Ben Volpe $201,399 Paul Lieu Results [46]
46 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 435 Vladimir Shchemelev $279,094 Mel Judah Results [47]
47 $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No Limit Hold’em 166 Anthony Gregg $4,830,619 Chris Klodnicki Results [48]
48 $2,500 Limit Hold’em Six Handed 343 Marco Johnson $206,796 Jeff Thompson Results [49]
49 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 2,247 Barny Boatman $546,080 Brian O’Donoghue Results [50]
50 $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed 372 Brandon Wong $220,061 Sebastian Saffari Results [51]
51 $10,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship 954 Kristen Bicknell $173,922 Leanne Haas Results [52]
52 $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed 175 Steve Sung $1,205,324 Phil Galfond Results [53]
53 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 2,816 Brett Shaffer $665,397 David Vamplew Results [54]
54 $1,000 No Limit Hold’em 2,883 Dana Castaneda $454,207 Jason Bigelow Results [55]
55 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 132 Matthew Ashton $1,774,089 Don Nguyen Results [56]
56 $2,500 No Limit Hold’em 1,736 Nikolaus Teichert $730,756 Vincent Maglio Results [57]
57 $5,000 No Limit Hold’em 784 Matt Perrins $792,275 Arthur Pro Results [58]
58 $1,111 The Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold’em 4,756 Brian Yoon $663,727 Cuong Van Nguyen Results [59]
59 $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball 282 Eli Elezra $173,236 Daniel Negreanu Results [60]
60 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em 2,541 Loni Harwood $609,017 Yongshuo Zheng Results [61]
61 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 386 Daniel Alaei $852,692 Jared Bleznick Results [62]
62 $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event 6,352 Ryan Riess $8,361,570 Jay Farber Results [63]

Performance of past champions

Name Championship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Doyle Brunson 1976, 1977 4 (409th)
Tom McEvoy 1983 3
Berry Johnston 1986 2C
Johnny Chan 1987, 1988 3
Phil Hellmuth 1989 3
Dan Harrington 1995 3
Huck Seed 1996 1C
Scotty Nguyen 1998 1B
Carlos Mortensen 2001 7 (10th)
Robert Varkonyi 2002 1C
Chris Moneymaker 2003 2B
Greg Raymer 2004 1B
Joe Hachem 2005 2C
Jamie Gold 2006 2C
Jerry Yang 2007 2C
Joe Cada 2009 2A
Jonathan Duhamel 2010 1C
Pius Heinz 2011 1A
Greg Merson 2012 5 (167th)

Other notable high finishes

Place Name Prize
10th Carlos Mortensen $573,204
12th Rep Porter $573,204
22nd Yevgeniy Timoshenko $285,408

November Nine

Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes
WSOP
Earnings
United States J. C. Tran 38,000,000 (19.9%) 2 40 $1,843,946
Israel Amir Lehavot 29,700,000 (15.6%) 1 12 $818,414
Canada Marc Etienne McLaughlin 26,525,000 (13.9%) 0 6 $639,168
United States Jay Farber 25,975,000 (13.6%) 0 0 0
United States Ryan Riess 25,875,000 (13.6%) 0 3 $30,569
France Sylvain Loosli 19,600,000 (10.3%) 0 0 0
Netherlands Michiel Brummelhuis 11,275,000 (5.9%) 0 7 $174,170
United States Mark Newhouse 7,350,000 (3.9%) 0 6 $152,725
United States David Benefield 6,375,000 (3.3%) 0 12 $455,713

Final Table

 

Place Name Prize
1st Ryan Riess $8,361,570
2nd Jay Farber $5,174,357
3rd Amir Lehavot $3,727,823
4th Sylvain Loosli $2,792,533
5th J. C. Tran $2,106,893
6th Marc Etienne McLaughlin $1,601,024
7th Michiel Brummelhuis $1,225,356
8th David Benefield $944,650
9th Mark Newhouse $733,224