U.S., Canada Grabbing Gold During 2013 WSOP First Week
With Levi Berger's victory in Event No. 11, Canada already has won four bracelets this summer, one more than Canada won throughout the entire 2012 WSOP.
The 2013 World Series of Poker has entered its second week at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, with the schedule now in full swing with four or five events in action every day. Following Chad Holloway's win in Event No. 1 ($500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em), no less than 10 more bracelets have been awarded over the last week, with the U.S. and Canada so far dominating the bracelet leader board.
With 11 events having completed thus far, players from the United States have claimed seven bracelets and Canadians have grabbed the other four. Here's a rundown of the results from Events Nos. 2-11 with a few quick highlights from each.
Event No. 2: Pope prevails
Trevor Pope topped a field of 481 to win the first open-event bracelet of the 2013 WSOP in the $5,000 no-limit hold'em eight-handed event, outlasting a tough final table including the U.K.'s David Vampley heads-up. Pope carried a huge chip lead to the final table with nearly five times the chips of his nearest challenger, and maintained the advantage all of the way to the win.
2013 WSOP Event No. 2: $5,000 NLHE 8-max. results
1st: Trevor Pope (United States) -- $553,906
2nd: David Vamplew (United Kingdom) -- $342,450
3rd: Darryll Fish (United States) -- $215,286
4th: Jared Hamby (United States) -- $154,518
5th: Jamie Armstrong (United States) -- $112,695
6th: Dan Kelly (United States) -- $83,532
7th: Brandon Meyers (United States) -- $62,915
8th: David Peters (United States) -- $48,130
Event No. 3: "Chilax Chuck" first Canadian champ
Noted online star Charles "Chilax Chuck" Sylvestre won Event No. 3, a $1,000 no-limit hold'em with re-entries. The 3,164 entries for this one built a big prize pool of $2,847,600, with Sylvestre earning nearly half a million dollars for the win.
2013 WSOP Event No. 3: $1,000 NLHE Re-entry results
1st: Charles Sylvestre (Canada) -- $491,360
2nd: Seth Berger (United States) -- $303,952
3rd: William Guerrero (United States) -- $215,107
4th: Michael Cooper (United States) -- $155,706
5th: Bihn Ta (United States) -- $114,017
6th: Ryan Olisar (United States) -- $84,459
7th: Darren Rabinowitz (United States) -- $63,273
8th: Ruben Ybarra (United States) -- $47,925
9th: Ping Lui (United States) -- $36,705
Event No. 4: Beauprez binks one
John Beauprez followed up a relatively deep run in last year's Main Event (where he finished 58th) to win his first WSOP bracelet in Event No. 4, the $1,500 no-limit hold'em six-handed event. A total of 1,069 players entered, with 2009 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada coming close to earning a second bracelet before going out in fourth.
2013 WSOP Event No. 4: $1,500 NLHE 6-max. results
1st: John Beauprez (United States) -- $324,764
2nd: Manig Loeser (Germany) -- $200,698
3rd: Eric Blair (United States) -- $127,300
4th: Joe Cada (United States) -- $83,558
5th: Mike Mustafa (United States) -- $56,499
6th: Keven Stammen (United States) -- $39,325
Event No. 5: Gold for Gordo
Mike "gordo16" Gorodinsky won the first non-hold'em bracelet of 2013 in Event No. 5, the $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event. A total of 374 played the tournament, with Owais Ahmed and George Danzer among the final tablists. Julie Schneider, wife of 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider, made her second career WSOP final table, finishing eighth.
2013 WSOP Event No. 5: $2,500 Omaha-8/Stud-8 results
1st: Mike Gorodinsky (United States) -- $216,988
2nd: Kristopher Tong (United States) -- $134,017
3rd: Matthew Aston (United Kingdom) -- $86,437
4th: Owais Ahmed (United States) -- $62,631
5th: George Fotladis (United States) -- $46,048
6th: George Danzer (Germany) -- $34,348
7th: Mack Lee (United States) -- $25,993
8th: Julie Schneider (United States) -- $19,952
Event No. 6: Chen makes a million
The much-anticipated "Millionaire Maker" $1,500 no-limit hold'em event with re-entries drew a record-breaking field of 6,343 entries, the largest non-Main Event field in WSOP history. The tourney guaranteed $1 million for first, but the huge field made it closer to $1.2 million for winner Benny Chen. That huge field also meant the tournament needed to be extended an extra fourth day to complete.
2013 WSOP Event No. 6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" NLHE Re-entry results
1st: Benny Chen (Canada) -- $1,199,104
2nd: Michael Bennington (United States) -- $741,902
3rd: Jonathan Gray (United States) -- $534,505
4th: Justin Liberto (United States) -- $400,408
5th: Dan Kelly (United States) -- $302,104
6th: Christopher Hunichen (United States) -- $229,575
7th: Upeshka Desilva (United States) -- $175,713
8th: Robert McVeigh (United States) -- $135,467
9th: Theron Eichenberger (United States) -- $105,154
Event No. 7: Waxman stacks 'em
The first of a half-dozen $1,000 no-limit hold'em events (with no re-entries) this summer was won by Matt Waxman following an epic, almost seven-hour-long heads-up duel with Eric Baldwin. The pair played 187 hands all told before Waxman finally won, enabling Waxman to top the field of 1,837.
2013 WSOP Event No. 7: $1,000 NLHE results
1st: Matthew Waxman (United States) -- $302,952
2nd: Eric Baldwin (United States) -- $189,220
3rd: Jess Dioquino (United States) -- $130,825
4th: Amit Makhija (United States) -- $94,353
5th: Brent Hanks (United States) -- $68,975
6th: Jacob Jung (United States) -- $51,086
7th: Robert Dreyfuss (United States) -- $29,147
8th: Tuu Ho (United States) -- $29,147
9th: Jason Koon (United States) -- $22,435
Event No. 8: Malm is the man
Michael Malm earned Canada's third bracelet by winning Event No. 8, the $2,500 8-game mix event. His fellow countryman Greg Mueller finished third after taking second in the exact same event last year.
2013 WSOP Event No. 8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix results
1st: Michael Malm (Canada) -- $225,104
2nd: Steven Wolansky (United States) -- $139,034
3rd: Greg Mueller (Canada) -- $89,673
4th: Eric Crain (United States) -- $64,975
5th: Michael Hurey (United States) -- $47,771
6th: Dario Alioto (Italy) -- $35,634
7th: Mike Wattel (United States) -- $26,966
8th: Marco Johnson (United States) -- $20,699
Event No. 9: JohnnyBax joins multiple-bracelet club
The $3,000 no-limit hold'em shootout event saw Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy win his second career WSOP bracelet after winning three sit-n-gos in three days. There were 477 players in this event, with Josephy topping a tough ten-handed final table that included Tim West, David "Bakes" Bker, and Chris Klodnicki.
2013 WSOP Event No. 9: $3,000 NLHE Shootout results
1st: Cliff Josephy (United States) -- $299,486
2nd: Evan Silverstein (United States) -- $185,487
3rd: Steven Silverman (United States) -- $123,202
4th: Tim West (United States) -- $91,428
5th: Alessandro Longobardi (Italy) -- $68,613
6th: David "Bakes" Baker (United States) -- $51,997
7th: Max Steinberg (United States) -- $39,756
8th: Chris Klodnicki (United States) -- $30,641
9th: Ryan Hughes (United States) -- $23,791
10th: Simeon Naydenov (Bulgaria) -- $18,609
Event No. 10: Wheeler's the winner
Brent Wheeler won the first fixed-limit hold'em bracelet of 2013, a $1,500 event that saw 645 players take part. Also making the final table was Malissia Zapata, with her third-place finish marking the highest thus far for women at the 2013 WSOP.
2013 WSOP Event No. 10: $1,500 LHE results
1st: Brent Wheeler (United States) -- $191,605
2nd: Mark Mierkains (Canada) -- $118,300
3rd: Malissia Zapata (United States) -- $76,904
4th: Chiduziem Obi (United States) -- $56,485
5th: Grayson Scoggin (United States) -- $42,074
6th: William James (United States) -- $31,747
7th: Brian Nichols (United States) -- $24,232
8th: Alexander Queen (United States) -- $18,703
9th: Eric Froehlich (United States) -- $14,585
Event No. 11: Berger brings it
It appeared last night that Scott Clements was well on his way to a third WSOP bracelet in the $2,500 no-limit hold'em six-handed event as he held a commanding chip lead three-handed. But Levi Berger managed to comeback to eliminate Ben Palmer in third, then Clements, thus scoring all five final table knockouts to top the 924-player field. The four bracelets won by Canada already exceeds the total of three won by the country in the 2012 WSOP.
2013 WSOP Event No. 11: $2,500 NLHE 6-max. results
1st: Levi Berger (Canada) $473,019
2nd: Scott Clements (United States) $292,339
3rd: Ben Palmer (United States) $185,426
4th: Eddy Sabat (United States) -- $121,711
5th: Jacob Bazeley (United States) -- $82,297
6th: David Gonia (United States) -- $57,282
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