https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/2013/06/ en Copyright 2026 Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:14:00 +0100 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification On Saturday, Anthony Gregg took down the $111,111 One Drop High Rollers tournament at the 2013 World Series of Poker, banking himself $4,830,619 in the process. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/anthony-gregg-wins-the-one-drop-high-rollers-event-at-the-2013-wsop-300613-162.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/anthony-gregg-wins-the-one-drop-high-rollers-event-at-the-2013-wsop-300613-162.html News WSOP Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:14:00 +0100 It's been another wild week at the 2013 World Series of Poker, with 13 more bracelets being won over the last seven days of play.  Another former WSOP Player of the Year won a bracelet as Jeff Madsen earned his third career title.  Players from Bulgaria, Hungary, and Russia took away some hardware with victories.  And players from Canada continued to do well, earning two more bracelets to bring the country's overall total to nine. Here's a rundown of how last week's events finished up with a few highlights from each. Event No. 34: Gathy Binks Another for Belgium Following Davidi Kitai's win in Event No. 19 ($5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em), fellow Belgian Michael Gathy won a bracelet in Event No. 34 by topping a field of 1,629 in a new "turbo"-structured no-limit hold'em event. The event saw players begin with half-hour levels (1-4), then 40-minute levels (5-17), then subsequently settle into the hour-long levels used in other NLHE events for the endgame portion.   2013 WSOP Event No. 34: $1,000 Turbo NLHE results 1st: Michael Gathy (Belgium) -- $278,613 2nd: Benjamin Reason (United States) -- $172,252 3rd: Yueqi Zhu (United States) -- $113,358 4th: Sergey Rybachenko (Russia) -- $81,720 5th: Daniel Bishop (United States) -- $59,816 6th: Jason Duval (Canada) -- $44,422 7th: Jake Cody (United Kingdom) -- $33,456 8th: Noah Vaillancourt (Canada) -- $25,539 9th: Russell Crane (United States) -- $19,748 Event No. 35: Madsen Nails Number Three 2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen won his third career bracelet in the $3K Pot-Limit Omaha event nearly seven years after he won his first two within a week as a 21-year-old. Madsen became the fourth former WSOP Player of the Year to win a bracelet in 2013, following 2004 WSOP POY Daniel Negreanu (who won the WSOP Asia Pacific Main Event), 2007 WSOP POY Tom Schneider (who has picked up two this summer), and 2008 WSOP POY Erick Lindgren. A total of 640 played, with Scott Clements among those making the final table (finishing fifth). 2013 WSOP Event No. 35: $3,000 PLO results 1st: Jeff Madsen (United States) -- $384,420 2nd: Douglas Corning (United States) -- $237,374 3rd: Michael Maryska (Czech Republic) -- $154,312 4th: Danny Hannawa (United States) -- $113,340 5th: Scott Clements (United States) -- $84,424 6th: Ryan Chapman (United States) -- $63,702 7th: William "Tom" Black (United States) -- $48,624 8th: Joni Jouhkimainen (United States) -- $37,529 9th: Jason DeWitt (United States) -- $29,265 Event No. 36: Naydenov Gets Bulgaria on Bracelet Board Having already made one shootout final table this summer in Event No. 9 (the $3,000 NLHE shootout), Simeon Naydenov made another in Event No. 36 and won it this time, picking up his first bracelet and the first for Bulgaria this summer. A total of 1,138 played the event, with the ten-handed final table being the most international so far in 2013 with seven different countries represented. 2013 WSOP Event No. 36: $1,500 NLHE Shootout results 1st: Simeon Naydenov (Bulgaria) -- $326,440 2nd: Jake Schwartz (United States) -- $202,035 3rd: Andrew Kloc (United States) -- $126,250 4th: Tobias Wenker (Germany) -- $91,749 5th  Jose "Nacho" Barbero (Argentina) -- $67,732 6th: Mike Watson (Canada) -- $50,774 7th: Jan Kropacek (Czech Republic) -- $38,621 8th: Salman Behbehani (United Kingdom) -- $29,771 9th: Noah Bronstein (United States) -- $23,259 10th: Sumanth Reddy (United States) -- $18,407 Event No. 37: Moore Makes Good The $5K fixed-limit hold'em event saw 63-year-old Michael Moore break through to win his first career bracelet after playing at the WSOP for more than three decades. Moore's previous career highlight at the WSOP was a 10th-place finish in the Main Event way back in 1995, the year Dan Harrington won. The final table featured three former LHE bracelet winners in Ronnie Bardah (third), Todd Witteles (fifth), and Greg Mueller (eighth), with Bardah coming close to defending his title in this same event after winning it a year ago. 2013 WSOP Event No. 37: $5,000 LHE results 1st: Michael Moore (United States) -- $211,743 2nd: Gabriel Nassif (France) -- $130,852 3rd: Ronnie Bardah (United States) -- $94,793 4th: Brian Aleksa (United States) -- $69,968 5th Todd Witteles (United States) -- $52,582 6th: Dom Denotaristefani (United States) -- $40,205 7th: Ben Yu (United States) -- $31,264 8th: Greg Mueller (Canada) -- $24,721 9th: Justin Bonomo (United States) -- $19,863 Event No. 38: Oliver to the Max in 4-max. Canada's Justin Oliver took away the top prize in the $2,500 four-handed no-limit hold'em event, beating out a field of 566 to do so. The final table included two-time bracelet winner David "The Dragon" Pham (who finished fourth), with five-time bracelet winner John Juanda just missing the final four by finishing fifth. 2013 WSOP Event No. 38: $2,500 NLHE 4-max.results 1st: Justin Oliver (Canada) -- $309,071 2nd: Nick Schwarmann (United States) -- $191,434 3rd: Jared Jaffe (United States) -- $129,447 4th: David Pham (United States) -- $89,736 Event No. 39: Idema Continues Canadian Success Shortly after Oliver's win on Sunday, it was Daniel Idema winning Canada's ninth bracelet of the summer, a total that triples the three the country claimed in 2012. Idema won his in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low event, earning his second bracelet of the summer. Idema is the brother of Adam Schwartz who co-hosts with Mike Johnson of the Two Plus Two Pokercast, interviewed here last month.    2013 WSOP Event No. 39: $1,500 7CS Hi-Low results 1st: Daniel Idema (Canada) -- $184,590 2nd: Joseph Hertzog (United States) -- $114,109 3rd: Raul Paez (Spain) -- $71,736 4th: Matt Vengrin (United States) -- $51,488 5th: Mike Leah (Canada) -- $37,552 6th: Tony Gill (Canada) -- $27,834 7th: Fei Chu (United States) -- $20,964 8th: Artie Cobb (United States) -- $16,037  Event No. 40: Hamby Has His Way Online star Jared Hamby earned a big live score by winning Event No. 40, another of the many $1,500 NLHE events on the schedule this summer. Hamby's win saw him prevailing over a 2,162-player field, with the turnout representing the largest so far among the five $1,500 NLHE tourneys (excluding the "Millionaire Maker"). 2013 WSOP Event No. 40: $1,500 NLHE results 1st: Jared Hamby (United States) -- $525,272 2nd: Peter Hengsakul (United States) -- $325,780 3rd: Allan Vrooman (United States) -- $230,178 4th: Nicolas Fierro (Chile) -- $165,501 5th: Joao Dorneles Neto (Brazil) -- $120,574 6th: Matt Berkey (United States) -- $89,008 7th: Richard Dubini (Argentina) -- $66,544 8th: Fred Berger (United States) -- $50,382 9th: David Nicholson (United States) -- $38,625 Event No. 41: Gross Gets There Continuing the theme of online phenoms finding success in the live arena, former Card Player Online Player of the Year Steve Gross won his first WSOP bracelet in Event No. 41, the $5K Pot-Limit Omaha six-handed event. Among those just missing the final six in this one were Yevgeniy Timoshenko (seventh) and Sorel Mizzi (16th). 2013 WSOP Event No. 41: $5,000 PLO 6-max. results 1st: Steve Gross (United States) -- $488,817 2nd: Salman Behbehani (United Kingdom) -- $301,965 3rd: Timo Pfutzenreuter (Germany) -- $194,147 4th: Joseph Leung (Canada) -- $128,742 5th: Lee Goldman (United States) -- $87,890 6th: Nader Arfai (United States) -- $61,739 Event No. 42: Szecsi Secures Bracelet for Hungary In another of the $1K NLHE events, it was Norbert Szecsi winning the first bracelet for Hungary this summer and only the fourth ever for the country. Among those not quite making the final table were Rachel Kranz who finished 14th and Thiago Nishijima who took 15th. 2013 WSOP Event No. 42: $1,000 NLHE results 1st: Norbert Szecsi (Hungary) -- $345,037 2nd: Denis Gnidash (United States) -- $214,760 3rd: Chris DeMaci (United States) -- $149,281 4th: Kirby Martin (United States) -- $107,512 5th: Rory Mathews (United Kingdom) -- $78,576 6th: Bryce Landier (United States) -- $58,126 7th: Ariel Celestino (Brazil) -- $43,564 8th: Dana Buck (United States) -- $33,065 9th: Jonathan Bennett ($25,392) -- $25,292 Event No. 43: Martin Manages Tough Field In one of the few $10K buy-in events on this year's schedule, Jesse Martin managed to outlast a tough, small field of 87 players to win the 2-7 NL Draw event and his first career bracelet. In fact, the final table included five other WSOP bracelet holders in David "Bakes" Baker (finished second, has two bracelets), Konstantin Puchkov (third; one bracelet); Jeff Lisandro (fourth; five bracelets), Layne Flack (sixth; six bracelets), and John Hennigan (seventh; two bracelets).  Paul Volpe (eighth), Ashton Griffin (ninth), and Calvin Anderson (11th) also made deep runs in Event No. 43. 2013 WSOP Event No. 43: $10,000 2-7 NL Draw results 1st: Jesse Martin (United States) -- $253,524 2nd: David "Bakes" Bakes (United States) -- $156,674 3rd: Konstantin Puchkov (Russia) -- $99,313 4th: Jeff Lisandro (Italy) -- $67,264 5th: Jon Turner (United States) -- $47,792 6th: Layne Flack (United States) -- $35,549 7th: John Hennigan (United States) -- $27,644 Event No. 44: Pulusani Picks Up Win A total of 1,072 entered this $3K no-limit hold'em event, with Sandeep Pulsani ultimately prevailing while denying the U.K. its first 2013 WSOP bracelet of the summer by topping runner-up Niall Farrell. Another Brit, Mark Teltscher took sixth, while Nam Le (seventh), Pedro "Pete" Rios (eight), Will Jaffe (13th), and Jason Mercier (16th) were among the notables also going deep. 2013 WSOP Event No. 44: $3,000 NLHE results 1st: Sandeep Pulusani (United States) -- $592,684 2nd: Niall Farrell (United Kingdom) -- $366,815 3rd: Michael Rocco (United States) -- $229,500 4th: Martin Hanowski (Germany) -- $166,579 5th: Zo Karim (United States) -- $122,974 6th: Mark Teltscher (United States) -- $92,186 7th: Nam Le (United States) -- $70,120 8th: Pedro "Pete" Rios (United States) -- $54,053 9th: Phillippe Vert (United States) -- $42,230 Event No. 45: Volpe Claims All the Antes, and the Bracelet Event No. 45 presented players with a unique "ante only" format of no-limit hold'em that saw the antes start with the first level and increase throughout, with no blinds and only a "bring in" to start the preflop betting sequence. A total of 678 players found the format intriguing enough to try the $1,500 buy-in event, with Ben Volpe ultimately winning the bracelet after outlasting a final table that included Blair Hinkle (fourth) and Chris Moorman (fifth), with Tommy Vedes (10th), Aaron Massey (12th), and David Vamplew among those just missing the final nine. 2013 WSOP Event No. 45: $1,500 Ante Only NLHE results 1st: Ben Volpe (United States) -- $201,399 2nd: Paul Lieu (United States) -- $124,352 3rd: Louis Bonnecaze (United States) -- $80,839 4th: Blair Hinkle (United States) -- $59,375 5th: Chris Moorman (United Kingdom) -- $44,227 6th: Horacio Chaves Cortes (Paraguay) -- $33,371 7th: Adam Stone (United States) -- $25,472 8th: Daniel Johnson (United States) -- $19,660 9th: Samuel Panzica (United States) -- $15,331 Event No. 46: Success for Shchemelev Finally, last night Vladimir Shchemelev picked up his first career WSOP bracelet and the first for Russia this summer by winning Event No. 46, the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low event in which 435 players took part. The win further added to Shchemelev's impressive WSOP resume, highlighted in part by having made three final tables in $10,000 buy-in events back in 2010. Shchemelev denied runner-up finisher Mel Judah a third career bracelet, with "Miami" John Cernuto (fifth), Shchmelev's fellow countryman Andrey Zaichenko (seventh), and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (eighth) also among the final tablists. 2013 WSOP Event No. 46: $3,000 PLO8 results 1st: Vladimir Shchemelev (Russia) -- $279,094 2nd: Mel Judah (United Kingdom) -- $172,361 3rd: Ashly Butler (United States) -- $124,645 4th: Brian Hacker (United States) -- $91,085 5th: John Cernuto (United States) -- $67,262 6th: Tyler Nelson (United States) -- $50,197 7th: Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) -- $37,847 8th: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (United States) -- $28,821 9th: Alexey Makarov (United States) -- $22,171 Join Betfair Poker Now. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/jeff-madsen-latest-former-wsop-poy-to-earn-gold-in-2013-280613-77.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/jeff-madsen-latest-former-wsop-poy-to-earn-gold-in-2013-280613-77.html News WSOP Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:29:00 +0100 At last year's World Series of Poker, a special tournament took place called The Big One for One Drop. This exclusive event cost a staggering $1,000,000 to enter and raised millions for the One Drop charity.  https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/martin-jacobsons-the-man-to-catch-in-the-one-drop-high-rollers-280613-162.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/martin-jacobsons-the-man-to-catch-in-the-one-drop-high-rollers-280613-162.html News WSOP Fri, 28 Jun 2013 12:39:00 +0100 The 2013 World Series of Poker is fast approaching the halfway mark with the Main Event now only a couple of weeks away. Hellmuth-like, I've now made my late arrival to Las Vegas to join my Betfair Poker colleague Matthew Pitt, and we're both enjoying following and reporting on all of the action, with a dozen more bracelets having been won over the last week including a second of the summer by Tom Schneider. Here's a look at who has been taking away the biggest prizes from the tournaments at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino over the last week. Event No. 22: Pollack PLOws over field Noah Schwartz enjoyed a huge lead in the $1,500 pot-limit Omaha event coming down the stretch and to start heads-up play, but it was Josh Pollack ultimately prevailing by coming back against Schwartz to top the 1,022-player field and earn his first career bracelet. 2013 WSOP Event No. 22: $1,500 PLO results 1st: Josh Pollack (United States) -- $279,431 2nd: Noah Schwartz (United States) -- $172,931 3rd: James Parks (United Kingdom) -- $108,196 4th: K.T. Parks (United States) -- $78,532 5th: Shawn Silber (United States) -- $57,974 6th: Eric Shanks (United States) -- $43,460 7th: Eddie Blumenthal (United States) -- $25,483 8th: Brandon Crawford (United States) -- $19,909 Event No. 23: Chiu picks up number five David Chiu landed a spot in an exclusive WSOP club in the $2,500 seven-card stud event when he won his fifth career bracelet, one of only 22 players who have won five or more. A total of 246 played the event, with the final table featuring an eye-popping number of bracelet holders in Michael Mizrachi (who has three), Frank Kassela (two), Gary Benson (one), Adam Friedman (one), Freddie Ellis (one), and runner-up finisher Scott Seiver (one). That's seven of eight! 2013 WSOP Event No. 23: $2,500 Seven-Card Stud results 1st: David Chiu (United States) -- $145,520 2nd: Scott Seiver (United States) -- $89,980 3rd: Freddie Ellis (United States) -- $59,127 4th: Michael Mizrachi (United States) -- $43,188 5th: Frank Kassela (United States) -- $31,978 6th: Gary Benson (Australia) -- $24,003 7th: Matthew Aston (United Kingdom) -- $18,266 8th: Adam Friedman -(United States) - $14,086 Event No. 24: All hail Harrison Corey Harrison won a no-limit hold'em bracelet in Event No. 24. This one saw 1,731 participate, a relatively smaller field per recent standards for the $1,500 NLHE events. The U.K. was well represented at the final table with three players, Zimnan Ziyard, Gareth Teatum, and eventual runner-up finisher Daniel Cascado. 2013 WSOP Event No. 24: $1,500 NLHE results 1st: Corey Harrison (United States) -- $432,411 2nd: Daniel Cascado (United Kingdom) -- $267,452 3rd: Salavatore DiCarlo (United States) -- $184,914 4th: Paul Spitzberg (United States) -- $133,364 5th: Gregory Josifovski (United States) -- $97,493 6th: Mohsin Charania (United States) -- $72,208 7th: Zimnan Ziyard (United Kingdom) -- $54,191 8th: Gareth Teatum (United Kingdom) -- $41,198 9th: Robert Brewer (United States) -- $31,711 Event No. 25: Fuhs gets first versus tough field There was another first-time bracelet winner in the $5K Omaha Hi-Low event in Danny Fuhs. There was another tough final table for this one, too, with Robert Mizrachi, Brian Hastings, Viacheslav Zhukov, and Jeff Lisandro all having to be overcome by Fuhs to win, with Mike Matusow (11th) and Julie Schneider (12th) -- Tom's wife -- also nearly making the final nine. 2013 WSOP Event No. 25: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low results 1st: Danny Fuhs (United States) -- $277,519 2nd: Christopher George (United States) -- $171,536 3rd: Robert Mizrachi (United States) -- $128,074 4th: Brian Hastings (United States) -- $96,268 5th: Viacheslav Zhukov (Russia) -- $72,809 6th: Arthur Kargen (United States) -- $55,423 7th: Jeff Lisandro (Italy) -- $42,442 8th: Ryan Lenaghan (United States) -- $32,712 9th: Bart Hanson (United States) -- $25,361 Event No. 26: Lind tops huge Seniors field Records were broken yet again for the $1,000 Seniors NLHE Championship as a whopping 4,407 participated, breaking last year's all-time high of 4,128 for the event. Kenneth Lind, aged 68 and a great-grandfather, won the tournament and huge $634,809 first prize -- the second-largest this summer behind the "Millionaire Maker." 2013 WSOP Event No. 26: $1,000 Seniors NLHE results 1st: Kenneth Lind (United States) -- $634,809 2nd: Dana Ott (United States) -- $390,601 3rd: John Holley (United States) -- $283,312 4th: Barry Bashist (United States) -- $209,856 5th: Randolph Spain (United States) -- $156,629 6th: Michel Bouskila (Australia) -- $117,799 7th: James Miller (United States) -- $89,281 8th: Jack Ernest Ward (United States) -- $68,180 9th: Fernando Halac (United States) -- $52,474 Event No. 27: Hagerling emerges from the mix Isaac Hagerling took down the $3K "Mixed Max" no-limit hold'em event that has players play full ring, then six-handed, then heads-up matches in order to determine a winner. Hagerling topped a field of 593 in the event, and has already followed up his fine finish with a nice showing in the ongoing Event No. 35, the $3K PLO in which he's third of 19 heading into today's last day of play. 2013 WSOP Event No. 27: $3,000 Mixed Max NLHE results 1st: Issac Hagerling (United States) -- $372,387 2nd: Max Steinberg (United States) -- $231,501 3rd (tie): Jeremy Ausmus (United States) -- $132,748 3rd (tie): Jason Koon (United States) -- $132,748 5th (tie): Yevgeniy Timoshenko (United States) -- $51,561 5th (tie): Dan Healey (United States) -- $51,561 5th (tie): Chris Johnson (United States) -- $51,561 5th (tie): Brandon Cantu (United States) -- $51,561  Event No. 28: Duval takes it down This event -- another $1,500 no-limit hold'em affair -- saw Jason Duval make it a remarkable seven bracelets for Canada out of the first 28 events, well above the country's total of three in 2012 and a remarkable percentage (25%) of wins not halfway through the Series. Masayuki Nagata notched a best finish thus far for Japan by taking third in the event.  2013 WSOP Event No. 28: $1,500 NLHE results 1st: Jason Duval (Canada) -- $521,202 2nd: Mjid Yahyaei (United States) -- $324,442 3rd: Masayuki Nagata (Japan) -- $225,521 4th: James Lee (United States) -- $162,420 5th: Tommy Townsend (United States) -- $118,707 6th: Dan Martin (United States) -- $87,813 7th: Stephen Bartlett (United States) -- $65,813 8th: Daniel Bishop (United States) -- $49,952 9th: Joseph Cappuccio (United States) -- $38,360 Event No. 29: Schneider sweeps H.O.R.S.E. events Greg Mueller nearly made it another win for Canada in the $5K H.O.R.S.E. event, but he was denied as Tom Schneider earned his second bracelet of the summer just a week after taking his first in the only other H.O.R.S.E. event, the $1,500 buy-in Event No. 15. Schneider picked up his seventh cash of the summer last night, by the way, and his success is inspiring a lot of table talk about the WSOP Player of Year race. He currently sits in second behind Daniel Negreanu in that race, with both players having earned WSOP POY honors before (Negreanu in 2004 and Schneider in 2007). Schneider now has four career WSOP bracelets. 2013 WSOP Event No. 29: $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. results 1st: Tom Schneider (United States) -- $318,955 2nd: Benjamin Scholl (United States) -- $197,228 3rd: Greg Mueller (Canada) -- $129,600 4th: Viatcheslav Ortynskiy (Russia) -- $94,664 5th: Chris Klodnicki (United States) -- $70,093 6th: Adam Friedman (United States) -- $52,613 7th: David Benyamine (United States) -- $40,039 8th: Konstantin Puchkov (Russia) -- $30,876 Event No. 30: Dombrowski brings it In this, another of the low buy-in NLHE events, Floridian Chris Dombrowski won his first-ever WSOP bracelet by besting a field of 2,108. Dimitar Yosifov earned Bulgaria a nice cash by finishing fourth. 2013 WSOP Event No. 30: $1,000 NLHE results 1st: Chris Dombrowski (United States) -- $346,332 2nd: Mathew Moore (United States) -- $215,578 3rd: Jesse McEuen (United States) -- $149,850 4th: Dimitar Yosifov (Bulgaria) -- $107,922 5th: Carter Myers (United States) -- $78,876 6th: Chris Bolek (United States) -- $58,348 7th: Matt Seer (United States) -- $43,730 8th: Mike Pickett (United States) -- $33,191 9th: Jonathan Thompson (Canada) -- $25,488 Event No. 31: Graham gets Aussies on bracelet board Speaking of countries breaking through, Australia finally picked up a bracelet at this year's WSOP after claiming just one earlier in the year at the WSOP APAC as Jarred Graham won the $1,500 PLO Hi-Low title. Graham started the last day 14th of 14, but managed to come all of the way back to defeat Marco Johnson heads-up to win.  Barry Greenstein just missed earning a fourth career bracelet as he was eliminated in third. 2013 WSOP Event No. 31: $1,500 PLO Hi-Low results 1st: Jarred Graham (Australia) -- $255,942 2nd: Marco Johnson (United States) -- $158,379 3rd: Barry Greenstein (United States) -- $99,091 4th: Noomis Jones (United States) -- $71,924 5th: Gabriel Blumenthal (United States) -- $53,096 6th: Loni Harwood (United States) -- $39,803 7th: Eric Rodawig (United States) -- $30,275 8th: Joao Simao (Brazil) -- $23,338 9th: Perry Green (United States) -- $18,233 Event No. 32: E-Dog Captures Second Erick Lindgren added a nice follow-up to his second-place finish at the WPT Championship last month by winning his second career WSOP bracelet last night in the $5K short-handed NLHE event, his first having come back in 2008. Lindgren beat a field of top-level players in this one, likely one of the tougher NLHE tourneys to crack at this summer's WSOP. Jonathan Little took the chip lead into Day 3 before finishing third, while Lee Markholt battled gamely to take runner-up.  Andrew Robl (7th) bubbled the final table, with Allen Bari (9th) and Dan Smith (11th) also among those coming one table shy of the last one. 2013 WSOP Event No. 32: $5,000 NLHE 6-max. results 1st: Erick Lindgren (United States) -- $606,317 2nd: Lee Markholt (United States) -- $374,960 3rd: Jonathan Little (United States) -- $238,833 4th: Connor Drinan (United States) -- $157,274 5th: Vasile Buboi (United States) -- $106,830 6th: Ryan D'Angelo (United States) -- $74,768 Event No. 33: Campanello a happy camper Bryan Campanello also won a bracelet late yesterday evening -- his first -- after managing to outlast a tough heads-up opponent in David Bach to win the the Series' lone razz event. Bach had ended both Day 1 and Day 2 as the chip leader, but it was Campanello who finished the last day in front to get back a $178,052 return on his $2,500 buy-in. A total of 301 played the razz event, just under the 309 who played it a year ago when Phil Hellmuth won. 2013 WSOP Event No. 33: $2,500 Razz results 1st: Bryan Campanello (United States) -- $178,052 2nd: David Bach (United States) -- $110,098 3rd: Jim Wheatley (United States) -- $72,346 4th: Sebastian Pauli (Germany) -- $52,844 5th: Ivan Schertzer (United States) -- $39,128 6th: Brent Keller (United States) -- $29,369 7th: Rick Fuller (United States) -- $22,351 8th: Ismael Bojang (Germany) -- $17,235 Join Betfair Poker Now. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/schneider-snares-second-at-2013-wsop-during-action-filled-week-210613-77.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/schneider-snares-second-at-2013-wsop-during-action-filled-week-210613-77.html News WSOP Fri, 21 Jun 2013 17:28:00 +0100 With almost $6,000,000 in online poker tournament winnings, it is easy to see why Dan "djk123" Kelly is regarded as one of the best poker players of his generation. Now, after a phenomenal 2013 World Series of Poker, there will be calls to refer to him as one of the greatest of all time. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/a-look-at-dan-kellys-amazing-2013-wsop-run-210613-162.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/a-look-at-dan-kellys-amazing-2013-wsop-run-210613-162.html News WSOP Fri, 21 Jun 2013 03:04:00 +0100 David Diaz, a World Series of Poker bracelet winner, will take no further part at the 2013 WSOP after the management banned him from it and all other Caesars-owned properties with immediate effect. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/david-diaz-banned-from-wsop-and-all-caesars-properties-150613-162.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/david-diaz-banned-from-wsop-and-all-caesars-properties-150613-162.html News WSOP Sat, 15 Jun 2013 02:19:00 +0100 Another week is done at the 2013 World Series of Poker, and 10 more WSOP bracelets have been claimed as the Series continues to march along. This week was highlighted by a couple of players -- Mike Matusow and Tom Schneider -- grabbing some gold again several years after winning previous WSOP events, with other former bracelet winners also proving victorious. Also, Canada continues to impress, picking up two more wins to push the country's bracelet total to six.  Here's a rundown of all of the results over the past week of WSOP action from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Event No. 12: Rofman rocks The $1,500 pot-limit hold'em event saw first-time bracelet winner -- and first-time WSOP casher, for that matter -- Lev Rofman keep Allen Cunningham from winning his sixth career WSOP bracelet. Rofman beat out a field of 535 in this one, including sixth-place finisher Eric Crain who made his second final table of the summer after taking fourth in Event No. 8, the $2,500 8-game mix event. 2013 WSOP Event No. 12: $1,500 PLHE results 1st: Lev Rofman (United States) -- $166,136 2nd: Allen Cunningham (United States) -- $102,819 3rd: Jaspal Brar (Canada) -- $68,332 4th: Kenneth Shelton (United States) -- $50,709 5th: Anthony Harb (United States) -- $38,055 6th: Eric Crain (United States) -- $28,839 7th: Nicolas Halvorson (United States) -- $22,050 8th: Timothy Reilly (United States) -- $16,994 9th: Jean-Nicolas Fortin (Canada) -- $13,195 Event No. 13: The Mouth fed fourth WSOP win Mike "The Mouth" Matusow continued a successful year, following his victory in the 2013 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship in January by topping a field of 210 in Event No. 13, the $5,000 seven-card stud hi-low event. The victory marked Matusow's fourth bracelet win and first since 2008. 2013 WSOP Event No. 13: $5,000 7CS Hi-Low results 1st: Mike Matusow (United States) -- $266,503 2nd: Matthew Ashton (United Kingdom) -- $164,700 3rd: Mike Leah (United States) -- $108,412 4th: David "Bakes" Baker (United States) -- $79,078 5th: Yuval Bronshtein (Israel) -- $58,835 6th: Tony Cousineau (United States) -- $44,543 7th: Gavin Smith (Canada) -- $34,268 8th: Vladimir Shchmelev (Russia) -- $26,757 Event No. 14: Taylor triumphs Jonathan Taylor of the United States took down the first of many $1,500 no-limit hold'em events on this summer's schedule, besting a field of 1,819 to earn his first bracelet while also notching his first career WSOP cash. 2013 WSOP Event No. 14: $1,500 NLHE results 1st: Jonathan Taylor (United States) -- $454,424 2nd: Blake Bohn (United States) -- $281,049 3rd: Hunter Frey (United States) -- $194,315 4th: Hiren Patel (United States) -- $140,143 5th: Tuan Vu (United States) -- $102,449 6th: Patrick Kubat (Germany) -- $75,879 7th: Jed Hoffman (United States) -- $56,946 8th: Dan Gannon (United States) -- $43,293 9th: Joseph Pergola (United States) -- $33,323 Event No. 15: Schneider snags third bracelet 2007 WSOP Player of the Year Tom Schneider broke through to win Event No. 15, the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, adding a third bracelet to the two he won six years ago. Schneider had to contend with a difficult final table to earn the win, one that included bracelet holders Owais Ahmed (who took runner-up), Rep Porter (who finished fourth), and Frankie O'Dell (who finished fifth). 2013 WSOP Event No. 15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. results 1st: Tom Schneider (United States) -- $258,960 2nd: Owais Ahmed (United States) -- $159,950 3rd: Vlatcheslav Ortynskiy (Russia) -- $108,701 4th: Rep Porter (United States) -- $75,652 5th: Frankie O'Dell (United States) -- $53,739 6th: Scott Bohlman (United States) -- $38,949 7th: Nicholas Blumenthal (United States) -- $28,778 8th: Mark Klecan (Canada) -- $21,679 Event No. 16: Radoja romps Mark Radoja earned Canada another bracelet by besting a tough 162-player field in the $10,000 no-limit hold'em heads-up tourney, surviving several tough matches to grab the gold. Among those coming up just shy in this one were semifinal losers Justin Bonomo and Ben Sulsky, with Phil Hellmuth and Randy Lew among those whose runs were stopped during the quarterfinal round. 2013 WSOP Event No. 16: $10,000 NLHE Heads-Up results 1st: Mark Radoja (Canada) -- $336,190 2nd: Don Nguyen (United States) -- $204,648 3rd (tie): Justin Bonomo (United States) -- $110,485 3rd (tie): Ben Sulsky (United States) -- $110,485 5th (tie): Phil Hellmuth (United States) -- $54,024 5th (tie): Randy Lew (United States) -- $54,024 5th (tie): Sean Winter (United States) -- $54,024 5th (tie): Russell Rosenblum (United States) -- $54,024 Event No. 17: Polychronopoulos picks up second career bracelet One of the biggest names in poker -- at least in terms of the number of letters in his name -- Athanasios Polychronopoulos -- earned his second WSOP bracelet by winning Event No. 17, one of those large-field $1,500 no-limit hold'em events. Polychronopoulos was the last player standing from the 2,105 who entered, adding a second WSOP win to his resume after also winning a $1,500 NLHE event in 2011. This one also saw 2009 WSOP Main Event winner Joe Cada come close again, finishing fourth just as he did in Event No. 4, the $1,500 NLHE six-handed event. Meanwhile, David "Bakes" Baker reached a third 2013 WSOP final table, finishing eighth.  2013 WSOP Event No. 17: $1,500 NLHE results 1st: Athanasios Polychronopoulos (United States) -- $518,755 2nd: Manuel Mutke (Germany) -- $322,908 3rd: Everett Carlton (United States) -- $224,455 4th: Joe Cada (United States) -- $161,652 5th: Samuel Taylor (United States) -- $118,145 6th: Michael Kurth (United States) -- $87,398 7th: Joseph Ward (United States) -- $65,502 8th: David "Bakes" Baker (United States) -- $49,716 9th: Thomas Nicotera (United States) -- $38,178 Event No. 18: Paur prevails Taylor Paur topped a field of 2,071 to grab the bracelet in Event No. 18, another of the $1,000 NLHE events. Click here to read more from our friend Matthew Pitt concerning the curious heads-up battle Paur had with Roy Weiss before claiming the gold. 2013 WSOP Event No. 18: $1,000 NLHE results 1st: Taylor Paur (United States) -- $340,260 2nd: Roy Weiss (United States) -- $211,794 3rd: Tai Nguyen (United States) -- $147,220 4th: Alexander Barlow (United States) -- $106,027 5th: D.J. Mackinnon (United States) -- $77,491 6th: Philip Hui (United States) -- $57,324 7th: Daniel Idema (Canada) -- $42,962 8th: Ryan Austin (United States) -- $32,608 9th: Kyle Cartwright (United States) -- $25,041 Event No. 19: Kitai collects number two By winning his second career WSOP bracelet in the $5,000 pot-limit hold'em Event No. 19, Belgium's Davidi Kitai also finally earned a win for a player from somewhere other than the United States or Canada this summer. After finishing off Cary Katz heads-up, Kitai completed a run through a tough final table that included Dimitar Danchev, Eugene Katchalov, Bertrand Grospellier, and Dario Minieri. 2013 WSOP Event No. 19: $5,000 PLHE results 1st: Davidi Kitai (Belgium) -- $224,560 2nd: Cary Katz (United States) -- $138,794 3rd: Vincent Bartello (United States) -- $103,628 4th: Dimitar Danchev (Bulgaria) -- $77,893 5th: Eugene Katchalov (United States) -- $58,912 6th: Kristina Holst (United States) -- $44,844 7th: Bertrand Grospellier (France) -- $34,341 8th: Dario Minieri (Italy) -- $26,468 9th: Christopher Johnson (United States) -- $20,520 Event No. 20: McNeil earns more for Canada Calen McNeil picked up Canada's sixth bracelet of the summer after prevailing in the $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low event, a tournament that saw 1,014 players enter and a final table that featured Todd Brunson, Stephen Chidwick, and John Monnette.  2013 WSOP Event No. 20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low results 1st: Calen McNeil (Canada) -- $277,274 2nd: Can Kim Hua (United States) -- $171,577 3rd: Todd Brunson (United States) -- $107,349 4th: Joe Ford (United States) -- $77,917 5th: Hieu Ma (United States) -- $57,521 6th: Stephen Chidwick (United Kingdom) -- $43,120 7th: John Monette (United States) -- $32,798 8th: Won Goag (United States) -- $25,283 Event No. 21: Finger number one Finally Martin Finger got Germany on the bracelet board with a win in Event No. 21, the $3,000 no-limit hold'em six-handed event. Finger triumphed after an epic heads-up battle with Matt Stout that saw the pair play nearly 100 hands before Finger prevailed. David "The Dragon" Pham was among the final tablists in this one (finishing fourth), with Nick Schulman (eighth), Erik Seidel (ninth), and Dan Kelly (10th) among those just missing making the final six. 2013 WSOP Event No. 21: $3,000 NLHE 6-max. results 1st: Martin Finger (Germany) -- $506,764 2nd: Matt Stout (United States) -- $313,370 3rd: Matt Berkey (United States) -- $199,733 4th: David Pham (United States) -- $131,679 5th: Nikolai Sears (United States) -- $89,402 6th: Andrew Dean (United States) -- $62,458 Join Betfair Poker Now. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/matusow-schneider-among-repeat-winners-at-2013-wsop-140613-77.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/matusow-schneider-among-repeat-winners-at-2013-wsop-140613-77.html News WSOP Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:25:00 +0100 Event #18 of the 2013 World Series of Poker played to a conclusion on Tuesday night and I was there, in person, to witness the action unfold. While blogging for PokerNews, I got to see something that I have never seen in all my time as a poker tournament reporter. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/taylor-paur-wins-event-18-in-strange-circumstances-130613-162.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/taylor-paur-wins-event-18-in-strange-circumstances-130613-162.html News WSOP Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:55:00 +0100 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 Join Betfair Poker Now. https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/us-canada-grabbing-gold-during-2013-wsop-first-week-070613-77.html https://betting.betfair.com/poker/wsop/us-canada-grabbing-gold-during-2013-wsop-first-week-070613-77.html News WSOP Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:53:00 +0100 The World Series of Poker is well underway but there is still time to satellite your way to Las Vegas on Betfair Poker. Here are two qualifying dates for your diary. 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