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 Laliberté 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 Reference1 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em 898 Chad Holloway (1/1) $84,915 Allan Kwong Results2 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Eight Handed 481 Trevor Pope (1/1) $553,906 David Vamplew Results3 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry 3,164 Charles Sylvestre (1/1) $491,360 Seth Berger Results4 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 1,069 John Beauprez (1/1) $324,764 Manig Löser Results5 $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better 374 Mike Gorodinsky (1/1) $216,988 Kristopher Tong Results6 $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em 6,343 Benny Chen (1/1) $1,199,104 Michael Bennington Results7 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 1,837 Matt Waxman (1/1) $305,952 Eric Baldwin (0/1) Results8 $2,500 Eight-Game Mix 388 Michael Malm (1/1) $225,104 Steven Wolansky Results9 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout 477 Cliff Josephy (1/2) $299,486 Evan Silverstein Results10 $1,500 Limit Hold'em 645 Brent Wheeler (1/1) $191,605 Mark Mierkalns Results11 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 924 Levi Berger (1/1) $473,019 Scott Clements (0/2) Results12 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em 535 Lev Rofman (1/1) $166,136 Allen Cunningham (0/5) Results13 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 210 Mike Matusow (1/4) $266,503 Matthew Ashton Results14 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 1,819 Jonathan Taylor (1/1) $454,424 Blake Bohn Results15 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 862 Tom Schneider (1/3) $258,960 Owais Ahmed (0/1) Results16 $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em 162 Mark Radoja (1/2) $331,190 Don Nguyen Results17 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,105 Athanasios Polychronopoulos (1/2) $518,755 Manuel Mutke Results18 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,071 Taylor Paur (1/1) $340,260 Roy Weiss Results19 $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em 195 Davidi Kitai (1/2) $224,560 Cary Katz Results20 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 1,014 Calen McNeil (1/1) $277,274 Can Kim Hua Results21 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 807 Martin Finger (1/1) $506,764 Matt Stout Results22 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 1,022 Josh Pollock (1/1) $279,431 Noah Schwartz Results23 $2,500 Seven Card Stud 246 David Chiu (1/5) $145,520 Scott Seiver (0/1) Results24 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 1,731 Corey Harrison (1/1) $432,411 Daniel Cascado Results25 $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 241 Danny Fuhs (1/1) $277,519 Christopher George Results26 $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship 4,407 Kenneth Lind (1/1) $634,809 Dana Ott Results27 $3,000 Mixed Max No Limit Hold'em 593 Isaac Hagerling (1/1) $372,387 Max Steinberg (0/1) Results28 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,115 Jason Duval (1/1) $521,202 Majid Yahyaei Results29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. 261 Tom Schneider (2/4) $318,955 Benjamin Scholl (0/1) Results30 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,108 Chris Dombrowski (1/1) $346,332 Mathew Moore Results31 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 936 Jarred Graham (1/1) $255,942 Marco Johnson Results32 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 516 Erick Lindgren (1/2) $606,317 Lee Markholt Results33 $2,500 Seven Card Razz 301 Bryan Campanello (1/1) $178,052 David Bach (0/1) Results34 $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em 1,629 Michael Gathy (1/2) $278,613 Benjamin Reason Results35 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 640 Jeff Madsen (1/3) $384,420 Douglas Corning Results36 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout 1,194 Simeon Naydenov (1/1) $326,440 Jake Schwartz Results37 $5,000 Limit Hold'em 170 Michael Moore (1/1) $211,743 Gabriel Nassif Results38 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed 566 Justin Oliver (1/1) $309,071 Nick Schwarmann Results39 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 558 Daniel Idema (1/2) $184,590 Joseph Hertzog Results40 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,161 Jared Hamby (1/1) $525,272 Peter Hengsakul Results41 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed 400 Steve Gross (1/1) $488,817 Salman Behbehani Results42 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,100 Norbert Szecsi (1/1) $345,037 Denis Gnidash Results43 $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball 87 Jesse Martin (1/1) $253,524 David Baker (0/2) Results44 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 1,072 Sandeep Pulusani (1/1) $592,684 Niall Farrell Results45 $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em 678 Ben Volpe (1/1) $201,399 Paul Lieu Results46 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 435 Vladimir Shchemelev (1/1) $279,094 Mel Judah (0/2) Results47 $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No Limit Hold'em 166 Anthony Gregg (1/1) $4,830,619 Chris Klodnicki Results48 $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed 343 Marco Johnson (1/1) $206,796 Jeff Thompson Results49 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,247 Barny Boatman (1/1) $546,080 Brian O'Donoghue Results50 $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed 372 Brandon Wong (1/1) $220,061 Sebastian Saffari Results51 $10,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship 954 Kristen Bicknell (1/1) $173,922 Leanne Haas Results52 $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 175 Steve Sung (1/2) $1,205,324 Phil Galfond (0/1) Results53 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,816 Brett Shaffer (1/1) $665,397 David Vamplew Results54 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,883 Dana Castaneda (1/1) $454,207 Jason Bigelow Results55 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 132 Matthew Ashton (1/1) $1,774,089 Don Nguyen Results56 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em 1,736 Nikolaus Teichert (1/1) $730,756 Vincent Maglio Results57 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 784 Matt Perrins (1/2) $792,275 Arthur Pro Results58 $1,111 The Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em 4,756 Brian Yoon (1/1) $663,727 Cuong Van Nguyen Results59 $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball 282 Eli Elezra (1/2) $173,236 Daniel Negreanu (1/5) Results60 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,541 Loni Harwood (1/1) $609,017 Yongshuo Zheng Results61 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 386 Daniel Alaei (1/4) $852,692 Jared Bleznick Results62 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event 6,352 Ryan Riess (1/1) $8,361,570 Jay Farber Results

Main Event The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 6 with the first of three starting days. Remaining players from days 1A and 1B returned on Day 2AB, while the players from Day 1C returned on Day 2C with the entire field combining on Day 3. The final table of nine players was reached on July 15, with the November Nine returning on November 4.

The Main Event attracted 6,352 entrants, creating a prize pool of $59,708,800. The top 648 finishers placed in the money, with the top nine players receiving at least $733,224. The winner of the Main Event earned $8,359,531.

Performance of past champions Name ChampionshipYear(s) Day ofElimination 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)* * Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money

Other notable high finishes NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize 10th Carlos Mortensen $573,204 12th Rep Porter $573,204 22nd Yevgeniy Timoshenko $285,408 52nd Noah Schwartz $151,063 89th Annette Obrestad $71,053 99th Marvin Rettenmaier $59,708

November Nine NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBraceletsWSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings* J. C. Tran 38,000,000 (19.9%) 2 40 $1,843,946 Amir Lehavot 29,700,000 (15.6%) 1 12 $818,414 26,525,000 (13.9%) 0 6 $639,168 Jay Farber 25,975,000 (13.6%) 0 0 0 Ryan Riess 25,875,000 (13.6%) 0 3 $30,569 Sylvain Loosli 19,600,000 (10.3%) 0 0 0 Michiel Brummelhuis 11,275,000 (5.9%) 0 7 $174,170 Mark Newhouse 7,350,000 (3.9%) 0 6 $152,725 David Benefield 6,375,000 (3.3%) 0 12 $455,713*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2013 Main Event.

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

References

External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker Original source of live updates from WSOP 2013