WSOP 2013: WSOP Main Event kicks off
There were no titles handed out today but Main Event of this year's WSOP did get underway and after ten levels of action Evan Panesis leads.
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WSOP facts & figures:
Events: 62/62
Participants: 74,062
Prize pool: $137,331,868
Event #58: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop
Event #60: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Event #61: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
Event #62: $10,000 WSOP Main Event
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Event #58: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop
The penultimate day of action in the Little One for One Drop saw the final 67 players whittled down to just eight and leading the way at the close of play was Nghi Tran.
Event #58: $1,111 The Little One for One Drop NLHE
End of Day 3 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Nghi Tran | 4,130,000 | ||
| 2nd | Roland Israelashvili | 3,375,000 | ||
| 3rd | Brian Yoon | 2,650,000 | ||
| 4th | Joe Morneau | 2,585,000 | ||
| 5th | Justin Zaki | 2,300,000 | ||
| 6th | Alex Case | 1,760,000 | ||
| 7th | Cuong Van Nguyen | 1,050,000 | ||
| 8th | Kevin O'Donnell | 655,000 | ||
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Players: 8 (4,756) | Prize Pool: $4,280,400 Average Chips: 2,378,000 | Blinds: 40,000/80,000/10,000 |
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Event #60: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
A second day of action in Event #60 saw Cy Williams take the chip lead as just 15 players survived.
WSOP 2013 Event #60: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
End of Day 2 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Cy Williams | 1,372,000 | ||
| 2nd | Bijon Notash | 1,255,000 | ||
| 3rd | Daniel Cascado | 1,106,000 | ||
| 4th | Hiren Patel | 1,099,000 | ||
| 5th | Mika Paasonen | 911,000 | ||
| 6th | Songjie Zhou | 856,000 | ||
| 7th | Jason Reynolds | 746,000 | ||
| 8th | Loni Harwood | 669,000 | ||
| 9th | Asi Moshe | 650,000 | ||
| 10th | Yngve Steen | 618,000 | ||
| 11th | Cormac O'Higgins | 615,000 | ||
| 12th | Ryan Julius | 479,000 | ||
| 13th | Maksim Tyurin | 433,000 | ||
| 14th | Ashwin Sarin | 383,000 | ||
| 15th | Yongjun Lu | 230,000 | ||
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Players: 15 (2,541) | Prize Pool: $3,430,350 Average Chips: 762,300 | Blinds: 8,000/16,000/2,000 |
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Event #61: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
A number of pros, including Mike Watson, Daniel Alaei and Jonathan Duhamel, will return for the final stages of Event #61 tomorrow.
WSOP 2013 Event #61: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
End of Day 2 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Alexey Rybin | 970,000 | ||
| 2nd | Mike Watson | 773,000 | ||
| 3rd | Johannes Strassmann | 744,000 | ||
| 4th | Nadar Kakhmazov | 692,000 | ||
| 5th | Nicolas Faure | 680,000 | ||
| 6th | Daniel Alaei | 676,000 | ||
| 7th | Jonathan Duhamel | 664,000 | ||
| 8th | Gjergj Sinishtaj | 478,000 | ||
| 9th | Oleksii Kovalchuk | 408,000 | ||
| 10th | Philippe Clerc | 406,000 | ||
| 11th | Alexander Kravchenko | 399,000 | ||
| 14th | Tom Marchese | 304,000 | ||
| 20th | Stephen Chidwick | 255,000 | ||
| 21st | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 250,000 | ||
| 30th | Jared Bleznick | 100,000 | ||
| 31st | Joseph Cheong | 89,000 | ||
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Players: 32 (386) | Prize Pool: $3,628,400 Average Chips: 361,875 | Blinds: 4,000/8,000 |
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Event #62: $10,000 WSOP Main Event
It's the tournament players around the world have been waiting for all year and in the opening day of this year's WSOP Main Event 943 players lined up for their shot at glory.
WSOP 2013 Event #62: $10,000 WSOP Main Event
End of Day 1A Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Evan Panesis | 190,975 | ||
| 2nd | Nicholas Crisp | 184,075 | ||
| 3rd | Abdulaziz Almashal | 180,575 | ||
| 4th | Sergio Castelluccio | 175,825 | ||
| 5th | Michael Wehner | 170,325 | ||
| 6th | Jason Manger | 158,150 | ||
| 7th | Yucel Eminoglu | 147,425 | ||
| 8th | Gal Erlichman | 146,875 | ||
| 9th | Jonathan Lane | 137,075 | ||
| 10th | Scott Wesley | 137,075 | ||
| 35th | Farzad Bonyadi | 100,850 | ||
| 58th | Olivier Busquet | 87,775 | ||
| 77th | Greg Merson | 81,650 | ||
| 92nd | Dominik 'ace0ntheriver' Nitsche | 76,775 | ||
| 161st | Ben Wilinofsky | 58,900 | ||
| 192nd | Phil Galfond | 54,250 | ||
| 262nd | Mike Matusow | 44,150 | ||
| 304th | Eric Froehlich | 39,925 | ||
| 442nd | Michael 'kaytor' Gathy | 27,250 | ||
| 478th | Patrick  pleno1 Leonard |
22,375 | ||
| 570th | David Singer | 9,300 | ||
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Players: 584 (943) | Prize Pool: $TBD Average Chips: 48,442 | Blinds: 200/400/50 |
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