Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
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WSOP 2013: Chiu and Pollock win, Senior's record and Danzer deep

We have a record breaking seniors event, two more bracelet winners and George Danzer is heading towards a stacked Omaha Hi/Low final table.

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WSOP facts & figures:
Events: 27/62
Participants:
31,966
Prize pool:
$48,945,440

Event #22: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
Event #23: $2,500 Seven Card Stud
Event #24: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi/Low
Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em
Event #27: $3,000 Mixed Max No Limit Hold'em
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Joshua Pollock wins Event #22: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha

WSOP 2013 Event #22: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha

Final Results

Place Name Prize
1st Joshua Pollock $279,431
2nd Noah Schwartz $172,931
3rd James Park $108,196
4th Michael Park $78,532
5th Shawn Silber $57,974
6th Eric Shanks $43,460
7th Eddie Blumenthal $33,057
8th David Greene $25,483
9th Brandon Crawford $19,909
Players: 1 (1,022)  Prize Pool: $1,378,350

 

David Chiu wins Event #23: $2,500 Seven Card Stud

David Chiu picks up his fifth career bracelet after denying Scott Seiver heads-up.

WSOP 2013 Event #23: $2,500 Seven Card Stud

Final Results

Place Name Prize
1st David Chiu $145,520
2nd Scott Seiver $89,980
3rd Freddie Ellis $59,127
4th Michael Mizrachi $43,188
5th Frank Kassela $31,978
6th Gary Benson $24,003
7th Matthew Ashton $18,266
8th Adam Freidman $14,086
Players: 1 (246)  Prize Pool: $559,650

 

Event #24: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

WSOP 2013 Event #24: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

End of Day 2 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Salvatore Dicarlo 984,000
2nd Paul Spitzberg 957,000
3rd Mohsin Charania 940,000
4th Corey Harrison 542,000
5th Daniel Cascado 511,000
6th Robert Brewer 461,000
7th Zimnan Ziyard 396,000
8th Anthony Antico 381,000
9th Arshin Gamini 354,000
10th Ryan Franklin 298,000

Players: 17 (1,731) | Prize Pool: $2,336,850

Average Chips: 317,638  | Blinds: 6,000/12,000/2,000       

 

Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi/Low

WSOP 2013 Event #25: $5,000 Omaha Hi/Low

End of Day 2 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Robert Mizrachi 339,500
2nd Fransceso Barbaro 278,000
3rd Shawn Buchanan 263,500
4th Brian Hastings 259,000
5th Danny Fuhs 249,000
6th georgedanzer 242,500
7th Arthur Kargen 186,500
8th Ryan Lenaghan 180,500
9th Viacheslav Zhukov 172,500
10th Christopher George 162,500
 
12th Jonathan Duhamel 133,000
17th Mike Matusow 95,000
18th Jeff Lisandro 94,400
19th Bart Hanson 89,000
20th Maria Ho 87,600
22nd Huck Seed 43,000
24th Dan Kelly 31,000
35th Dario Alioto 15,500

Players: 27 (241) | Prize Pool: $1,132,700

Average Chips: 133,890  | Blinds: 5,000/10,000      

 

Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

For the second year in a row the Seniors event broke its own attendance record, this time boasting 4,407 players and creating a first prize of $634,809.

WSOP 2013 Event #26: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em

End of Day 1 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Alexander Kunichoff 151,400
2nd James Miller 125,300
3rd George Wright 119,700
4th Gary Laduca 101,300
5th Kenneth Hunter 97,100
6th Christopher Adlesh 96,300
7th Ricky Crandell 86,200
8th Dale Sinor 85,100
9th Randall Rapp 82,600
10th Lyle Richards 82,500
 
27th Chris Bjorin 63,400
63rd Tom Franklin 48,100
64th Hoyt Corkins 48,100
66th Robert Cheung 47,400
89th Robert Varkonyi 39,900
159th TJ Cloutier 29,400
279th Donnacha O'Dea 19,500

Players: 491 (4,407) | Prize Pool: $3,966,300

Average Chips: 26,926  | Blinds: 500/1,000/100         

 

Event #27: $3,000 Mixed Max No Limit Hold'em

593 players in total have created a first prize of $372,387 in this event which is nine handed on day one, six handed on day two and heads-up from the final 32 players onwards.

WSOP 2013 Event #27: $3,000 Mixed Max No Limit Hold'em

End of Day 1 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st DID NOT REPORT 122,375
2nd Isaac Hagerling 83,975
3rd Calvin Anderson 79,425
4th Dominik 'aceontheriver' Nitsche 72,900
5th John Hennigan 71,600
6th Ognjen Sekularac 69,650
7th Mazin Khoury 63,575
8th Darryl Fish 61,000
9th Michael Rocco 59,975
10th Simon Charrette 59,650
 
12th Brandon Cantu 57,000
20th Chris Moorman 51,275
58th Manig 'swordfish007' Loeser 35,750
70th Daniel Negreanu 32,300
95th Erick Lindgren 25,600
110th Jason Mercier 21,000
144th Erik Seidel 14,450
178th Marvin 'xcrash154' Rettenmaier 6,225

Players: 181 (593) | Prize Pool: $1,618,890

Average Chips: 29,486  | Blinds: 250/500/50         

 

Upcoming events

WSOP 2013: Upcoming Events

Event
 Buy-in & Game Type
Date
28 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em June 15
29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. June 15
30 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em June 16
31 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Low June 17

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.