Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

WSOP 2013: Final Tables in Millionaire Maker and $1,000 No Limit

Two big final tables have formed at the Rio, one awards over a million and the other is just really stacked. Plus we have an interview with Manig Loeser.

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WSOP facts & figures:
Events: 10/62
Participants:
13,022
Prize pool:
$19,812,660

Event #6: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Event #7: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Event #8: $2,500 Eight Game Mix
Event #9: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
Upcoming Events
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For more WSOP information and links to all our WSOP 2013 pieces, as well as for WSOP 2013 discussion, please see our forums:

WSOP 2013 Official Thread
 

Event #6: $1,500 Millionaire Maker

The final table has formed and one player will win $1,199,104 tomorrow:

WSOP 2013 Event #6: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em

End of Day 3 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Benny Chen 5,865,000
2nd Dan Kelly 4,130,000
3rd Justin Liberto 3,800,000
4th Chris Hunichen 3,430,000
5th Robert McVeigh 3,175,000
6th Michael Bennington 2,995,000
7th Jonathan Gray 2,745,000
8th Joe Kuether 1,365,000
9th Theron Eichenberger 595,000
10th Upeshka Desilva 550,000

     Players: 10 (6,343) | Prize Pool: $8,563,050

   Average Chips: 2,854,350  | Blinds: 30,000/60,000/10,000         

 

Event #7: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

WSOP 2013 Event #7: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

End of Day 2 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Amit Makhija 1,101,000
2nd Jess Dioquino 921,000
3rd Matt Waxman 892,000
4th Jason Koon 692,000
5th Brent Hanks 533,000
6th Tuu Ho 419,000
7th Eric Baldwin 348,000
8th Robert Dreyfuss 297,000
9th Jacob Jung 240,000
10th Scott Yelton 167,000

Players: 10 (1,837) | Prize Pool: $1,653,300

Average Chips: 551,110  | Blinds: 5,000/10,000/1,000         

 

Event #8: $2,500 Eight Game Mix

WSOP 2013 Event #8: $2,500 Eight Game Mix

End of Day 2 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Marco Johnson 354,300
2nd Steven Wolansky 321,400
3rd Chris Tryba 287,800
4th Dario Alioto 261,400
5th Greg Mueller 258,200
6th Michael Hurey 213,300
7th Robert Mizrachi 157,000
8th Michael Malm 135,100
9th Benjamin Pollak 133,000
10th Randy Ohel 120,600
 
13th Josh Arieh 101,600
14th Chris Reslock 88,900
16th Mike Wattel 66,600

Players: 19 (388) | Prize Pool: $882,700

Average Chips: 153,157

 

Event #9: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout

The first shootout event of the series has created a first prize of $299,486.

WSOP 2013 Event #9: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout

End of Day 1 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
-- David 'Bakes' Baker 71,600
-- Nick Binger 71,500
-- Brandon Cantu 71,900
-- Antonio Esfandiari 71,800
-- Cliff Josephy 71,500
-- Dario Mineri 71,500
-- Brock Parker 71,500
-- Victor Ramdin 71,500
-- Bryan Piccioli 71,500
-- Steven Silverman 71,500

Players: 60 (477) | Prize Pool: $1,302,210

Average Chips: 71,550  | Blinds: 800/1,600/200         

 

Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

The first Limit Hold'em event of the series has a first prize of $191,605.

WSOP 2013 Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em

End of Day 1 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Thomas Blizniak 45,700
2nd Miguel Proulx 45,100
3rd Luis Benitesneri 41,100
4th Chiduziem Obi 40,800
5th William James 40,400
6th Steve Gee 39,800
7th Arkadiy Tsinis 37,800
8th Matthew Kelly 35,700
9th John Zipperer 33,500
10th Winston Chen 32,200
 
13th Nick Schulman 31,800
15th Kevin MacPhee 28,700
22nd John Monnette 27,300
35th Hoyt Corkins 24,100
67th Terrance Chan 18,800
81st Daniel Negreanu 16,000
125th Matt Hawrilenko 9,100
162nd Phil Ivey 3,900

Players: 72 (645) | Prize Pool: $870,750

Average Chips: 40,312  | Blinds: 300/600

 

Upcoming events

WSOP 2013: Upcoming Events

Event
 Buy-in & Game Type
Date
11 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed June 4
12 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em June 5
13 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low June 5
14 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em June 6
15 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. June 7

WSOP 2013 Official Thread

Event #4: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed

 

Quadjacks Interviews from the Rio

Our buddies at Quadjacks caught up with Manig 'swordfish007' Loeser, John Beauprez, Trevor Pope and Dario Minieri :

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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.