Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

WSOP 2013: Ivey nears final table of Event #18

Athanasios Polychronopoulos wins Event #17, Phil Ivey is looking to capture his 10th bracelet in Event #18 and we have a stacked final 16 in Event #19.

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WSOP facts & figures:
Events: 20/62
Participants:
22,919
Prize pool:
$35,747,210

Event #17: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
Event #18: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Event #19: $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi/Low
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Athanasios Polychronopoulos wins Event #17

A second career bracelet for Athanasios Polychronopoulos after he defeated German player Manuel Mutke heads-up $518,755.

WSOP 2013 Event #17: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em

Final Results

Place Name Prize
1st Athanasios Polychronopoulos $518,755
2nd Manuel Mutke $322,908
3rd Everett Carlton $224,455
4th Joe Cada $161,652
5th Samuel Taylor $118,145
6th Michael Kurth $87,398
7th Joseph Ward $65,502
8th David 'Bakes' Baker $49,716
9th Thomas Nicotera $38,178
Players: 1 (2,105)  Prize Pool: $2,841,750

 

Event #18: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

Event #18: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em

End of Day 2 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Taylor Paur 1,318,000
2nd Alexander Barlow 792,000
3rd Adam Sanders 605,000
4th Douglas Mackinnon 557,000
5th Phillip Hui 419,000
6th Daniel Idema 400,000
7th Robert Deppe 371,000
8th Tai Nguyen 359,000
9th Phil Ivey 285,000
10th Kyle Cartwright 267,000

Players: 14 (2,071) | Prize Pool: $1,863,900

Average Chips: 443,785 | Blinds: 4,000/8,000/1,000  

Poll: Will Phil Ivey win Event#18?
 
 
 

Event #19: $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em

Event #19: $5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em

End of Day 2 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st Jesse Martin 402,000
2nd David Kitai 318,000
3rd Kristina Holst 285,000
4th Dan Kelly 283,500
5th Dario Minieri 265,000
6th Dimitar Danchev 237,500
7th Mark Herm 236,000
8th Steven Kelly 163,000
9th John Hennigan 135,500
10th Kevin Vandersmissen 132,000
 
11th Eugene Katchalov 121,500
13th Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier 77,500
15th Matt Marafioti 70,000

              Players: 16 (195) | Prize Pool: $916,500

Average Chips: 182,812 | Blinds: 2,500/5,000 

 

Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi/Low

WSOP 2013 Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi/Low

End of Day 1 Chip Counts   

Place Name Chips
1st John Larson 73,700
2nd Thomas Besnier 66,600
3rd Guillaume Rivet 57,300
4th Pierluigi Giglio 53,900
5th Eric Sclavos 53,600
6th Won Goag 53,100
7th Dale Beaudoin 47,900
8th Brian Hastings 47,900
9th Calen McNeil 47,800
10th Ken Tran 47,700
 
18th Men Nguyen 41,600
27th Gavin Griffin 35,200
41st Jon Turner 30,100
50th Barry Greenstein 27,900
70th John Monnette 25,200

Players: 219 (1,014) | Prize Pool: $1,368,900

Average Chips: 20,835  | Blinds: 400/800       

 

Upcoming events

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Event
 Buy-in & Game Type
Date
21 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Max June 11
22 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha June 12
23 $2,500 Seven Card Stud June 12
24 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em June 13

 

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