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The third day of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event came to a close a few moments ago. There are 666 player remaining with the top 648 places making the money, so it shouldn't take more than a few hours tomorrow before the money bubble bursts. Now, the chip leader is Maxx Coleman from Derby, Kansas. Coleman will bring 1,071,500 chips to Day 4 of the tournament - the only player with over a million chips!

Doyle Brunson (left) and Greg Merson (right), two former champions of this event, are still in the tournament! The Godfather of Poker (10-time WSOP gold bracelet winner and two-time WSOP Main Event Champion) made it through Day 3 with 626,000 in chips, and Greg Merson, who won last year's Main Event, will bring 390,500 chips to the fourth day of the tournament!

Apart from Merson and Brunson, there are many familiar faces (Luke Schwartz, Annette Obrestead, Marvin Rettenmaier - just to mention three with decent stacks) among the remaining squad of players. Day 4 will kick off at 12:00 p.m. Las Vegas time. Another five levels of poker are on the schedule and the money bubble will burst. It's set to be a thrilling day of poker!

Two of three Day 2 flights are in the books now and about 800 players are through to Day 3 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. The chip leader (at the moment - Day 2C still to be played) is Nick Schwarmann (413,600 chips) who overtook the lead from Jason DeWitt (ranked 2nd with 382,900) during the last level of Day 2. Schwarmann, from Orlando, Fla. has more than $400,000 in tournament earnings, including a 2nd place finish at this year's WSOP (Event #38: $2,500 NLH Four-Handed).

Now, two of the biggest names to make it through Day 2 with plenty of chips were former main event champions Doyle Brunson and Greg Merson. Brunson (two-time main event winner) started Day 2 with 81,025 chips and finished the day with 224,000! Merson, the winner of the 2012 Main Event, started with 81,650 in chips and finished with 275,000 after a fantastic day at the tables. It will be interesting to follow Brunson and Merson during Day 3!

We will be back with another WSOP Main Event update tomorrow, so stay tuned!

The fifth and final day of this event started with a final table of eight. Jonathan Duhamel was one of the two big names on the final table, but, unfortunately, he was eliminated already on the fourth hand. The 2010 Main Event champion was all in with kings and an open-ended straight draw against George Danzer's two pair, but failed to improve.

Read more » 2013 WSOP: Brief Final Table Recap of Event #55: The Poker Players Championship

While most of the bigtime pros is in Las Vegas for the WSOP Isildur seems to have decided against it, and can you really blame him? Who wants to sit endless hours at the Rio for an entire week just to (maybe) be able to book the same profit as you can over two sessions online?

Im guessing Isildur is rubbing his hands in front of the screen and thinking exactly that during these hours.

With another great session yesterday evening and night, he reached an overall profit of $ 1,180,000 for the last two days. A number that in itself is staggering high, but will be put further into perspective by the fact that it is more or less exactly the same as one were to win by finishing seventh at the WSOP Main Event.

The day before yesterday it was a short session at the No Limit Hold'em tables where the young Swede struck gold, while this time around it's been both NLHE and the expensive fixed limit games.

One of the players who got hit the hardest was Kyle 'KPR16' Ray, who have lost approximately $ 425,000 in just over 1000 hands on FLO8 with blinds at $ 2000/4000.

Hopefully for all the railbirds the games will keep going and the pots and the swings will be both entertaining and equally enormous.

Gus Hansen was allegedly busy with a big cash game at ARIA casino when day 1C of the WSOP Main Event kicked of

And it dragged on. So much so, that alotta people feared that this year's world championship would be without Denmarks biggest poker star.

But now there is good news from Las Vegas.

The Dutch poker journalist Frank Up The Woerd, reports that Gus Hansen managed to sign up, and has simply been blinded down during her absence.

-17,875 chips to Gus Hansen after not having played all day. What an amazing structure!, Frank Op De Woerd writes on Twitter.

Also Tom 'durrrr' Dwan choose the cash games at ARIA instead of the tournament at the Rio, but just like Gus he chose to have the Main Event as a plan B. He is also ready for day 2 with 16,175 chips, writes Op De Woerd. At the same time he gives us a little hint about what the two high rollers have been up to:

- Open Face Chinese $ 3000 per. points must be fun, writes Frank Up The Woerd.

This year's main event kicked off on Saturday with the first of three starting flights (1a, 1b & 1c). Day 1 A gathered close to a thousand players (943). There were a few known faces that was seated during the first day such as "Joe Cada, Pius Heinz, Olivier Busquet, Brian Rast, Justin Bonomo, Elio Fox and Ivan Demidov". However, none of them finished the day in top 10:

The second start flight had a higher number of participants when the 1,942 players sat down around the tables on Sunday. Day 1 B had no less than five former WSOP Main Event champions: Greg Raymer, Scotty Nguyen,  Doyle Brunson, Chris Moneymaker and Dan Harrington. Top 10 Chip Count:

We will be back with chip counts once Day 1 C has been concluded.

The fourth day of the $50,000 buy-in Poker Players' Championship has now concluded. The day started at 2 p.m. local time with the remaining 26 players of a 132-player field. The field was narrowed down to a final table with 8 players after four and half levels of play. Don Nguyen, from USA, never let go of the chip lead during Day 4 and will now bring a 5,680,000 stack to tomorrow's final table.

Although he has a pretty decent lead over the other 7 finalists, he will have to play extremely well on the final table if he wants to lay hands on the $1.7 million first prize. He's up against some very good, and experienced, tournament players (just have a look at the chip counts below and you'll catch my drift).

Official Final Table Seating and Chip Counts
1 Matthew Ashton UK 2,996,000
2 Jonathan Duhamel Canada 1,627,000 (picture right)
3 Don Nguyen USA 5,068,000
4 Mike Wattel USA 810,000
5 George Danzer Germany 2,868,000
6 Minh Ly USA 2,307,000
7 John Hennigan USA 1,412,000
8 David Benyamine France 2,709,000 (picture left)

The third day of Event #55: The Poker Players Championship ($50,000 buy-in) is in the books. Don Nguyen (picture), from USA, will lead the remaining 26 players to Day 4 of the tournament. He will be joined by big names such as Jonathan Duhamel, David Benyamine, Joe Hachem, John Juanda, Erick Lindgren and Huck Seed.

When the remaining field of 26 has been narrowed down to 16 during Day 4, then all players will be guaranteed a minimum payday of $111,893 - with the chance of laying hands on the first prize of $1,774,089 and the coveted gold bracelet!

We will be back with another brief update tomorrow!

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Brett Shaffer Wins Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

It took four days of play until a winner had been crowned in Event #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. The winner, Brett Shaffer from USA, bested a field of 2,816 players and defeated British poker pro David Vamplew, who earned his second 2nd place finish of the series, in a heads-up battle that lasted 23 hands to collect his first bracelet and a whopping $665,397!

1 Brett Shaffer $665,397
2 David Vamplew $413,157
3 Arttu Raekorpi $291,392
4 Loni Harwood $210,456
5 Mike Watson $153,850
6 Deigo Zeiter $113,819
7 Jonathan Cohen $85,193
8 Darren Rabinowitz $64,513
9 Matias Ruzzi $49,420

Dana Castaneda Wins Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
This tournament saw a field of 2,883 players battle it out for three days. At the end of it all, Dana Castaneda, of USA, was crowned the champion and received her first gold bracelet and $454,207 in prize money. Castaneda is the first women to win an open event at this year's World Series of Poker. But not only that, she's also the first female open event winner other than Vanessa Selbst since 2007!

The second day of Event #55: The Poker Players Championship ($50,000 buy-in) came to an end a few moments ago. David Benyamine will lead the final 78 out of 132 players into Day 3 of the tournament with a stack of 729,000, and Jonathan Duhamel (Day 1 chip leader) is not far behind with 666,100 chips.

Besides Benyamine and Duhamel, there are lots of poker stars among the remaining squad of players. However, the most notable one has to be Mr. Doyle Brunson! That's right! The godfather of poker is playing his first (and most probably only) event at the 2013 World Series of Poker. He will bring 265k to Day 3 and, according to his twitter, there are several side bets on how well he will do it in the tournament. So far it's looking pretty good. It will be interesting to follow him during Day 3!

Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em (six handed) is one of the most prestigious events at the 44th annual World Series of Poker. The tournament attracted a field of 175 players, of which many were well-known poker pros!

The third and final day saw 18 players return to their seats and Germany's Max Lehmanski had the lead. Lehmanski eventually finished in 5th place and, after Stephen Chidwich and Dani Stern had been eliminated in 4th and 5th place, the heads-up battle for the coveted gold bracelet and the $1,205,324 first-place prize was between Phil Galfond and Steve Sung (both from the U.S. and 1 career WSOP bracelet each on the resume).

Read more » 2013 WSOP: Steve Sung Defeats Phil Galfond To Win 2nd Bracelet in $25k Six-Max

Marco Johnson Wins Event #48 $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed

Marco Johnson has finished runner-up at a WSOP event not less than three times in his career! Last Saturday, however, he finally laid hands on his first bracelet by besting a field of 343 players in Event #48 $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed (an event he finished 2nd in last year). Besides the coveted gold bracelet, Johnson received $206,796 in prize money - the second biggest cash of his career!

Read more » WSOP 2013: A Brief Recap of Event #48 - #51

A total of 166 players entered the $111,111 buy-in One Drop High Roller and created a prize pool of $17,891,148. The final table began during Day 3, but due to time constraints, the last four players had to return for a fourth day.

Bill Perkins 14,700,000
Anthony Gregg 13,900,000
Chris Klodnicki 12,000,000
Antonio Esfandiari 9,200,000

Read more » Anthony Gregg Won Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Roller ($4,830,619)

Ben Volpe Wins Event #45 $1,500 Ante-Only No Limit Hold'em 

Congratulations to Ben Volpe, of USA, who bested a field of 678 players in Event #45 to lay hands on the first prize of $201,399 and, of course, the WSOP gold bracelet! The final table of this event lasted for, believe it or not, 12 hours and included a 100-hand heads-up match between Volpe and Paul Lieu! It was a well-deserved win by Mr. Volpe, who earned his third cash at the 2013 World Series of Poker!

1 Ben Volpe 201,399
2 Paul Lieu 124,352
3 Louis Bonnecaze 80,839
4 Blair Hinkle 59,375
5 Chris Moorman 44,227
6 Horacio Chaves 33,371
7 Adam Stone 25,472
8 Danny Johnson 19,660
9 Samuel Panzica 15,331

Read more » WSOP 2013: Here are the Winners of Event #45 & Event #46

Day 2 of the One Drop High Roller saw 108 players returning to the tables with Brandon Steven and Tobias Reinkemeier being the only players with over 1 million chips. Steven played did well during Day 2 and will bring 3.1 million chips to Day 3. Reinkemeier, on the other hand, was eliminated in the final stages of the day after losing a massive pot against William Perking (AA vs a set of queens).

Martin Jacobson from Sweden will bring the largest stack (3.2 million) to Day 3 of the tournament. Jacobson will be joined by poker stars such as Antonio Esfandiari (winner of the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop last year), Oliver Busquet, Mike Sexton and Phil Laak. Only two of the remaining 26 players need to be eliminated before everyone's guaranteed a minimum payday of $173,723 - with the chance of winning millions of dollars on the final table!

A total of 166 players entered the $111,111 buy-in event One Drop High Roller ($11,111 from each buy-in is for "One Drop" charity). A great turnout if you ask the promoters, because they expected 130-150 participants! The total prize pool is $17,891,148 and the top 24 finishers will get paid. The winner will get an incredible $4,830,619 while the other top 5 finishers will received over a million dollars each. In other words, expect it to be a thrilling final table with lots of nerves!

Read more » WSOP 2013: $17,891,148 Up For Grabs in One Drop High Roller!

Sandeep Pulusani is the latest gold bracelet winner at the 2013 World Series of Poker. Pulusani took down Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em after four days of play and outlasted a field of 1,072 runners. He was ranked fourth when the last day kicked off, and he made it to heads-up against Niall Farrell after several hours of play.

Farrell, from UK, had a massive 8-1 lead when the match started, but somehow he still didn't stand a chance against the American, who won several all ins and dominated play throughout the battle until he claimed the WSOP bracelet and a whopping $592,684 first prize. A very impressive comeback! 

Qualifiers Given Opportunity To Compete For All-Access Pass To Remaining UKIPT Season 4 Main Events

Onchan, Isle of Man – June 26, 2013 – In addition to guaranteeing a massive UKIPT Galway Main Event prize pool of €1,000,000, Full Tilt Poker is giving players the opportunity to win a spot in at least eight further UKIPT Main Events with its Last Longer Sponsorship promotion. The all-access pass includes buy-ins and expenses for every remaining stop on the UKIPT Season 4 tour and is only available to players who win their UKIPT Galway Main Event entry via Full Tilt Poker’s online qualifier tournaments.

The prize package will be won by the player that outlasts all other Full Tilt Poker qualifiers in the UKIPT Galway Main Event and will be awarded in addition to whatever prize money they win in the tournament itself. 

After the Galway stop, the UKIPT Season 4 tour will visit London, the Isle of Man and Nottingham in 2013, with at least five more stops scheduled for 2014, which will be announced in due course.

Read more » Press release: FULL TILT POKER TO GIVE AWAY UKIPT SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE AT GALWAY FESTIVAL

Event #43: 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) attracted 87 players who could afford the $10,000 buy-in. It was a relatively small field but, as always, some of poker's finest participated! Big names who made the money were Dan O'Brien (14th), Ashton Griffin (9th), Paul Vople (8th), Jeffrey Lisandro (4th), Konstantin Puchkov (3rd) and, last but not least, David "Bakes" Baker who finished runner-up.

Read more » WSOP 2013: Jesse Martin Defeats David "Bakes" Baker For The Title!

United States and Canada have been taking down most events at the 2013 World Series of Poker so far while big poker nations like Great Britain and France have gone winless. Yesterday, however, another country received a bracelet as Norbert Szecsi from Hungary took down the country's forth bracelet in WSOP history.

The final table Event #42: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em had no previous gold bracelet winners and only one player (Chris DeMaci) had played a WSOP final table before. Szecsi overcame the final table in just a few hours time after a few dramatic all-ins that gave him the title. The 22-year-old poker player from Budapest received a gold bracelet and a sweet $345,037 first prize.

1st: Norbert Szecsi - $345,037
2nd: Dennis Gnidash - $214,760
3rd: Chris DeMaci - $149,281
4th: Kirby Martin - $107,512
5th: Rory Mathews - $78,576
6th: Bryce Landier - $58,126
7th: Ariel Celestino - $43,564
8th: Dana Buck - $33,065
9th: Jonathan Bennett - $25,392

Two three-day event concluded today and U.S. players Jared Hamby and Steve Gross both won their first WSOP bracelets.

Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em gathered no less then 2,161 players and a total prize pool of $2,917,350. Out of all the entrants in this event, no previous bracelet winner made it to the final table. However, the final table did have an unusual amount of player representation from South America; 4th place Nicolas Fierro from Chile, 5th Joao Dorneles Neto from Brazil and on 7th place Richard Dubini from Argentina. The final table results below:

Event #41 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Handed saw 400 players be seated and battle for the first prize of $488,817. The total prize pool was $1,880,000 which was to be paid, in descending amounts, to the top 42 finishers. Among the top 42 players in this event there were a few familiar faces; Daniel Negreanu finished on 34th place ($10,960), Bluff Magazine's 2006 Player of the Year and former Hollywood actor - Chad Brown left on 39th place ($9,306) and Freddy Deeb, whose WSOP career includes two bracelets and $3,913,750  in total WSOP & Circuit winnings, finished on place 16th ($12,896). The last man standing after three days was U.S. poker pro Steve Gross who earned the first prize and his first WSOP bracelet by beating UK's Salman Behbehani.

This tournament attracted 558 players who paid the entrance fee of $1,500 and created a $753,300 prize pool. After two days of play, there were seventeen players left with the chance of taking down the first prize of $184,590 and the coveted gold bracelet. The official final table kicked off after Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnson had been eliminated in ninth place.

Read more » Daniel Idema Wins Second Bracelet in Event #39: Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better

Simeon Naydenov Wins Event #36: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
A total of 1,194 runners signed up for this event and created a $1,611,900 prize pool. When the last day kicked off there were 12 players left with the chance of taking home the bracelet and the $326,440 first prize. After about sevens hours of play a winner had been crowned: Simeon Naydenov from Bulgaria.

Read more » WSOP 2013: Congratulations to the Winners of Event #36, #37 & #38

Almost 7 years ago Jeff Madsen made a name for himself in the poker scene by winning two gold bracelets within a week at the 2006 WSOP! He was 21-years-old at that time and became the youngest ever to win a WSOP bracelet (a record since broken). Besides the two wins for over $1.3 million, he finished in third place in a Omaha Hi/Lo event for about $97k and received the 2006 Player of the Year award! Madsen has been active on the poker scene since then with 25 cashes at the WSOP, but it wasn't until two days ago that he scored a third bracelet...

Read more » WSOP 2013: Jeff Madsen Wins Third Bracelet!