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Last Woman Standing: Jackie Glazier

Among the 68 remaining players in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, only one female remains, Jackie Glazier. She started out Day 5 the only female of the 298 females who started on Day 1. Ranked 12^th among all remaining players, the Australian poker pro is comfortable being the last woman standing. She outlasted other female players including poker superstar Annette Obrestad, who was knocked out in 89^th place, and Kristy Gazes, who exited in the 200^th position, as well as Estelle Denis, Beverly Lange, and Kima Kimura. All seven of these poker ladies went into Day 5, but only Glazier came out still in the running.

In other news from the frontline, Sami Rustomi, who has never cashed in the WSOP, hit above the 7 million mark to take the chip lead. 2012’s WSOP Main Event champ Greg Merson was knocked out in 167^th place by Brett Richey.

Carlos “The Matador” Mortensen, winner of the 2001 Main Event, is the last remaining former world champion, sitting with about 2.5 million chips going into Day 6.

2013 WSOP Event #61

Now four-time gold bracelet winner Daniel Alaei won his fourth bracelet this year at the $10K PLO, the very same event he won in the 2010 series. This win puts him over $3.5 million in all-time WSOP winnings.

Alaei’s most recent WSOP victory came after three long days and yielded an $852,692 payday, putting him among the ranks with Amarillo Slim, Puggy Pearson, and Bobby Baldwin, all four-time WSOP bracelet winners. Alaei is the second player to win his fourth gold bracelet during this year’s WSOP; Tom Schneider (2007 POY) also scored his fourth bracelet this year.

Alaei won his title by defeating 385 other players, including well-known online poker pro Jared Bleznick, who still won more than $525K for his second place finish, his biggest live cashout to date and first final table in a WSOP event. Event #61 amassed a $3,628,400 prize pool and paid the top 45 placers. This event saw former Main Event November Nine players cash out, Joseph Cheong, who finished 21^st, and Matt Gianetti, who finished 33^rd, and 2010 WSOP Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel finishing 18^th. Alaei started the final table with the chip lead and was joined by fourth place finisher in the 2007 WSOP Main Event Alex Kravchenko, who finished 9^th in this year’s event #61, and Tome Marchese, well-established tournament pro, who cashed out in 4^th place in this event.

2013 WSOP: Breakout Female Player

There has been a rise in female success stories at the WSOP over the past few years, and Loni Harwood is a female young gun who has proven time and time again that women can play poker just as well as men. Harwood, 23, hails from New York and has made an impressive mark on this year’s series. She made three final tables this year alone and finally bagged a gold bracelet, making WSOP history.

Among 2,500 players in the last NLH event this year, she managed to break last year’s Allyn Jaffrey Shulman’s record, who had until held the record for the highest sum won by a woman (Senior’s Event). With a paycheck totaling more than $600,000, Harwood is only second to the largest winning woman in the WSOPE, Annette Obrestad. Furthermore, Harwood, who had no WSOP earnings at the start of this year’s WSOP, is now 8^th for all-time money winners in WSOP history with a whopping total of $874,698 in total WSOP winnings, in just this year alone. She also now holds the record for the most money won at a single WSOP by a female.

Harwood, who is also a regular on the WSOP circuit, is one of many Circuit regulars who have won a first place title this summer. Bryan Campanello and Jonathan Taylor have also won gold bracelets and have frequented the Circuit this year. And if that wasn’t enough, Harwood is only the fourth player to make three final tables in one WSOP, tying her with Cyndy Violette (2005) for the most final tables by a female in one year. She also became the second woman do win an open-field NLH event since Annette Obrestad, the second being Dana Castenada, who completed the feat only days before Harwood.

She is now in the running for WSOP player of the year. Her performance has put her third in line behind Daniel Negreanu (2^nd) and Matthew Ashton (1^st).

Harwwod won her first gold bracelet in a showdown against Canadian player Yongshuo Zheng, who could have been the next Chris Moneymaker after winning his seat online at a Canadian poker site. Though he didn’t win the bracelet, he took home a rather decent consolation prize totaling $378,607.

Little One for One Drop

The Little One for One Drop is the lower-priced buy-in counterpart of the Big One for One Drop, which is not only a charity poker tournament, but also an event in the WSOP. Last year, the Big One for One Drop was incorporated into the WSOP schedule to raise money for the One Drop Foundation which exists to provide clean water to regions where clean drinking water is scarce or not readily available. This year’s charitable addition to the WSOP was the Little One for One Drop. This event was a bit more obtainable for the average player with a buy-in at only $1,111 instead of the $111,111 buy-in at 2013’s event #47 One Drop High Rollers or the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop, all three charitable tournaments raising money for the One Drop Foundation.

Out of an outstanding 4,756 entries, only one man was left standing. In fact, the field was so large, an extra day was added to the event, making it a five-day tournament. Twenty-three-year-old Brian Yoon won the inaugural gold bracelet and $663,727 for his first place win. The Californian poker pro, who graduated last year with an economics degree from UCLA, spends a lot of time in Canada where he can play legal online poker. He plays both live and online poker professionally and has cashed in the WSOP before, placing 58^th place in the 2011 main event for which he landed $130,997, but he’s has total of five WSOP cashes throughout his short career equaling more than $815,000. Yoon is hoping this gold bracelet won so early on in his career will set the stage for a successful career and people will take him more seriously from now on. Perhaps a sponsorship deal is in his future. One thing is for sure—he will be playing in the 2013 Main Event.

Tom Schneider, WSOP Comeback Kid

Tom Schneider, one of the world’s most well-rounded cash game and tournament poker professionals, made a comeback at Event #15 of the 2013 WSOP to become a three-time gold bracelet winner. In 2007, he won two gold bracelets and received the Player of the Year award.

After a seven-year wait for his third WSOP victory, the Scottsdale, Arizona businessman, country-western singer, and poker pro made away with $258, 960 and the H.O.R.S.E. title in the $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. tournament held at the Rio, Las Vegas. The tournament combines the finesse of limit poker with multiple poker games, and this falls perfectly under Schneider’s skill set.

This year’s series qualifies as a comeback since Schneider’s last final table was in 2008. The mature player was up against as tough and young a final group of players as has come to be expected each passing year. The last two tables had the likes of Dan Heimiller, Frankie O’Dell, Owais Ahmed, James Mackey, David Bach, Rep Porter, David Singer and Dan Kelly. This made his victory even more meaningful than other high points of his poker career.

“I’ve been cashing a lot in events. Last year, I cashed in six events, but I seemed to be missing out on going deep and making a final table,” said Schneider. ”It had been a while. It’s nice to know I can still play. There are a lot of good players now. The events are tougher than they’ve ever been. It’s just nice to get some validation that I can still play with these younger kids.”

Julie Schneider, Schneider’s wife and a tournament player in her own right- earlier in the series she came in eight at an event- was the first person to congratulate him. Julie and Tom are one of the few husband-wife duos that make same-year WSOP final tables, the others including Harry and Jerri Thomas, and Max and Maia Stern.

This event was this series’ Schneider’s fourth cash. Finishing runner-up was Owais Ahmed from CA. This was the poker commentator and analyst for Live at the Bike’s second final table appearance and it made him the fifth player this summer to make multiple final tables. Earlier in the $2,500 Stud 8/Omaha 8 event, Owais came in fourth place.

Epic Heads-Up Battle Delivers Bracelet to Taylor Paur

As the final table of Event 18 began, it looked like this was going to be a mere walk-over for Taylor Paur. The 24-year-old California poker pro had the chip lead and the stack continued to grow when he knocked out both Ryan Austin and Kyle Cartwright in a single hand by picking up pocket aces to their pocket jacks and pocket queens.

The $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em final table was decidedly smooth sailing for Paur until he faced Smithtown, New York’s Roy Weiss. The heads-up play started with the two combatants content to spar in small pots.

In the next stage of the game play, after dinner, though, Weiss changed tactics and started open-shoving every hand. This is a rather unorthodox tactic, but it did manage to transform a match that seemed to favor Paur into a memorable bout that was wildly swingy and that saw countless double-ups, all-ins, and even a bit of emotion and frustration from Paur. He could only cross his fingers waiting for the best hands, and then pray earnestly that they held up.

At last, Paur overpowered Weiss and won $340,260 plus his first gold bracelet. It was his first win and his third career WSOP final table. Last year’s WSOP Main Event saw him make a deep run and finish in 33rd position. Weiss’ performance was also impressive, as he collected $211,794 for his first cash in his first-ever WSOP event.

The event attracted 2,071 players and generated a prize pool of $1,863,900. There was a payday of at least $1,901for the top 216 finishers. The notables who finished in the money included Phil Ivey (14th), Shannon Shorr (22nd), Men Nguyen (85th), Andy Bloch (101st), Jeremy Ausmus (139th), and Amanda Musumeci (182nd).

The results for the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Event 18 final table are as follows:

1. Taylor Paur – $340,260
2. Roy Weiss – $211,794
3. Tai Nguyen – $147,220
4. Alexander Barlow – $106,027
5. DJ MacKinnon – $77,491
6. Phillip Hui – $57,324
7. Daniel Idema – $42,962
8. Ryan Austin – $32,608
9. Kyle Cartwright – $25,041

Two-Bracelet Winning Swedish David Kitai

Belgian poker pro Davidi Kitai captured the $5,000 Buy-in Pot-Limit Hold’em title and the $224,560 that came with it at the Rio on Tuesday night, becoming the first non-North American winner at the 2013 WSOP. At the time, gold bracelet winners comprised 13 Americans, 5 Canadians, and the now 1 Belgian.

With this win, the 33-year-old hit a number of both professional and personal milestones. It was his second WSOP gold bracelet, making him the first Belgian player in history to post two wins of that kind. He also joined the exclusive club of the few players holding multiple gold rings on top of wins on the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour. What’s more, he became the 259th player in WSOP history to cross the one-million dollar mark in earnings with his current total wins of $1,041,745.

This victory was the first for the mild-mannered player from Brussels since 2008, when he also won in Pot-Limit Hold’em. It was quite a feat even though he selectively plays in the toughest poker events of the world and at the highest level- he was up against a rock-solid field of competitors.

Asked about his future goal, Kitai’s response was a rather cosmopolitan view of poker and of where he hopes to end up in its history.

“I want to become the first double Triple Crown winner,” Kitai said. ”My dream is to make the final table of the WSOP Main Event. But it will not be so easy. The fields are so big. I do have a lot of dreams. I am motivated to achieve even more.”

The tournament attracted 195 players and the top 27 finishers had a payday. The runner-up was Cary Katz from Las Vegas, who got a consolation prize of $138,794. So far, with players from the United States, Belgium, France, Italy, and France, it’s the most international final table of any event at the series.

Athanasios Polychronopoulos Makes WSOP History

Athanasios Polychronopoulos became the first player in WSOP history to win two large fields with buy-ins of $1,500 or less when he hit his second gold bracelet late Monday night at the Rio, Las Vegas.

The 29-year-old poker pro from Greece claimed his second gold bracelet in Event 17, the $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em tournament, two years after his first WSOP bracelet win. This bracelet had also come in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event. His total WSOP earnings are now in excess of $1.27 million.

The former restauranteur faced off the German Manuel Mutke at the final table to capture the $518,755-worth title. Mutke earned $322,908 for finishing as runner-up, and this was his first WSOP cash.

The event drew 2,105 players, generating a $2,841,750 prize pool. The top 216 finishers enjoyed a payday, some of the notables among them including Barry Greenstein (11th), three-time bracelet winner Matt Matros (27th), Jake Balsiger (31st), Matt Jarvis (37th), Ari Engel (78th), Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (111th), Jake Cody (126th), Steve O’Dwyer (134th), bracelet winners Simon Charette (160th) and Sean Getzwiller (206th), and Layne Flack (210th).

The final table featured high profile pros stacked in a line-up that seemed unaffected by the large field in the event. Two of the summer’s hottest players made a repeat final table appearance. David “Bakes” Baker finished eighth place, which coupled with his previous fourth and sixth place showings made him the first player of the summer to make three final tables. Joe Cada’s was his second final table this summer and his fourth career final table appearance.

Other notables at the final table were Circuit regular and former high-stakes golfer Everett Carlton who was after a bracelet to compliment his gold Circuit ring, and pro Joe Ward who posted 28th position after a deep run in the 2010 WSOP Main Event. The $224,455 prize was Carlton’s highest cash to date.

The $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Event 17 final table results are as follows:

1. Athanasios Polychronopoulos – $518,755
2. Manuel Mutke – $322,908
3. Everett Carlton – $224,455
4. Joe Cada – $161,652
5. Samuel Taylor – $118,145
6. Michael Kurth – $87,398
7. Joseph Ward – $65,502
8. David “Bakes” Baker – $49,716
9. Thomas Nicotera – $38,178

Another Two-Bracelet WSOP 2013 Winner in Event #16

Seconds after being locked in a tense death stare with the other last standing man in the $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em event, Mark Radoja was all over the ESPN television stage shouting “I don’t believe it!” in celebration as a cheering rail of supporters mobbed him.

The final two combatants for the WSOP gold bracelet were in a face off in the last moments of a grueling three-day journey. The 27-year-old Canadian poker pro has won a gold bracelet before, but the tough rising player Don Nguyen proved quite an opponent. He finished as runner-up.

Last year Radoja came so close to bagging the gold bracelet that he could almost touch it, and perhaps the memory of the pain of finishing runner-up was what gave his legs wings as he ran around the stage incredibly transformed from the stoic poker-faced player to a gleeful athlete.

“Last year when I finished second, it was tough. It was like a dagger.  It’s true that the deeper you go, the worse you feel right after you get eliminated….coming back in this one was very exciting for me,” Radoja said.

This was a much more emotional Rodoja than was seen in his last victory. Asked about it, the pro said, “There wasn’t much emotion until I started to come back (from a deficit) and thought I had a chance. I knew I had a chance going into [the final heads-up match against Don Nguyen] but once I got down I had started to write it off in the back of my mind, even though I still had hope. Then, all the sudden a lot of chips came my way and I thought this might actually happen. That just excited me more.”

This victory gives Radoja two WSOP gold bracelets and one second place posting in three years, a mark surpassed only by the New York City Limit Hold’em specialist Matt Matros who boasts wins in three consecutive years. Radoja won his first gold bracelet two years ago in the $5,000 Buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Shootout and last year he finished second place. This year’s win comes with a $336,190 prize, totalling his WSOP earnings to nearly $1.5 million. He has had 18 cashes, 4 final tables, and 2 gold bracelets since 2007.

The $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em event drew 162 entries, and the last 16 standing had a payday. Pro Phil Hellmuth was a top 8 finisher though Radoja eliminated him. The event marked Hellmuth’s first cash of this year’s series and his 97th in-the-money WSOP finish, which is the most any player has ever had in history.

Chad Holloway Wins First WSOP Bracelet of 2013

The 2013 World Series of Poker opening event unfolded at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas early Friday morning with Chad Holloway emerging the winner. This victory was in the Casino Employee event, whereby the Pokernews.com senior editor was awarded the coveted WSOP gold bracelet on top of $84,915.

No stranger to final tables, Holloway has been providing live-reporting coverage for some of the biggest poker names in the world for the last several years. The roles became reversed on Friday, though, when gold bracelet champions Antonio Esfandiari and Jason Mercier were the ones wishing the Wisconsin resident luck. This could very well mark the defining moment of Holloway’s professional life because of the irony in him now holding the very trophy every player he covers in his live reports desires.

There were 898 entries in the $500 buy-in Casino Employees event, up 22% from a field of 732 last year, making it the largest field since 2006. This is the 17th Casino Employees event hosted by WSOP and the high participation was as a result of an uptick in prize pool and $404,100 offered for grabs. It brought a payday for the top 90 finishers, and there was at least $6,000 for everyone at the final table.

Noteworthy participants of this year’s field included the Executive Director of the World Series of Poker Ty Stewart, two-time Circuit ring winner and Wynn Casino employee John Harris, and former online poker pro Josh VanDuyn. There were also a number of reporters from the PokerNews live updates team, among them Holloway and Josh Cahlik. Cahlik came in 12th position, just short of the final table.

The results of the final table are as follows:

1. Chad Holloway – $84,915
2. Allan Kwong – $52,318
3. Robert Rooney – $33,903
4. Brian Pingel – $24,811
5. Daniel Ellery – $18,426
6. Sean Small – $13,868
7. Tyrone Smith – $10,567
8. Michael Trivett – $8,146
9. Hieu Le – $6,348

Robert Rooney participated in this very event in 2009 and took 6th position. Sean Small came in 6th right after his victory last week of earning a seat into the 2013 WSOP National Championship in New Orleans.

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