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Aaron Todd Gaming Guru - Page 14  Top-10 moments from the 2013 WSOP final table11 November 2013
The 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event officially ended last week when 23-year-old Ryan Riess won the tournament, claiming $8.36 million and the title of world champion.
There were plenty of memorable moments from this year's final table. Here are the 10 that I'll remember most.
10. Newhouse's suck out
In the grand scheme of things, Mark Newhouse's win with pocket queens vs. ... (read more)
Riess completes 10-year journey from basement to World Champion6 November 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Ryan Riess was 14 years old when Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2003. He and his friends got excited about poker, and Riess, with his parents' permission, started hosting $10 tournaments in his basement in Clarkston, Mich., on Friday nights. "He loved numbers and ... (read more)
Newhouse unable to parlay lucky start at WSOP final table, finishes ninth5 November 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Mark Newhouse almost had one of the shortest November Nine experiences in history. On the fifth hand of the World Series of Poker's final table, Newhouse, the second-shortest stack at the table, moved all in over the top of Marc-Etienne's opening raise holding pocket queens. Unfortunately for Newhouse, McLaughlin called and showed pocked kings. ... (read more)
Benefield confident of decisions on the felt, still making up his mind off of it5 November 2013
David Benefield had some of the biggest lay downs in the early stages of the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, but he also showed that he wasn't afraid to put his chips to use. After folding pocket 10s to Michiel Brummelhuis's four bet (Brummelhuis had aces), he moved all in over the top of JC Tran's button raise holding just king-deuce suited. ... (read more)
Brummelhuis seventh at WSOP Main Event: Mission accomplished5 November 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Michiel Brummelhuis started the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event with one major goal in mind: Don't finish ninth. Since all the members of the November Nine already received ninth-place money of $733,224, being the first to bust would result in no additional profit from the experience. ... (read more)
McLaughlin sixth at WSOP Main Event, but wins the "battle of the rail"5 November 2013
LAS VEGAS -- If you walked by the Penn & Teller Theater in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Monday afternoon, you may have wondered if you wandered into a St. Patrick's Day party that somehow never ended, despite the fact that it's been nearly eight months since the holiday. In fact, the men and women ... (read more)
Tran goes from favorite to fifth at WSOP Main Event5 November 2013
It wasn't supposed to happen like this. JC Tran was not only the most experienced player at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, he was also the chip leader. The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino listed him as a 9/5 favorite against the other eight players in the field – an astounding favorite considering he held less than 20 percent of the chips in play. ... (read more)
Loosli stays patient, finishes fourth at WSOP5 November 2013
LAS VEGAS -- If there's one thing you can't accuse Sylvain Loosli of being, it's impatient. The Frenchman didn't play any of the first 17 hands at the World Series of Poker Main Event final table. And when he found himself stuck with a medium-sized chip stack between two overwhelming chip leaders and two short stacks, he bided his time to make sure he could move up the pay ladder. ... (read more)
Unflappable Lehavot finishes third at WSOP Main Event5 November 2013
LAS VEGAS -- There isn't much that can disturb Amir Lehavot at the poker table. On Monday afternoon and evening, during final table play at the World Series of Poker Main Event, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin's rail implored him to fold his small blind and a number of occasions when the action had been folded around to him. ... (read more)
Top-10 things to watch for in the November Nine3 November 2013
The final table of the World Series of Poker's Main Event begins on Monday night, when the final nine players in the tournament (dubbed the November Nine) play down to two (though ESPN has the option of calling and audible and stopping play when the tournament gets down to three players). The remaining ... (read more)
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