# World Series of Poker - 2013 Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 30, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676 "2013-05-30T02:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/21 "2013-07-14T22:35:47Z")
When will ESPN’s coverage start? I assume they’re doing about 8 nights of coverage leading up to the November 9. BTW, I assume they did it early last year because of the election, correct? ---
**Author:** ![KellyCriterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/22 "2013-07-15T05:19:38Z")
31 players left. 2001 champ **Carlos Mortenson** is one of the chip leaders. **JC Tran** is probably the biggest name remaining in the field. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/23 "2013-07-15T22:54:30Z")
Coverage begins a week from tomorrow. BTW, could posters spoiler their updates, Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/24 "2013-07-16T03:55:07Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Coverage begins a week from tomorrow. BTW, could posters spoiler their updates, Thanks. I think it’s safe to assume this entire thread is full of spoilers. Here, IMO, is the most interesting story of the Main Event through July 15. Yes, it has spoilers. > **[After Accumulating Nearly 30 Million With 24 Left, Anton Morgenstern Close To...](https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/15900-after-accumulating-nearly-30-million-with-24-left-anton-morgenstern-close-to-epic-collapse)** > > With close to 30 million with just 24 left, German Anton Morgenstern looked like a near lock to make the final table. However, experienced poker pro Mark Newhouse ended up ... ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/25 "2013-11-03T00:42:00Z")
Bumping this thread to announce to the WSoP Main event resume Monday on ESPN2. For your reading pleasure, part I of the [History of the WSoP](http://www.pokernews.com/news/2013/10/history-of-wsop-part-1-14812.htm) [Part II](http://www.pokernews.com/news/2013/10/history-of-wsop-part-2-14875.htm) [Part III](http://www.pokernews.com/news/2013/10/history-of-the-world-series-of-poker-part-3-the-wsop-today-14941.htm) I think Part II was the most interesting read, detailing the problems at Horseshoe and subsequent acquisition by Harrahs. I will post the chip counts etc. on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/26 "2013-11-04T21:30:12Z")
Anyone? Bueller? Anyone? I see there is as much interest in the WSoP as there was last summer. Tough. I am going to give the chip counts anyways!! So there!! Antes/Blinds are at 50K/200K/400K Each Orbit is 1.05 Million Chips ```auto Chips BB's Orbits JC Tran 38,000,000 95 36 Amir Lehavot 29,700,000 74 28 Marc McLaughlin 26,525,000 66 25 Jay Farber 25,975,000 64 24 Ryan Riess 25,875,000 64 24 Sylvian Loosli 19,600,000 49 18 M Brummelhuis 11,275,000 28 10 Mark Newhouse 7,350,000 18 7 David Benefield 6,375,000 15 6 ``` JC Tran is the only player I had heard of prior to the Main Event and his ESPN mini profiles show that he is a pretty nice guy. I think of a .38 Special Song everytime Loosli’s name is said. I keep on want to hold on. I think it is going to be a wild and raucous night. I think Farber’s rail is going to be the rowdiest as he is a party coordinator in Vegas. I guess I will be rooting for Tran for no particular reason other than he seems to be a cool dude. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/27 "2013-11-04T23:43:02Z")
Is there any way to follow this online? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/28 "2013-11-05T00:32:27Z")
I’ll be logging off in 29 minutes to watch live. (hope they get down to 3 handed quick, I have class tomorrow) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/29 "2013-11-05T01:28:38Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Is there any way to follow this online? ESPN2 is on 30 minute delay. Check with ESPN if they have a feed on line. They have live blogging on wsop dot com and pokernews dot com. Twitter will have feeds too. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/30 "2013-11-05T05:34:30Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I’ll be logging off in 29 minutes to watch live. (hope they get down to 3 handed quick, I have class tomorrow) 11:30 (90 minutes past when the program was scheduled to end) and they’re only down to six. I would love to strangle each and every damn chanter in the audience, too. I start to drift off… O YEAH OH YEAH or whatever it is. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/31 "2013-11-05T11:08:41Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > 11:30 (90 minutes past when the program was scheduled to end) and they’re only down to six. > I would love to strangle each and every damn chanter in the audience, too. I start to drift off… O YEAH OH YEAH or whatever it is. The screams from the crowd really began to annoy me a couple of hours in. If I’m running the show I’d warn them and then give 'em the boot when they repeat. The screams might not have bothered the focused players, but they had to have been annoying to more of the ESPN audience than me. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/32 "2013-11-05T17:33:11Z")
I had to go to bed at 2AM EDT, how late did they play? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/33 "2013-11-05T18:34:58Z")
Not sure why you are still on daylight time, but I think Lehavot was eliminated in 3rd place at about 3:40 CST am. Reiss and Farber apparently went out to party afterwards. Farber is a Vegas VIP Host. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/34 "2013-11-05T18:47:03Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I had to go to bed at 2AM EDT… You were supposed to switch to Standard time a couple of days ago. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/35 "2013-11-05T19:04:41Z")
:smack: Yup, I outsmarted myself there. I meant “I went to bed at 2 AM EST.” ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/36 "2013-11-06T14:33:36Z")
Ryan Riess (youngest finalist) wins it on the 261st hand. He looked to be in charge during the heads-up duel with Jay Farber. Anyone know if it’s possible to get the full detail of WSOP hands? Possibly a file that contains all cards received by each active player, amounts bet, etc. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/37 "2013-11-06T19:56:16Z")
After staying up Monday night until 2 AM, and getting up at 8:30, I watched all of heads-up, and slept until 1PM. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/38 "2013-11-06T20:42:33Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > Ryan Riess (youngest finalist) wins it on the 261st hand. He looked to be in charge during the heads-up duel with Jay Farber. It seemed to me as if Riess was getting the cards - most of the time, when Farber folded after the river, it turned out that he made the right move. [QUOTE=Xema;16823614Anyone know if it’s possible to get the full detail of WSOP hands? Possibly a file that contains all cards received by each active player, amounts bet, etc.[/QUOTE] You mean of all the tables? I doubt anybody keeps a record of that, especially when you consider how many players fold their hold cards right away in the early rounds. Somebody might have a record of the final 9; if you can get your hands on the ESPN/ESPN2 broadcasts (all 13 or so hours of them), you can probably work it out yourself. (That assumes they showed all nine players’ hole cards on day 1 of the final 9, instead of just the ones that didn’t fold before the flop.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/39 "2013-11-06T22:19:54Z")
In the opening, I recognized most of the people, but a couple I didn’t (for example, who’s “playing” heads up with Merson)? Anyone know if there’s a list of the players depicted? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676/40 "2013-11-06T22:41:46Z")
Jesse Sylvia finished 2nd to Merson last year. He was on Farber’s rail for the final table. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-series-of-poker-2013-thread/659676.md?page=3)