A look at the first 20 Champions at the 2013 WSOP

Below you will find a rundown of the first 20 bracelet winners at the 2013 WSOP, as well as a few notes on some of the more interesting players who have captured WSOP gold in 2013.

Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em — Chad Holloway $84,915

Chad is a well-liked tournament reporter (his official title is Senior Editor) at PokerNews.com, and his win in Event #1 saw the 2013 WSOP start on the right note.

Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em (Eight Handed) — Trevor Pope $553,906

Pope is long-time poker pro who won his first bracelet this year.

Event #3: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em — Charles Sylvestre $491,360

Following his win, Sylvestre was called one of the best poker players in Montreal by 2010 Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel.

Event #4: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em (Six Handed) — John Beauprez $324,764

Event #5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better — Mike Gorodinsky $216,958

Event #6: $1,500 “Millionaire Maker” No-Limit Hold’em — Benny Chen $1,198,780

It was only fitting that an amateur player would win the biggest preliminary event prize-pool of the first 20 tournaments.

Event #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em — Matt Waxman $305,952

Waxman is another longtime poker pro who won his first bracelet this year.

Event #8: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix — Michael Malm $225,104

Event #9: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout — Cliff Josephy $299,486

“JohnnyBax” picked-up his second career WSOP bracelet in Event #9.

Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold’em — Brent Wheeler $191,605

Event #11: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em (Six Handed) — Levi Berger $473,019

Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em — Lev Rofman $166,136

Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better — Mike Matusow $266,503

Matusow’s fourth WSOP bracelet came hours after Cardplayer Magazine published an interview with “The Mouth” where he called himself the second best tournament poker player in the game.

Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em — Jonathan Taylor $454,424

Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. — Tom Schneider $258,960

Two of the best Mixed Game players in poker squared-off in the final of Event #15, Tom Schneider and Owais Ahmed, Schneider prevailed this time, picking up his 3^rd bracelet while denying Ahmed bracelet #2.

Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em — Mark Radoja $331,190

Radoja is another poker pro who won his first WSOP bracelet.

Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em — Athanasios Polychronopoulos $518,755

The hardest working name in poker, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, or as I call him “Copy/Paste”, also won his first bracelet at the 2013 WSOP.

Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em — Taylor Paur $340,260

With over $4 million in online tournament winnings it was only a matter of time before Paur duplicated his online success in live tournaments.

Event #19: $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em — Davidi Kitai $224,560

The Belgian Triple Crown winner won his second career WSOP bracelet in Event #19 –both wins have been in Pot Limit Holdem events.

Event #20: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better — Calen McNeil $277,274

*Resources: www.wsop.com