Pope and Sylvestre win first bracelets of 2013 WSOP

While the Millionaire Maker tournament was setting records and causing logistical nightmares throughout the Rio the WSOP staff was also busy with several other tournaments that were in action, including two that crowned the first open-event champions of the 2013 World Series of Poker. In Event #2 it was poker pro Trevor Pope who picked-up the first open WSOP bracelet, and in Event #3 it was the unknown Charles Sylvestre who did the honors, giving Canada its first bracelet of 2013.

Event #2: $5k 8-Max NLHE

Trevor Pope took one of the largest chip-leads I’ve ever seen into Saturday’s final table of Event #2, the $5,000 buy-in 8-Max NLHE tournament, and continued his domination throughout the final table, dispatching players left and right and never in any real jeopardy, and began his heads-up match with Brit David Vamplew holding 6.6 million chips, with Vamplew sitting on a mere 500,000 chips.

With the win Pope earned his first WSOP bracelet and the largest cash of his career. Here is a look at the final table payouts from Event #2:

1. Trevor Pope – $553,906
2. David Vamplew – $342,450
3. Darryll Fish – $215,286
4. Jared Hamby – $154,518
5. Jamie Armstrong – $112,695
6. Dan Kelly – $83,582
7. Brandon Meyers – $62,915
8. David Peters – $48,130

Event #3: $1k NLHE with Reentry

Charles Sylvestre may not be a known commodity in the poker world at large but according to 2010 WSOP Champion Jonathan Duhamel, “The guy’s a legend in Montreal… He’s a beast. He’s really intelligent, aggressive and a good player. So he really deserves this.”

Chances are Sylvestre added to his legendary status in Montreal after winning Canada’s first WSOP bracelet of 2013 in Event #3, and probably put himself on the global poker map with his impressive WSOP win.

Here is a look at the final table payouts from Event #3:

1. Charles Sylvestre– $491,360
2. Seth Berger – $303,952
3. William Guerrero — $215,107
4. Michael Cooper — $155,706
5. Binh Ta — $114,017
6. Ryan Olisar — $84,459
7. Darren Rabinowitz – $63,273
8. Ruben Ybarra – $47,925
9. Ping Liu — $36,705

Today’s Action

Besides the continuation of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker tournament, several WSOP bracelets are likely to be won on Sunday:

• Event #4, a $1,500 buy-in 6-Max NLHE tournament is down to just seven players, including 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada.
• Event #5, a $2,500 buy-in Omaha-8/Stud-8 Mixed tournament is down to 19 runners with Daniel Negreanu, Mike Matusow, and David “Bakes�� Baker headlining the field.

Sunday will also see yet another large field event commence as Event #7, a $1,000 buy-in NLHE tournament, will kick-off.

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