The festivities at the 2013 World Series of Poker extend far beyond the gold bracelet events inside the Rio. This year, the WSOP brought back the Carnivale of Poker. Originally taking place from 1998-2000, the Carnivale of Poker was at one time the second largest poker event in the world.
The series has been running alongside the 2013 WSOP and offers plenty of options on its schedule including events in hold'em, Omaha, H.O.R.S.E. and Chinese poker. To further juice up the events, a special point system is in place that allows players to earn points as they go for seeding on an overall leader board. That overall leader board will see the top players net their share of an exclusive $100,000 prize pool.
The first five events of the Carnivale of Poker have been completed, and you can check out the results below.
Event #1: No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$365
337
$101,100
Place
Player
Prize
1
Wesley Chong
$24,282
2
Joshua Atkinson
$14,991
3
Bernard Lee
$11,010
4
Delmiro Toledo
$8,150
5
Peter Hotaling
$6,081
6
Jonathan Noble
$4,573
7
Uldis Knox
$3,466
8
Thung Hyunh
$2,647
9
David Redlin
$2,038
Event #2: No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$580
258
$129,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Thomas Brabham
31,617
2
Joshua Vizcarra
$19,535
3
Iqbal Ahmed
$14,586
4
Linley Herdt
$10,963
5
Joseph Dibiasi
$8,292
6
Zachary Hench
$6,311
7
Stephen Kats
$4,833
8
Roland Schweda
$3,725
9
Thomas Larsen
$2,888
Notable finishes: Yury Gulyy (13th �� $1,773), DJ MacKinnon (16th �� $1,397), Blake Kelso (22nd �� $1,109), Ari Engel (23rd �� $1,109), Mitch Schock (26th �� $1,109)
Event #3: Pot-Limit Omaha
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$365
150
$45,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Joseph Mitchell
$11,934
2
Andrew Rennhack
$7,369
3
John Ma
$5,338
4
Joshua Pender
$3,940
5
Joseph Baumgartner
$2,961
6
Jack Oxler
$2,264
7
Adam Coats
$1,760
8
Alex Visbisky
$1,392
9
Craig Gray
$1,118
Notable finishes: Marsha Waggoner (11th �� $913)
Event #4: No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$365
270
$81,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Drew Scott
$19,857
2
Mark Smith
$12,266
3
Thibaud Guenegou
$9,158
4
Neil Channing
$6,884
5
Adam Lewandowski
$5,206
6
Kazuhito Oshima
$3,963
7
Kyle Schertz
$3,035
8
Pim Overbeeke
$2,339
9
Ross Bybee
$1,813
Event #5: No-Limit Hold'em
Buy-in
Entrants
Prize Pool
$580
166
$83,000
Place
Player
Prize
1
Adrian Apmann
$22,003
2
Alexander Bos
$13,592
3
David Lin
$9,847
4
Nathanael Kogel
$7,268
5
Joseph Opie
$5,462
6
Philip Federico
$4,176
7
Blake Kelso
$3,247
8
Tim McDermott
$2,568
9
August Bodine
$2,063
Notable finishes: Travell Thomas (10th �� $1,684)
For more information on the Carnivale of Poker and the remaining schedule of events, click here. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for more results from the 2013 Carnivale of Poker.
