A quick recap on the biggest poker news stories and highlights of 2013 which includes:

• Regulated online poker in three USA states
• Best poker operator of the Year
• WSOP & WSOPE
• Player of the Year
• Poker Hall of Fame 2013.

Certainly an interesting year for poker with a brighter outlook for 2014 especially for online poker in the USA.

Donkey of the Year award goes to Sheldon Adelson for his hypocritical anti-gambling campaign, the award is passed on from Howard Lederer who held the position for two consecutive years.

Player of the Year was none other than PokerStars legend Daniel Negreanu.

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The 2013 WSOPE Main Event winner is 19 year old Spanish player Adrian Mateos, Team 888poker’s latest member.

Mateos battled it out heads-up with Fabrice Soulier for more than four hours to defeat the french player in his own country.

This is the third bracelet won by a Team 888poker player throughout the WSOPE series.

There will be three $2,000 Gold Bracelet Freerolls to celebrate Team 888poker victories at the World Series of Poker Europe 2013.

JC Tran will represent 888poker as the chip leader at the 2013 WSOP Main Event on 4-5 November.

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Daniel Negreanu wins 6th WSOP Bracelet and the Player of the Year title in the final event of the Europe series, 2013 WSOP Europe High Roller Event.

Negreanu just needed to make the final table of the High Roller Event to claim his 2013 POY title and managed to win the tournament and his 2nd WSOP bracelet for 2013.

This is Negreanu’s second WSOP player of the Year title, his previous title was won in 2004 a decade ago.

Negreanu started out on the final table with the lowest chip stack and found himself head-ups verses Brazilian player, Nicolau Villa-Lobos.

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Get the latest WSOP 2013 Main Event updates and highlights of the 44th Annual World Series of Poker.

The Main Event attracted a playing field of 6,352 players, the total prize pool amounted to more than $59 million dollars with a first place prize of $8,3 million.

The tournament will run until 15 July 2013, and continue playing until only 9 players remain. The November Nine will return for the WSOP 2013 Main Event final table on 4-5 November.

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The ESPN WSOP Main Event 2013 – TV Schedule has been released with the dates and times to watch the coverage of the WSOP Main Event 2013.

ESPN will wet our appetites with the highlights of the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event with PokerStars legend Daniel Negreanu featured on the final table.

Commentary by Lon McEachern and Norman Chad to keep the poker fans entertained as usual, the reporter on the floor will be PartyPoker’s Kara Scott.

Fans can also watch the WSOP 2013 Live streaming all the final tables, proudly sponsored by 888Poker.

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