Phil Ivey has moved up from 6th place to 2nd place after his biggest tournament win in the 2014 Aussie Millions $250,000 Challenge.
Still topping the Poker All Time Money List is Antonio Esfandiari who’s biggest win was the million dollar buy-in 2012 WSOP The Big One for One Drop.
Daniel Negreanu is also hot on the heels of Phil Ivey with only a few dollars behind in tournament earnings in 2014, both players having success at this years Aussie Millions.
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888 Poker JC Chan has his eye on the prize having the chipleader advantage starting out on the final table.
Watch all the action on ESPN2, the cards will be dealt from 16:30 Pacific Time with a fifteen minute delay from the live action. Poker fans can also watch the WSOP Live Streaming sponsored by 888Poker worldwide and Slotmania in US.
Commentary will be provided by Lon McEachern, Norman Chad with additional commentary by poker legends Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Hellmuth.
Before the final table started two players were inducted into the 2013 Poker Hall of Fame, Scotty Nguyen and Tom McEvoy.
US player Ryan Riess has been crowned the WSOP Main Event champion defeating Jay Farber heads-up.
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.
888Poker offer a daily WSOP Europe Freeroll that guarantees a tournament ticket worth $525 to the WSOP Europe Main Event 2013 Qualifier.
The 2013 World Series of Poker Europe takes place in Paris, France and features 7 bracelet events in the series including the Main Event. Phil Hellmuth won the WSOPE 2012 Main Event and his 13th bracelet.
Win a seat to the 2013 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas, the final satellite takes place on 23 June on 888Poker.
The 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event had a field of 420 players which included: Jason Mercier, Scott Seiver, David Benyamine, Bertrand Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov, Daniel Negreanu, and Justin Bonomo.
Hellmuth also secured his lead on Antonio Esfandiari for 2012 WSOP Player of the Year and will maintain his first place position unless October Nine player Greg Merson wins the 2012 WSOP Main Event.
