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 final table for the World Series of Poker returns on 4-5 November, nine players battling it out for the title and millions for first place finish.

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.

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The Main Event of the 2013 World Series of Poker is currently on a break until the final table returns on the 4-5 November to determine the next WSOP Champion.

The November Nine 2013 consists of the following players: JC Tran, Amir Lehavot, Marc McLaughlin, Jay Farber, Ryan Riess, Sylvain Loosli, Michiel Brummelhuis, Mark Newhouse and David Benefield.

ESPN WSOP coverage of the Main Event will air every Tuesday night from 6 August until the WSOP live stream in November.

2013 WSOP Main Event final table prop bets are available at Bovada, Bodog and Betfair. Back your favorite November Nine player in the WSOP 2013 Main Event Final Table.

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The November Nine 2013 will be decided at the end of Day 7 of the WSOP Main Event, the final 9 players will have a few months off before returning for the final table in November.

The November Nine players have outlasted a field of 6,352 players and having been playing the tournament all week long.

The final table players are: JC Tran, Amir Lehavot, Marc McLaughlin, Sylvain Loosli, Jay Farber, Ryan Riess, David Benefield, Michiel Brummelhuis and Mark Newhouse.

The final table returns in November this year as the 2012 WSOP Main Event was held in October due to US elections last year.

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