2013 World Series of Poker

Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$211,743
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$799,000
Entries
170
Level Info
Level
28
Limits
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Plenty of Extras Being Given Away At This Year's WSOP

Level 1 : 200/400, 0 ante

The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.

While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.

What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!

Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.

In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.

With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.

Tags: WSOPWSOP.com

Level: 1

Limits: 200/400

Ante:

Day 1 of Limit Hold'em Action About to Begin

Chip Stacks at the WSOP
Chip Stacks at the WSOP

Welcome to our coverage of Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em here at the 2013 World Series of Poker. This is the highest buy in limit-hold'em event offered this year and will serve as the unofficial championship of this variant. Benjamin Scholl was able to conquer the field in 2012 to acquire the gold bracelet and the $206,670 that accompanied a first-place finish.

Last year this event saw a grand total of 166 runners show up for play and 109 of them moved on from Day 1 to the second day of play. As always in the higher buy in events, the field was stacked with the likes of Jeff Shulman, Jesse Martin, Matt Glantz, and Matt Woodward all making the final table.

As is standard with WSOP events, players will being with three-times the buy in for starting stack which means players will have 15,000 in chips to start the day. Players will play eight full levels before bagging and tagging and hopefully heading into Day 2.

We're expecting an exciting field packed full of the biggest names in poker today, so be sure to stay tuned here on PokerNews as we present you with all of the latest from the tournament floor!

And if you haven't already, be sure to check out Kristy Arnett's update on the latest happenings from the 2013 WSOP!

Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Started

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