The 2013 Retrospective Part 6

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In the sixth and last part of our retrospective take on the year 2013, we recall the highlights of the poker world from November and December.

Year 2013

November

23-year-old Ryan Riess became the first ever World Series of Poker Main Event champion born in the ‘90s. He defeated the rest of the November Nine for $8,361,570 in prize money.

Ryan Riess

Read more on the WSOP Main Event Final Table here

 

A lot of players, including the likes of Scott Seiver, Paul Volpe and Griffin Benger moved on to heavily criticise Ryan Riess after his victory in the WSOP Main Event for his attitude and game.

Read more on the reactions to Riess’ actions and championship title here

 

German pro Philipp Gruissem took home his second World Poker Tour Alpha8 title in a row. First, he won $1,379,840 and then $1,086,400.

Read more on the remarkable double title here

 

Chris ‘moorman1’ Moorman scooped in his 19th Triple Crown overall and the 7th in 2013 only, breaking his own record of 2009.

Read more on the latest Triple Crown record here

 

Niklas ‘ragen70’ Heinecker dominated the online high stakes field in November and accumulated $2,436,939 in winnings in 13,921 hands of draw game exclusively.

Read more on the online high stakes action of November here

 

December

Unibet Poker officially announced leaving the Microgaming network as well as the launch of its proprietary client. The MPN player pool remains available to Unibet players until mid-February 2014.

Read more on Unibet’s decision here

 

Stefan ‘mindgamer’ Jedlicka played two Sunday Million heads-ups within just a couple of weeks. On 20 October, he won $129,000 with his 2nd place finish and on 1 December, he won the major event for $222,934.

Stefan Jedlicka

Read more on Jedlicka’s outstanding performance here

 

Tom ‘durrrr’ Dwan’s sponsorship contract with Full Tilt Poker expired and the room decided not to expand it, making the renowned but recently much criticised pro a freelancer.

Read more on ‘durrrr’ and FTP parting ways here

 

The last European Poker Tour stop of the year, Prague, also brought about some highlight events. First, Rafa Nadal debuted at the live tables in a charity event and he would not stop before winning it, too.

Also, the Main Event, an NLHE game, was won by an online PLO specialist. Julian Track was displeased with the level and speed of the game but took down the event anyway for €725,700.

Read more on the EPT charity event here

Read more on the EPT Prague Main Event finale here