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| Published On Jun 6, 2014 9:50 am CEST  |  Updated on May 2, 2021 11:57 am CEST | By Daniel Allermand

Paul Volpe Wins WSOP Event #13, His First Bracelet and $253,524

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Event #13 at the World Series of Poker would commonly not be one who got as much attention as this one did. The reason why? Because Daniel Negreanu, who has a bracelet bet together with Phil Ivey where other players can bet against them winning a bracelet at even odds up to $1 million, had hit the final table in the tournament.

So not only did the final table have a massive rail due to the one of the most popular poker players ever being on the final table, it also had it due to the bet and people wanting to see if Ivey and Negreanu could close the bet as winners after 13 events.

But despite his good efforts, Negreanu didn’t manage to win as Paul Volpe played some solid No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball poker and ran away with the title, the bracelet and the first prize of $253,524. The final hand came after 205 hands of play at the final table, where a short stacked Negreanu got forced to call an all-in in big blind.

Volpe shows:

Negreanu shows:  

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Volpe flipped over his card which showed a , thus making his Jack-Ten. Negreanu needed to hit a  to still be in the tournament and after a small cliff-hanger he turned around a  and saw himself eliminated in second place for $156,674. While Negreanu is without a doubt disappointed about not winning the tournament, he is probably even more disappointed that he couldn’t close the bracelet bet already.

In total the final day of play took a little over four hours to complete and saw Volpe win his first bracelet. All other players at the final table had at least one bracelet on their records, so nothing less than an amazing victory for the player. You can see the final table payouts below:

1st: Paul Volpe – $253,524

2nd: Daniel Negreanu – $156,674

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3rd: Jason Mercier – $99,313

4th: Brian Rast – $67,264

5th: Larry Wright – $47,792

6th: John Monnette – $35,549

7th: Abe Mosseri – $27,633

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Daniel Allermand

Daniel Allermand is a freelance writer, with more than 14 years of experience in the industry as an operator, affiliate and poker player. Daniel has decided it was time to try and bring more coverage about the industry to the general public by writing articles about everything from poker to casino.