An army of supporters with the ‘Reiss the Beast’ t-shirts erupted as Ryan Reiss won the final hand of the 2013 WSOP Main Event defeating Jay Farber at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas. Reiss won $8,361,570 and overcame a stacked final table where he was one of the younger faces.
Dan Harmetz wins WSOP Circuit Main Event at Harveys Lake Tahoe
While the poker world was concentrating its energies on the 2013 WSOP Main Event Final Table, Dan Harmetz was busy collecting his first WSOP Circuit ring. The retired hedge fund manager won the main event of the Harveys Lake Tahoe WSOP Circuit event getting $128,699 and a free entry in the National Championship, to be held at Caesars Atlantic City in the spring.