After three days of play, only the top 3 players remained to conclude WSOP 2013 Event #53 $1,500 No Limit Hold’em. The tournament had a prize pool of $3,801,600, amassed by 2,816 entrants, and it featured a large number of renowned professionals of the industry. Only 25 players returned on Day 3 but they could not finish the event, the following three players having to return to decide the fate of the golden bracelet:
David Vamplew – 5,345,000
Brett Shaffer – 5,285,000
Arttu Raekorpi – 2,055,000
Play started on Level 22 (20,000/80,000/160,000) and it took just four hands to get heads-up: Arttu Raekorpi pushed in his remaining 1,635,000 in chips from the Button and Brett Shaffer called from the SB.
Raekorpi:
Q J
Shaffer:
K 
Q
Board:8 9 4 3 5
The neutral board did not help Raekorpi and the Finn was out in 3rd place.
Brett Shaffer – 6,375,000
David Vamplew – 6,295,000
From about the same stack sizes, Day 3 chipleader David Vamplew managed to take a slight lead but Shaffer came back quickly and increased his edge to about 2:1 in just around ten hands. Finally, he re-raised all-in with over 8,300,000 in chips on Vamplew’s 400,000 raise on Level 23 (30,000/100,000/200,000) and the latter called with his remaining stack of 3,935,000.
Vamplew:
Q Q
Shaffer:A 9
Board:A 3 9 7 T
Despite having the nuts preflop, Vamplew’s hand was cracked by Shaffer’s flopped top two pairs and the queens failed to improve on the board.
Shaffer won his first ever WSOP bracelet, along with the $665,397 first prize.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Brett Shaffer – $665,397
2nd: David Vamplew – $413,157
3rd: Arttu Raekorpi – $291,392
4th: Loni Harwood – $210,456
5th: Mike Watson – $153,850
6th: Deigo Zeiter – $113,819
7th: Jonathan Cohen – $85,193
8th: Darren Rabinowitz – $64,513
9th: Matias Ruzzi – $49,420
David Vamplew – 5,345,000
Brett Shaffer – 5,285,000
Arttu Raekorpi – 2,055,000
Play started on Level 22 (20,000/80,000/160,000) and it took just four hands to get heads-up: Arttu Raekorpi pushed in his remaining 1,635,000 in chips from the Button and Brett Shaffer called from the SB.
Raekorpi:
Q J Shaffer:
K Q Board:
8 9 4 3 5 The neutral board did not help Raekorpi and the Finn was out in 3rd place.
Brett Shaffer – 6,375,000
David Vamplew – 6,295,000
From about the same stack sizes, Day 3 chipleader David Vamplew managed to take a slight lead but Shaffer came back quickly and increased his edge to about 2:1 in just around ten hands. Finally, he re-raised all-in with over 8,300,000 in chips on Vamplew’s 400,000 raise on Level 23 (30,000/100,000/200,000) and the latter called with his remaining stack of 3,935,000.
Vamplew:
Q Q Shaffer:
A 9 Board:
A 3 9 7 T Despite having the nuts preflop, Vamplew’s hand was cracked by Shaffer’s flopped top two pairs and the queens failed to improve on the board.
Shaffer won his first ever WSOP bracelet, along with the $665,397 first prize.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Brett Shaffer – $665,397
2nd: David Vamplew – $413,157
3rd: Arttu Raekorpi – $291,392
4th: Loni Harwood – $210,456
5th: Mike Watson – $153,850
6th: Deigo Zeiter – $113,819
7th: Jonathan Cohen – $85,193
8th: Darren Rabinowitz – $64,513
9th: Matias Ruzzi – $49,420
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