PokerNews WSOP This year will mark the tenth occasion that PokerNews have published predictions ahead of the World Series of Poker . From humble beginnings, this annual tradition not only allows the writers, reporters and staff members the opportunity to pitt their wits against one another, but gives poker players and fans alike the chance to spot the new sensation before they’ve even set foot in the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino.
To mark the occasion, and before PokerNews releases its 2021 Predictions in the coming weeks, we take a look back at ten years of PokerNews WSOP predictions. 2010 – Final Table Predictions
The annual PokerNews predictions began in 2010 , with the focus solely on the Main Event. Staff were asked about who would be the most active and tightest players at the table, and to look into the crystal ball ahead of that year’s November Nine .
Managing Editor Elaine Chaivarlis was the only player to correctly tip Jonathan Duhamel as the winner. In fact, she correctly predicted the eventual top three, with Duhamel beating John Racener into second place and Joseph Cheong coming third. 2011 – Main Event Predictions
The following year, the predictions were published prior to the WSOP starting, and included guesses from all contributors about how big that year’s Main Event has been. This has been held every year since, apart from 2013, with Chad Holloway coming closest on three separate occasions.
Brett Collson’s 2014 guess was the closest anyone has ever gotten, just 17 players off the actual figure for that year. That was one of only two years where the closest guess was over the actual amount. Another oddity is that a guess of 6,700 has won on three separate occasion (2012, 2014, 2016). 2011 Chad Holloway 5001 6865 -1864 2012 Chad Holloway 6700 6598 102 2013 Not held 2014 Brett Collson 6700 6683 17 2015 Chad Holloway 6400 6420 -20 2016 Frank Op de Woerd 6700 6737 -37 2017 Martin Harris 7013 7221 -208 2018 Will Shillibier 7712 7874 -162 2019 Yori Epskamp 8286 8569 -283 How many entries will the 2021 […]
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