The anthem of Canada sounded in Rio All-Suite Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas again and again as the six weeks poker season ended with a triumph
of Canadian players, who managed to win 10 bracelets.
In addition, Daniel Negreanu, a resident of Toronto, was so good in Australian and US competitions that earned the WSOP 2013 ‘Player of the
year’ title.

When in late June Kristen Bicknell from Ontario won the women’s
tournament, it a new achievement has been recorded:
the bracelets have been awarded to ten players from
Canada, which is a huge progress after three bracelets received
in 2012. The previous record of the country was six bracelets
won in 2010.

As usual, the majority of players represented at the WSOP were the U.S residents: 57,040 out of a total number of 79,471.
Thus, 71.8 % of American players was more then enough to secure the leadership, as Canadian representation equaled
as little as 5.2% (4,118 poker players). No surprise
that the U.S. won a better part of WSOP bracelet in 2013 (41), almost two-thirds of
the total number of awards and is slightly less than its percentage of participation.
At the same time, ten Canadian bracelets represent
16.1% of awards, which is three times higher than the percentage of
participation of the country. http://www.nbso.ca/reviews/