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2017 World Series of Poker

Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
Jours 1b
Event Info

2017 World Series of Poker

Résultats
Gagnant
Main Gagnante
a2
Prix
$8,150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$67,877,400
Entrants
7,221
Info Niveau
Niveau
43
Blinds
1,500,000 / 3,000,000
Ante
500,000

Journée explosive, une grosse vingtaine de Français passe l'obstacle

Niveau 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Fabrice Soulier
Fabrice Soulier

Les femmes ont été au centre de l'attention du premier niveau de 120 Minutes du Jour 1B du Main Event. Une rencontre sanglante entre Gaëlle Baumann et Vanessa Selbst a poussé l'Américaine dans le rail, la vidéo du carré de la Française fait déjà le tour du monde.

Cette main explosive est peut être bien la plus folle d'un premier niveau de Main Event depuis le duel mémorable entre Sam Farha et le frère de Kate Hudson, et fils de Goldie Hawn, Oliver Hudson lors du tournoi principal des WSOP... 1985 ! La joueuse Winamax a finalement emballé 87,100 jetons après 5 niveaux de deux heures.

Le premier niveau a ensuite été marqué par la chance insolente de Fatima Nanji, 23e du Ladies plus tôt dans le week-end. Avec deux joueurs all-in et une action énorme sur le tournant, la Canadienne a payé avec brelan pour faire face à deux quintes... avant de trouver un carré rivière pour sortir deux adversaires et prendre provisoirement la tête du tournoi ! Après une intense émotion, la joueuse va finir la deuxième journée de départ du Main Event avec un tapis de 110 000 jetons. De quoi voir venir au Jour 2 qui reprendra sur les blindes 300-600.

Deux Français auront encore plus de confort à l'entame du Day 2 puisqu'ils ont emballé un tapis leur permettant de figurer dans le haut du classement provisoire. Avec 100.000$ glanés en live depuis 2009, Serge Chechin vit un rêve. Il est sur le podium provisoire avec 229 800 jetons soit presque 5 tapis de départ. Dans le même rythme depuis l'entame du festival, Fabrice Soulier accompagne son compatriote avec un stack de départ multiplié par 3. Pas mal quand on a joué une partie de la journée avec Bryn Kenney, Pierre Neuville et Justin Young.

Belle journée aussi pour Valentin Messina (159,900), Benjamin Heath (155,700), Louis Linard (155,100), Thomas Muehloecker (152 000), Matt Glantz (147 000), Barry Greenstein (146,800), Ismael Bojang (142 000) ou le Français Anthony Apicella (132 000). Alexis Fleur (102 000) est le 6e tricolore à avir au moins multiplié son tapis de départ par 2.

Le Top 10 du Jour 1B
1 Richard Dubini 254,500
2 Lawrence Bayley 247,400
3 Serge Chechin 229,800
4 Naoya Kihara 220,700
5 Sergio Fernandez 218,800
6 Alan Schein 218,000
7 Brandon Meyers 216,000
8 Tobias Ziegler 215,300
9 Yisheng Cheng 214,400
10 Brandon Adams 203,500

Pas de femme dans le haut du classement et on oubliera aussi l'altercation entre deux joueurs qui a dégénéré en insultes racistes de la part d'un des protagonistes, sanctionné de trois tours de pénalité. Avec 5 tapis de départ à l'issue de la journée, Richard Dubini n'a pas eu le temps de se préoccuper de ses adversaires, il a rasé tout le monde pour prendre la tête du Jour 1B. L'Argentin s'est notamment occupé d'Abe Mosseri.

Over ou under 7000?

Le plus gros Jour 1B depuis 6 ans a rassemblé 2164 joueurs dans les salles du Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Avec trois salles ouvertes, l'Amazon Brazilia et Miranda, l'affluence provisoire grimpe à 2,959 joueurs après le plus gros Jour 1A depuis des lustres aussi. Alors que l'ultime journée de départ se jouera dans la nuit de lundi à mardi, la barre des 7000 joueurs pourrait bien être effacée pour la première fois depuis la victoire de Jonathan Duhamel en 2010 (7319 joueurs, ndlr). Reste à savoir si l'affluence est à la hausse ou si les joueurs se sont mieux réparties que d'habitude lorsque les suiveurs assistent à un Jour 1C massif ?

Malgré une structure ultra-profonde, près de 500 joueurs ont déjà sauté et un plan à trois préflop aurait pu faire augmenter le nombre des victimes. Deux joueurs avaient {a-}{a-} et le troisième larron {k-}{k-}. Malgré une quinte déjà insuffisante au tournant, les barbus ont fini par un improbable split sur un tableau {10-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} !

Les Affluence du Jour 1B pour les 5 dernières années

AnnéeEntrées Jour 1bAffluence Totale
20172,164?
20161,7336,737
20151,7166,420
20142,1446,683
20131,9426,352
20122,1146,598

Justin Bonomo, Ben Yu, Dan O'Brien, Jesse Sylvia, Sarah Herzali et Greg Merson ont eu moins de chance et ont rendu les armes alors qu'Albert Daher, Andy Frankenberger, Terrence Chan, Aymon Hata, Jeff Lisandro, Bryan Devonshire et le récent vainqueur du WSOP PLO High-Roller James Calderaro a lui aussi presque emballé 100 patates.

Michel Abécassis, Guy Pariente, Kevin "Harper" Noblat, François Tosques, Romain Arki, le chanteur Gregoire Boissenot, Gregory Benac, Jimmy Guerrero, Erwann Pecheux et Johan Guilbert ont connu des fortunes diverses mais sont encore dans le tournoi tout comme une vingtaine de tricolores.

Avant de revenir pour le Jour 2, ils pourront se reposer en suivant le Jour 1C en direct sur PokerNews, toute la nuit de lundi à mardi...

Tags: Albert DaherGaelle BaumannGreg Merson

Merson Eliminated

Niveau 5 : 250/500, 75 ante
Greg Merson
Greg Merson

A different player was sitting in the seat that was once occupied by Greg Merson in Amazon Purple, and Zal Irani was kind enough to share the details of how the 2012 WSOP Main Event Champion met his end.

From the sound of things, Merson held {a-}{a-} and three-bet after someone opened, with a third player cold-calling and three players seeing a {10-}{4-}{2-} rainbow flop. Merson bet and got action from the cold-caller. Both players checked a {3-} turn, and Merson got it all in on a {2-} river, losing to tens full.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
Main Event Champion
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Eliminé

Tags: Greg Merson

Day 1b Registration Closes

Niveau 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Day 1b of the 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event attracted 2,164 runners, the biggest number in recent years, surpassing the 2,114 on Day 1b in 2012. That comes following a Day 1a that was also the biggest one in recent memory. It will be interesting to see how Day 1c is affected. Is this a trend that will hold through all flights and result in the biggest Main Event in recent memory, or has the player count merely flattened out a bit and been redistributed to other days from the traditionally massive Day 1c?

Stay tuned tomorrow to find out. In the meantime, here's a look at how Day 1b this year compares to the fields in the past five years.

YearDay 1b EntriesTotal Entries
20172,164?
20161,7336,737
20151,7166,420
20142,1446,683
20131,9426,352
20122,1146,598

Schindler Shoves the Turn

Niveau 3 : 150/300, 25 ante
Jake Schindler
Jake Schindler

In a hand that could be seen on the live stream, Jake Schindler three-bet in the big blind with {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} against a button open. His opponent called.

Schindler checked the {4-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop, and his opponent checked back. The turn was the {j-Spades}, and Schindler checked again. His opponent bet 2,200 into a pot of almost 11,000, and Schindler tanked for a few minutes, studying his foe before moving all in. It was about 20,000, and the player on the button dumped his {a-}{10-} after thinking briefly.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Jake Schindler us
Jake Schindler
WSOP 1X Winner
31,725 -4,675

Tags: Jake Schindler

Nasty Outburst Causes Awkward Silence in Brasilia

Niveau 2 : 150/300, 0 ante
Tony Bracy (Seat 5) & Lazaro Hernandez (Seat 7)
Tony Bracy (Seat 5) & Lazaro Hernandez (Seat 7)

The usual sounds of chip shuffling and conversation came to an abrupt halt moments ago in the Brasilia room.

A verbal spat between Tony Bracy and Lazaro Hernandez erupted into a screaming match that took a turn for the worst when racial slurs were hurled towards Bracy.

According to the table, Hernandez was on the button during a four-way hand in progress and texting on his phone. It had happened several times and Bracy asked the dealer to take control of the table. That sparked Hernandez to leap out of his chair and proceed to berate Bracy.

Bracy wasn't exactly innocent in the fight, defending himself with some insults of his own directed towards Hernandez, but not nearly as harsh.

The floor and security immediately intervened and both players were escorted from the table.

Bracy received a one-round penalty and Hernandez has been issued a three-round penalty. Hernandez has also been given a disqualification notice if he makes any more comments at the table.

We originally had incorrectly identified the person involved in this hand as being John Esposito. We sincerely apologize for this mistake and want to emphasize that bracelet winner Esposito was in no way involved in the above-described scene.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Lazaro Hernandez us
Lazaro Hernandez
43,000 43,000
Tony Bracy us
Tony Bracy
42,000 42,000

Tags: Lazaro HernandezTony Bracy

Baumann One-Outs, Eliminates Selbst

Niveau 1 : 75/150, 0 ante
Gaelle Baumann
Gaelle Baumann

In a hand that occurred on the stream, Vanessa Selbst raised to 400 with {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} and got action from Gaelle Baumann on the button ({7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}) and Noah Schwartz in the big blind ({j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}).

The flop came {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and Selbst bet 700. Baumann called and Schwartz folded. On the {7-Spades} turn, Selbst checked. Baumann bet 1,700 and Selbst made it 5,800. Baumann called. On the {4-Diamonds} river, Selbst overbet the pot slightly with 16,200. Baumann moved all in for Selbst's last 20,000 or so.

"Are you serious right now?" Selbst asked nobody in particular. "Oh my God.

"This might be a quick Main Event for me. I don't know if I'm good enough to fold this. I guess you could have ace-seven of hearts so I have to call."

Baumann showed the quads to eliminate Selbst.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
Winamax
94,300 40,700
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
Eliminé

Tags: Gaelle BaumannVanessa Selbst

Nanji Finds Huge Triple With Quads

Niveau 1 : 75/150, 0 ante
Fatima Nanji
Fatima Nanji

A lot of commotion was coming from one of the tables in Amazon Purple, so we rushed over.

"Oh my god! Oh my god!" Fatima Nanji exclaimed, excited about what had just happened.

"Is this your first time playing poker?" one player with sunglasses on asked sarcastically.

Nanji ignored the comment, took a photo of the board, and started texting with still a huge smile on her face.

French poker pro Francois Tosques was kind enough to fill us in on the details of the hand.

Nanji opened the action with a raise to 400 from late position and the player on the button called. The small blind called as well and so did Tosques in the big blind. Both blinds checked on {8-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and Nanji continuation bet 800. The button and small blind called. Tosques folded.

The {4-Hearts} hit the turn and would prove an action card. The small blind checked again and Nanji bet 2,200. The button raised to 4,400 and the small blind check-three-bet to 9,600. Nanji called and saw the button push all in for about 42,000. The small blind called all in for about 51,000 and action was on Nanji. She tanked for about five minutes, according to Tosques, before she called all in for about 40,000.

Nanji: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Button: {7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Small blind: {7-Spades}{6-Spades}

Nanji needed the board to pair and it did just that: {10-Diamonds} on the river! That gave a triple-up to Nanji, and the button and small blind were both decimated.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Fatima Nanji ca
Fatima Nanji
125,000 75,000

Tags: Fatima NanjiFrancois Tosques

One to Watch: Charlie Carrel

Niveau 1 : 75/150, 0 ante
Charlie Carrel, pictured in an earlier event.
Charlie Carrel, pictured in an earlier event.

Known for often eye-catching attire, aggressive style of play, and a talkative presence at the table, young British pro Charlie Carrel has taken a seat in Amazon Purple.

Over the past couple of years, Carrel has been one of the brightest young stars to emerge on to the poker scene. After cutting his teeth online crushing as "Epiphany77", Carrel switched much of his focus to live poker, where he started dominating almost immediately.

Carrel had his first six-figure score in late 2014, then won EPT Grand Final €25K High Roller for over $1.2 million in 2015. He got another $1 million-plus from a second place finish in a $100K Super High Roller this January and has already piled up 12 six-figure cashes in addition to those two monster scores.

And this is all before he has even hit 24 years of age. We'll keep an eye on Carrel throughout the day to see if he can make the kind of impact on the WSOP Main Event that so many young guns have before him.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
50,000 50,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel

Day 1b Gets Underway at 11 a.m.

Yesterday, the second Saturday in July, the World Series of Poker Main Event got underway. A massive 795 player ponied up the $10,000 buy-in to compete in the premier poker tournament of the year, the biggest Day 1a in recent years. Just 576 of them survived, and they're coming back on Tuesday for Day 2ab.

A trio of former champions competed yesterday. Defending champion Qui Nguyen (96,700) and 2014 victor Martin Jacobson (36,800) bagged chips while 2007 first-place finisher Jerry Yang wasn't so lucky and hit the rail near the end of the day.

Today, the second of three starting days is scheduled. At 11 a.m., players from around the world head to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for a shot at the most coveted title in poker.

Structure

Players start with 50,000 in chips. Levels are 120 minutes long throughout. After every level, players have a 20-minute break. The dinner break, 90 minutes long, takes place after Level 3, which should be around 5:40 p.m. Late registration for Day 1b of the 2017 WSOP Main Event is open until the end of the dinner break, so registration closes around 7:10 p.m. If you're too late, there's always tomorrow (Day 1c). Day 1b wraps up around 11:40 p.m.

LevelDurationSmall BlindBig BlindAnte
1120 minutes75150-
 20-minute break   
2120 minutes150300-
 20-minute break   
3120 minutes15030025
 90-minute break   
4120 minutes20040050
 20-minute break   
5120 minutes25050075

Players to survive today return to the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino Tuesday, July 11, 2017, to play another five levels.

Today's action starts at 11 a.m. PokerNews will be here the entire day with live updates from around the convention center of the Rio. Besides live updates, you can follow along via ESPN2 and PokerGo.

Start timeEnd timeWhere to watch
11 a.m.3 p.m.ESPN2
3 p.m.6:15 p.m.PokerGo

Action Today

As the Main Event gets the cards in the air again today, a few other events will still be wrapping up. Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em is down to 27 players from a field of 10,015. After a long summer, where starting flights were held over the course of five Fridays, the players are now guaranteed $7,554 with $291,240 set aside for the winner.

Event #70: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship is down to just five with Heidi May from Tasmania with a commanding lead. They're all assured $29,256 richer, but the bracelet and $135,098 is what they're all after.

The last event on the schedule today is Event #72: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Perry Friedman leads with POY heavyweights Chris Ferguson and John Monnette also still in the mix. Seven players remain, and $245,451 is set aside for the one winning the bracelet today. They have $30,817 already locked up.

PokerNews will be following every tournament to its conclusion this weekend.

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A Long Summer

While the Main Event Day 1b is just about to get underway, a plethora of events are already in the books. The 2017 WSOP kicked off May 31 with the $565 Employees Event and $10,000 Tag Team Event. Bryan Hollis took down the first event, and popular poker duo Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree received the second bracelet of the summer. Since then, dozens of events have been played, and PokerNews.com was there for each and every one of them. Millions in prize money has been rewarded, and hundreds of thousands of hands have been dealt. Take a look at all the results up until now:

#EventEntriesWinnerPrize
1$565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em651Bryan Hollis$68,817
2$10,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em Championship102Liv Boeree & Igor Kurganov$273,964
3$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout369Upeshka De Silva$229,923
4$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better905Benjamin Zamani$238,620
5$565 The Colossus III No Limit Hold'em18,054Thomas Pomponio$1,000,000
6$111,111 High Roller for One Drop No Limit Hold'em130Doug Polk$3,686,865
7$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball225Jesse Martin$130,948
8$333 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em2,509Joseph Mitchell$122,314
9$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship154Abe Mosseri$388,795
10$1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em843Nipun Java & Aditya Sushant$150,637
11$1,500 Dealers Choice Six-Handed364David Bach$119,399
12$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,739David Pham$391,960
13$1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw266Frank Kassela$89,151
14$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.736David Singer$203,709
15$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship129Adrián Mateos$336,656
16$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed1,748Anthony Marquez$393,273
17$10,000 Dealers Choice Six-Handed Championship102John Racener$273,962
18$565 Pot Limit Omaha3,186Tyler Smith$224,344
19$365 The Giant No Limit Hold'em10,015 $291,240
20$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker7,761Pablo Mariz$1,221,407
21$1,500 Eight-Game Mix Six-Handed472Ron Ware$145,577
22$10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship92John Monnette$256,610
23$2,620 The Marathon No Limit Hold'em1,759Joseph Di Rosa Rojas$690,469
24$1,500 Limit Hold'em616Shane Buchwald$177,985
25$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha1,058Tyler Groth$179,126
26$10,000 Razz Championship97James Obst$265,138
27$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed959Chris Moorman$498,682
28$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw326Brian Brubaker$109,967
29$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,086Gaurav Raina$456,822
30$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship150David Bach$383,208
31$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship5,389Frank Maggio$617,303
32$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix688Vladimir Shchemelev$194,323
33$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,698Christopher Frank$384,833
34$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship80Ben Yu$232,738
35$1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em1,720James Moore$259,230
36$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed574Nadar Kakhmazov$580,338
37$1,000 No Limit Hold'em2,020Thomas Reynolds$292,880
38$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship120Joe McKeehen$311,817
39$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty1,868Rifat Palevic$183,903
40$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better595Ernest Bohn$173,228
41$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha870Loren Klein$231,483
42$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Championship332Dmitry Yurasov$775,923
43$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout1,025Ben Maya$257,764
44$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.399Matthew Schreiber$256,226
45$5,000 No Limit Hold'em505Christopher Brammer$527,555
46$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better830Nathan Gamble$223,339
47$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack6,716Brian Yoon$1,094,349
48$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship125Christopher Vitch$320,103
49$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six-Handed630Luis Calvo$362,185
50$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Bounty1,927Chris Bolek$266,646
51$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship207Bryce Yockey$511,147
52$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,580Mohsin Charania$364,438
53$3,000 Limit Hold'em Six-Handed256Max Silver$172,645
54$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Eight-Handed Championship428Tommy Le$938,732
55$1,500 Seven Card Stud298Tom Koral$96,907
56$5,000 No Limit Hold'em623Norberto Korn$618,285
57$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix405Smith Sirisakorn$215,902
58$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,763Artur Rudziankov$395,918
59$2,500 Big Bet Mix197Jens Lakemeier$112,232
60$888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed8,120Alexandru Papazian$888,888
61$3,333 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em High Roller424Thomas Cannuli$322,815
62$50,000 Poker Players Championship100Elior Sion$1,395,767
63$1,000 No Limit Hold'em1,750Rulah Divine$262,501
64$1,500 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha Eight-Handed Mix1,058Sebastian Langrock$268,555
65$1,000 No Limit Hold'em1,413Shai Zurr$223,241
66$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,956 $428,423
67$25,000 Pot Limit Omaha Eight-Handed High Roller205James Calderaro$1,289,074
68$3,000 No Limit Hold'em1,349Harrison Gimbel$645,922
69$1,500 Razz419Jason Gola$132,957
70$10,000/$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship718 $135,098
71$1,000 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em Championship1,312"Javatinii"$237,688
72$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship88 $245,451
73$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event   
74$1,000 The Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em   
Chips

World Series of Poker History

The Main Event began as an idea hatched in Texas gambler Benny Binion’s mind to promote his casino. In 1970, a small group of Texas rounders gathered at Binion’s for 10 days playing for high stakes in games like five-card draw, 2-7 lowball, seven-card stud, razz, and no-limit hold’em. Players voted on the winner at the end — Texan and future Poker Hall of Fame member Johnny Moss. By 1972, no-limit hold’em became the premier game and the $10,000 buy-in tournament that players now know as the Main Event was introduced.

In the intervening 47 years, the event has grown to mammoth proportions with numerous preliminary events. The championship bracelet was introduced by Binion in 1976 and has become the ultimate trophy in poker. Owning one has become the litmus test for poker greatness. The series has even expanded beyond Las Vegas with numerous circuit and bracelet events around the country and the world.

Binion surely couldn’t have imagined the scope that the game would become since his showcase began in 1970. In 2016, the WSOP drew 107,833 total entrants in 69 total events — the most in its history. The 2016 series awarded $221 million in prize money too, and the events brought in players from 107 countries — a sign of the international growth the game has undergone, fueled by the growth of internet poker and its popularity on television.

The venue has changed and numerous games and tournaments added, but the history remains. In recent years, some of those original games played in 1970 have even been worked back into the WSOP festivities in games like dealer’s choice and some of the mixed-games events. And the foundation of that remains the Main Event.

When players take their seats beginning today in those first starting flights, they are not just attempting to win a poker tournament; they are attempting to become part of the game’s history — a history that traces its roots from the Revolutionary War to Civil War battlefields to 19th Century steamboats floating on the Mississippi River to scorching Las Vegas summers. Win that bracelet and your name becomes synonymous with some of the best in the game. Thousands will try, but only one will raise that shiny gold bracelet in victory.

YearEntriesChampionCountry Winning HandPrize
19707Johnny MossUnited States --
19716Johnny MossUnited States -$30,000
19728Thomas "Amarillo Slim" PrestonUnited States {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}$80,000
197313Walter "Puggy" PearsonUnited States {A-Spades}{7-Spades}$130,000
197416Johnny MossUnited States {3-Hearts}{3-Spades}$160,000
197521Brian "Sailor" RobertsUnited States {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}$210,000
197622Doyle BrunsonUnited States {10-Spades}{2-Spades}$220,000
197734Doyle BrunsonUnited States {10-Spades}{2-Hearts}$340,000
197842Bobby BaldwinUnited States {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}$210,000
197954Hal FowlerUnited States {7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}$270,000
198073Stu UngarUnited States {5-Spades}{4-Spades}$385,000
198175Stu UngarUnited States {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}$375,000
1982104Jack StrausUnited States {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}$520,000
1983108Tom McEvoyUnited States {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}$540,000
1984132Jack KellerUnited States {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}$660,000
1985140Bill SmithUnited States {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}$700,000
1986141Berry JohnstonUnited States {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}$570,000
1987152Johnny ChanUnited States(born in China){A-Spades}{9-Clubs}$625,000
1988167Johnny ChanUnited States(born in China){J-Clubs}{9-Clubs}$700,000
1989178Phil HellmuthUnited States {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}$755,000
1990194Mansour MatloubiIran {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}$895,000
1991215Brad DaughertyUnited States {K-Spades}{J-Spades}$1,000,000
1992201Hamid DastmalchiIran {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}$1,000,000
1993220Jim BechtelUnited States {J-Spades}{6-Spades}$1,000,000
1994268Russ HamiltonUnited States {K-Spades}{8-Hearts}$1,000,000
1995273Dan HarringtonUnited States {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}$1,000,000
1996295Huck SeedUnited States {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}$1,000,000
1997312Stu UngarUnited States {A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}$1,000,000
1998350Scotty NguyenUnited States(born in Vietnam){J-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}$1,000,000
1999393Noel FurlongIreland {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}$1,000,000
2000512Chris FergusonUnited States {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}$1,500,000
2001613Carlos MortensenSpain(born in Ecuador){K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}$1,500,000
2002631Robert VarkonyiUnited States {Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}$2,000,000
2003839Chris MoneymakerUnited States {5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}$2,500,000
20042,576Greg RaymerUnited States {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}$5,000,000
20055,619Joe HachemAustralia {7-Clubs}{3-Spades}$7,500,000
20068,773Jamie GoldUnited States {Q-Spades}{9-Clubs}$12,000,000
20076,358Jerry YangUnited States(born in Laos){8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}$8,250,000
20086,844Peter EastgateDenmark {A-Diamonds}{5-Spades}$9,152,416
20096,494Joe CadaUnited States {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}$8,547,042
20107,319Jonathan DuhamelCanada {A-Spades}{J-Hearts}$8,944,310
20116,865Pius HeinzGermany {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}$8,715,638
20126,598Greg MersonUnited States {K-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}$8,531,853
20136,352Ryan RiessUnited States {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}$8,361,570
20146,683Martin JacobsonSweden {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}$10,000,000
20156,420Joe McKeehenUnited States {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}$7,683,346
20166,737Qui NguyenUnited States(born in Vietnam){K-Clubs}{10-Clubs}$8,005,310
2017 WSOP Main Event Bracelet