List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions
The following is the list of World Series of Poker Main Event champions. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, Best, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world".[1] It is held annually since 1970 in Las Vegas. Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner of the WSOP Main Event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet, millions of dollars (with the exact amount based on the number of entrants), and the right to be considered the year's World Champion of Poker.[2] From 2008 to 2016, the nine players who made it to the final table of the Main Event were called the November Nine, a reference to the fact that the final table was completed in November, months after the Main Event's preliminary rounds were completed.
Until 2005, the WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe. In 2005, the event moved to the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino.[3] The 2005 Main Event was not played completely at the Rio. The final three tables, which comprised the final 27 players, played the conclusion of the event at Binion's Horseshoe. All the Main Events that followed the 2005 event were played completely at the Rio through 2019, as well as in 2021. Consequently, this made Joe Hachem the final player to win the Main Event at the original home of the World Series of Poker.
Milestones
Johnny Moss was the first person to win the WSOP. Since then only Moss and Stu Ungar have won the Main Event three times; Ungar is the only one to have won three times in the freeze-out format. Moss, Ungar, Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan are the only people who have won the Main Event two years in a row. Johnny Chan's second victory in 1988 was featured on the 1998 film Rounders.[4] Peter Eastgate was the youngest person to win the Main Event when he won it in 2008, at 22 years of age.[5] He held that record for one year, when 21-year-old Joe Cada became the youngest Main Event champion.
World Series of Poker Main Event
| Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. | |
| † | Denotes player who is deceased. |
| Hand | The two hole cards the winner held on the final hand. |
| Prize (US$) | WSOP Main Event prize money. |
| Entrants | The number of players in that year's Main Event. |
| Winnings | Lifetime winnings in WSOP and WSOP Circuit events as of April 15, 2013. |
| Bracelets | WSOP victories are counted in terms of bracelets, as of April 15, 2013. |
| Image | Year | Winner | Nickname | Hand [6] | Prize (US$) | Entrants[7] | Total tournament earnings (US$) | WSOP bracelets | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1970[a] | Johnny Moss† | The Grand Old Man of Poker[9] | — | — | 7 | 824,922 | 9 | N/A | [10] |
| | 1971 | Johnny Moss† | The Grand Old Man of Poker | 30,000 | 6 | 824,922 | 9 | Jack Straus† | [10] | |
 | 1972 | Thomas Preston† | Amarillo Slim[11] | 80,000 | 8 | 436,055 | 4 | Walter Pearson† | [12] | |
 | 1973 | Walter Pearson† | Puggy[13] | 130,000 | 13 | 245,740 | 4 | Johnny Moss† | [14] | |
| | 1974 | Johnny Moss† | The Grand Old Man of Poker | 160,000 | 16 | 824,922 | 9 | Crandell Addington† | [10] | |
 | 1975 | Brian Roberts† | Sailor[15] | 210,000 | 21 | 266,650 | 2 | Bob Hooks | [16] | |
 | 1976 | Doyle Brunson† | Texas Dolly[b] | 220,000 | 22 | 2,808,945 | 10 | Jesse Alto† | [18] | |
| | 1977 | Doyle Brunson† | Texas Dolly | 340,000 | 34 | 2,808,945 | 10 | Gary Berland† | [18] | |
 | 1978 | Bobby Baldwin | The Owl[19] | 210,000 | 42 | 604,900 | 4 | Crandell Addington† | [20] | |
 | 1979 | Hal Fowler† | — | 270,000 | 54 | 270,000 | 1 | Bobby Hoff† | [21] | |
| 1980 | Stu Ungar† | Stuey or The Kid[22] | 365,000 | 73 | 2,078,838 | 5 | Doyle Brunson† | [23] | ||
| 1981 | Stu Ungar† | Stuey or The Kid | 375,000 | 75 | 2,078,838 | 5 | Perry Green | [23] | ||
 | 1982 | Jack Straus[c]† | Treetop[25] | 520,000 | 104 | 555,000 | 2 | Dewey Tomko | [26] | |
 | 1983 | Tom McEvoy | Grand Rapids Tom | 540,000 | 108 | 1,291,031 | 4 | Rod Peate | [27] | |
| — | 1984 | Jack Keller† | Gentleman[28] | 660,000 | 132 | 2,048,763 | 3 | Byron Wolford† | [28] | |
| — | 1985 | Bill Smith† | — | 700,000 | 140 | 788,000 | 1 | T.J. Cloutier | [29] | |
 | 1986 | Berry Johnston | — | 570,000 | 141 | 2,265,523 | 5 | Mike Harthcock | [30] | |
 | 1987 | Johnny Chan | Orient Express[31] | 625,000 | 152 | 4,397,749 | 10 | Frank Henderson | [32] | |
| | 1988 | Johnny Chan | Orient Express | 700,000 | 167 | 4,397,749 | 10 | Erik Seidel | [32] | |
 | 1989 | Phil Hellmuth | The Poker Brat[33] | 755,000 | 178 | 14,612,213 | 17 | Johnny Chan | [34] | |
| — | 1990 | Mansour Matloubi | — | 835,000 | 194 | 6,019,630 | 1 | Hans Lund† | [35] | |
 | 1991 | Brad Daugherty | — | 1,000,000 | 215 | 1,165,170 | 1 | Don Holt | [36] | |
 | 1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi | — | 1,000,000 | 201 | 1,642,463 | 3 | Tom Jacobs | [37] | |
 | 1993 | Jim Bechtel | — | 1,000,000 | 231 | 1,944,623 | 2 | Glenn Cozen | [38][39] | |
 | 1994 | Russ Hamilton | — | 1,000,000 | 268 | 1,261,940 | 1 | Hugh Vincent | [40] | |
 | 1995 | Dan Harrington | Action Dan[41] | 1,000,000 | 273 | 3,491,513 | 2 | Howard Goldfarb | [42] | |
 | 1996 | Huck Seed | — | 1,000,000 | 295 | 2,426,842 | 4 | Bruce Van Horn | [43] | |
| 1997 | Stu Ungar† | Stuey or The Kid | 1,000,000 | 312 | 2,078,838 | 5 | John Strzemp | [44] | ||
 | 1998 | Scotty Nguyen | The Train or The Prince of Poker[45] | 1,000,000 | 350 | 5,895,732 | 5 | Kevin McBride | [46] | |
 | 1999 | Noel Furlong† | — | 1,000,000 | 393 | 1,070,785 | 1 | Alan Goehring | [47] | |
 | 2000 | Chris Ferguson | Jesus[48] | 1,500,000 | 512 | 5,033,593 | 6 | T.J. Cloutier | [48] | |
 | 2001 | Carlos Mortensen | El Matador[49] | 1,500,000 | 613 | 3,168,216 | 2 | Dewey Tomko | [50] | |
 | 2002 | Robert Varkonyi | — | 2,000,000 | 631 | 2,110,212 | 1 | Julian Gardner | [51] | |
 | 2003 | Chris Moneymaker[d] | — | 2,500,000 | 839 | 2,532,041 | 1 | Sam Farha | [53] | |
 | 2004 | Greg Raymer | Fossilman | 5,000,000 | 2,576 | 6,669,417 | 1 | David Williams | [54] | |
 | 2005 | Joe Hachem[e] | — | 7,500,000 | 5,619 | 8,261,859 | 1 | Steve Dannenmann | [56] | |
 | 2006 | Jamie Gold[e] | — | 12,000,000 | 8,773 | 12,067,292 | 1 | Paul Wasicka | [57] | |
 | 2007 | Jerry Yang | The Shadow[58] | 8,250,000 | 6,358 | 8,280,913 | 1 | Tuan Lam | [59] | |
 | 2008 | Peter Eastgate[e] | Isser[5] | 9,152,416 | 6,844 | 9,430,506 | 1 | Ivan Demidov | [60] | |
 | 2009 | Joe Cada[f] | — | 8,547,044 | 6,494 | 10,339,448 | 4 | Darvin Moon† | [61] | |
 | 2010 | Jonathan Duhamel | — | 8,944,310 | 7,319 | 14,612,213 | 3 | John Racener | [62] | |
 | 2011 | Pius Heinz | MastaP89 | 8,715,638 | 6,865 | 8,821,056 | 1 | Martin Staszko | [63] | |
 | 2012 | Greg Merson | — | 8,531,853 | 6,598 | 10,174,029 | 2 | Jesse Sylvia | [64] | |
 | 2013 | Ryan Riess | Riess the Beast | 8,361,570 | 6,352 | 8,920,672 | 1 | Jay Farber | [65] | |
 | 2014 | Martin Jacobson | NosbocajM | 10,000,000 | 6,683 | 12,102,232 | 1 | Felix Stephensen | [66] | |
 | 2015 | Joe McKeehen | — | 7,683,346 | 6,420 | 10,480,861 | 3 | Joshua Beckley | [67] | |
 | 2016 | Qui Nguyen | Tommy Gun | 8,005,310 | 6,737 | 8,022,287 | 1 | Gordon Vayo | [68] | |
 | 2017 | Scott Blumstein | — | 8,150,000 | 7,221 | 8,155,227 | 1 | Dan Ott | [69] | |
 | 2018 | John Cynn | — | 8,800,000 | 7,874 | 9,513,071 | 1 | Tony Miles | [70] | |
| — | 2019 | Hossein Ensan | — | 10,000,000 | 8,569 | 10,233,973 | 1 | Dario Sammartino | [71] | |
 | 2020 | Damian Salas | — | 2,550,969 | 1,379 | 5,553,433 | 1 | Brunno Botteon | [72] | |
 | 2021 | Koray Aldemir | — | 8,000,000 | 6,650 | 20,334,110 | 1 | George Holmes | [73] | |
| — | 2022 | Espen Jørstad | — | 10,000,000 | 8,663 | 10,271,872 | 2 | Adrian Attenborough | [74] | |
 | 2023 | Daniel Weinman | — | 12,100,000 | 10,043 | 11,478,432 | 2 | Steven Jones | [75] | |
| — | 2024 | Jonathan Tamayo | The Wizard | 10,000,000 | 10,112 | 14,255,111 | 2 | Jordan Griff | [76] | |
| — | 2025 | Michael Mizrachi | The Grinder | 10,000,000 | 9,735 | 29,013,562 | 8 | John Wasnock | [77] |
World Series of Poker Europe Main Event
The World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) is the first expansion effort of World Series of Poker-branded poker tournaments outside the United States. Since 1970, the bracelet events have occurred every year in Las Vegas. The inaugural WSOPE, held in 2007, marked the first time that a WSOP bracelet was awarded outside Las Vegas.[78] The 2007 Main Event, a GBP 10,000 buy-in no-limit hold 'em tournament, was won by Norwegian player Annette Obrestad on the day before her 19th birthday. This made her the youngest person to win a WSOP bracelet, a record that cannot be broken in the Las Vegas WSOP under current laws because the minimum legal age for casino gaming in Nevada is 21. Obrestad could play in the WSOPE because the minimum age for casino gaming in the United Kingdom is 18. The World Series of Poker Europe has a unique identity from the Las Vegas WSOP, but according to Harrah's will remain true to the traditions and heritage.[78] The 2011 WSOP Europe main event was an 8-handed event.[79]
| Image | Year | Winner | Nickname | Hand | Prize | Entrants[7] | Total tournament earnings | WSOP bracelets | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2007 | Annette Obrestad[g] | Annette_15[80] | £1,000,000 | 362 | $2,086,437 | 1 | John Tabatabai | [81] | |
 | 2008[h] | John Juanda | JJ or Luckbox | £868,800 | 362 | $4,825,816 | 5 | Stanislav Alekhin | [83] | |
 | 2009 | Barry Shulman | — | £801,603 | 334 | — | 2 | Daniel Negreanu | ||
| — | 2010 | James Bord | — | £830,401 | 346 | — | 1 | Fabrizio Baldassari | ||
 | 2011 | Elio Fox | smokrockflock | €1,400,000 | 593 | — | 1 | Chris Moorman | ||
| | 2012 | Phil Hellmuth[i] | The Poker Brat | €1,022,376 | 420 | $14,026,167 | 17 | Sergii Baranov | [84] | |
 | 2013 | Adrián Mateos | Amadi_017 | £1,000,000 | 375 | $5,010,189 | 1 | Fabrice Soulier | [86] | |
| — | 2015 | Kevin MacPhee | ImaLuckSac | £883,000 | 313 | $5,456,298 | 2 | David Lopez | [87] | |
 | 2017 | Marti Roca de Torres | Iquinze | €1,115,207 | 529 | $1,295,566 | 1 | Gianluca Speranza | ||
| — | 2018 | Jack Sinclair | Swaggersorus | €1,122,239 | 534 | $3,393,632 | 1 | Laszlo Bujtas | ||
 | 2019 | Alexandros Kolonias | mexican222 | €1,133,678 | 541 | $1,469,612 | 1 | Claas Segebrecht | ||
| — | 2021 | Josef Gulas Jr | €1,276,712 | 688 | Johan Guilbert | |||||
| — | 2022 | Omar Eljach | €1,380,128 | 763 | Jonathan Pastore | |||||
| — | 2023 | Max Neugebauer | €1,500,000 | 817 | Eric Tsai | |||||
| — | 2024 | Simone Andrian | €1,300,000 | 768 | Urmo Velvelt |
World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event
The World Series of Poker Asia Pacific (WSOP APAC) is the most recent expansion of World Series of Poker-branded tournaments outside the United States. On April 30, 2012, WSOP owner Caesars Entertainment and Australian casino Crown Melbourne announced that the first WSOP APAC would be launched with five bracelet events in April 2013.[88]
| Image | Year | Winner | Nickname | Hand | Prize (A$) | Entrants | Total tournament earnings (US$) | WSOP bracelets | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2013 | Daniel Negreanu | Kid Poker[89] | 1,038,825 | 405[90] | 16,346,486 | 6 | Daniel Marton | [90][91] | |
 | 2014 | Scott Davies | Big Papi | 850,136 | 329 | 1,653,593 | 1 | Jack Salter | [92] |
World Series of Poker Online Main Event
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 the World Series of Poker held an online poker series.
| Image | Year | Winner | Nickname | Hand | Prize (US$) | Entrants[7] | Total tournament earnings (US$) | WSOP bracelets | Runner-up | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[j] | Stoyan Madanzhiev | — | 3,904,686 | 5,802 | 3,935,954 | 1 | Wenling Gao | [71] | ||
| 2021 | Aleksei Vandyshev | — | 2,543,073 | 4,092 | Edson Tsutsumi | |||||
| 2022 | Simon Eric Mattsson | — | 2,793,574 | 4,984 | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | |||||
| 2023 | Bert Stevens | Girafganger7 | 2,783,433 | 5,742 | Yagen Li | |||||
| 2024 | Moritz Dietrich | 4,021,012 | 6,146 | Evgenii Akimov |
Players with multiple WSOP Main Event Final Table appearances
This is a list of players who have reached the Final Table at the WSOP Main Event at least twice. Does not include results from WSOP Europe, WSOP Asia Pacific or WSOP Online.
| Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame. |
| Player | Championships | Final Tables | Years/Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Alto | 0 | 8 | 1974 (4th), 1975 (6th), 1976 (2nd), 1978 (5th), 1984 (3rd), 1985 (6th), 1986 (4th), 1988 (9th) |
| Johnny Moss | 3 | 7 | 1970, 1971 (1st), 1972 (6th), 1973 (2nd), 1974 (1st), 1979 (5th), 1980 (4th), 1985 (7th) |
| Doyle Brunson | 2 | 7 | 1971 (3rd), 1972 (3rd), 1976 (1st), 1977 (1st), 1980 (2nd), 1982 (4th), 1983 (3rd) |
| Crandell Addington | 0 | 7 | 1972 (4th), 1973 (9th), 1974 (2nd), 1975 (3rd), 1976 (4th), 1978 (2nd), 1979 (7th) |
| Sailor Roberts | 1 | 6 | 1971 (6th), 1973 (6th), 1974 (3rd), 1975 (1st), 1977 (5th), 1982 (8th) |
| Stu Ungar | 3 | 4 | 1980 (1st), 1981 (1st), 1990 (9th), 1997 (1st) |
| Johnny Chan | 2 | 4 | 1987 (1st), 1988 (1st), 1989 (2nd), 1992 (7th) |
| Dan Harrington | 1 | 4 | 1987 (6th), 1995 (1st), 2003 (3rd), 2004 (4th) |
| Berry Johnston | 1 | 4 | 1982 (3rd), 1985 (3rd), 1986 (1st), 1990 (5th) |
| Jack Straus | 1 | 4 | 1971 (2nd), 1972 (5th), 1973 (3rd),1982 (1st) |
| T.J. Cloutier | 0 | 4 | 1985 (2nd), 1988 (5th), 1998 (3rd), 2000 (2nd) |
| Bob Hooks | 0 | 4 | 1973 (5th), 1974 (6th), 1975 (2nd), 1976 (5th) |
| Hamid Dastmalchi | 1 | 3 | 1985 (5th), 1992 (1st), 1995 (4th) |
| Jack Keller | 1 | 3 | 1984 (1st), 1987 (9th), 1992 (8th) |
| Puggy Pearson | 1 | 3 | 1971 (5th), 1972 (2nd), 1973 (1st) |
| Bill Smith | 1 | 3 | 1981 (5th), 1985 (1st), 1986 (5th) |
| John Bonetti | 0 | 3 | 1990 (8th), 1990 (3rd), 1996 (3rd) |
| Jimmy Casella | 0 | 3 | 1971 (4th), 1972 (8th), 1973 (7th) |
| Al Krux | 0 | 3 | 1990 (6th), 1994 (5th), 2004 (6th) |
| Steve Lott | 0 | 3 | 1986 (7th), 1989 (4th), 1994 (9th) |
| Bobby Baldwin | 1 | 2 | 1978 (1st), 1981 (7th) |
| Jim Bechtel | 1 | 2 | 1988 (6th), 1993 (1st) |
| Joe Cada | 1 | 2 | 2009 (1st), 2018 (5th) |
| Brad Daugherty | 1 | 2 | 1991 (1st), 1993 (9th) |
| Noel Furlong | 1 | 2 | 1989 (6th), 1999 (1st) |
| Phil Hellmuth | 1 | 2 | 1989 (1st), 2001 (5th) |
| Mansour Matloubi | 1 | 2 | 1990 (1st), 1993 (4th) |
| Michael Mizrachi | 1 | 2 | 2010 (5th), 2025 (1st) |
| Damian Salas | 1 | 2 | 2017 (7th), 2020 (1st) |
| Huck Seed | 1 | 2 | 1996 (1st), 1999 (6th) |
| Mickey Appleman | 0 | 2 | 1987 (8th), 2000 (9th) |
| Gary Berland | 0 | 2 | 1977 (2nd), 1986 (3rd) |
| Dave Crunkleton | 0 | 2 | 1990 (3rd), 1992 (5th) |
| Fernando Fisdel | 0 | 2 | 1989 (7th), 1996 (8th) |
| Tom Franklin | 0 | 2 | 1995 (7th), 2000 (8th) |
| Perry Green | 0 | 2 | 1981 (2nd), 1991 (5th) |
| Kenny Hallaert | 0 | 2 | 2016 (6th), 2025 (4th) |
| Jay Heimowitz | 0 | 2 | 1980 (3rd), 1981 (6th) |
| Bobby Hoff | 0 | 2 | 1973 (10th), 1979 (2nd) |
| George Huber | 0 | 2 | 1979 (3rd), 1983 (9th) |
| Tom Jacobs | 0 | 2 | 1986 (9th), 1992 (2nd) |
| Ben Lamb | 0 | 2 | 2011 (3rd), 2017 (9th) |
| Hans Lund | 0 | 2 | 1990 (2nd), 1992 (3rd) |
| Mike Matusow | 0 | 2 | 2001 (6th), 2005 (9th) |
| Sam Moon | 0 | 2 | 1979 (4th), 1981 (9th) |
| Mark Newhouse | 0 | 2 | 2013 (9th), 2014 (9th) |
| Donnacha O'Dea | 0 | 2 | 1983 (6th), 1991 (9th) |
| Rod Peate | 0 | 2 | 1983 (2nd), 1990 (7th) |
| Sam Petrillo | 0 | 2 | 1979 (8th), 1981 (8th) |
| Antoine Saout | 0 | 2 | 2009 (3rd), 2017 (5th) |
| Jeff Shulman | 0 | 2 | 2000 (7th), 2009 (5th) |
| Erik Seidel | 0 | 2 | 1988 (2nd), 1999 (4th) |
| Ken Smith | 0 | 2 | 1978 (6th), 1981 (4th) |
| Dewey Tomko | 0 | 2 | 1982 (2nd), 2001 (2nd) |
| Roger Van Ausdall | 0 | 2 | 1972 (7th), 1973 (8th) |
Notes
- ^ The first World Series of Poker was not a freeze out tournament, but rather a game with a set start and stop time. Benny Binion took a secret ballot that asked the players who the best player was. According to poker lore, everybody said that they were the best player. Binion then asked who the second-best player was, and Johnny Moss won.[8]
- ^ Doyle Brunson obtained the nickname of Texas Dolly when Jimmy The Greek mispronounced his name.[17]
- ^ Jack Straus' 1982 WSOP tournament victory is considered to be one of the greatest comebacks in poker history. At one point, Straus was down to one chip, and he came back to win. This victory is considered the origin of the poker saying, "A chip and a chair." A saying that means that as long as you have a chip and a chair you have a chance. Modern lore indicates that this happened at the final table, but the 1983 book The Biggest Game in Town implies this occurred on the first day of the tournament.[24]
- ^ Chris Moneymaker won the entry into the WSOP Main Event via a $86 online satellite.[52]
- ^ a b c In recent years, the prize pool for the WSOP Main Event has become so large that the winner instantly becomes one of the top money winners in tournament poker. Jamie Gold (2006) is number eight on that list, Joe Hachem (2005) is number ten, and Peter Eastgate (2008) is number eleven.[55]
- ^ Joe Cada is the youngest person to have won the WSOP Main Event.[5]
- ^ Annette Obrestad won the WSOPE at the age of 18 years, 364 days, making her the youngest person to have won a WSOP bracelet. She is also the first woman to have won a Main Event tournament and in 2007 was considered to be one of the best online multi-table tournament players in the world.[80]
- ^ The final table at the 2008 WSOPE Main Event was the longest final table in the WSOP history. It lasted 22 hours (a WSOP record) and 434 hands (a WSOP record).[82]
- ^ At the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event, Hellmuth won his record-breaking 13th bracelet. This also made him the first player ever to win the Main Events at both the WSOP and WSOPE.[84] Hellmuth also holds the records for most WSOP cashes (100) and most WSOP final tables (53).[85]
- ^ The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 curtailed online gambling in the United States.[93]
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