Joe Cada won the WSOP Main Event in 2009.
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, 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
💰 theR$10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner of the WSOP Main
Event receives a World Series of Poker💰 bracelet, millions of dollars (with the exact
amount based on the number of entrants), and the right to be considered💰 the year's
World Champion of Poker.[2] From 2008 to 2024, the nine players who made it to the
final table💰 of the Main Event were called the November Nine, a reference to the fact
that the final table was completed💰 in November, months after the Main Event's
preliminary rounds were completed.
Until 2005, the WSOP was held at Binion's Horseshoe.
In💰 2005, the event moved to the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino.[3] The 2005 Main Event
was not played completely💰 at the Rio. The final three tables, which comprised the final
27 players, played the conclusion of the event at💰 Binion's Horseshoe. All the Main
Events that followed the 2005 event were played completely at the Rio through 2024, as
💰 well as in 2024. Consequently, this made Joe Hachem the final player to win the Main
Event at the original💰 home of the World Series of Poker.
Milestones [ edit ]
Johnny
Moss was the first person to win the WSOP. Since💰 then only Moss and Stu Ungar have won
the Main Event three times; Ungar is the only one to have💰 won three times in the
freeze-out format. Moss, Ungar, Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan are the only people who
have💰 won the Main Event two years in a row. Johnny Chan's second victory in 1988 was
featured on the 1998💰 film Rounders.[4] Peter Eastgate was the youngest person to win
the Main Event when he won it in 2008, at💰 22 years of age.[5] He held that record for
one year, when 21-year-old Joe Cada became the youngest Main Event💰 champion.
World
Series of Poker Main Event [ edit ]
The 2007 Main Event WSOP Bracelet
Elected to the
Poker Hall of Fame.💰 † Denotes player who is deceased. Hand The two hole cards the
winner held on the final hand. Prize (US$)💰 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.
Worlds Series of Poker Europe Main Event [ edit
]
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.[76] 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.[76] The 2011 WSOP Europe main event💰 was an 8-handed event.[77]
Image Year
Winner Nickname Hand Prize Entrants[7] Total tournament
earnings WSOP bracelets Ref.
2007 [g] Annette_15[78] 7 ♥💰 7 ♠ £ 1,000,000 362R$ 2,086,437 1 [79] 2008[h]
JJ
or
Luckbox K ♠ 6 ♣ £ 868,800 362R$ 4,825,816 5 [81]💰 2009 — 10 ♠ 10 ♣ £ 801,603 334 —
2 — 2010 — 10 ♦ 10 ♥ £ 830,401💰 346 — 1 2011 smokrockflock A ♦ 10 ♠ € 1,400,000 593 — 1
2012 [i] The Poker Brat A💰 ♥ 10 ♦ € 1,022,376 420R$ 14,026,167 17 [82] 2013 Amadi_017 A
♠ K ♣ £ 1,000,000 375R$ 5,010,189 1💰 [84] — 2024 ImaLuckSac A ♦ 4 ♦ £ 883,000 313R$
5,456,298 2 [85] 2024 Iquinze Q ♥ 5 ♦💰 € 1,115,207 529R$ 1,295,566 1 — 2024 Swaggersorus
Q ♥ 9 ♣ € 1,122,239 534R$ 3,393,632 1 2024 mexican222 A💰 ♠ K ♠ € 1,133,678 541R$
1,469,612 1
World Series of Poker Asia Pacific Main Event [ edit ]
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.[86]
Image Year
Winner Nickname Hand Prize (A$) Entrants Total tournament
earnings (US$)💰 WSOP bracelets
Ref. 2013 Kid Poker[87] 2 ♠ 2 ♥ 1,038,825 405[88] 16,346,486 6 [88][89] 2014 Scott
Davies Big Papi💰 6 ♦ 6 ♠ 850,136 329 1,653,593 1 [90]
World Series of Poker Online Main
Event [ edit ]
Due to the💰 COVID-19 pandemic, in 2024 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 Ref. 2024[j] — 7 ♦ 6 ♥ 3,904,686 5,802
3,935,954 1 [92] 2024 Aleksei💰 Vandyshev
Notes [ edit ]
^ [8] 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. ^ [17] Doyle Brunson
obtained the nickname of Texas Dolly when Jimmy The💰 Greek mispronounced his name. ^ The
Biggest Game in Town implies this occurred on the first day of the tournament.[24]💰 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💰 bookimplies this
occurred on the first day of the tournament. ^ [52] Chris Moneymaker won the entry into
the WSOP💰 Main Event via aR$39 online satellite. a b c [55] 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. ^
[5] Joe Cada is the youngest person to have won the WSOP Main Event. ^ [78] 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] Hellmuth also holds the records for most WSOP cashes
(100) and most💰 WSOP final tables (53).[83] 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.Hellmuth also💰 holds
the records for most WSOP cashes (100) and most WSOP final tables (53). ^ [91] The
Unlawful Internet Gambling💰 Enforcement Act of 2006 curtailed online gambling in the
United States.
