List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions

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Joe Cada won the WSOP Main Event in 2009. JoeCada.jpg
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, 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.

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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

The 2007 Main Event WSOP Bracelet Wsop2007.jpg
The 2007 Main Event WSOP Bracelet
Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame.
Denotes player who is deceased.
HandThe two hole cards the winner held on the final hand.
Prize (US$)WSOP Main Event prize money.
EntrantsThe number of players in that year's Main Event.
WinningsLifetime winnings in WSOP and WSOP Circuit events as of April 15, 2013.
BraceletsWSOP victories are counted in terms of bracelets, as of April 15, 2013.
ImageYearWinnerNicknameHand [6] Prize (US$)Entrants [7] Total tournament
earnings (US$)
WSOP bracelets Runner-upRef.
JMoss.jpg 1970 [a] Johnny Moss The Grand Old Man of Poker [9] 7824,9229N/A [10]
JMoss.jpg 1971 Johnny Moss The Grand Old Man of Poker6 630,0006824,9229 Jack Straus [10]
AmarilloSlim.jpg 1972 Thomas Preston Amarillo Slim [11] K J80,0008436,0554 Walter Pearson [12]
PuggyPearson.jpg 1973 Walter Pearson Puggy [13] A 7130,00013245,7404 Johnny Moss [14]
JMoss.jpg 1974 Johnny Moss The Grand Old Man of Poker3 3160,00016824,9229 Crandell Addington [10]
SailorRoberts.jpg 1975 Brian Roberts Sailor [15] J J210,00021266,6502Bob Hooks [16]
Doyle Brunson.jpg 1976 Doyle Brunson Texas Dolly [b] 10 2220,000222,808,94510 Jesse Alto [18]
Doyle Brunson.jpg 1977 Doyle Brunson Texas Dolly10 2340,000342,808,94510 Gary Berland [18]
Bobby Baldwin 2010.jpg 1978 Bobby Baldwin The Owl [19] Q Q210,00042604,9004 Crandell Addington [20]
HalFowler.jpg 1979 Hal Fowler 7 6270,00054270,0001 Bobby Hoff [21]
1980 Stu Ungar Stuey
or
The Kid [22]
5 4365,000732,078,8385 Doyle Brunson [23]
1981 Stu Ungar Stuey
or
The Kid
A Q375,000752,078,8385 Perry Green [23]
JackStraus.jpg 1982 Jack Straus [c] Treetop [25] A 10520,000104555,0002 Dewey Tomko [26]
Tom McEvoy 2010.jpg 1983 Tom McEvoy Grand Rapids TomQ Q540,0001081,291,0314 Rod Peate [27]
1984 Jack Keller Gentleman [28] 10 10660,0001322,048,7633 Byron Wolford [28]
1985 Bill Smith 3 3700,000140788,0001 T.J. Cloutier [29]
Berry Johnston 2007 cropped.jpg 1986 Berry Johnston A 10570,0001412,265,5235 Mike Harthcock [30]
Johnny Chan.jpg 1987 Johnny Chan Orient Express [31] A 9625,0001524,397,74910 Frank Henderson [32]
Johnny Chan.jpg 1988 Johnny Chan Orient ExpressJ 9700,0001674,397,74910 Erik Seidel [32]
Phil Hellmuth.jpg 1989 Phil Hellmuth The Poker Brat [33] 9 9755,00017814,612,21317 Johnny Chan [34]
1990 Mansour Matloubi 6 6835,0001946,019,6301 Hans Lund [35]
Brad Daugherty.jpg 1991 Brad Daugherty K J1,000,0002151,165,1701 Don Holt [36]
HamidDastmalchi.jpg 1992 Hamid Dastmalchi 8 41,000,0002011,642,4633Tom Jacobs [37]
Jim Bechtel.jpg 1993 Jim Bechtel J 61,000,0002311,944,6232 Glenn Cozen [38] [39]
Russ Hamilton.jpg 1994 Russ Hamilton K 81,000,0002681,261,9401Hugh Vincent [40]
Dan-HarringtonWSOP.jpg 1995 Dan Harrington Action Dan [41] 9 81,000,0002733,491,5132 Howard Goldfarb [42]
Huck seed.jpg 1996 Huck Seed 9 81,000,0002952,426,8424 Bruce Van Horn [43]
1997 Stu Ungar Stuey
or
The Kid
A 41,000,0003122,078,8385 John Strzemp [44]
Scotty Nguyen.jpg 1998 Scotty Nguyen The Train
or
The Prince of Poker [45]
J 91,000,0003505,895,7325Kevin McBride [46]
Noel Furlong.jpg 1999 Noel Furlong 5 51,000,0003931,070,7851 Alan Goehring [47]
Chris Ferguson.jpg 2000 Chris Ferguson Jesus [48] A 91,500,0005125,033,5936 T.J. Cloutier [48]
Carlos Mortensen 2007.jpg 2001 Carlos Mortensen El Matador [49] K Q1,500,0006133,168,2162 Dewey Tomko [50]
Robert Varkonyi.jpg 2002 Robert Varkonyi Q 102,000,0006312,110,2121 Julian Gardner [51]
Chris Moneymaker.jpg 2003 Chris Moneymaker [d] 5 42,500,0008392,532,0411 Sam Farha [53]
Greg Raymer.jpg 2004 Greg Raymer Fossilman8 85,000,0002,5766,669,4171 David Williams [54]
Joe Hachem 2008.jpg 2005 Joe Hachem [e] 7 37,500,0005,6198,261,8591 Steve Dannenmann [56]
Jamie Gold WSOP 2006.jpg 2006 Jamie Gold [e] Q 912,000,0008,77312,067,2921 Paul Wasicka [57]
Jerry Yang 2008.jpg 2007 Jerry Yang The Shadow [58] 8 88,250,0006,3588,280,9131 Tuan Lam [59]
Peter Eastgate.jpg 2008 Peter Eastgate [e] Isser [5] A 59,152,4166,8449,430,5061 Ivan Demidov [60]
Joseph Cada at the WSOP 2009 Main Event.jpg 2009 Joe Cada [f] 9 98,547,0446,49410,339,4484 Darvin Moon [61]
Jonathan Duhamel.jpg 2010 Jonathan Duhamel A J8,944,3107,31914,612,2133 John Racener [62]
Pius Heinz.jpg 2011 Pius Heinz MastaP89A K8,715,6386,8658,821,0561 Martin Staszko [63]
Greg Merson 2015.jpg 2012 Greg Merson K 58,531,8536,59810,174,0292Jesse Sylvia [64]
Ryan Riess 2017.jpg 2013 Ryan Riess Riess the BeastA K8,361,5706,3528,920,6721Jay Farber [65]
Martin Jacobson 2015.jpg 2014 Martin Jacobson NosbocajM10 1010,000,0006,68312,102,2321 Felix Stephensen [66]
Joe McKeehen 2015.jpg 2015 Joe McKeehen A 107,683,3466,42010,480,8613Joshua Beckley [67]
Qui Nguyen 2016.jpg 2016 Qui Nguyen Tommy GunK 108,005,3106,7378,022,2871Gordon Vayo [68]
Scott Blumstein 2017.jpg 2017 Scott Blumstein A 28,150,0007,2218,155,2271Dan Ott [69]
John Cynn 2018.jpg 2018 John Cynn K J8,800,0007,8749,513,0711 Tony Miles [70]
2019 Hossein Ensan K K10,000,0008,56910,233,9731 Dario Sammartino [71]
Damian Salas 2018.jpg 2020 Damian Salas K J2,550,9691,3795,553,4331Brunno Botteon [72]
Koray Aldemir 2017.jpg 2021 Koray Aldemir 10 78,000,0006,65020,334,1101George Holmes [73]
2022 Espen Jørstad Q 210,000,0008,66310,271,8722Adrian Attenborough [74]
Daniel Weinman WPT Tournament of Champions 2017.jpg 2023 Daniel Weinman K J12,100,00010,04311,478,4322 Steven Jones [75]
2024 Jonathan Tamayo The Wizard8 310,000,00010,11214,255,1112Jordan Griff [76]
2025 Michael Mizrachi The Grinder10 310,000,0009,73529,013,5628John 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]

ImageYearWinnerNicknameHandPrizeEntrants [7] Total tournament
earnings
WSOP bracelets Runner-upRef.
Annette Obrestad1 EPT.jpg 2007 Annette Obrestad [g] Annette_15 [80] 7 7£1,000,000362$2,086,4371 John Tabatabai [81]
John Juanda 2008.jpg 2008 [h] John Juanda JJ
or
Luckbox
K 6£868,800362$4,825,8165Stanislav Alekhin [83]
Barry Shulman.jpg 2009 Barry Shulman 10 10£801,6033342 Daniel Negreanu
2010 James Bord 10 10£830,4013461Fabrizio Baldassari
Elio Fox 2019.jpg 2011 Elio Fox smokrockflockA 101,400,0005931 Chris Moorman
Phil Hellmuth.jpg 2012 Phil Hellmuth [i] The Poker BratA 101,022,376420$14,026,16717Sergii Baranov [84]
Adrian Mateos 2019.jpg 2013 Adrián Mateos Amadi_017A K£1,000,000375$5,010,1891 Fabrice Soulier [86]
2015 Kevin MacPhee ImaLuckSacA 4£883,000313$5,456,2982David Lopez [87]
Marti Roca de Torres 2017.jpg 2017 Marti Roca de Torres IquinzeQ 51,115,207529$1,295,5661Gianluca Speranza
2018 Jack Sinclair SwaggersorusQ 91,122,239534$3,393,6321Laszlo Bujtas
Alexandros Kolonias 2019.jpg 2019 Alexandros Kolonias mexican222A K1,133,678541$1,469,6121Claas Segebrecht
2021 Josef Gulas JrA 81,276,712688 Johan Guilbert
2022 Omar EljachQ Q1,380,128763Jonathan Pastore
2023 Max Neugebauer1,500,000817Eric Tsai
2024 Simone Andrian1,300,000768Urmo 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]

ImageYearWinnerNicknameHandPrize (A$)EntrantsTotal tournament
earnings (US$)
WSOP bracelets Runner-upRef.
Daniel Negreanu 2007.jpg 2013 Daniel Negreanu Kid Poker [89] 2 21,038,825405 [90] 16,346,4866Daniel Marton [90] [91]
Scott Davies 2017.jpg 2014 Scott DaviesBig Papi6 6850,1363291,653,5931Jack 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.

ImageYearWinnerNicknameHandPrize (US$)Entrants [7] Total tournament
earnings (US$)
WSOP bracelets Runner-upRef.
2020 [j] Stoyan Madanzhiev7 63,904,6865,8023,935,9541Wenling Gao [71]
2021 Aleksei Vandyshev2,543,0734,092Edson Tsutsumi
2022 Simon Eric Mattsson2,793,5744,984Kannapong Thanarattrakul
2023 Bert StevensGirafganger72,783,4335,742Yagen Li
2024 Moritz Dietrich4,021,0126,146Evgenii 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.
PlayerChampionshipsFinal TablesYears/Finish
Jesse Alto 081974 (4th), 1975 (6th), 1976 (2nd), 1978 (5th), 1984 (3rd), 1985 (6th), 1986 (4th), 1988 (9th)
Johnny Moss 371970, 1971 (1st), 1972 (6th), 1973 (2nd), 1974 (1st), 1979 (5th), 1980 (4th), 1985 (7th)
Doyle Brunson 271971 (3rd), 1972 (3rd), 1976 (1st), 1977 (1st), 1980 (2nd), 1982 (4th), 1983 (3rd)
Crandell Addington 071972 (4th), 1973 (9th), 1974 (2nd), 1975 (3rd), 1976 (4th), 1978 (2nd), 1979 (7th)
Sailor Roberts 161971 (6th), 1973 (6th), 1974 (3rd), 1975 (1st), 1977 (5th), 1982 (8th)
Stu Ungar 341980 (1st), 1981 (1st), 1990 (9th), 1997 (1st)
Johnny Chan 241987 (1st), 1988 (1st), 1989 (2nd), 1992 (7th)
Dan Harrington 141987 (6th), 1995 (1st), 2003 (3rd), 2004 (4th)
Berry Johnston 141982 (3rd), 1985 (3rd), 1986 (1st), 1990 (5th)
Jack Straus 141971 (2nd), 1972 (5th), 1973 (3rd),1982 (1st)
T.J. Cloutier 041985 (2nd), 1988 (5th), 1998 (3rd), 2000 (2nd)
Bob Hooks041973 (5th), 1974 (6th), 1975 (2nd), 1976 (5th)
Hamid Dastmalchi 131985 (5th), 1992 (1st), 1995 (4th)
Jack Keller 131984 (1st), 1987 (9th), 1992 (8th)
Puggy Pearson 131971 (5th), 1972 (2nd), 1973 (1st)
Bill Smith 131981 (5th), 1985 (1st), 1986 (5th)
John Bonetti031990 (8th), 1990 (3rd), 1996 (3rd)
Jimmy Casella 031971 (4th), 1972 (8th), 1973 (7th)
Al Krux 031990 (6th), 1994 (5th), 2004 (6th)
Steve Lott031986 (7th), 1989 (4th), 1994 (9th)
Bobby Baldwin 121978 (1st), 1981 (7th)
Jim Bechtel 121988 (6th), 1993 (1st)
Joe Cada 122009 (1st), 2018 (5th)
Brad Daugherty 121991 (1st), 1993 (9th)
Noel Furlong 121989 (6th), 1999 (1st)
Phil Hellmuth 121989 (1st), 2001 (5th)
Mansour Matloubi 121990 (1st), 1993 (4th)
Michael Mizrachi 122010 (5th), 2025 (1st)
Damian Salas 122017 (7th), 2020 (1st)
Huck Seed 121996 (1st), 1999 (6th)
Mickey Appleman 021987 (8th), 2000 (9th)
Gary Berland 021977 (2nd), 1986 (3rd)
Dave Crunkleton021990 (3rd), 1992 (5th)
Fernando Fisdel021989 (7th), 1996 (8th)
Tom Franklin 021995 (7th), 2000 (8th)
Perry Green 021981 (2nd), 1991 (5th)
Kenny Hallaert022016 (6th), 2025 (4th)
Jay Heimowitz 021980 (3rd), 1981 (6th)
Bobby Hoff 021973 (10th), 1979 (2nd)
George Huber021979 (3rd), 1983 (9th)
Tom Jacobs021986 (9th), 1992 (2nd)
Ben Lamb 022011 (3rd), 2017 (9th)
Hans Lund 021990 (2nd), 1992 (3rd)
Mike Matusow 022001 (6th), 2005 (9th)
Sam Moon021979 (4th), 1981 (9th)
Mark Newhouse 022013 (9th), 2014 (9th)
Donnacha O'Dea 021983 (6th), 1991 (9th)
Rod Peate 021983 (2nd), 1990 (7th)
Sam Petrillo021979 (8th), 1981 (8th)
Antoine Saout 022009 (3rd), 2017 (5th)
Jeff Shulman 022000 (7th), 2009 (5th)
Erik Seidel 021988 (2nd), 1999 (4th)
Ken Smith 021978 (6th), 1981 (4th)
Dewey Tomko 021982 (2nd), 2001 (2nd)
Roger Van Ausdall021972 (7th), 1973 (8th)

Notes

  1. 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]
  2. Doyle Brunson obtained the nickname of Texas Dolly when Jimmy The Greek mispronounced his name. [17]
  3. 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]
  4. Chris Moneymaker won the entry into the WSOP Main Event via a $86 online satellite. [52]
  5. 1 2 3 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]
  6. Joe Cada is the youngest person to have won the WSOP Main Event. [5]
  7. 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]
  8. 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]
  9. 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]
  10. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 curtailed online gambling in the United States. [93]

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