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Past and Present World Series Of Poker Winners
Winning the World Series of Poker is the ultimate goal for all poker players.
The Championship ensures that your name will forever be etched in poker history along with the other great WSOP Winners.
Here is a complete list of the past World Series of Poker Winners:
|
Year |
Winner |
Prize Money |
|
2009 |
Joe Cada |
$8,546,435 |
|
2008 |
Peter Eastgate |
$9,152,416 |
|
2007 |
Jerry Yang |
$8,250,000 |
|
2006 |
Jamie Gold |
$12,000,000 |
|
2005 |
Joseph Hachem |
$7,500,000 |
|
2004 |
Greg Raymer |
$5,000,000 |
|
2003 |
Chris Moneymaker |
$2,500,000 |
|
2002 |
Robert Varkonyi |
$2,000,000 |
|
2001 |
Carlos Mortensen |
$1,500,000 |
|
2000 |
Chris Ferguson |
$1,500,000 |
|
1999 |
J. J. “Noel” Furlong |
$1,000,000 |
|
1998 |
Scotty Nguyen |
$1,000,000 |
|
1997 |
Stu Ungar |
$1,000,000 |
|
1996 |
Huck Seed |
$1,000,000 |
|
1995 |
Dan Harrington |
$1,000,000 |
|
1994 |
Russ Hamilton |
$1,000,000 |
|
1993 |
Jim Bechtel |
$1,000,000 |
|
1992 |
Hamid Dastmalchi |
$1,000,000 |
|
1991 |
Brad Daugherty |
$1,000,000 |
|
1990 |
Mansour Matloubi |
$895,000 |
|
1989 |
Phil Hellmuth |
$755,000 |
|
1988 |
Johnny Chan |
$700,000 |
|
1987 |
Johnny Chan |
$625,000 |
|
1986 |
Berry Johnston |
$570,000 |
|
1985 |
Bill Smith |
$700,000 |
|
1984 |
Jack Keller |
$660,000 |
|
1983 |
Tom McEvoy |
$580,000 |
|
1982 |
Jack Strauss |
$520,000 |
|
1981 |
Stu Ungar |
$375,000 |
|
1980 |
Stu Ungar |
$385,000 |
|
1979 |
Hal Fowler |
$270,000 |
|
1978 |
Bobby Baldwin |
$210,000 |
|
1977 |
Doyle Brunson |
$340,000 |
|
1976 |
Doyle Brunson |
$220,000 |
|
1975 |
Sailor Roberts |
$210,000 |
|
1974 |
Johnny Moss |
$160,000 |
|
1973 |
Puggy Pearson |
$130,000 |
|
1972 |
Amarillo Slim Preston |
$80,000 |
|
1971 |
Johnny Moss |
$30,000 |
|
1970 |
Johnny Moss |
N/A |
Winning the Championship is a tough feat as the winner must now overcome a massive field of thousands of players. In addition, the field of players includes some of the most famous World Series of Poker Players and many past champions looking for a repeat.
There are some World Series of Poker Winners such as Stu Ungar, Johnny Moss, Doyle Brunson, and Johnny Chan who have managed to win the event more than once. This is truly unbelievable and a testament to their greatness on the felt.
The youth of the today’s modern game has started to show with the last two champions – Peter Eastgate and Joe Cada – both breaking Phil Hellmuth’s long held record for being the youngest player to ever win the World Series of Poker. Joe Cada is now the youngest player to ever be crowned World Series of Poker Main Event Champion at just 21 years old.
In addition, the popularity of online World Series of Poker Satellites has marked a huge increase in the prize pools since 2003 when they became tremendously popular following Moneymaker’s win in which he turned a $40 online buy-in into $2.5 million. This created a poker revolution and greatly increased the prize pool for the World Series of Poker Main Event.
With the popularity of Satellites and a new generation that has been raised watching Texas Hold Em Poker on TV, we can expect a lot of tough competition through large fields for record breaking prizes in the future. Nowadays, even making the final table alone will guarantee that you become an instant millionaire. Winning the Main Event pays the first place winner the biggest prize in all of sports.
And the WSOP doesn’t end with the money. World Series of Poker Winners become world famous names and become living icons for a game that has taken the world by storm.
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