The World Series of Poker, commonly abbreviated as the acronym WSOP, are the world championships of poker. They are held every year since 1970 in Las Vegas.
During the WSOP, several tournaments are played (68 in 2015). The entry price of a tournament is $ 565 to $ 1 million. The winner of each tournament wins money and a bracelet.
The main tournament is the Main Event, a No Limit Texas Hold’em tournament whose entry price is $ 10,000.
Winners
The winners of five bracelets and more
| Bracelets | Player | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Phil Hellmuth | 1989, 1992, 1993 (3), 1997, 2001, 2003 (2), 2006, 2007, 2012, 2012 [E], 2015 |
| 10 | Doyle Brunson | 1976 (2), 1977 (2), 1978, 1979, 1991, 1998, 2003, 2005 |
| 10 | Johnny Chan | 1985, 1987, 1988, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003 (2), 2005 |
| 10 | Phil Ivey | 2000, 2002 (3), 2005, 2009 (2), 2010, 2013 [A], 2014 |
| 9 | Johnny Moss | 1970, 1971 (2), 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1988 |
| 8 | Erik Seidel | 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 |
| 7 | Billy Baxter | 1975, 1978, 1982 (2), 1987, 1993, 2002 |
| 7 | Men Nguyen | 1992, 1995 (2), 1996, 2003 (2), 2010 |
| 6 | T.J. Cloutier | 1987, 1994 (2), 1998, 2004, 2005 |
| 6 | Layne Flack | 1999, 2002 (2), 2003 (2), 2008 |
| 6 | Ted Forrest | 1993 (3), 2004 (2), 2014 |
| 6 | Jay Heimowitz | 1975, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001 |
| 6 | Jeff Lisandro | 2007, 2009 (3), 2010 [E], 2014 [A] |
| 6 | Daniel Negreanu | 1998, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2013 [A], 2013 [E] |
| 5 | Daniel Alaei | 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015 |
| 5 | Gary Berland | 1977, 1978 (2), 1979 (2) |
| 5 | David Chiu | 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2013 |
| 5 | Allen Cunningham | 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| 5 | Chris Ferguson | 2000 (2), 2001, 2003 (2) |
| 5 | Berry Johnston | 1983, 1986, 1990, 1995, 2001 |
| 5 | John Juanda | 2002, 2003 (2), 2008 [E], 2011 |
| 5 | Scotty Nguyen | 1997, 1998, 2001 (2), 2008 |
| 5 | Stu Ungar | 1980, 1981 (2), 1983, 1997 |
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5 |
Jason Mercier | 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016 (2) |
The years followed by the letter E match wins at the World Series of Poker Europe.
Main Event Awards
Here is the detailed table of winners and finalists of the WSOP Main Event:
| Year | Winner | Winning hand |
First place prize | Entrants | Runner-up | Losing hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Johnny Moss | N/A | N/A | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| 1971 | Johnny Moss | N/A | 30,000 | 6 | Walter “Puggy” Pearson | N/A |
| 1972 | Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston, Jr. | K♥ J♦ | 80,000 | 8 | Walter “Puggy” Pearson | 6 6 |
| 1973 | Walter “Puggy” Pearson | A♠ 7♠ | 130,000 | 13 | Johnny Moss | K♥ J♠ |
| 1974 | Johnny Moss | 3♥ 3♠ | 160,000 | 16 | Crandell Addington | A♣ 2♣ |
| 1975 | Brian “Sailor” Roberts | J♠ J♥ | 210,000 | 21 | Bob Hooks | J♣ 9♣ |
| 1976 | Doyle Brunson | 10♠ 2♠ | 220,000 | 22 | Jesse Alto | A♠ J♦ |
| 1977 | Doyle Brunson | 10♠ 2♥ | 340,000 | 34 | Gary Berland | 8♥ 5♣ |
| 1978 | Bobby Baldwin | Q♦ Q♣ | 210,000 | 42 | Crandell Addington | 9♦ 9♣ |
| 1979 | Hal Fowler | 7♠ 6♦ | 270,000 | 54 | Bobby Hoff | A♣ A♥ |
| 1980 | Stu Ungar | 5♠ 4♠ | 385,000 | 73 | Doyle Brunson | A♥ 7♠ |
| 1981 | Stu Ungar | A♥ Q♥ | 375,000 | 75 | Perry Green | 10♣ 9♦ |
| 1982 | Jack Straus | A♥ 10♠ | 520,000 | 104 | Dewey Tomko | A♦ 4♦ |
| 1983 | Tom McEvoy | Q♦ Q♠ | 540,000 | 108 | Rod Peate | K♦ J♦ |
| 1984 | Jack Keller | 10♥ 10♠ | 660,000 | 132 | Byron Wolford | 6♥ 4♥ |
| 1985 | Bill Smith | 3♠ 3♥ | 700,000 | 140 | T. J. Cloutier | A♦ 3♣ |
| 1986 | Berry Johnston | A♠ 10♥ | 570,000 | 141 | Mike Harthcock | A♦ 8♦ |
| 1987 | Johnny Chan | A♠ 9♣ | 625,000 | 152 | Frank Henderson | 4♦ 4♣ |
| 1988 | Johnny Chan | J♣ 9♣ | 700,000 | 167 | Erik Seidel | Q♣ 7♥ |
| 1989 | Phil Hellmuth, Jr. | 9♠ 9♣ | 755,000 | 178 | Johnny Chan | A♠ 7♠ |
| 1990 | Mansour Matloubi | 6♥ 6♠ | 895,000 | 194 | Hans Lund | 4♦ 4♣ |
| 1991 | Brad Daugherty | K♠ J♠ | 1,000,000 | 215 | Don Holt | 7♥ 3♥ |
| 1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi | 8♥ 4♣ | 1,000,000 | 201 | Tom Jacobs | J♦ 7♠ |
| 1993 | Jim Bechtel | J♠ 6♠ | 1,000,000 | 220 | Glenn Cozen | 7♦ 4♥ |
| 1994 | Russ Hamilton | K♠ 8♥ | 1,000,000 | 268 | Hugh Vincent | 8♣ 5♥ |
| 1995 | Dan Harrington | 9♦ 8♦ | 1,000,000 | 273 | Howard Goldfarb | A♥ 7♣ |
| 1996 | Huck Seed | 9♦ 8♦ | 1,000,000 | 295 | Bruce Van Horn | K♣ 8♣ |
| 1997 | Stu Ungar | A♥ 4♣ | 1,000,000 | 312 | John Strzemp | A♠ 8♣ |
| 1998 | Scotty Nguyen | J♦ 9♣ | 1,000,000 | 350 | Kevin McBride | Q♥ 10♥ |
| 1999 | Noel Furlong | 5♣ 5♦ | 1,000,000 | 393 | Alan Goehring | 6♥ 6♣ |
| 2000 | Chris Ferguson | A♠ 9♣ | 1,500,000 | 512 | T. J. Cloutier | A♦ Q♣ |
| 2001 | Juan Carlos Mortensen | K♣ Q♣ | 1,500,000 | 613 | Dewey Tomko | A♠ A♥ |
| 2002 | Robert Varkonyi | Q♦ 10♠ | 2,000,000 | 631 | Julian Gardner | J♣ 8♣ |
| 2003 | Chris Moneymaker | 5♦ 4♠ | 2,500,000 | 839 | Sam Farha | J♥ 10♦ |
| 2004 | Greg Raymer | 8♠ 8♦ | 5,000,000 | 2,576 | David Williams | A♥ 4♠ |
| 2005 | Joe Hachem | 7♣ 3♠ | 7,500,000 | 5,619 | Steve Dannenmann | A♦ 3♣ |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold | Q♠ 9♣ | 12,000,000 | 8,773 | Paul Wasicka | 10♥ 10♠ |
| 2007 | Jerry Yang | 8♦ 8♣ | 8,250,000 | 6,358 | Tuan Lam | A♦ Q♦ |
| 2008 | Peter Eastgate | A♦ 5♠ | 9,152,416 | 6,844 | Ivan Demidov | 4♥ 2♥ |
| 2009 | Joe Cada | 9♦ 9♣ | 8,547,042 | 6,494 | Darvin Moon | Q♦ J♦ |
| 2010 | Jonathan Duhamel | A♠ J♥ | 8,944,310 | 7,319 | John Racener | K♦ 8♦ |
| 2011 | Pius Heinz | A♠ K♣ | 8,715,638 | 6,865 | Martin Staszko | 10♣ 7♣ |
| 2012 | Greg Merson | K♦ 5♦ | 8,531,853 | 6,598 | Jesse Sylvia | Q♠ J♠ |
| 2013 | Ryan Riess | A♥ K♥ | 8,361,570 | 6,352 | Jay Farber | Q♠ 5♠ |
| 2014 | Martin Jacobson | 10♥ 10♦ | 10,000,000 | 6,683 | Felix Stephensen | A♥ 9♥ |
| 2015 | Joe McKeehen | A♥ 10♦ | 7,683,346 | 6,420 | Joshua Beckley | 4♣ 4♦ |
| 2016 | 8,000,000 | 6,737 |
Player of the year
Since 2004, a points system is set up for the title WSOP Player of the Year.
| Year | Winner | Bracelets | Final Tables | Cashes | WSOP Earnings (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Daniel Negreanu | 1 | 5 | 6 | 346,280 |
| 2005 | Allen Cunningham | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1,007,115 |
| 2006 | Jeff Madsen | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1,467,852 |
| 2007 | Tom Schneider | 2 | 3 | 3 | 416,829 |
| 2008 | Erick Lindgren | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1,348,528 |
| 2009 | Jeff Lisandro | 3 | 4 | 6 | 807,521 |
| 2010 | Frank Kassela | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1,255,314 |
| 2011 | Ben Lamb | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5,352,970 |
| 2012 | Greg Merson | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9,785,354 |
| 2013 | Daniel Negreanu | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1,954,054 |
| 2014 | George Danzer | 3 | 5 | 10 | 878,933 |
| 2015 | Mike Gorodinsky | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1,766,487 |
| 2016 | Jason Mercier[24] | 2 | 4 | 11 | 960,424 |
Broadcast
In the US, ESPN has exclusive rights on the production and dissemination of pictures of the WSOP. They are commented by Lon McEachern and Norman Chad. On the Internet, the official chip counts and live coverage of the tournament since 2007 is provided by the Bluff magazine and the website Pokernews.com.
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