-
Join 1 other subscriber
It's All About Poker!
Category Archives: Great Poker Players
Jim Bechtel, 1993’s WSOP Main Event Winner
Since 1991 the WSOP Main Event prize remained fixed at a cool $1,000,000 and stayed at that level until the year 2000. In 1993 there were a total of 220 players registered to compete and that number only continued to … Continue reading
Posted in B&M Casinos, Great Poker Players, History of Poker, Old School Poker, Poker History, Texas Hold'em, WSOP, yachting-poker.com
Tagged Chris Moneymaker, Doyle Brunson, gold bracelets, Jamie Gold, Jim Bechtel, Main Event, Perry Green, poker strategy, Texas Hold 'em, The Horshoe Casino, World Series of Poker, WSOP Main Event, WSOP winners
Leave a comment
92’s WSOP Main Event Winner Hamid Dastmalchi
Chronicling the WSOP Main Event winners has been quite an educational experience, because the history of the tournament and the players who have made it great tell a story that continues on today. It’s really interesting to Google some player … Continue reading
Brad Daugherty- WSOP Main Event Winner – 1991
Brad Daugherty was born on July 5, 1951 and began playing poker in 1969 on a high school trip. After graduating from high school he worked in the construction industry, but when he heard of how large the prize money … Continue reading
Posted in Great Poker Players, Old School Poker, Poker History, Texas Hold'em, WSOP, yachting-poker.com
Tagged Brad Daugherty, call, Don Holt, Doyle Brunson, flop, Main Event, old school poker, pair, pocket jacks, Texas Hold 'em, The Rio in Vegas, Tom McEvoy, winners, World Series of Poker, WSOP Main Event, WSOP winners
Leave a comment
Mansour Matloubi, 1990’s WSOP Main Event Winner
Matloubi is an Iranian professional poker player who walked away with $850,000 when he won the WSOP Main Event in 1990. This may be an unfortunate statistic connected with Matloubi, but 1990 was the last time that a winner of … Continue reading
The Saga of Phil Hellmuth Jr.
By the end of the 1980’s, things started really heating up for the WSOP Tournament and it didn’t hurt to have the youngest player ever to win the main event in 1989. Phil Hellmuth Jr. was only 24 years old … Continue reading
1987 & 1988 WSOP Main Event Champ, Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan shot to fame in the late 1980’s after winning the WSOP Main Event consecutively in 1987 and 1988. He took home $675,000 in ‘87 and then $700,000 in ’88 for his trouble. He almost hit the WSOP Main … Continue reading
Berry Johnston, 1986 WSOP Main Event Champ
Very little is know about Berry Johnston’s early life and he didn’t start playing professional poker until he was 35 years old. Born in Oklahoma in 1935, Berry Johnston won the WSOP Main Event in 1986 taking home $570,000. In … Continue reading
Bill Smith, 1985’s WSOP Main Event Winner
As I continue to document all the winners of the WSOP Main Event from the start of the tournament to what we know today, it never ceases to amaze me at the amount of information I can garner from the … Continue reading
Tom McEvoy ~ WSOP Main Event Winner #14
As I continue to write about all the winners of the WSOP’s Main Event, from the beginning to present day, I learn about the next winner’s story and what their “claim to fame” in the poker world is. For Tom … Continue reading
Posted in Great Poker Players, Poker Games, Poker History, Texas Hold'em, WSOP, yachting-poker.com
Tagged Andy Bloch, Becky Binion Behnen, Brad Daugherty, CardPlayer Magazine, Chip Reese, Don Vines, H.O.R.S.E., Hoyt Corkins, Jack Binion, PPT, Professional Poker Tour, Rod Peate, T.J. Cloutier, Tom McEvoy, Toto Leonidas
Leave a comment
Great Players in Poker History 