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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
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
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
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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
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WSOP Main Event Number 13: Winner Jack Straus
Jack “Tree-Top” Straus became the winner of the World Series of Poker’s Main Event, the 13th Main Event in 1982. He began playing in the WSOP events in the early 1970’s finishing fourth in the 1972 Main Event. He won … Continue reading
Hal Fowler, WSOP’s 10th Main Event Winner
I’ve been writing, researching and learning all I can about poker and through all the publications, websites and blogs, I have yet to run across the name of Hal Fowler. As I continue to document and read about all of the winners of … Continue reading
WSOP 5th Winner ~ Mr. Johnny Moss
In 1974, the fifth World Series of Poker main event winner was again, Johnny Moss. In 1970 he won a trophy and in 1974 he took home a whopping $160,000. This was Johnny’s third and final WSOP main event bracelet, … Continue reading
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Tagged 5-card draw, 7-card draw, Benny Binion, gold bracelets, Johnny Moss, Main Event, Nick Dandolos, Nick the Greek, old school poker, Poker Hall of Fame, Texas Hold 'em, The Horshoe Casino, WSOP winners
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Puggy Pearson, WSOP Winner #4!
By now you’ve probably have guessed that we are listing all the WSOP winners, since the event was born in Las Vegas, Nevada. This post highlights Puggy Pearson, World Series of Poker winner number four. Puggy Pearson was born and … Continue reading
Johnny Moss ~ The First WSOP Champ
The first WSOP event was held in 1970 and instead of a cash prize, the winner, Johnny Moss, received a trophy. At that time the tournament offered a silver trophy and he was awarded the title of champion by the … Continue reading
Phil Hellmuth drops to 129th in Player of the Year Rankings
Phillip Jerome Hellmuth, Jr. was born on July 16th, 1964 and became the youngest player ever to win the WSOP main event. Known as the ‘poker brat’, he holds the record for winning 11 World Series of Poker gold bracelets … Continue reading
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Tagged bet, burn card, flop, flush, fold, gold bracelets, hold, Main Event, Phil Hellmuth, poker brat, Poker Hall of Fame, pot, raise, river, royal flush, Sam Grizzle, straight, Texas Hold'em, The Rio in Vegas, turn, Ultimate Bet, World Series of Poker, WSOP
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Great Players in Poker History 