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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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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World Series of Poker’s Third Champion ~ Amarillo Slim Preston
The winner of the first and second WSOP tournament was Johnny Moss, and the winner of the third main event tournament in 1972 was the famous Amarillo Slim. Born Thomas Austin Preston Jr., Amarillo Slim can still be found playing … 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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