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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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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
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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 Main Event Winner #9 ~ Mr. Bobby Baldwin
I know the world wide web is saturated with stories of who won the WSOP’s main events. But researching and writing about the winners, in order, has provided me with a sense of “awe” as I learn about the history … Continue reading
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