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The following is the list of World Series of Poker Main Event champions. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, Best,and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". [1] It is held annually since 1970 in Las Vegas. Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold ...
This category is for poker players who have won the multi-day No Limit Hold'em World Championship, also known as the Main Event, at the World Series of Poker. See also: List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions
Below are the results for the 2024 World Series of Poker, held from May 28–July 17 at Horseshoe Las Vegas and Paris Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are 99 bracelet events. Key
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments [1] held annually in Paradise, Nevada, and since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment.It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players.
This event set a World Series of Poker non-main event and live poker attendance record with 3,151 entries breaking the previous record of 2,998 set earlier in the third event of the 2007 WSOP. At the time it was also the third-highest entry total in all live Poker events behind just the 2006 and 2005 main events which had 8,773 and 5,619 ...
The 2005 WSOP Championship Bracelet. The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. . The conclusion of the Main Event on July 15 marked the close of play, and the largest prize in sports and/or television history at the time ($7,500,000) was awarded to the winn
Online entries to the Main Event that were won as prizes on Internet poker sites were a substantial contributor to the dramatic growth the Main Event seen in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] The reduced field also meant a nearly one-third reduction in the Main Event's grand prize, from the record $12 million ( US ) in 2006 to $8.25 million.
For American players, the event began on December 13 on WSOP.com, with the final table taking place on December 28. The Main Event on GGPoker attracted 674 players, creating a prize pool of $6,470,400. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning $1,550,969. The WSOP.com Main Event had 705 entries and a prize pool of $6,768.000.