World Series of Poker Main Event champions

World Series of Poker Main Event champions

Year	Winner	Nickname	Hand	Prize (US$)	Entrants	Winnings	WSOP bracelets
1970	Johnny Moss	The Grand Old Man of Poker	N/A	N/A	7	$824,922	9
1971	Johnny Moss	The Grand Old Man of Poker	6  6	$30,000	6	$824,922	9
1972	Thomas Preston	Amarillo Slim	K  J	$80,000	8	$436,055	4
1973	Walter Pearson	Puggy	A♠ 7♠	$130,000	13	$245,740	4
1974	Johnny Moss	The Grand Old Man of Poker	3♥ 3♠	$160,000	16	$824,922	9
1975	Brian Roberts	Sailor	J♠ J♥	$210,000	21	$266,650	2
1976	Doyle Brunson	Texas Dolly	10♠ 2♠	$220,000	22	$2,808,945	10
1977	Doyle Brunson	Texas Dolly	10♠ 2♥	$340,000	34	$2,808,945	10
1978	Bobby Baldwin	The Owl	Q♦ Q♣	$210,000	42	$604,900	4
1979	Hal Fowler	—	7♠ 6♦	$270,000	54	$270,000	1
1980	Stu Ungar	Stuey or The Kid	5♠ 4♠	$385,000	73	$2,078,838	5
1981	Stu Ungar	Stuey or The Kid	A♥ Q♥	$375,000	75	$2,078,838	5
1982	Jack Straus	Treetop	A♥ 10♠	$520,000	104	$555,000	2
1983	Tom McEvoy	Pokerchump	Q♦ Q♠	$540,000	108	$1,291,031	4
1984	Jack Keller	Gentleman	10♥ 10♠	$660,000	132	$2,048,763	3
1985	Bill Smith	—	3♠ 3♥	$700,000	140	$788,000	1
1986	Berry Johnston	—	A♠ 10♥	$570,000	141	$2,265,523	5
1987	Johnny Chan	Orient Express	A♠ 9♣	$625,000	152	$4,148,868	10
1988	Johnny Chan	Orient Express	J♣ 9♣	$700,000	167	$4,148,868	10
1989	Phil Hellmuth	The Poker Brat	9♠ 9♣	$755,000	178	$8,678,596	11
1990	Mansour Matloubi	—	6♥ 6♠	$895,000	194	$6,019,630	1
1991	Brad Daugherty	—	K♠ J♠	$1,000,000	215	$1,165,170	1
1992	Hamid Dastmalchi	—	8♥ 4♣	$1,000,000	201	$1,642,463	3
1993	Jim Bechtel	—	J♣ 6♥	$1,000,000	220	$1,944,623	1
1994	Russ Hamilton	—	K♠ 8♥	$1,000,000	268	$1,261,940	1
1995	Dan Harrington	Action Dan	9♦ 8♦	$1,000,000	273	$3,491,513	2
1996	Huck Seed	—	9♦ 8♦	$1,000,000	295	$2,426,842	4
1997	Stu Ungar	Stuey or The Kid	A♥ 4♣	$1,000,000	312	$2,078,838	5
1998	Scotty Nguyen	The Train or The Prince of Poker	J♦ 9♣	$1,000,000	350	$4,794,817	5
1999	Noel Furlong	—	5♣ 5♦	$1,000,000	393	$1,070,785	1
2000	Chris Ferguson	Jesus	A♠ 9♣	$1,500,000	512	$7,075,300	5
2001	Carlos Mortensen	El Matador	K♣ Q♣	$1,500,000	613	$8,457,033	2
2002	Robert Varkonyi	—	Q♦ 10♠	$2,000,000	631	$2,110,212	1
2003	Chris Moneymaker	—	5♦ 4♠	$2,500,000	839	$2,532,041	1
2004	Greg Raymer	Fossil-Man	8♠ 8♦	$5,000,000	2,576	$5,712,585	1
2005	Joe Hachem	—	7♣ 3♠	$7,500,000	5,619	$8,029,995	1
2006	Jamie Gold	—	Q♠ 9♣	$12,000,000	8,773	$12,067,292	1
2007	Jerry Yang	The Shadow	8♦ 8♣	$8,250,000	6,358	$8,250,000	1
2008	Peter Eastgate	Isser	A♦ 5♠	$9,152,416	6,844	$9,152,416	1
2009	Joe Cada	—	9♦ 9♣	$8,574,649	6,494	$8,574,649	1
2010	Jonathan Duhamel	—	A♠ J♥	$8,944,138	7,319	$8,944,310	1
2011	Pius Heinz	Heinz 57	A♠ K♣	$8,715,638	6,865	$8,798,924	1

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