WSOP Main Event

Since 1971, World Series of Poker Main Event has been a major poker event. Although, in the very first Main Event buy-in was $5,000, but since 1972 the Main Event has been an amazing $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em event.

WSOP is a huge poker tournament that is held annually in Las Vegas and is attended by huge crowd of poker fanatics and poker followers. Owned by Harrah’s entertainment, World Series of Poker holds various events and the conclusive event of the tournament are called the Main Event.

World Series of Poker Main Event winner is awarded with prize money and a gold bracelet, also the player’s picture gets a place in the Binion’s Gallery of Champions. World Series of Poker Main Event winners so far are,

Johnny Moss (1970 and 1971), Amarillo Slim Preston (1972), Puggy Pearson (1973), Johnny Moss (1974), Sailor Roberts (1975), Doyle Brunson (1976- 1977), Bobby Baldwin (1978), Hal Fowler (1979), Stu Ungar (1980-1981), Jack Strauss (1982), Tom McEvoy (1983), Jack Keller (1984), Bill Smith (1985), Berry Johnson (1986), Johnny Chan (1987-1988), Phil Hellmuth (1989), Mansour Matloubi (1990), Brad Daugherty (1991), Hamid Dastmalchi (1992), Jim Bechtel (1993), Russ Hamilton (1994), Dan Harrington (1995), Huck Seed (1996), Stu Ungar (1997), Scotty Nguyen (1998), J. J. "Noel" Furlong (1999), Chris Ferguson (2000), Carlos Mortesen (2001), Robert Varkonvi (2002), Chris Moneymaker (2003), Greg Raymer (2004), Joseph Hachem (2005), Jamie Gold (2006), Jerry Ynag (2007) and Peter Eastgate (2008).