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With 129 bracelet events, 30 of which were exclusively online, the 2024 WSOP set numerous records, including the largest Main Event field ever. A total of 10,112 players bought into the event, including 5,014 on Day 1D, which created a total prize pool of $94,041,600.

The final table which included well known pros like Joe Serock and Niklas Astedt, played out in 235 hands over 2 days. When the last hand was dealt, it was Jonathan Tamayo capturing the ultimate prize as he was cheered on from the rails by his coaching team.

The 2023 saw records set across the World Series of Poker and the Main Event was no exception. The series itself offered a total of 115 bracelets to be won, 20 of which were online. The Main Event itself was expected to break records, and it did as a total of 10,043 players joined the event, smashing the previous record of 8,773. In total, the prize pool was built to an incredible $93,399,900 with a record setting $12,100,000 going to first place.

The final table was fast, taking only 164 hands over 2 days, including just 24 hands of 3-way play and another 24 heads up. When the final hand played out, it was the American Daniel Weinman who claimed the victory and joined the record books.

The 2022 Main Event, on the heels of the end of the pandemic, saw a massive increase in attendance with 8,663 players, building a total prize pool of $80,782,475, coming to Las Vegas to play poker. In addition to becoming the 2nd largest Main Event, behind only the 2006 event by 110 players, it also featured one the of the most international finals with 6 countries being represented.

Only 1 player of the final 9 had ever won a bracelet and that was Norway''s Espen Jørstad who had won his first earlier in the series in the tag team event.

The final table took 215 hands over 2 days, including 19 heads up, to come to a conclusion. At the end it was Espen Jørstad standing tall to capture the championship.

The WSOP Main Event returned to its traditional all-live format in 2021, though instead of being in the usual summer slot in Las Vegas, it was moved to an 8-week span later in the year. In order to cater to international players allowed to visit the United States after travel ban restrictions were eased, officials added Day 1E and 1F flights. Over the course of six starting flights, the tournament attracted 6,650 players, who generated an impressive $62,011,250 prize pool.

German professional poker player Koray Aldemir, an accomplished regular on the high roller circuit, emerged victorious over Atlanta-based recreational player George “Home Game” Holmes to claim his first bracelet and the $8 million first-place prize. Aldemir will go down in history as the last Main Event champion at the Rio as the WSOP is slated to move locations in 2022.

The traditional summer World Series of Poker in Las Vegas was interrupted due to the global pandemic, but officials found a unique way to continue Main Event tradition by offering an online-live hybrid. Players in the United States competed on WSOP.com (705 players) and played down to a final table of nine, while international players did the same on GGPoker (674 players).

The final tables from each then played down to a winner live (the domestic final table at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the international one at King’s Casino in the Czech Republic). Joseph Hebert took down the WSOP.com portion for $1,553,256 and Damian Salas the international GGPoker portion for $1,550,969, and then the duo squared off in a heads-up match for an additional $1 million and the bracelet.

Salas, who had final tabled the 2017 WSOP, ended up the victor to officially become the 2020 WSOP Main Event champ.

The 2019 WSOP Main Event became the second-largest in history with 8,569 players (only behind 2006) and offered up a $80,548,600 prize pool. Hossein Ensan began the final table as chip leader, and he took it down for a $10 million first-place prize. At the age of 55, Ensan was the oldest Main Event champ since Noel Furlong in 1999. He also became the second German player to win the Main Event after Pius Heinz did so in 2011.

In 2016, John Cynn experienced heartbreak when he busted the WSOP Main Event in 11th for $650,000, just missing out on the final table. Two years later, he found redemption by topping a 7,874-player field (the second-largest field in history up to that point), to win the bracelet and $8.8 million top prize. The final table lasted a lengthy 442 hands, which included 199 grueling heads-up hands against runner-up Tony Miles. 2009 WSOP champ Joe Cada was at the final table, but fell short of a second title finishing in fifth place for $2.15 million.

After nearly a decade of the November Nine, the WSOP returned to playing out the Main Event without a hiatus. The tournament drew 7,221 players, the largest since 2010, and offered up a $67,877,400 prize pool. Antoine Saout and Ben Lamb, who finished third in the 2009 and 2011 WSOP Main Event respectively, were both back at the final table. The former fell in fifth place for $2 million while the latter finished in ninth for $1 million. In between, Argentina’s Damian Salas, who would go on to win the 2020 WSOP, placed seventh for $1,425,000.

The title came down to New Jersey’s Scott Blumstein, who began the final table as chip leader, and Dan Ott.On the 65th hand of heads-up play, and 246th of the final table, Blumstein emerged victorious to win the $8.15 million first-place prize.

The 2016 WSOP Main Event drew 6,737 players and offered up a $63,327,800 prize pool. A player by the name of John Cynn finished 11th in that tournament for $650,000., while well-known poker veteran Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy made the November nine as chip leader. Hot on his heels was Vietnamese-American poker player Qui Nguyen.

Nguyen played an aggressive and offensive game at the final table, and before long he held a big chip lead. After Josephy bowed out in third place, Nguyen battled Gordan Vayo in a lengthy 181-hand heads-up match. Nguyen eventually sealed the deal to win the tournament for $8,005,310. Nguyen would go on to release a biography, From Vietnam to Vegas! How I Won the World Series of Poker Main Event.

The 2015 WSOP Main Event attracted 6,420 players which created a $60,348,000 prize pool. GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu nearly made the November Nine final table but fell in 11th place for $526,778.

Joe McKeehen began the final table with a big chip lead – more than double that of his next closest competitor – and he had a relatively smooth road to victory going wire to wire. McKeehen continues to crush tournament poker and even added two more bracelets to his poker resumé, one in 2017 and more recently in 2020.

For the 2014 WSOP Main Event, tournament officials guaranteed a first-place prize of $10 million, which made the tournament somewhat top heavy. With 6,683 players creating a $62,820,200 prize pool, the runner-up was slated to take home $5,147,911. Mark Newhouse became the first player to make the November Nine twice, and after finishing ninth in 2013, he finished in the same spot in 2014.

Sweden’s Martin Jacobson began the November Nine final table as the second-shortest stack, but he put on a clinic on his way to claiming the bracelet and seven-figure first-place prize. At the time, it was the fifth-largest single payout in tournament poker history. Jacobson’s win is largely considered one of the most impressive in the history of the Main Event.

The 2013 WSOP Main Event had 6,352 players who generated a $59,708,800 prize pool. Carlos Mortensen, the 2001 champ, nearly made the final table but busted in 10th place.Mark Newhouse was eliminated from the final table in ninth place, the same spot he’d finish a year later.

In the end, it was Michigan’s Ryan Riess, who had cut his chops on the WSOP Circuit, beating Jay Farber heads-up to win the tournament for $8,361,570.

The 2012 WSOP Main Event, which attracted 6,598 players and awarded $62,021,200 in prize money, moved up from the “November Nine” to October due to that year’s presidential election. The tournament also switched from offering four starting flights to just three (which would remain until the 2021 WSOP Main Event reverted to four).

That year, two women nearly made the final table, but Elisabeth Hille and Gaelle Baumann wound up busting in 11th and 10th place respectively. Jesse Sylvia began the final table as the chip leader, but he eventually fell to Greg Merson in heads-up play. The win helped Merson, who earned $8,531,853 in prize money, to finish as the 2012 WSOP Player of the Year thanks to also winning the $10,000 NLHE Six-Handed for $1,136,187.

The 2011 WSOP Main Event drew 6,865 players and offered up a $64,531,000 prize pool. The November Nine final table lasted 301 hands, including 119 hands of heads-up play between Germany’s Pius Heinz and Czech Republic’s Martin Staszko. Heinz, who had experience playing online, wound up the winner for $8,715,638 and to become the first German player to ever win the title.

The 2010 WSOP Main Event experienced a nice attendance bump as 7,319 players created a $68,798,600 prize pool. Canada’s Jonathan Duhamel began the November Nine final table as the chip leader, and he rode it all the way to victory to claim a $8,944,310 first-place prize after beating John Racener in heads-up play. Duhamel became the first Canadian player to win the WSOP Main Event title.

2009年WSOP主賽事吸引了6,494名選手，並再次採用了“十一月九人”概唸。Darvin Moon在比賽暫停時領先籌碼，並最終與21歲的在線玩家Joe Cada展開了決賽。那一年的決賽桌持續了364手，其中包括88手的單挑對局，最終Moon被Cada淘汰，後者贏得了冠軍並獲得$8,547,042的冠軍獎金。九年後，Cada幾乎再次贏得主賽事，2018年他在7,874人中獲得了第五名，並贏得了$215萬獎金。Cada成爲自Dan Harrington之後，首位再次進入決賽桌的前冠軍。

2008年WSOP主賽事首次採用了“十一月九人”概唸。比賽不會一直進行到決出冠軍，而是當決賽桌的九名選手確定後暫停，隨後進入三個月的休賽期，再回到比賽現場進行決戰。這一舉措的目的是通過三個月的休賽期來宣傳賽事、激髮觀衆期待並給選手爭取讚助機會。

這一年的比賽吸引了6,844名選手，最終22歲的丹麥選手Peter Eastgate獲得冠軍，獎金爲$9,152,416。他超越了Phil Hellmuth（24歲）成爲曆史上最年輕的WSOP主賽事冠軍。然而，他的紀錄在次年便被打破。

2007年WSOP主賽事的參賽人數降至6,358人，這是自1992年以來首次出現參賽人數減少的情況。Jerry Yang作爲第二少的籌碼開始決賽桌，但他最終淘汰了他八個對手，贏得了比賽。Yang通過在Pechanga度假村和賭場贏得了一場$225的現場衛星賽，將這小小的投資轉化爲$8.25百萬獎金。Yang將自己獎金的10%捐贈給了各種慈善組織。

隨着“撲克熱潮”的全麵爆髮，2006年WSOP主賽事吸引了創紀錄的8,773名選手，成爲WSOP曆史上最大的主賽事，獎金池達到了$82,512,162。遺憾的是，《2006年非法互聯網賭博執行法案》很快就限製了在線撲克的髮展，在線運營商被迫退出美國市場，從而切斷了在線預選賽選手的來源。

這一年的主賽事首次允許通過付費觀看進行現場直播，比賽也首次引入了100K的籌碼。好萊塢經紀人Jamie Gold憑藉巨大的籌碼優勢開始決賽，並一路領先最終獲得了$1,200萬的冠軍獎金，至今仍是WSOP主賽事曆史上最大的一次首獎。

Binion’s Horseshoe和WSOP品牌已被出售給了Caesars，因此不難理解爲何WSOP將比賽移至Rio All-Suite酒店和賭場，以解決空間問題。2005年的主賽事參賽人數超過了5,619人，比上一年翻了一倍多，而衛冕冠軍Greg Raymer也深度晉級，最終排名第25位。Mike “The Mouth” Matusow是那一年的首位決賽桌淘汰選手，而幽默風趣的Steve Dannenmann和澳大利亞選手Joe Hachem成功進入了決賽。Hachem最終成爲最後一名站立的選手，贏得了$750萬的獎金。“Aussie. Aussie. Aussie. Oi, Oi, Oi！”

2005年WSOP主賽事的最後兩天比賽在Binion’s Horseshoe舉行，這是最後一次在該地點舉辦WSOP賽事。

由於前一年的Chris Moneymaker奪冠，2004年WSOP主賽事的參賽人數激增，達到了2,576人，這比上一年增加了三倍多！其中一個主要原因是大量的在線預選賽選手，其中包括最終的冠軍Greg “Fossilman” Raymer，他獲得了$500萬的冠軍獎金。

Harrington連續第二年進入決賽桌，這一次他以第四名獲得了$150萬獎金。Harrington的連續兩次決賽桌表現讓他成爲撲克迷的早期最愛。

當時沒人知道2003年WSOP將永遠改變撲克曆史。這是因爲之前不爲人知的田納西會計師Chris Moneymaker，他通過$86的在線衛星賽獲得資格，擊敗839名選手贏得了$250萬的冠軍獎金。在決賽桌上，Moneymaker戰勝了職業撲克選手Sammy Farha，向大衆証明了即使是普通人也能在撲克中獲勝。

他的勝利是引髮“撲克熱潮”的重要導火索，這一熱潮在接下來的幾年中得到了前所未有的擴展。1995年主賽事冠軍Dan Harrington最終獲得了第三名，獎金爲$65萬。

2002年WSOP主賽事吸引了631名選手參賽，這也是第一次使用口袋牌攝像頭（即Hole Card Cam）。

業餘選手Robert Varkonyi擊敗Julian Gardner獲得了冠軍，並贏得了$200萬的獎金。在決賽桌上，Phil Hellmuth在做解説時表示，如果Varkonyi贏了，他會剃光頭。Hellmuth履行了諾言，在ESPN的鏡頭前將頭髮剃光。

2001年WSOP主賽事吸引了613名選手參賽，成爲當時最大規模的現場撲克比賽。這也是第一次有兩名選手獲得七位數的獎金，並且被認爲是WSOP主賽事曆史上最強的決賽桌之一，決賽桌上有Mike Matusow（第六名 - $239,765）、Phil Hellmuth（第五名 - $303,705）和Phil Gordon（第四名 - $399,610）等頂級選手。西班牙選手Carlos Mortensen最終擊敗Dewey Tomko，贏得了$150萬的冠軍獎金。他在決賽桌上通過擊中同花順（King-Queen同花）打敗了Tomko的口袋A。

Tomko獲得了接近$110萬的亞軍獎金。

進入新千年後，WSOP主賽事的參賽人數從1999年的393人激增至512人。因此，冠軍獎金也提昇至$150萬，由Chris “Jesus” Ferguson奪得。他在與TJ Cloutier的決賽中逆襲獲勝，Cloutier在翻牌前全押時拿到的是ace-queen，而Ferguson則是ace-nine，最終Ferguson在轉牌後抓住了9，逆轉取勝。

Ferguson贏得了六條金手鏈，並在2017年成爲WSOP年度最佳選手，但由於他在Full Tilt Poker的角色，他在“黑色星期五”事件後遭遇了巨大的負麵影響。

在1999年WSOP主賽事中，來自1996年冠軍Huck Seed希望贏得第二個冠軍。他最終以第六名結束，獲得$167,700獎金，而1988年的亞軍Erik Seidel則稍好一點，獲得第四名，獎金爲$279,500。經過Padraig Parkinson在第三名出局後，冠軍爭奪戰最終在Alan Goehring和來自愛爾蘭的Noel Furlong之間展開。

這位來自愛爾蘭的選手，已經從他的地毯製造生意中賺得了數百萬，最終贏得了冠軍，獲得了$1百萬的獎金。

1998年WSOP主賽事（350名選手）是WSOP曆史上唯一一屆決賽桌僅有五名選手的比賽。越南出生的Scotty Nguyen以籌碼領先開始比賽，Kevin McBride排名第二。正如預期，最終冠軍之爭落到了兩人之間。在一手顯示三張8和兩張9組成的葫蘆牌麵上，Nguyen全押並説出了經典的颱詞：“你跟，我就贏了，寶貝！”

McBride確實跟注了，Nguyen最終贏得了$1百萬獎金和第二條金手鏈。從那時起，他總共獲得了五條金手鏈，並成爲撲克名人堂的成員。

在1980年和1981年連續兩年贏得WSOP主賽事後，Stu Ungar因毒品成癮而遭遇了下坡路。1997年，Ungar似乎重新找回了狀態，成爲了1997年WSOP主賽事中312名選手之一。當他進入決賽桌時，這也是第一次在Fremont街舉行室外比賽，且他擁有超過三分之一的籌碼，似乎命運已注定。最終，他以$1百萬獎金贏得了第三個WSOP主賽事冠軍，並佩戴上了圓形太陽鏡，專門將勝利獻給他的女兒Stefanie。

遺憾的是，Ungar最終未能戰勝自己的噁習，在1998年11月22日因吸毒過量去世。

1996年WSOP主賽事是少數幾場沒有被電視轉播的賽事之一，共有295名選手參賽。最終，年輕的Huck Seed擊敗了Bruce Van Horn，贏得了冠軍和$1百萬獎金，收獲了他的第二條金手鏈。Seed總共獲得了四條WSOP金手鏈，並在2020年入選撲克名人堂。

1995年WSOP對Dan Harrington來説是個豐收的一年。首先，他贏得了$2,500無上限德州撲克賽事，獎金爲$249,000，並獲得了金手鏈。隨後，他在主賽事中戰勝了273名選手，贏得了$1百萬獎金，並再次獲得金手鏈。Barbara Enright成爲首位（至今唯一一位）進入WSOP主賽事決賽桌的女性，最終以第五名獲得$114,180獎金。而1992年冠軍Hamid Dastmalchi則獲得了第四名，獎金爲$173,000。

“行動丹”後來撰冩了具有劃時代意義的《Harrington on Hold’em》一書，並在2003年和2004年WSOP主賽事中進入決賽桌。

1994年是WSOP主賽事的第25週年紀唸（銀禧年），比賽非常特別。冠軍不僅將獲得$1百萬的第一名獎金，還將獲得與自己體重相等的銀條。賽事吸引了268名選手參賽，包括重達330磅的Russ Hamilton。他在贏得比賽後，獲得了43根總值$28,000的銀條。

然而，Hamilton最終成爲撲克曆史上最臭名昭著的玩家之一，因爲他涉及了Ultimate Bet醜聞，並在其中操控作弊，導緻他欺騙玩家超過$600萬。

1993年WSOP主賽事共有231名選手參賽，其中包括三年前曾奪冠的Mansour Matloubi。Matloubi再次獲得深度晉級，但最終以第四名收場，獲得$120,000獎金。最終，來自亞利桑那州的棉花農Jim Bechtel擊敗Glenn Cozen，贏得了$1百萬獎金和冠軍。對Bechtel來説，這是一次贖回，因爲他曾在1988年WSOP主賽事中以第六名收場。

Bechtel作爲業餘選手贏得了WSOP主賽事，他成爲自1979年Hal Fowler以來，第二位贏得主賽事的業餘選手。2019年，Bechtel贏得了第二條金手鏈，這使得他26年的間隔成爲WSOP曆史上最長的手鏈間隔。

1992年WSOP主賽事參賽人數有所減少，共有201名選手參加，較前一年減少了14人。儘管如此，賽事依然爲第二年提供了$1百萬的冠軍獎金。來自伊朗的Hamid Dastmalchi贏得了七位數的獎金，並將亞軍Tom Jacobs拋在身後，獲得了$353,500的安慰獎。

Dastmalchi在他的職業生涯中共獲得四條WSOP金手鏈，直到2004年後突然從撲克圈消失。

在194名選手參賽的1991年賽事中，Stu Ungar在第二天結束時已經積累了巨大的籌碼領先，儘管因毒品過量缺席了比賽，他依然因每一輪盲注被淘汰而名列第九，獲得$25,050獎金。最終，伊朗裔英國選手Mansour Matloubi在決賽桌上擊敗Hans “Tuna” Lund，贏得了$835,000獎金。

在1990年賽事中，共有194名選手參賽，Stu Ungar在第二天積累了龐大的籌碼量，但因毒品過量缺席比賽，依然憑藉其籌碼在比賽中位列第九。最終，Mansour Matloubi戰勝Hans “Tuna” Lund，贏得$835,000獎金。

Mansour成爲第一位贏得WSOP主賽事的非美國選手。

1989年WSOP主賽事吸引了178名選手，所有人的目光都集中在Johnny Chan身上，他連續兩年贏得了該賽事。令人驚訝的是，他再次進入了深場，看起來似乎能夠實現三連冠。然而，24歲的新人Phil Hellmuth Jr.打破了這個夢想。Hellmuth最終擊敗了Chan，獲得了$302,000獎金。Hellmuth成爲史上最年輕的主賽事冠軍，並贏得了$755,000獎金和他的第一條金手鏈。

Chan在1988年重返WSOP並成功衛冕，戰勝了167名選手。在決賽中，他擊敗了年輕的Erik Seidel，贏得了$700,000獎金。這一連勝讓Chan成爲繼Doyle Brunson之後的第四位連續兩年奪冠的選手，這一成就也在電影《Rounders》中得到了銘記。

Johnny Chan，又被稱爲“東方快車”，在1987年贏得了他的第一條WSOP主賽事金手鏈，他在152名選手中脫穎而出，贏得了$625,000獎金。此後，他繼續在撲克桌上大殺四方，職業生涯中獲得了10條金手鏈。

在1985年WSOP中獲得第三名後，Berry Johnston在1986年回歸並成功奪冠，戰勝了141名選手，贏得了$570,000獎金。上屆冠軍Bill Smith雖然進入了深場，但最終僅獲得第五名，獎金$51,300。Jesse Alto也連續第三年進入了決賽桌，最終名列第四，獎金$62,700。Wendeen Eolis以第25名的成績獲得$10,000獎金，成爲首位在WSOP主賽事中進入獎金區的女性。

1985年WSOP主賽事吸引了141名選手，最終Bill Smith擊敗TJ Cloutier獲得冠軍，獎金$700,000。這一年的賽事也標誌着Berry Johnston和Hamid Dastmalchi這兩位選手未來將成爲主賽事的冠軍。

在1984年WSOP預選賽中，“紳士”Jack Keller贏得了$5,000七張牌Stud錦標賽，獎金$137,500。他隨後在主賽事中戰勝132名選手，最終獲得冠軍，獎金$660,000。他還在1993年獲得了第三條金手鏈，並在1994年入選撲克名人堂。

1984年WSOP主賽事也是Jesse Alto連續三年進入決賽桌的開端，他最終獲得第三名，獎金$132,000。

1983年WSOP主賽事的參賽人數增加到108人，Doyle Brunson再次進入深場，最終獲得第三名，獎金$108,000，留下了兩位衛星選手Tom McEvoy和Rod Peate進行決賽。比賽成爲當時曆史上最長的決賽（持續超過七小時，直到2006年）。McEvoy最終獲勝，贏得了$540,000和冠軍金手鏈，成爲首位通過衛星賽晉級並奪得主賽事冠軍的選手。

Jack Straus身高6英尺6寸，綽號“Treetop”，他也是“隻要有籌碼就有機會”的名句的來源。在1982年WSOP主賽事中，他在一度僅剩500籌碼的情況下逆轉奪冠，贏得了$520,000獎金和第二條金手鏈。

Stu Ungar在1981年回歸並成功衛冕，他在75名選手中再次奪冠，獲得$375,000獎金。

Stu Ungar被認爲是史上最偉大的德州撲克選手之一，他在1980年WSOP主賽事中戰勝了73名選手，最終以$365,000的獎金奪得了冠軍。

1979年，WSOP主賽事的參賽人數首次突破50人，達到54人，總獎金池爲540,000美元，前五名選手獲得獎金。Hal Fowler創造了撲克曆史，成爲首位贏得WSOP主賽事冠軍的業餘選手。他戰勝經驗豐富的職業選手Bobby Hoff，贏得了270,000美元的獎金。Fowler在勝利後淡出了撲克圈，直到幾年後去世，這段經曆在Des Wilson的書《Ghosts at the Table》中有詳細記載。

1978年，WSOP主賽事首次不再採用贏家獨佔的形式。42名選手參賽，獎金池總額爲420,000美元，前五名選手都能獲得獎金。Crandell Addington再次屈居第二，獎金爲84,000美元，而Bobby “The Owl” Baldwin贏得了比賽，獲得了210,000美元。

1977年，Doyle Brunson回歸衛冕，參賽人數增至34人，最終他再次戰勝Gary “Bones” Berland，贏得了340,000美元的獎金。他連贏兩屆賽事，不僅成績卓著，而且兩次都使用同一手牌獲勝，這手牌如今被稱爲“Doyle Brunson”，成爲傳奇。

1976年，Doyle Brunson贏得了他的首個WSOP主賽事冠軍，戰勝了22名選手，最終以220,000美元的獎金獲得第一名，他擊敗了Jesse Alto。

1975年，主賽事的參賽人數增至21人，但依然採用贏家獨佔的格式。Brian “Sailor” Roberts，這位德州公路賭徒，擊敗Bob Hooks，獲得了210,000美元的獎金。然而，在他2016年去世前，Hooks曾透露，他們在比賽後悄悄達成協議，共同分了獎池。

1974年，撲克界的“老祖宗”Johnny Moss贏得了他的第三個WSOP冠軍，戰勝了16名選手，獲得了160,000美元的獎金。他擊敗了未來的撲克名人堂成員Crandell Addington。

1973年，Walter “Puggy” Pearson報仇雪恨，戰勝了去年排名第二的Johnny Moss，贏得了130,000美元。他在本年度繫列賽中還贏得了$1,000無限注德州撲克和$4,000七張牌Stud的冠軍。

1972年，雖然有12名選手計劃參賽，但由於現金遊戲的誘惑，四名選手缺席。最終，剩下的選手包括Jimmy Casella、Roger Van Ausdall、Johnny Moss、Jack Straus、Crandall Addington、Doyle Brunson、Puggy Pearson和Amarillo Slim Preston，他們以10,000美元的高額報名費參加比賽。最終，Amarillo Slim在決賽中擊敗Puggy，贏得了80,000美元的冠軍獎金。

1971年，WSOP轉爲“逐出賽”格式，六名選手每人繳納5,000美元報名費。Johnny Moss再次展現出他的撲克技巧，贏得了30,000美元的獎金，並獲得了第二個冠軍。

1970年，WSOP是一次獨特的賽事，冠軍不是通過比賽決出，而是通過選手投票決定的。七名選手受邀參加比賽，Johnny Moss，作爲撲克界的權威人物，被他的同行選爲最佳玩家。這場勝利標誌着WSOP首次舉行，並且Moss贏得了銀盃作爲獎勵。