World Series of Poker - WSOP History
Year Winner / Winning Hand Prize (US$) Entrants Runner-Up / Losing Hand |
| 1970 | Johnny Moss * | n/a | 7 | n/a | | 1971 | Johnny Moss | 30,000 | 6 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson | | 1972 | Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston K J | 80,000 | 8 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson 6 6 | | 1973 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson A♠ 7♠ | 130,000 | 13 | Johnny Moss K♥ J♠ | | 1974 | Johnny Moss 3♥ 3♠ | 160,000 | 16 | Crandall Addington A♣ 2♣ | | 1975 | Brian "Sailor" Roberts 9♠ 9♥ | 210,000 | 21 | Bob Hooks A♣ K♦ | | 1976 | Doyle Brunson 10♠ 2♠ | 220,000 | 22 | Jesse Alto A♠ J♦ | | 1977 | Doyle Brunson 10♠ 2♥ | 340,000 | 34 | Gary Berland 8♥ 5♣ | | 1978 | Bobby Baldwin Q♦ Q♣ | 210,000 | 42 | Crandall Addington 9♦ 9♣ | | 1979 | Hal Fowler 7♠ 6♦ | 270,000 | 54 | Bobby Hoff A♣ A♥ | | 1980 | Stu Ungar 5♠ 4♠ | 385,000 | 73 | Doyle Brunson A♥ 7♠ | | 1981 | Stu Ungar A♥ Q♥ | 375,000 | 75 | Perry Green 10♣ 9♦ | | 1982 | Jack Straus A♥ 10♠ | 520,000 | 104 | Dewey Tomko A♦ 4♦ | | 1983 | Tom McEvoy Q♦ Q♠ | 540,000 | 108 | Rod Peate K♦ J♦ | | 1984 | Jack Keller 10♥ 10♠ | 660,000 | 132 | Byron Wolford 6♥ 4♥ | | 1985 | [Bill Smith 3♠ 3♥ | 700,000 | 140 | T. J. Cloutier A♦ 3♣ | | 1986 | Berry Johnston A♠ 10♥ | 570,000 | 141 | Mike Harthcock A♦ 8♦ | | 1987 | Johnny Chan A♠ 9♣ | 625,000 | 152 | Frank Henderson 4♦ 4♣ | | 1988 | Johnny Chan J♣ 9♣ | 700,000 | 167 | Erik Seidel Q♣ 7♥ | | 1989 | Phil Hellmuth Jr 9♠ 9♣ | 755,000 | 178 | Johnny Chan A♠ 7♠ | | 1990 | Mansour Matloubi 6♥ 6♠ | 895,000 | 194 | Hans Lund 4♦ 4♣ | | 1991 | Brad Daugherty K♠ J♠ | 1,000,000 | 215 | Don Holt 7♥ 3♥ | | 1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi 8♥ 4♣ | 1,000,000 | 201 | Tom Jacobs J♦ 7♠ | | 1993 | Jim Bechtel J♣ 6♥ | 1,000,000 | 220 | Glenn Cozen 7♠ 4♦ | | 1994 | Russ Hamilton K♠ 8♥ | 1,000,000 | 268 | Hugh Vincent 8♣ 5♥ | | 1995 | Dan Harrington 9♦ 8♦ | 1,000,000 | 273 | Howard Goldfarb A♥ 7♣ | | 1996 | Huck Seed 9♦ 8♦ | 1,000,000 | 295 | Bruce Van Horn K♣ 8♣ | | 1997 | Stu Ungar A♥ 4♣ | 1,000,000 | 312 | John Strzemp A♠ 8♣ | | 1998 | Scotty Nguyen J♦ 9♣ | 1,000,000 | 350 | Kevin McBride Q♥ 10♥ | | 1999 | Noel Furlong 5♣ 5♦ | 1,000,000 | 393 | Alan Goehring 6♥ 6♣ | | 2000 | Chris Ferguson A♠ 9♣ | 1,500,000 | 512 | T. J. Cloutier A♦ Q♣ | | 2001 | Juan Carlos Mortensen K♣ Q♣ | 1,500,000 | 613 | Dewey Tomko A♠ A♥ | | 2002 | Robert Varkonyi Q♦ 10♠ | 2,000,000 | 631 | Julian Gardner J♣ 8♣ | | 2003 | Chris Moneymaker 5♦ 4♠ | 2,500,000 | 839 | Sam Farha J♥ 10♦ | | 2004 | Greg Raymer 8♠ 8♦ | 5,000,000 | 2,576 | David Williams A♥ 4♠ | | 2005 | Joe Hachem 7♣ 3♠ | 7,500,000 | 5,619 | Steve Dannenmann A♦ 3♣ | | 2006 | Jamie Gold Q♠ 9♣ | 12,000,000 | 8,773 | Paul Wasicka 10♥ 10♠ | | 2007 | Jerry Yang 8♦ 8♣ | 8,250,000 | 6,358 | Tuan Lam A♦ Q♦ | | 2008 |
| 9,119,517 | 6,844 |
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