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Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner of the WSOP Main Event receives a World Series of Poker bracelet, millions of dollars (with the exact amount based on the number of entrants), and the right to be considered the year's World Champion of Poker. [2]
For the last several years, the largest tournament in the world has been the World Series of Poker Main Event. With the exception of 1992, the US$10,000 buy-in tournament increased in prize pool year-over-year from its start in 1970 until 2007 (the latter a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which reduced the number of players winning their seats via online play).
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.
Winner of a Main Event (year in bold). [E] Bracelet won at a WSOP Europe event. [A] Bracelet won at a WSOP Asia Pacific event. [C] Bracelet by winning the WSOP Circuit National Championship/Global Casino Championship. [O] Bracelet won at a 2020 WSOP Online, 2021 WSOP Online, 2022 WSOP Online, 2023 WSOP Online, or 2024 WSOP Online event. [P]
See also: List of World Series of Poker Main Event champions Pages in category "World Series of Poker Main Event winners" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total.
Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as "bracelets". During the first years of the WSOP, only a handful of bracelets were awarded each year. In 1990, there were only 14 bracelet events. By 2000, that number increased ...
Susie Isaacs is one of only two women to win the Ladies Championship in back to back years. Jennifer Tilly, Academy Award nominee, won the 2005 Ladies Championship.. The World Series of Poker (WSOP), held annually in Las Vegas, is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". [1]
This is a category for poker players who have won the World Series of Pokers' Player of the Year Award. The award was first given in 2004 for the player with the best total tournament results at the WSOP in Las Vegas. In 2011, it was expanded to also include the results of tournaments in the World Series of Poker Europe.