January 1

• Jesse Alto b. 1927 Mexico as Jesse Michael Alto (d. 5/3/1998)
  Eight WSOP Main Event Top 9 finishes: 1974 4th, 1975 6th, 1976 2nd, 1978 5th for $21,000, 1984 2nd for $132,000, 1985 6th for $42,000, 1986 4th for $62,700, & 1988 9th for $21,000. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1996.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Tuan Lam [57] b. 1966 Vietnam
  2007 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($4,840,981).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• New Year's Day: Jesse Alto and Tuan Lam were both New Year's Day babies who first reached the Main Event final table in their forties.

• 2003: James McManus's Positively Fifth Street Released
  Sent by Harper's Magazine to write about the 2000 WSOP, McManus decides that playing would be good research, so he enters a satellite for the Main Event.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }