January 16

• Phil Galfond [38] b. 1985 North Potomac, MD
  Three bracelets: 2008 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($817,781), 2015 $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($224,383), & 2018 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($567,788). Founder of the Run It Once Training web site.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Walter Smiley won the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud in 1976 to become the first black player (and first non-Caucasian) to win a bracelet. Carolyn Gardner became the first black female bracelet winner with her 1983 Ladies Championship.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }