February 24

• 2012: WSOP Africa Returns With Six Circuit Ring Events
  Joe-Boy Rahme wins $3,300 Main Event for $158,595.

• 2016: Payouts to Expand From 10% of Field to 15%
  When the WSOP began, every event was winner-take-all. This slowly increased, depending on the field size, to three players, five players, the final table, the final two tables, and so forth, until roughly 9 to 11 percent of each field was paid from 2003 to 2015.
  For the Main Event, starting stacks will be increased from 30,000 chips to 50,000.

• 2022: WSOP Removes COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for 2022
  Neither vaccinations nor masks will be required for live events at World Series of Poker.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }