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• Gaelle Baumann [40] b. 1983 Strasbourg, France
  2012 WSOP Main Event final table "bubble boy" & Last Woman Standing ($590,442).
  WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1978: Lakewood Louie Wins Debut $5,000 Limit Draw for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of seven for $21,000 in opening event of the 1978 WSOP.

• 1980: Total WSOP Entries Top 2,000
  61 players enter $1,000 Ace-to-Five Draw to reach the milestone.

• 1981: California Style Limit Draw Debuts
  For the first time in WSOP history, a game with a joker is played.

• 1983: Donna and Jim Doman Win $800 Mixed Doubles to Become First Husband and Wife to Win Bracelets
  Defeat field of 50 pairs for $40,000.

• 1993: Ted Forrest Wins $1,500 Limit Omaha for Consecutive Bracelets
  Defeats field of 200 for $120,000.

• 1997: Maria Stern Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for Costa Rica's First Female Bracelet
  Defeats field of 257 for $140,708 just two days after Linda Johnson to make this the first year two women capture open events (3rd and 4th ever). Maria and her husband Max Stern become the first married couple to both win open bracelets.

• 1998: Donnacha O'Dea Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Ireland's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 139 (119 rebuys) for $154,800.

• 2000: Jerri Thomas Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud
  41-year-old mother of a 3-month-old earns $135,825 and her first bracelet to match her husband Harry, who won the 1985 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for $122,500.

• 2005: Amarillo Slim Preston's Amarillo Slim in a World of Fat People Released
  Very entertaining tales from a Texas road gambler, including a chapter on the 1972 WSOP Main Event.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }