April 29

• Amarillo Slim Preston d. 2012 [age 83] (b. 12/31/1928)
  1972 WSOP Main Event winner ($80,000). Four other bracelets: 1972 $5,000 Razz ($50,000; missing from the record books), 1974 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em, 1985 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, & 1990 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Poker Hall of Fame 1992.
  Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1977: Bobby Baldwin Wins $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Bracelet of Year
  Defeats field of 11, including Billy Baxter heads up, for $80,000.

• 1988: Gabe Kaplan Finishes Eighth in $1,000 Razz
  Comedian and actor earns $3,840 in opening event of the 1988 WSOP.

• 2000: Johnny Chan Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Sixth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 156 (143 rebuys), including Josh Arieh heads up, for $179,400. Chan says he really wanted this bracelet because "I have five bracelets and six kids. I'm serious!"

• 2001: S.H.O.E. Debuts at WSOP
  David Pham defeats field of 181 to win $2,000 S.H.O.E. for $140,455 and his first bracelet.

• 2003: O'Neil Longson Gets Revenge on Allen Cunningham
  Less than a year after Cunningham defeated Longson in the $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw, Longson turns the table, defeating a field of 28 (40 rebuys) for $147,680 and his second bracelet in the 500th event in WSOP history.

• 2004: Daniel Negreanu Rebuys 27 Times in $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em
  Needs to reach 8th place to make a profit and does, finishing third for $100,940. The rebuy period was only two hours long.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }