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• 1981: Johnny Moss Wins $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for Record Eighth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 67 for $33,500 to become the oldest bracelet winner less than two weeks before his 74th birthday. Eight-or-better qualifier rule for low hand introduced.

• 1988: Johnny Moss Wins $1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for Record Ninth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 194 for $116,400 and extends his record as the oldest bracelet winner less than two weeks before his 81st birthday.

• 1990: Mike Harthcock Wins $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet
  Defeats field of 420 for $252,000 in opening event of the 1990 WSOP.

• 1990: Total WSOP Entries Top 20,000
  186 players enter $1,500 Razz to reach the milestone.

• 1992: Mickey Appleman Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Bracelet
  Defeats field of 30 (23 rebuys), including Huck Seed heads up, for $119,250.

• 1998: Artie Cobb Wins $2,500 Seven-Card Stud for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 152 for $152,000. Cobb wears a large green foam rubber frog hat while polishing off Phil Hellmuth heads up.

• 1999: T.J. Cloutier Reaches Decade-High 19th Final Table of 1990s
  Finishes 4th in $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha to tie Men Nguyen, who made his 19th three days earlier in the $1,500 Razz. [Both would finish 3 ahead of An Tran and 4 ahead of John Bonetti.]

• 2003: High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story Opens in Theaters
  Jonathan Press plays the younger Stu, and Michael Imperioli plays the older Stu in the biography.

• 2004: Mike Caro's Bobby Baldwin's Winning Poker Secrets Released
  Good stories, including Baldwin in the 1978 WSOP Main Event. [Approximate date]

• 2007: WSOP Main Event to Start With 20,000 Chips
  Starting stack doubles from the usual 10,000.

• 2008: New Main Event Format Announced With November Nine
  Play will take a break after final table is reached in July and finish up in November.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }