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• Don Williams b. 1942 Portsmouth, OH (d. 4/10/2013)
  1991 WSOP Main Event 4th place ($115,000) & 1986 WSOP Main Event final table bubble boy ($12,500). Three bracelets: 1982 $1,000 Seven-Card STud ($56,000), 1985 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud ($85,500), & 1988 $1,000 Razz ($76,800).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Don Holt d. 2003 [age 76] (b. 4/15/1927)
  1991 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($402,500). Won 1989 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($154,000).
  Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1980: Mickey Appleman Wins $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 51 for $30,600.

• 1983: Stu Ungar Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 44, including Dewey Tomko heads up, for $110,000 to join Doyle Brunson in the WSOP Millionaire Club. [His decade-leading fourth bracelet of the 1980s would not be caught, with Billy Baxter, Tom McEvoy, Don Williams, Johnny Chan, and David Sklansky each falling one short.]

• 1986: Tom McEvoy Wins $1,000 Razz for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 131, including Alma McClelland heads up, for $52,400 in opening event of the 1986 WSOP.

• 1991: Mike Harthcock Wins $1,500 Limit Omaha for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 177 for $106,200.

• 1996: Freddy Deeb Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Lebanon's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 24 (41 rebuys) for $146,250. Gabe Kaplan finishes third for $48,750.

• 1998: T.J. Cloutier Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 82 (54 rebuys), including Doyle Brunson heads up, for $136,000.

• 2000: Chris Ferguson Wins $2,500 Seven-Card Stud for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 151 for $151,000.

• 2002: Billy Baxter Wins $1,500 Razz for Seventh Bracelet
  Defeats field of 115 for $64,860.

• 2003: Kathy Liebert Reaches Second Final Table of Year
  Finishes 9th in $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $12,160 and 2nd in $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em for $91,700 to tie Annie Duke and Jen Harman's women's record. John Arrage wins the latter event for $178,600 and his first bracelet after finishing third in Casino Employees event, duplicating Mike Majerus's feat from 2002.

• 2004: Cyndy Violette Wins $2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 224 for $135,900.

• 2007: Anthony Holden's Bigger Deal Released
  Author plays another year of poker, including the 2005 and 2006 WSOP Main Events.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }