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• Dody Roach b. 1937 Corpus Christi, TX as Felix Dodier Roach (d. 9/7/2004)
  1982 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($41,600). Two bracelets: 1981 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($81,000) & 1996 $1,500 Limit Omaha ($102,600).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Jesse Alto d. 1998 [age 71] (b. 1/1/1927)
  Eight WSOP Main Event Top 9 finishes: 1974 4th, 1975 6th, 1976 2nd, 1978 5th for $21,000, 1984 2nd for $132,000, 1985 6th for $42,000, 1986 4th for $62,700, & 1988 9th for $21,000. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1996.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1979: Jackie Mills Becomes First Woman to Reach Heads Up in Open Event
  Earns $11,400 for second place in $2,000 Limit Draw.

• 1979: Lakewood Louie Wins $2,000 Limit Draw for Second Consecutive Bracelet, Third Overall
  Defeats field of 19 for $24,000 one year after winning $5,000 version of same event.

• 1980: Record 176 Players Enter $500 Seven-Card Stud
  First event to reach triple digits crushes the record of 97 in last year's $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em.

• 1988: Phil Hellmuth Records First WSOP Cash
  Finishes 5th in $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for $15,450.

• 1989: Dewey Tomko Reaches Decade-High 12th Final Table of 1980s
  Finishes 8th in $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em for $8,980. [Tomko would end the decade one ahead of Berry Johnston and Jack Keller.]

• 1989: WSOP Awards 200th Bracelet
  George Allen Shaw defeats record field of 449 in $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em for $179,600 and the historic bracelet.

• 1993: Humberto Brenes Wins $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Costa Rica's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 149 for $149,000.

• 1994: Huck Seed Wins $2,5000 Pot-Limit Omaha for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 78 (89 rebuys) for $167,000.

• 1995: Annie Duke and Howard Lederer Become First Siblings to Reach Same Final Table
  Duke knocks brother out in 9th for $5,940 before finishing 6th for $13,860 in $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em. Duke also sets women's records with her second final table and fourth cash of the year.

• 1997: Matthias Rohnacher Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Germany's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 87 (96 rebuys) for $183,000.

• 2001: Berry Johnston Wins $1,500 Razz for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 144 for $83,810.

• 2002: Jan Sorensen Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Denmark's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 89 (105 rebuys) for $185,000. Runner-up Brent Carter made a little extra money by striking a heads-up deal that was accepted by Sorensen's backer, angering the Dane who later refused Carter's congratulatory handshake.

• 2003: Layne Flack Wins $2,500 Omaha Hi/Lo for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 135, including Men Nguyen heads up, for $119,260.

• 2010: World Series of Poker Africa to Debut in October
  Emerald Resort and Casino in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa to host two non-bracelet events.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }