May 6

• 1978: Doyle Brunson Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 23, including Bobby Baldwin heads up, for $69,000.

• 1979: Gary Berland Wins $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 34, including Puggy Pearson heads up, for $20,400.

• 1980: Pete Christ Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud to Become First Non-American Born Bracelet Winner
  Born as Panagiotis Christodoulou in Athens, Greece, Christ defeats field of 30, including Stu Ungar heads up, for $90,000.

• 1984: Pot-Limit Omaha Debuts
  108 players enter $1,000 event and rebuy 60 times with William Bennett taking the bracelet and $84,000.

• 1987: Telly Savalas Finishes Fifth in $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Split
  Wins $11,650 after reaching his second final table.

• 1993: Ted Forrest Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Third Bracelet of Year
  Defeats field of 57 for $114,000.

• 1998: Erik Seidel Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 26 (33 rebuys) for $132,750.

• 1999: Josh Arieh Wins $3,000 Limit Hold 'Em for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 169 for $202,800.

• 2000: Phil Ivey Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 100 (95 rebuys), including Amarillo Slim Preston heads up, for $195,000.

• 2003: John Juanda Wins $2,500 Seven-Card Stud for Second Bracelet
  Defeats field of 140 for $130,200.

• 2013: Michael Mizrachi Wins WSOP Africa Main Event
  Defeats Karl Myburgh heads up for $101,267 and Circuit ring.

• 2014: Colson Whitehead's Noble Hustle Released
  Future multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning writer gets staked by Grantland to play in the 2011 WSOP Main Event.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }