May 7

• Dan Shak [64] b. 1959 New York, NY
  Tied for first in 2007 $5,000 Ante Up for Africa, donating his $193,369 prize to charity. Won 2017 WSOP Europe €25,000 Super High Roller ($243,817).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Vitaly Lunkin [52] b. 1971 Moscow, Russia
  Two bracelets: 2008 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($629,417) & 2009 $40,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 40th Anniversary ($1,891,018).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1976: Walter Smiley Becomes First Black Player to Earn a Bracelet
  Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for $35,000 after defeating Eric Drache heads up.

• 1982: $1,000 Limit Draw High Is 100th Event in WSOP History
  David Sklansky would win the event, defeating a field of 31 for $15,500.

• 1983: David Sklansky Wins WSOP's First Omaha Tournament
  Defeats field of 51 players in $1,000 Limit Omaha for $25,500 and his third bracelet.

• 1985: Telly Savalas Finishes Third in $1,000 Seven-Card Stud
  Wins $14,900 in event won by John Lukas (Ralph Hoots second). [The actor later plays in the year's Main Event as part of his research for a movie about Nick the Greek that will utimately be shelved.]

• 1988: Gabe Kaplan Finishes Third in $5,000 Seven-Card Stud
  Wins $39,500 (behind Thor Hansen and David Heyden) in his second final table of the year.

• 1988: Thor Hansen Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud to Become First Non-American Bracelet Winner
  Norwegian defeats field of 79 for $158,000.

• 1991: Jerry Buss Finishes Third in $2,500 Seven-Card Stud
  Los Angeles Lakers owner wins $33,250 (behind Rod Pardey and Don Williams) for his first WSOP cash. [This would end up as the best of his four WSOP cashes.]

• 1992: Erik Seidel Wins $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 168, including Phil Hellmuth heads up, for $168,000.

• 1995: Men Nguyen Wins $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet, Second of Year
  Defeats field of 186 for $465,000 just three days after his previous victory.

• 1996: WSOP Passes $100,000,000 in Total Prizes Awarded
  $144,000 first prize in $2,500 Seven-Card Stud tops the milestone as Marty Sigel wins his first bracelet.

• 1997: Phil Hellmuth Wins $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em for Sixth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 170, including Tom McEvoy heads up, for $204,000 and his decade-leading fifth bracelet of the 1990s.

• 1997: Johnny Chan Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 32 (41 rebuys) for $164,250. Chan beat Lyle Berman heads up for the second time (1985 $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em).

• 1999: Mike Matusow Wins $3,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 205 for $265,475.

• 2002: Layne Flack Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet, Second of Year
  Defeats field of 528, including Johnny Chan heads up, for $268,020. Chan's $137,720 prize moves him back ahead of T.J. Cloutier for the top spot on the WSOP money list.

• 2003: Amir Vahidi Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Iran's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 531 for $270,000.

• 2004: Daniel Negreanu Wins $2,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 287 for $169,100.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }