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• Brandon Cantu [42] b. 1981 Vancouver, WA
  Two bracelets: 2006 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($757,839) & 2009 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($228,867). 1 Circuit ring.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Stephen Chidwick [34] b. 1989 Deal, Kent, England
  Won 2019 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller ($1,618,417). 20 final tables.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1976: Doyle Brunson Wins $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 14 (6 rebuys) for $90,250.

• 1979: Johnny Moss Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Record Seventh Bracelet
  Defeats field of 16 for $48,000. Moss beat Puggy Pearson heads up to somewhat avenge his 1973 Main Event loss.

• 1980: Father-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law Both Win Bracelets
  Debby Callihan wins $400 Ladies Championship ($14,880) less than two weeks after her father-in-law Pat Callihan wins the $2,000 Limit Draw ($26,000).

• 1983: Donnacha O'Dea Becomes First Foreigner to Reach Heads Up in WSOP Tourney
  Irishman collects $46,800 for his efforts in the $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em.

• 1983: Tom McEvoy Wins $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em for First Bracelet
  Defeats record field of 234 for $117,000. The size of the field forced the WSOP to run tables at the Golden Nugget, Fremont, and Four Queens casinos.

• 1983: Berry Johnston Wins $2,500 Match Play for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 32 for $40,000 in 5-round heads-up event.

• 1986: Sam Mastrogiannis Wins Consecutive Events
  Californian defeats fields of 196 and 40 respectively in $1,000 and $5,000 Seven-Card Stud tournaments for $78,400 and $80,000 and his second and third bracelets.

• 1987: Alma McClelland Becomes All-Time Women's Money Leader
  Finishes third in Ladies Championship for $4,200 to boost her career total to $35,480, $430 ahead of Betty Carey.

• 1987: Billy Baxter Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 37 (31 rebuys) for $153,000. The 1,000th prize in WSOP history goes to Howard Andrew for 16th place ($1,800).

• 1995: Hilbert Shirey Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Consecutive Bracelet
  Defeats field of 163 for $163,000 just one day after taking down $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for $137,000.

• 1996: Henry Orenstein Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud
  Hole card cam inventor defeats field of 65 for $130,000 and first bracelet.

• 1998: Amanda Thompson Wins $1,000 Ladies Championship for Canada's First Female Bracelet
  Defeats field of 100 for $40,000.

• 2001: Allen Cunningham Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 104 for $201,760.

• 2002: Qushqar Morad Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Afghanistan's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 92 for $172,960.

• 2003: Layne Flack Wins $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 220 for $120,000. Annie Duke reaches her second final table of the year (6th in $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for $10,960) for a record third time and finishes 2nd for $60,000.

• 2004: Annie Duke Wins $2,000 Omaha Hi/Lo for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 234 for $137,860 and joins Violette and Liebert as record third woman to win an open event in one year.

• 2004: Huong Doan Wins First Limit Hold 'Em Ladies Championship
  Defeats field of 201 for $58,530 as event switches to straight Limit Hold 'Em for the only time.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }