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• Chris Klodnicki [38] b. 1985 Camden, NJ
  Won 2017 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($428,423). 2013 $111,111 One Drop High Roller 2nd place ($2,985,495). 2012 $50,000 Poker Player Championship 2nd place ($896,935). 1 Circuit ring.
  WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1973: Puggy Pearson Wins $4,000 Seven-Card Stud for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of eight, including Eric Drache heads up, for $28,000 in opening event of the 1973 WSOP. Drache pockets $4,000, the first second prize awarded in a WSOP tournament.

• 1974: Bonnie Baez Becomes First Woman to Cash in Open Event
  Finishes fourth in $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $1,050.

• 1974: Amarillo Slim Preston Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 21 for $11,100.

• 1975: Jay Heimowitz Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Non-Professional) for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 32 for $32,000 as WSOP passes a million dollars in total prizes awarded.

• 1981: Stu Ungar Wins $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Bracelet
  Defeats field of 19, including Bobby Baldwin heads up, for $95,000 and the WSOP's 100th bracelet.

• 1982: Vera Richmond Becomes First Woman to Win Open Bracelet
  Wins $1,000 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for women's record $38,500 and a gold bracelet, which she requests instead of this year's special gold watch.

• 1984: Pot-Limit Omaha Earns Encore
  $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha late addition to schedule as a "Special Event". Dewey Tomko collects his second bracelet of the year (third overall) and $135,000 ten days after winning the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for $105,000.

• 1986: Barbara Enright Goes From Victory to Victory
  Enright bets $11 on a horse named Victory, uses her $75 winnings to enter a satellite, and parlays that into a Ladies Championship worth $16,400.

• 1988: Gilbert Gross Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for France's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 111 (70 rebuys) for $181,000.

• 1989: Gabe Kaplan Finishes Fifth in $5,000 Seven-Card Stud
  Earns $23,100 in event won by Don Holt.

• 1990: Amarillo Slim Preston Wins $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 71 for $142,000.

• 1991: Jay Heimowitz Wins $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 63 for $315,000. The 2,000th prize in WSOP history goes to runner-up John Bonetti ($78,750).

• 1992: Shari Flanzer Wins Ladies Championship
  Las Vegas amateur defeats field of 95 for event record $38,000 and first bracelet as WSOP doubles buyin from $500 to $1,000.

• 1996: Annie Duke Reaches Second Final Table of Year for Second Straight Year
  Matches her own record with a 6th place finish in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $23,363 four days after finishing 2nd in the $2,500 Seven-Card Stud for $72,000.

• 1998: Matt Damon Plays WSOP Main Event
  Doyle Brunson coolers him on first day with pocket aces over pocket kings. Fellow actor Ed Norton also competes.

• 2000: David Chiu Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 101 for $202,000.

• 2000: Larry Flynt Finishes Eighth in $5,000 Seven-Card Stud
  Wins $10,100 for his only WSOP cash.

• 2001: Erik Seidel Wins $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 382, including Johnny Chan heads up in a reversal of their 1988 Main Event battle, for $411,300.

• 2002: Phil Ivey Wins $2,000 S.H.O.E. for Fourth Bracelet, Third of Year
  Defeats field of 143 for $107,540.

• 2003: Huck Seed Wins $5,000 Razz for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 30, including Phil Ivey heads up, for $71,500.

• 2003: Jen Harman Reaches Second Final Table of Year
  Finishes 9th in $3,000 Limit Hold 'Em for $8,580 four weeks after finishing 5th in $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for $9,880 to become the second woman after Annie Duke to reach multiple final tables in multiple years.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }