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• 1973: Joe Bernstein Becomes Oldest Bracelet Winner at 73
  Wins $3,000 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for $21,000.

• 1974: Bill Boyd Wins $5,000 Five-Card Stud for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 8 for $40,000. [After Boyd's fourth straight Five-Card Stud victory, the event is retired.]

• 1975: Johnny Moss Wins $1,000 Seven-Card Stud for Record Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats record field of 44 for $44,000.

• 1977: Doyle Brunson Wins 1977 WSOP Main Event to Defend Title
  Defeats field of 34, including Gary Berland heads up, for $340,000, fourth bracelet, and second of year. The Main Event is the 50th event in WSOP history and the 51st bracelet (because Aubrey Day and Jack Straus each got one for chopping the 1973 $3,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw).

• 1979: Bobby Baldwin Wins $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 15, including Byron Wolford heads up, for $90,000.

• 1982: Doyle Brunson Becomes First Player to Win Over $1,000,000 at WSOP
  Texas Dolly's $14,625 for third place finish in the $2,500 Ace-to-Five Draw pushes his career World Series of Poker winnings into seven digits.

• 1982: Billy Baxter Wins $2,500 Ace-to-Five Draw for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 39 for $48,750. Baxter beat Bobby Baldwin heads up to avenge his 1977 $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw loss.

• 1987: T.J. Cloutier Wins $1,000 Limit Omaha for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 180 for $72,000.

• 1990: Berry Johnston Wins $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 254, including Hal Kant heads up, for $254,000.

• 1993: Marsha Waggoner Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
  Australian finishes 19th for $12,000 to increase her women's record to three cashes in one year. Wendeen Eolis becomes the first woman to cash twice with the same prize for 20th place as the two become the first pair of women to cash in one Main Event.

• 1994: Mansour Matloubi Last Champ Standing in Main Event for Second Straight Year
  Exits in 16th place for $20,160.

• 1994: Barbara Samuelson Finishes Tenth as Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
  Wins $26,880 after being the chip leader with three tables left.

• 1994: Robert Turner Cashes in Record Fourth Straight Main Event
  Finishes 6th for $50,400, following runs to 10th in 1991 ($11,500), 36th in 1992 ($7,070), and 13th in 1993 ($16,800).

• 1997: Susie Isaacs Wins Second Consecutive Ladies Championship
  Defeats field of 95 for $38,000 a year after collecting $42,000.

• 1997: Roger Moore Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
  Moore finished sixth in the 1986 Main Event and won the 1994 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud.

• 1999: Hal Kant Last Celebrity Standing in the WSOP Main Event
  Grateful Dead attorney reaches Day 3 and finishes 21st for $27,950. He was also the Last Celebrity Standing with min-cashes in 1995 and 1996.

• 2001: Scotty Nguyen Wins $5,000 Omaha Hi/Lo for Fourth Bracelet, Second of Year
  Defeats field of 107, including Phil Hellmuth heads up, for $207,580.

• 2002: Jennifer Harman Traniello Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em to Become First Woman With Two Open Bracelets
  Defeats field of 113 for $146,250 and ties Annie Duke's record with second final table of year (8th in $2,500 Seven-Card Stud for $5,780).

• 2009: Mike Matusow's Check-Raising the Devil Released
  The Mouth's autobiography includes stories from the 2001, 2004, and 2005 WSOP Main Events, which included his two final tables.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }