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• Matt Matros [46] b. 1977 New York, NY
  Three bracelets: 2010 $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em ($189,870), 2011 $2,500 Mixed Limit/No-Limit Hold 'Em, & 2012 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($454,835).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Byron Wolford d. 2003 [age 72] (b. 9/14/1930)
  1984 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($264,000). Won 1991 $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($210,000). Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1995.
  Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Bob Ciaffone d. 2022 [age 81] (b. 12/10/1940)
  1987 WSOP Main Event 3rd place ($125,000). Created "Robert's Rules of Poker". Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2015.
  Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1973: Bill Boyd Wins $10,000 Five-Card Stud for Third Bracelet
  Earns a walkover when nobody wants to challenge him.

• 1976: Howard Andrew Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet of Year
  Defeats record field of 56 for $28,000 just three days after beating a field of 25 for $23,750 in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em.

• 1980: Sarge Ferris Wins $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw
  Defeats field of 19 (6 rebuys of which two were his), including Doyle Brunson heads up, for $150,000 and his first bracelet. [This would end up as the future Poker Hall of Famer's only bracelet.]

• 1981: Eddie Schwettmann Wins $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em
  Murray, Kentucky restaurant owner defeats field of 180 for $90,000 in an event missing from WSOP.com.

• 1982: Bingo Palace Runs Satellite for Main Event
  Eric Drache may have informally created the first satellite by convincing a table of players at the Horseshoe, but the Bingo Palace Casino advertised the first real satellite tournament in the May 6 Las Vegas Review-Journal, promising to turn one player's $100 entry into a ticket to the Main Event. They held a second satellite the day before the Main Event began.

• 1983: Official Main Event Odds Posted
  Although bookies have taken action on who would win past WSOP Main Events, this year the WSOP gave both El Cortez and Poker World the green light to post odds and accept bets. Bobby Baldwin is the favorite at 10-1 at El Cortez (16-1 at Vegas World), followed by Doyle Brunson at 12-1 (18-1), and Jack Straus at 12-2 (22-1).

• 1984: Murph Harrold Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
  Harrold was a road gambler considered to be one of the best at Deuce-to-Seven Draw.

• 1984: ORAC Computer Program Challenges World Champs in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'Em at WSOP
  Mike Caro's Apple II app loses narrowly to Tom McEvoy after leading 140 to 60 chips, loses to Doyle Brunson when it unexpectedly calls a first-hand preflop shove (losing with Ad7d vs. A9o), and is leading Brunson by 58 {129-71} when time runs out on a rematch.

• 1986: Jack Keller Cashes in Record Fourth Event of Year
  Runner-Up finish in $1,000 Limit Omaha for $24,200 breaks 13-year-old record set by Puggy Pearson when he won three bracelets in 1973.

• 1987: Hal Kant Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
  Grateful Dead attorney defeats field of 91 (83 rebuys), including Lyle Berman heads, up for $174,000.

• 1991: Puggy Pearson Plays Main Event Dressed as an Arab Oil Sheik
  The rich do not get richer as he busts early.

• 1992: Telly Savalas Finishes 21st in WSOP Main Event
  Reaches Day 3 but takes home only $8,080.

• 1992: Johnny Chan Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Reaches final table before exiting in 7th place for $25,250.

• 1993: Mansour Matloubi Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Reaches final table sixth in chips and manages to move up to fourth place for $120,000.

• 1993: Jim Bechtel Wins 1993 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 220, including Glenn Cozen heads up, for $1,000,000.

• 1994: Russ Hamilton Wins 1994 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 268, including Hugh Vincent heads up, for $1,000,000 and his weight in silver (330 pounds worth $28,512) to celebrate the 25th WSOP.

• 1998: Jack Keller Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 22nd place for $25,000.

• 1998: Susie Isaacs Finishes Tenth as Last Woman Standing in the WSOP Main Event
  Two-time Ladies Champ collects $40,000, outlasting Kathy Liebert by seven places .

• 1999: Huck Seed Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Reaches 9-player final table third in chips before exiting in 6th place for $167,700.

• 1999: Noel Furlong Wins 1999 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 393, including Alan Goehring heads up, for $1,000,000.

• 2004: Ted Forrest Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Fifth Bracelet, Second of Year
  Defeats field of 834, including Susan Pritchett heads up, for $300,300.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }