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• Johnny Moss b. 1907 Marshall, TX as John Hardie Moss (d. 12/16/1995)
  1970 WSOP champion (by vote), 1971 & 1974 WSOP Main Event winner ($30,000 & $160,000). Oldest Main Event winner in 1974 at 66 years, 11 months, and 27 days). Five other WSOP Main Event finishes: 1972 5th place, 1973 2nd place, 1979 5th place ($27,000), 1980 4th place ($73,000), & 1985 7th place ($42,000). Oldest bracelet winner at 80 years, 11 months, and 17 days (1988 $1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for his ninth bracelet). Seven bracelets from 1970 to 1979 were the most of any player in the decade. Poker Hall of Fame 1979 & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1994 (first member).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Mother's Day: For a few years the Ladies Championship was held on Mother's Day weekend, but it turned out that the mothers preferred to spend the day with their families.

• 1972: WSOP Cancels $5,000 Seven-Card Stud
  On page 33 of All In, Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback say that because Eric Drache was disappointed that he couldn't determine how many players had registered, he became the WSOP's first tournament director the next year. It turned out that not enough players had signed up, and the tournament was cancelled when Johnny Moss was too tired to play.

• 1973: Puggy Pearson Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 17 for $17,000 and record fourth bracelet, passing Johnny Moss and Bill Boyd.

• 1974: Jimmy Casella Wins $1,000 Razz for Second Bracelet of Year, Third Overall
  Defeats record field of 36 for $25,000 four days after overcoming a field of 9, including Johnny Moss heads up, for $41,225 in the $10,000 Seven-Card Stud.

• 1979: Starla Thompson Teams With Doyle Brunson to Win Mixed Doubles
  Brunson wins fourth bracelet (matching Bill Boyd's record of winning one in four straight years) but generously lets Thompson keep the entire $9,000 first prize. [Thompson would later marry and become Starla Brodie.]

• 1982: Billy Baxter Wins $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Consecutive Bracelet, Fourth Overall
  Defeats field of 19 for $95,000.

• 1989: Norman Keyser Wins $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for South Africa's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 305 for $244,000.

• 1992: Hamid Dastmalchi Wins 1992 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 201, including Tom Jacobs heads up, for $1,000,000.

• 1995: Mickey Appleman Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 117 for $234,000.

• 1995: Starla Brodie Wins Ladies Championship for Second Bracelet
  Defeats field of 88 for $35,200.

• 1997: Marsha Waggoner Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
  Finishes 12th for $33,920 and becomes the first two-time Last Woman Standing.

• 1998: Scotty Nguyen Wins 1998 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 350, including Kevin McBride heads up, for $1,000,000 and second bracelet. The majority of the players qualified via supersatellite, including McBride, or single-table satellite, including Nguyen.

• 2000: Jay Heimowitz Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 142, including Melissa Hayden heads up, for $284,000.

• 2001: Nani Dollison Wins Second Straight Ladies Championship for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 106 for $41,130 and becomes the first [and still only] woman to win two bracelets in one year.

• 2010: Daphne Turner Becomes First Woman to Win Two Circuit Rings
  Wins $300+50 Mixed Game event for $6,727 two years after her first ring.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }