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• Perry Friedman [55] b. 1968 Brooklyn, NY
  Won 2002 $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($176,860). 8 final tables.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1905: Las Vegas, Nevada Founded
  Los Angeles, Salt Lake and San Pedro Railroad auctions off 110 acres to create Las Vegas.

• 1972: Bill Boyd Wins $10,000 Five-Card Stud for Second Bracelet
  Defeats single unknown opponent for $20,000.

• 1982: Record 202 Players Enter $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em
  First WSOP tournament to top 200 players, breaking the record of 180 set by the 1981 running of the same event.

• 1983: Joe Bernstein Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
  Bernstein was a road gambler who won the 1973 $3,000 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw.

• 1987: Jack Keller Surpasses $1,000,000 in WSOP Career Winnings
  Second place finish for $118,125 in record 342-player $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em allows Gentleman Jack to join Doyle Brunson and Stu Ungar in the seven-digit club as Ralph Morton wins the tourney for $189,000 and second bracelet.

• 1989: Robin Brown Wins Female Record $53,000
  Finishes third in $2,000 Limit Hold 'Em, while Thomas Chung wins his first bracelet and $212,000.

• 1991: Bobby Baldwin Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 29th place for $8,050, ending run of six straight years in which a former champ made the final table.

• 1991: Gabe Kaplan Finishes 13th in WSOP Main Event
  Reaches Day 3 to win $11,500.

• 1996: Lucy Rokach First Foreign Female to Cash in WSOP Main Event
  Finishes 26th for $19,500 as the Last Woman Standing.

• 1996: Berry Johnston Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 16th place for $23,400.

• 1997: Stu Ungar Wins 1997 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 312, including John Strzemp heads up, for $1,000,000, third Main Event crown, and fifth bracelet as the Main Event final table is contested outside for the only time. Ungar becomes the second player to top $2,000,000 in WSOP winnings, now trailing only Johnny Chan on the all-time list.

• 2000: Nani Dollison Wins Ladies Championship for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 133 for $53,200 as event switches to a mixed Limit Hold 'Em/Seven-Card Stud format, the first-ever WSOP mixed game.

• 2003: Men Nguyen Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Fifth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 96 for $178,560.

• 2017: November Nine Era Ended
  After an appropriate nine year run, the WSOP will return to finishing the Main Event without a multi-month break.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }