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• Jim Doman d. 1992 [age 43] (b. 4/8/1949)
  1986 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($22,800). Two bracelets 1982 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($96,000) & 1983 $800 Mixed Doubles with his wife Donna, becoming the first husband and wife to both own bracelets.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1982: Two Former Main Event Champs Reach 9-Player Final Table for Third Straight Year
  Doyle Brunson, Last Champ Standing, finishes fourth for $52,000, while Sailor Roberts exits eighth for $20,800. [In addition, future champ Berry Johnson (1986) finishes third.]

• 2002: Robert Varkonyi Wins 2002 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 631, including Julian Gardner heads up, for $2,000,000, the largest poker tournament prize ever.

• 2002: Lyle Berman and Johnny Chan Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
  Berman is a 3-time bracelet winner who reached the 1989 Main Event final table, while Chan is a 7-time bracelet winner who won the WSOP Main Event back-to-back in 1987 and 1988 before falling one sport short in 1989. [Chan added three more bracelets since joining the HOF.]

• 2003: Chris Moneymaker Wins 2003 WSOP Main Event
  Online satellite winner defeats field of 839, including Sammy Farha heads up, for record $2,500,000. Moneymaker had won a PokerStars $86 one-table satellite into a $650 satellite for his Main Event seat.

• 2003: Bobby Baldwin Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
  Baldwin is a 4-time bracelet winner, including the 1978 WSOP Main Event.

• 2003: Dan Harrington Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Reaches final table seventh in chips before exiting in 3rd place for $650,000.

• 2004: Rose Richie Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
  Finishes 98th for $20,000.

• 2013: Jonathan Hilton Wins WSOP National Championship
  Defeats field of 127 for $355,599.

• 2014: Dominik Nitsche Wins WSOP National Championship
  Defeats field of 126 for $352,800 and second bracelet, becoming first non-American to win event.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }