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• Jack Straus b. 1930 Travis, TX (d. 8/18/1988)
  1982 WSOP Main Event winner ($520,000). Four unpaid Top 10 finishes: 1971 2nd place, 1973 4th place, 1974 3rd place, & 1984 10th place. Poker Hall of Fame 1988.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Brunno Botteon [28] b. 1995 Brazil as Brunno Botteon de Albuquerque
  2020 WSOP International Main Event 2nd place ($1,062,723).
  WSOP.com | Hendon

• 1972: Amarillo Slim Preston Appears on "The Tonight Show"
  The Main Event champ was one of Johnny Carson's first guests in the show's new Burbank home. [Preston would continue to popularize poker with ten more appearances plus three "60 Minutes" episodes and stints on "Good Morning America", "The Mike Douglas Show", "To Tell the Truth", "What's My Line?", and "I've Got a Secret".

• 2005: T.J. Cloutier Wins $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Sixth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 466 for $657,100.

• 2007: Eli Elezra Wins $3,000 Seven-Card Stud for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 236, including Scotty Nguyen heads up, for $198,984.

• 2014: Joe Cada Wins $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for Second Bracelet
  Defeats field of 264 for $670,041.

• 2015: Jeff Madsen Wins $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 480 for $301,413.

• 2015: Ivan Luca Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Argentinia's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 2,150 for $353,391.

• 2017: Joseph Di Rosa Rojas Wins $2,620 Marathon No-Limit Hold 'Em for Venezuela's First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 1,759 for $690,469.

• 2022: Brian Hastings Wins $10,000 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw for Sixth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 118 for $292,146.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }