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• Ivan Demidov [42] b. 1981 Moscow, Russia
  2008 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($5,809,595).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• John Bonetti d. 2008 [age 80] (b. 6/12/1928)
  Three WSOP Main Event final tables: 1990 8th place ($33,400), 1993 3rd place ($210,000), & 1996 3rd place ($341,250). Three bracelets: 1990 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($83,250), 1993 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em ($122,400), & 1995 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($101,250). Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2011.
  Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Noel Furlong d. 2021 [age 83] (b. 12/25/1937)
  1999 WSOP Main Event winner ($1,000,000). Oldest player besides Johnny Moss to win. 1989 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($52,850).
  Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 2005: Johnny Chan Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em for Record Tenth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 425, including Phil Laak heads up, for $303,025 to beat Doyle Brunson and Phil Hellmuth to double digits.

• 2005: Jennifer Tilly Wins Ladies Championship
  Actress defeats a field of 601 for $158,335 as event becomes No-Limit Hold 'Em for the first time. The tradition of holding the Women's Championship on Mother's Day ends with the entire festival pushed back a little over a month.

• 2007: WSOP Pays Out 20,000th Prize
  The 20,000th prize awarded in WSOP history occurs roughly near the end of the $1,000 Seniors Championship, although other events were running at the same time.

• 2011: Total WSOP Entries Top 500,000
  450 players enter $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud to reach the milestone.

• 2014: Phil Ivey Wins $1,500 Eight-Game Mix for Tenth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 485 for $167,332.

• 2015: Carol Fuchs Wins $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Max
  Defeats field of 357 for $127,735 and her first bracelet.

• 2016: George Danzer Wins $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 136 for $338,646 to become the first player to win four bracelets in the 2010s.

• 2019: WSOP Hosts First Fifty Gala
  Celebrates fifty years of the World Series of Poker by honoring the top 50 players in WSOP history.

• 2019: Anthony Zinno Wins Second Bracelet
  Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for $279,920.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }