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• Paul Magriel b. 1946 Manhattan, NY as Paul David Magriel Jr. (d. 3/5/2018)
  M, the number of times around the table you can survive in a tournament before being blinded out, was named for him and popularized by Dan Harrington in "Harrington on Hold'em".
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Adrian Mateos [29] b. 1994 Madrid, Spain as Adrian Mateos Diaz
  Youngest player to win three bracelets (22 years, 11 months, and 8 days old) and the second youngest to win four (behind only Phil Ivey) when he took down the 2021 $250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 2005: Doyle Brunson Wins $5,000 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold 'Em for Tenth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 301 for $367,800 to tie Chan's record bracelet total just four days later.

• 2008: Phil Hellmuth Reaches Decade-High 24th Final Table of 2000s
  Finishes 3rd in $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $93,168. [Hellmuth wouldn't add any in 2009 but would still finish one ahead of Chris Ferguson and John Juanda.]

• 2011: Jerry Yang's All In Released
  Fascinating stories of Yang's escape from Laos and his poker career from discovering the WSOP on ESPN to winning the 2007 Main Event.

• 2012: Vanessa Selbst Wins 10-Game 6-Max for Second Bracelet
  Defeats field of 421 for $244,259 and ties Cyndy Violette's 2005 record of finishing in the Top 9 three times in a single WSOP.

• 2014: Dan Colman Wins $1 Million Big One for One Drop
  Defeats field of 42, including Daniel Negreanu heads up, for $15,306,668.

• 2016: Safiya Umerova Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout for Russia's First Female Bracelet
  Defeats field of 1,050 for $264,046 to become second woman to win an open bracelet in 2016.

• 2020: Online WSOP Begins
  85 Hold 'Em and Omaha tournaments run through September 7 on WSOP.com (Nevada and New Jersey) and GGPoker.com (non-U.S.).

• 2021: 2021 WSOP Begins Online
  $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em The Big 500 Kick-Off is the first of 85 bracelet events to be contested at WSOP.com and GGPoker.com. [Live play will be postponed from the summer and begin September 30.]

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }