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• Phil Gordon [53] b. 1970 El Paso, TX
  2001 WSOP Main Event 4th place ($399,610). Won 2010 $5,000 Ante Up for Africa charity tournament ($129,086).
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Paul McKinney d. 2013 [age 88] (b. 1/6/1925)
  1998 WSOP Main Event 9th place ($57,500). Won 2005 $1,000 Seniors Championship ($202,725) to become the oldest player to win his first bracelet at age 80. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2006.
  Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 2007: Phil Hellmuth and Barbara Enright Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
  Hellmuth won the 1989 WSOP Main Event and ten other bracelets, while Enright is a 3-time bracelet winner who was the first and still only woman to reach the final table of the World Series of Poker (5th place in 1995). She becomes the Hall's first female member. [Hellmuth has added 5 more bracelets since joining the HOF.]

• 2008: Phil Laak Disguises Himself as Old Man for Main Event
  Laak spends hours getting made up to look like an old man for Day 1D. [He fooled his table for quite a while but didn't survive the day. The WSOP responded by adding a rule to ban playing in disguise.]

• 2008: Phil Hellmuth Enters Main Event as General Patton
  Walks in with 11 models, one for each of his bracelets.

• 2011: Brian Rast Wins $50,000 Poker Players Championship for Second Bracelet of Year
  Defeats field of 128 for $1,720,328, denying Phil Hellmuth his 12th bracelet heads up.

• 2013: Brian Yoon Wins $1,111 Little One for One Drop for First Bracelet
  Defeats field of 4,756 for $663,727.

• 2016: Brian Rast Wins $50,000 Poker Players Championship for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 91, including Justin Bonomo heads up, for $1,296,097.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }