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• Mickey Appleman [78] b. 1945 Brooklyn, NY
  1987 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($25,000) & 2000 WSOP Main Event 9th place ($74,980). Four bracelets.
  Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

• 2005: Greg Raymer Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 25th place for $304,680.

• 2005: Tiffany Williamson Finishes 15th as Last Woman Standing in the WSOP Main Event
  Wins $400,000 for women's Main Event record.

• 2006: Chip Reese Wins $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Debut
  Defeats field of 143, including Andy Bloch in a record 7-1/2 hour heads up session, to win non-Main Event record $1,784,640 in largest buyin event in WSOP history. Bloch also earns over a million dollars ($1,029,600).

• 2006: Bill Chen Wins $2,500 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet of Year
  Defeats field of 740 for $442,511 eleven days after winning $3,000 Limit Hold 'Em for $343,618.

• 2007: Scotty Nguyen Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 11th place for $476,926, the same prize as final table bubble boy Steve Garfinkle.

• 2008: WSOP Main Event November Nine Set
  Dennis Phillips leads with 26.3 million chips, just ahead of Ivan Demidov.

• 2010: Johnny Chan Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 156th place for $57,102.

• 2010: Breeze Zuckerman Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
  Finishes 121st for $57,102.

• 2011: Robert Varkonyi Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 514th place for $23,876.

• 2011: Chris Bjorin and Diogo Borges Cash in Record-Tying Fourth Straight Main Event
  Tie Robert Turner (1991-94), Bo Sehlstedt (2004-07), and Theodore Park (2005-08).

• 2012: Kevin Pollak Last Celebrity Standing in WSOP Main Event
  Actor reaches Day 5 and finishes 134th for $52,718.

• 2013: Carlos Mortensen Main Event Final Bubble Boy as 2013 WSOP November Nine Set
  Mortensen, Last Champ Standing, exits in 10th for $573,204. J.C. Tran leads the final table with 38 million chips, ahead of Amir Lehavot, Marc-Etienne McLaughlin, Jay Farber, and Ryan Riess.

• 2014: Mark Newhouse Reaches Second Straight Main Event Final Table
  Returns to final table third in chips one year after finishing ninth for $733,224.

• 2014: 2014 WSOP November Nine Set
  Jorryt van Hoof leads with 38.4 million chips, slighly ahead of Felix Stephensen.

• 2015: 2015 WSOP November Nine Set
  Joe McKeehen has commanding lead with 63.1 million chips, more than double anyone else.

• 2018: Joe Cada Wins $1,500 The Closer for Fourth Bracelet, Second of Year
  Defeats field of 363 for $612,886 after busting on the very first hand and rebuying.

• 2018: John Cynn Wins 2018 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 7,874, including Tony Miles heads up, for $8,800,000.

• 2018: Ben Yu Wins $50,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 128 for $1,650,773 and 1,500th bracelet in WSOP history.

• 2018: Joe Cada Last Champ Standing in Main Event
  Exits in 5th place for $2,150,000.

• 2019: Chris Moneymaker and David Oppenheim Inducted Into Poker Hall of Fame
  Moneymaker won the 2003 Main Event after qualifying online to help spark the poker boom, while Oppenheim is a high-stakes cash game player who has reached the final table of the Poker Players Championship three times.

• 2020: Joe McKeehen Wins Online $3,200 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller for Third Bracelet
  Defeats field of 368 (128 rebuys) for $352,985.

• 2022: WSOP Awards 2,000th Bracelet
  Richard Alsup defeats field of 2,812 in $800 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack for $272,065 and the historic bracelet.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }