July 16
Birthdays
- Phil Hellmuth [59] b. 1964 Madison, WI as Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr.
1989 WSOP Main Event winner ($755,000). Set record as youngest Main Event winner at 24 years, 10 months, and 3 days. 2001 WSOP Main Event 5th place ($303,705). Has won a record 16 bracelets from 1989 to 2018, including a record-tying three in one year in 1993. Record 29 years between first and last bracelets (tied with Doyle Brunson). Five bracelets from 1990 to 1999 were the most of any player in the decade. Poker Hall of Fame 2007.
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News
- 2005: Joe Hachem Wins 2005 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 5,619, including Steve Dannenmann heads up, for record $7,500,000 as the final two days play out in the Horsehoe for the last time.
- 2006: Jeff Madsen Wins $5,000 Short-Handed No-Limit Hold 'Em for First Bracelet
Defeats field of 183 (324 rebuys), including Erick Lindgren heads up, for $660,948.
- 2009: WSOP Main Event November Nine Set
Darvin Moon leads with 58.93 million chips, well ahead of Erich Buchman and Steven Begleiter.
- 2011: Mars Callahan Last Celebrity Standing in WSOP Main Event
Actor and director of "Poolhall Junkies" finishes 94th for $64,531 while doing research for a "Poker Junkies" movie.
- 2012: Gaelle Baumann Finishes Tenth as Last Woman Standing in the WSOP Main Event
Sets women's record by outlasting 99.85% of players and earns record $590,442, the same prize taken home by 11th place finisher Elisabeth Hille as the two make the deepest Main Event run ever by a pair of women.
- 2016: Greg Raymer Last Champ Standing in Main Event
Exits in 122nd place for $49,108.
- 2016: Gaelle Baumann Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
Finishes 102nd for $49,108 and her second Last Woman Standing title.
- 2017: Superman (Jonathan Dwek) Runs Deep in the Main Event
Canadian amateur dons a muscular blue Superman top for Days 1, 5, and 6. [Would eventually bust on Day 6 in 38th place for $176,399.]
- 2022: Espen Jorstad Wins 2022 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 8,633, including Adrian Attenborough heads up, for $10,000,000 and second bracelet of year.
{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }
