October 31

• Don Zewin d. 2021 [age 69] (b. 9/26/1952)
  1989 Main Event 3rd place ($151,000); 10 final tables including 3rd place in $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. in 2015 ($210,629) and 2017 ($163,557).
  Obituary | WSOP.com | Hendon

• Halloween: Costumes at the WSOP go way back at least as far as 1977, when Puggy Pearson played the Main Event dressed as a Native-American Chief.

• Magic Day: Antonio Esfandiari made his living as a magician before he turned to poker.

• 2012: Greg Merson Wins 2012 WSOP Main Event
  Defeats field of 6,598, including Jesse Sylvia heads up, for $8,527,982 and move past Phil Hellmuth for WSOP Player of the Year honors. Merson also won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for $1,136,197 just two days before the Main Event started, making him the first player to win two seven-figure prizes in one year.

• 2012: Greg Merson Is WSOP Player of the Year
  Wins two bracelets, including the award-clinching Main Event, and a POY-record $9,785,354 to edge Phil Hellmuth.

• 2021: Ben Yu Wins $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for Fourth Bracelet
  Defeats field of 329 for $721,453.

{ Data is current through January 1, 2023. }