Marsha Waggoner [], b. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia as Marsha Fenwick Women in Poker Hall of Fame 2008 & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1997. Last Woman Standing in the WSOP Main Event 1993 & 1997. Ten final tables, including 5 plus a final table bubble in the Ladies Championship. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 22
Austin Squatty, b. Beaumont, TX as John Holmes Jenkins III (d. 4/16/1989) 1983 WSOP Main Event 7th place ($21,600). WSOP.com | Hendon
May 4
Clyde Coleman, b. Bailey, OK as Clyde Alvin Coleman (d. 6/21/2018) 1992 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($30,300). Seniors Poker Hall of Fame. WSOP.com | Hendon
June 28
Ken Flaton, b. North Bergen, NJ as Kennety Roy Flaton (d. 11/7/2004) Won 1983 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud ($62,000). 11 final tables. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1998. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 21
Billy Baxter [], b. Augusta, GA as William East Baxter Jr. Won 1975 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($35,000) to set record as youngest bracelet winner at 34 years, 7 months, and 24 days old. Six other bracelets from 1978 to 2002. Successully sued the IRS to treat poker winnings as earned income (taxed at a lower rate than unearned income). One of only three players to win a bracelet in four conseuctive decades (Phil Hellmuth 5, Jay Heimowitz 4). Poker Hall of Fame 2006. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 10
Bob Ciaffone, b. Brooklyn, NY (d. 5/13/2022) 1987 WSOP Main Event 3rd place ($125,000). Created "Robert's Rules of Poker". Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2015. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
1941
August 6
Lyle Berman [], b. Minneapolis, MN as Lyle Arnold Berman 1989 WSOP Main Event 5th place ($67,950). Three bracelets: 1989 $1,500 Limit Omaha ($108,600), 1992 $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($192,000), & 1994 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($128,250). Poker Hall of Fame 2002 & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2015. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
1942
March 2
Sam Mastrogiannis [], b. as Stamatis A. Mastrogiannis Three bracelets: 1979 $1,000 Razz ($22,200), 1986 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($80,000), & 1986 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud ($78,400). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 6
Bob Stupak, b. Pittsburgh, PA (d. 9/25/2009) Casino owner won 1989 $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($139,500). 4 final tables. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
May 2
Don Williams, b. Portsmouth, OH (d. 4/10/2013) 1991 WSOP Main Event 4th place ($115,000) & 1986 WSOP Main Event final table bubble boy ($12,500). Three bracelets: 1982 $1,000 Seven-Card STud ($56,000), 1985 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud ($85,500), & 1988 $1,000 Razz ($76,800). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
November 17
Artie Cobb [], b. Brooklyn, NY Four bracelets: $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($52,000), 1987 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($142,000), 1991 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud ($146,400), & 1998 $2,500 Seven-Card Stud ($152,000). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 29
Jack Keller, b. Tunica, MS (d. 12/5/2003) 1984 WSOP Main Event winner ($660,000). Two other Main Event final tables: 1987 9th place ($18,750) & 1992 8th place ($20,200). 1995 Bubble Boy. Two other bracelets: 1984 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($137,500), 1993 $1,500 Limit Omaha ($61,800). Only player other than Stu Ungar to win both the WSOP and Super Bowl of Poker Main Events. Poker Hall of Fame 1993. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
Lee Nelson [], b. U.S. Co-author (with Blair Rodman) of "Kill Phil", which provides a blueprint for handling top pros like Phil Hellmuth in big-money tournaments like the World Series of Poker. Wikipedia
April 30
Eric Drache [], b. Brooklyn, NY First WSOP Tournament Director from 1973 to 1998. Created the first satellite tournament in 1983. Poker Hall of Fame 2012. Four runner-up finishes. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
November 28
Ted Binion, b. Dallas, TX as Lonnie Theodore Binion (d. //0917) Benny Binion's son became the casino manager of the Horseshoe in 1964. Won both 1983 and 1985 Employee events, which are not considered official bracelets here. His sensational death is one of the main threads in James McManus's "Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker". Wikipedia
1944
January 10
John Cernuto [], b. Jersey City, NJ Three bracelets: 1996 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($147,000), 1997 $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($259,150), & 2002 $1,500 Limit Omaha ($73,320). 2 Circuit rings. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2000. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
May 16
Mike Caro [], b. Joplin, MO Cash game pro who wrote for Card Player magazine and developed the ORAC Heads Up Texas Hold 'Em software that challenged Tom McEvoy and Doyle Brunson during the 1984 WSOP. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2006. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 4
Ron Rose, b. Vancouver, WA as Ronald Morris Rose (d. 10/24/2019) Won 2001 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($130,060). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
October 13
Wendeen Eolis [], b. New York, NY 1986 WSOP Main Event 25th place ($10,000; first woman to cash) & 1993 WSOP Main Event 20th place ($12,000; first woman to cash twice). Also unpaid Last Woman Standing in 1988 and possibly 1987. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2015. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
October 30
Becky Behnen [], b. Dallas, TX as Becky Lou Binion Benny Binion's daughter became the owner of the Horseshoe in 1998.
November 14
Tom McEvoy [], b. Grand Rapids, MI 1983 WSOP Main Event winner ($540,000; first to win after qualifying via satellites). Three other bracelets: 1983 $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($117,000), 1986 $1,000 Razz ($52,400), & 1992 $1,500 Limit Omaha ($79,200). Poker Hall of Fame 2013. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
1945
March 30
Steve Zolotow [], b. New York, NY Two bracelets: 1995 $5,000 Chinese Poker ($112,500) & 2001 $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em ($243,335). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 31
Gabe Kaplan [], b. Brooklyn, NY as Gabriel Weston Kaplan Last Celebrity Standing in 1980 WSOP Main Event #6 (money bubble); 1980 (not paid), 1986 (21st for $10,000), 1991 (13th for $11,500), & 2002 (631st, not paid). 8 Final Tables, including 2nd in the 2005 $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($222,515) & 3rd in three events. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
May 5
Rod Pardey, b. Vincennes, IN as Rodney Herm Pardey (d. 8/1/2020) Two bracelets: 1991 $2,500 Seven-Card Stud ($133,600) & 1994 $2,500 Seven-Card Stud ($132,000). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 15
Mickey Appleman [], b. Brooklyn, NY 1987 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($25,000) & 2000 WSOP Main Event 9th place ($74,980). Four bracelets. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 6
Dan Harrington [], b. Cambridge, MA 1995 WSOP Main Event winner ($1,000,000). Three other Main Event final tables: 1987 6th ($43,750), 2003 3rd ($650,000), & 2004 4th ($1,500,000). One other bracelet: 1995 $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($249,000). Poker Hall of Fame 2010. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
1946
December 31
Dewey Tomko [], b. Glassport, PA as Duane Tomko 1982 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($208,000) & 2001 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($1,098,925). 1986 WSOP Main Event final table bubble boy ($12,500). 2004 WSOP Main Event money bubble boy. Three bracelets: 1979 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($48,000), 1984 $10,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($105,000), & 1984 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($135,000). Poker Hall of Fame 2008. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
May 8
Barry Shulman [], b. Seattle, WA Two bracelets: 2001 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud ($123,820) & 2009 WSOP Europe Main Event ($1,321,534). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 1
Paul Magriel, b. 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
December 18
Susie Isaacs [], b. Nashville, TN 1998 WSOP Main Event 10th place ($40,000 as Last Woman Standing). Won consecutive $1,000 Ladies Championships (1996 for $42,000 & 1997 for $38,000). Women in Poker Hall of Fame 2008 & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 2008. Last Woman Standing in 1998 WSOP Main Event (10th for $40,000). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
Anthony Holden [], b. Southport, England as Anthony Ivan Holden Wrote the book, "Big Deal", in 1990 about his one year journey to the World Series of Poker and followed up in 2007 with "Bigger Deal", which covers some of the 2005 and 2006 WSOPs. First president of the International Federation of Poker from 2009 to 2013. Wikipedia | Hendon
June 2
Eskimo Clark, b. Stockton, MO as Robert Paul Clark (d. 4/15/2015) Three bracelets: 1992 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($122,000), 1999 $1,500 Razz ($84,610), & 2002 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($125,200). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
June 23
Thor Hansen, b. Oslo, Norway (d. 12/5/2018) Two bracelets: 1988 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($158,000) & 2002 $1,500 Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($62,600). First non-American (Norwegian) to win a bracelet. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 22
Mike Sexton, b. Shelby, IN (d. 9/6/2020) Although more closely associated with the World Poker Tour, Sexton won a WSOP bracelet in the 1989 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($104,400) and holds the record for most consecutive years with a cash (32 from 1988 to 2019). Poker Hall of Fame 2009. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
October 8
Mel Judah [], b. Kolkata, India 1997 WSOP Main Event 3rd place ($371,000). Two bracelets: 1989 $1,5000 Seven-Card Stud ($130,800) & 1997 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($176,000). First Australian with a bracelet. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
November 24
David Sklansky [], b. Teaneck, NJ Three bracelets: 1982 $1,000 Draw High ($15,500), 1982 $800 Mixed Doubles with Dani Kelly ($8,800), & 1983 $1,000 Limit Omaha ($25,500). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
1948
February 25
Robert Turner [] 1994 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($50,400). 1991 WSOP Main Event final table bubble boy ($11,500). Won 1993 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud ($103,800) 1 Circuit ring. Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1998. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 18
Lucy Rokach [], b. Cairo, Egypt as Lucienne Rokach Last Woman Standing in 1996 WSOP Main Event (26th for $19,500). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
August 30
Donnacha O'Dea [], b. Ireland 1983 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($43,200 as first non-American to reach Main Event final table) & 1991 WSOP Main Event 9th place ($17,250). Won 1998 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($154,800) to become the first Irishman with a bracelet. Runner up in 1983 $1,000 Limit Hold 'Em to become first foreigner to reach heads up in a WSOP event. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
Jim Doman (d. 5/24/1992) 1986 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($22,800). Two bracelets 1982 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($96,000) & 1983 $800 Mixed Doubles with his wife Donna, becoming the first husband and wife to both own bracelets. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
August 18
Barbara Enright [], b. Los Angeles, CA 1995 WSOP Main Event 5th place ($114,180; Last Woman Standing). Only woman to reach WSOP Main Event final table. Three bracelets: 1986 & 1994 Ladies Championship ($16,400 & $38,400) & 1996 $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em ($180,000). Only person inducted into Poker Hall of Fame (2007; first woman enshrined), Women in Poker Hall of Fame (2008), & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame (1995). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 8
Jim Albrecht, b. St. Augustine, FL (d. 10/24/2003) WSOP Tournament Director from 1988 to 1998. Saved 1992 WSOP when the IRS wanted taxes to be withheld from all winnings, compromising by issuing W-2G forms.
