1973 - This Year in WSOP History

March 7

David Oppenheim [] b. in Calabasas, California
$50,000 Poker Players Championship final tables in 2010, 2012, & 2019. Poker Hall of Fame 2019.
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March 9

Andy Frankenberger [] b. in New York, New York
Won 2011 $1,500 No Limit Hold 'Em ($599,153) & 2012 $10,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em ($445,899). WPT Player of the Year 2010-11 (Season 9).
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March 15

Soi Nguyen [] b. in Saigon, Vietnam (now called Ho Chi Minh City)
2010 WSOP Main Event 9th place ($811,823).
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May 8

Eric Steiner to Be First European in Main Event
Swede, considered one of Europe's best poker players, plans to be on hand when $10,000 Main Event begins on May 14.

May 9

$3,000 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw (Event #1, 1 day)

Winner: Joe Bernstein ($21,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 7 (1 paid)

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May 11

Puggy Pearson Wins $4,000 Seven-Card Stud for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of eight, including Eric Drache heads up, for $28,000 in opening event of the 1973 WSOP. Drache pockets $4,000, the first second prize awarded in a WSOP tournament.

$4,000 Limit Seven-Card Stud (Event #2, 1 day)

Winner: Puggy Pearson ($28,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 8 (2 paid)

Drache's small second prize was likely the result of a save that he agreed to with Pearson during heads-up play.

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May 12

Joe Bernstein Becomes Oldest Bracelet Winner at 73
Wins $3,000 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for $21,000. [His record would stand for eight years before Johnny Moss would take it back.]

May 13

Bill Boyd Wins $10,000 Five-Card Stud for Third Bracelet
Earns a walkover when nobody wants to challenge him.

$1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 2 days [5/12 start])

Winner: Puggy Pearson ($17,000 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 17 (1 paid)

Dates are approximate.

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$10,000 Limit Five-Card Stud (Event #4, 1 day)

Winner: Bill Boyd ($10,000 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 1 (1 paid)

Boyd apparently won in a walkover when nobody wanted to challenge his Five-Card Stud prowess. Date is approximate.

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May 14

Puggy Pearson Wins $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 17 for $17,000.

May 16

Aubrey Day & Jack Straus Chop Debut $3,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw
Day and Straus agree to take home $16,500 each as they need to get some sleep before the Main Event begins.

$3,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw (Event #5, 2 days [5/14 start])

Winner: Aubrey Day & Jack Straus (chop) ($33,000 & 1st bracelets)

Entries: 11 (2 paid)

The first and only time two players chopped first place happened because after battling heads up for 20 hours, they were still at it at 9 a.m. and needed to get some rest before the Main Event began. Day and Straus each won $16,500.

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$4,000 Limit Razz (Event #6, 2 days [5/15 start])

Winner: Sam Angel ($32,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 8 (1 paid)

Dates are approximate.

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May 19

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 2 days [5/17 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Puggy Pearson ($130,000 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 13 (1 paid)

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May 20

Puggy Pearson Wins 1973 WSOP Main Event
Defeats ten opponents (3 rebuys), including Johnny Moss heads up, for $130,000. His record third bracelet of the year also puts him in the career lead with four.

September 7

Shannon Elizabeth [] b. in Houston, Texas as Shannon Elizabeth Fadal
2010 $5,000 Ante Up for Africa charity tournament 2nd place ($79,776). 2007 $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 150th ($3,828).
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November 28

Jackie Glazier [] b. in Melbourne, Australia
Last Woman Standing in 2013 WSOP Main Event (31st for $229,281). Won 2013 WSOP Europe Ladies Championship ($29,534).
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