J.C. Tran [], b. Vietnam as Justin Cuong Van Tran 2013 WSOP Main Event 5th place ($2,106,526). Two bracelets: 2008 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($631,170) & 2009 $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($235,685). 3 Circuit rings. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 4
Juha Helppi [] Two bracelets: $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($306,622) & 2020 Online $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship ($290,286). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 28
Allen Cunningham [], b. Riverside, CA 2006 WSOP Main Event 4th place ($3,628,513). 5 bracelets: 2001 $5,000 Seven-Card Stud ($201,760), 2002 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($160,200), 2005 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($725,405), 2006 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($625,830), & 2007 $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em ($487,287). 2 Circuit rings. 2005 WSOP Toyota Player of the Year. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 17
$500 Ace-to-Five Draw Begins Tourney has the earliest start date for any WSOP bracelet event. [Billy Allen would defeat a field of 36 for $10,800 and his only bracelet. This would remain the earliest event until 2003.]
Doyle Brunson Wins 1977 WSOP Main Event to Defend Title Defeats field of 34, including Gary Berland heads up, for $340,000, fourth bracelet, and second of year. The Main Event is the 50th event in WSOP history and the 51st bracelet (because Aubrey Day and Jack Straus each got one for chopping the 1973 $3,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw).
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, began 5/9)
Matt Matros [], b. New York, NY Three bracelets: 2010 $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em ($189,870), 2011 $2,500 Mixed Limit/No-Limit Hold 'Em, & 2012 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($454,835). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
