Eric Froehlich [] b. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Won 2005 $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em ($361,910) to set record as youngest bracelet winner at 21 years, 3 months, and 29 days old. Won 2006 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($299,675). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 19
Mike Watson [] b. in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Won 2023 Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for $138,327 to complete Triple Crown of Poker (2008 World Poker Tour title & 2016/2023 European Poker Tour titles). Won 2012 WSOP Europe €50,000 High Roller non-bracelet event for $1,304,648. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 21
Maria Konnikova [] b. in Moscow, Russia Won 2024 Online $888 Crazy 8's ($68,478). Wrote The Biggest Bluff (2020), in which she gets mentored by Erik Seidel in preparation for the 2017 World Series of Poker. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 24
Mike Harthcock Wins $1,000 Razz for First Bracelet Defeats field of 80 for $40,000 in opening event of the 1984 WSOP. Robert Best finishes sixth for $3,200, the 500th prize awarded in WSOP history.
$1,000 Seven-Card Razz (Event #1, 2 days [4/23 start])
Pot-Limit Omaha Earns Encore $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha late addition to schedule as a "Special Event". Dewey Tomko collects his second bracelet of the year (third overall) and $135,000 ten days after winning the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for $105,000.
ORAC Computer Program Challenges World Champs in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold 'Em at WSOP Mike Caro's Apple II app loses narrowly to Tom McEvoy after leading 140 to 60 chips, loses to Doyle Brunson when it unexpectedly calls a first-hand preflop shove (losing with Ad7d vs. A9o), and is leading Brunson by 58 (129-71) when time runs out on a rematch.
$1,500 Non-Professional No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 2 days [5/12 start])
Stupaks First Husband and Wife to Enter Main Event Bob Stupak bought in and Sandy won her entry in a Horseshoe satellite.
May 16
Bobby Baldwin Last Champ Standing in Main Event Exits in 14th place, five spots out of the money, ending five-year streak with a former champ at the Main Event final table.
May 17
Jack Keller Wins 1984 WSOP Main Event Defeats field of 132, including Byron Wolford heads up, for $660,000 and his second bracelet of the year (also won $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for $137,500). Jack Binion replaced most of the chips with $50,000 bundles of $100 bills during three-way action.
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 4 days [5/14 start])
Danielle Andersen [] b. in Minnesota as Danielle Moon Cash game pro who was the 2018 Ladies Championship final table bubble boy ($6,799). Featured in the 2013 poker documentary, "Bet, Raise, Fold". Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
June 4
Tiffany Michelle [] b. in Los Angeles, California Last Woman Standing in 2008 WSOP Main Event (17th for $334,534). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
June 26
Antoine Saout [] b. in Morlaix, France Two WSOP Main Event final tables: 2009 3rd ($3,479,670) & 2017 5th ($2,000,000). 2009 WSOP Europe Main Event 7th place ($188,318; between reaching the U.S. Main Event final table and playing it). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 9
Vanessa Selbst [] b. in New York, New York Won 2008 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($227,933), 2012 $2,500 10-Game 6-Max ($244,259), & 2014 $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold 'Em ($871,148). First woman with three open bracelets. WSOP leading female money winner. Tied women's record by reaching final 9 of three events in 2012. Global Poker Index Female Player of the Year 2014. Women in Poker Hall of Fame 2022. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 18
Liv Boeree [] b. in Kent, England as Olivia Fleur Boeree Won 2017 $10,000 Tag Team ($273,964) with Igor Kurganov to become the first English woman to win a bracelet. Won women's record $2,800,000 by placing fourth in the 2024 Paradise Island $25,000 Super Main Event. 1 European Poker Tour title. 3-time Global Poker Index European Female Player of the Year. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
Yuval Bronshtein [] b. in Israel as Yuval Moshe Bronshtein Won 2019 $1,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($96,278) & 2021 $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em ($124,374). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 28
Daniel Alaei [] b. in Millbrae, California as Daniel Christopher Alaei Won 2006 $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($430,698), 2009 $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo ($445,898), 2010 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($780,599), 2013 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($852,692), & 2015 $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo ($391,097). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 18
Nick Schulman [] b. in New York, New York as Nicholas Joe Schulman Won $10,000 NL Deuce-to-Seven Draw three times (2009 $279,742, 2012 $294,321, & 2025 $496,356), 2019 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($463,670), 2023 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud ($110,800), & 2024 $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max ($1,667,842). Poker Hall of Fame 2025. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 28
Billy Pappas [] b. in Lowell, Massachusetts as William Pappaconstantinou 2014 WSOP Main Event 5th place ($2,143,174). World champion foosball player. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
October 4
Amanda Musumeci [] b. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2011 WSOP Main Event 2nd to last woman standing (62nd for $130,997). 2012 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 2nd place ($481,643). WSOP.com | Hendon
October 17
Tony Dunst [] b. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as George Tony Dunst Won 2016 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($339,254), 2020 Online $777 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($168,342), and 2024 Online $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold 'Em ($134,888). 1 WPT title. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
November 25
Ian Johns [] b. in Seattle, Washington Won 2006 $3,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($291,755) at age 21, 2016 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. ($212,604), & 2016 $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($290,635). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
November 30
Roland De Wolfe [] b. in London, England Won 2009 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($246,616) to complete Triple Crown of Poker (2005 World Poker Tour title & 2006 European Poker Tour title). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 25
John Cynn [] b. in Evanston, Illinois 2018 WSOP Main Event winner ($8,800,000). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon