Phil Galfond [] b. in North Potomac, Maryland Won 2008 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($817,781), 2015 $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($224,383), & 2018 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($567,788). Founder of the Run It Once Training web site. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
January 25
Hevad Khan [] b. in Poughkeepsie, New York 2007 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($956,243). Youngest player to reach the Main Event final table at age 22. [Record lasted until 2009 when Joe Cada was 21.] Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
February 7
Eoghan O'Dea [] b. in Ireland 2011 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($1,720,831). Won 2020 Online $400 Pot-Limit Omaha ($100,945). WSOP.com | Hendon
February 27
Mohsin Charania [] b. in Guelph, Ontario, Canada Won 2017 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($364,438) to complete Poker Triple Crown (2012 European Poker Tour & 2013 World Poker Tour titles). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 11
Mark Newhouse [] b. in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Two WSOP Main Event final tables: 2013 9th ($733,224) & 2014 9th ($730,725). Last player to reach consecutive WSOP Main Event final tables. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 14
Craig Marquis [] b. in Texas 2008 WSOP Main Event 9th place ($900,670). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 31
Ben Lamb [] b. in Tulsa, Oklahoma Two WSOP Main Event final tables: 2011 3rd ($4,021,138) & 2017 9th ($1,000,000). Won 2011 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($814,436) & 2023 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo ($492,795). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 14
Scott Seiver [] b. in Columbus, Ohio as Scott Brandon Seiver Won 3 bracelets in 2024 ($10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo for $426,744, $1,500 Razz for $141,374, & $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven 7-Max for $411,041) en route to WSOP Player of the Year award. Won 2008 $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($755,891), 2018 $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($296,222), 2019 $10,000 Razz ($301,421), & 2022 $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em ($320,059). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
May 3
$1,000 Seven-Card Razz (Event #1, 2 days [5/2 start])
Telly Savalas Finishes Third in $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Wins $14,900 in event won by John Lukas (Ralph Hoots second). [The actor later plays in the year's Main Event as part of his research for a movie about Nick the Greek that will ultimately be shelved.]
Chris Klodnicki [] b. in Camden, New Jersey Won 2017 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($428,423) & 2023 $10,000 Secret Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em ($733,317). 2013 $111,111 One Drop High Roller 2nd place ($2,985,495). 2012 $50,000 Poker Player Championship 2nd place ($896,935). WSOP.com | Hendon
May 12
$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #6, 2 days [5/10 start; ended past midnight])
WSOP Surpasses 10,000 Entries and $20,000,000 in Total Prizes Awarded 304 players and $152,000 first prize in $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em top the milestones as Rick Hamil wins his first bracelet.
$1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 2 days [5/18 start])
Johnny Moss Last Champ Standing in Main Event Reaches final table before exiting in 7th place for $42,000. Moss's record sixth paid Main Event Top 9 payout (including his 1970 championship) breaks tie with Doyle Brunson.
May 23
Bill Smith Wins 1985 WSOP Main Event Defeats field of 140, including T.J. Cloutier heads up, for $700,000. Previously-collected $50 entry fee waived for this event and the $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw to avoid new tax paperwork on transactions over $10,000.
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 4 days [5/20 start])
Jeff Madsen [] b. in Santa Monica, California Won 2006 $2,000 No Limit Hold 'Em ($660,948) to set record as youngest bracelet winner at 21 years, 1 month, and 9 days old. Holds record for youngest to win two bracelets when he won the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max ($643,381) just six days later. Won 2013 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($384,420) & 2015 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($301,413). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
Shannon Shorr [] b. in Birmingham, Alabama Won two 2023 online bracelets: $2,000 NLH 6-Max ($89,126) & $1,000 NLH Freezeout ($35,539). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 12
Chris Moorman [] b. in Basildon, England Won 2017 $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($498,682) & 2021 Online $800 No-Limit Hold 'Em Turbo Deepstack ($102,406). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 26
Christoph Vogelsang [] b. in Sassenberg, Germany Seven final table cashes for over $100,000 each including 2022 $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em 2nd ($315,029) & 2014 Big One for One Drop 3rd ($4,480,001). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
August 14
Jason Koon [] b. in Weston, West Virginia as Jason Anthony Koon Won $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold ’Em for $243,981. Over $40 million in total poker tournament winnings, including over $3 million from WSOP events. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 6
Isaac Haxton [] b. in New York as Isaac Blum Haxton Won 2023 $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Max ($1,698,215). Honored as one the fifty greatest players of all time at the WSOP's Fifty Gala in 2019. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 30
Justin Bonomo [] b. in Fairfax, Virginia Won 2014 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($449,980), 2018 $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em ($185,965), & 2018 Big One for One Drop ($10,000,000). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
October 25
Marco Johnson [] b. in Walnut Creek, California as Marco Caldwell Johnson Won 2013 $2,500 Limit Texas Hold 'Em 6-Max ($206,796) & 2016 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. ($259,730). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
November 26
Erika Sands [] b. in Easton, Connecticut as Erika M. Moutinho Last Woman Standing in 2011 WSOP Main Event (29th for $242,636). WSOP.com | Hendon
December 13
Peter Eastgate [] b. in Odense, Denmark as Peter Nicolas Eastgate 2008 WSOP Main Event winner ($9,152,416), the youngest ever at 22 years, 10 months, and 28 days (broken the following year by Joe Cada). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 17
John Racener [] b. in Dunedin, Florida 2010 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($5,545,955). Won 2017 $10,000 Dealers Choice ($273,962) & 2024 $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($308,930). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon