Nick Petrangelo [] b. in Feeding Hills, Massachusetts Won 2015 $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout ($201,812) & 2018 $100,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller ($2,910,227). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 10
Jack Salter [] b. in London, England 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event 2nd place ( $100,942) & 2017 WSOP Europe Main Event 7th place ($150,233). 2016 High Roller for One Drop 4th place ($1,536,666). WSOP.com | Hendon
March 29
Kelly Minkin [] b. in Waukesha, Wisconsin Last Woman Standing in 2015 WSOP Main Event (29th $211,821) & 2018 (50th $156,265). Global Poker Index Female Player of the Year 2015. WSOP.com | Hendon
April 5
Dario Sammartino [] b. in Naples, Italy as Giuseppe Dario Sammartino 2019 WSOP Main Event 2nd place ($6,000,000). Won 2024 $2,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo ($222,703). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 15
Jason Somerville [] b. in Long Island, New York as Jason Scott Somerville Won 2011 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($493,091). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 16
David Peters [] b. in Toledo, Ohio Won 2016 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($412,557), 2020 Online $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em ($360,480), 2021 Online $7,777 No-Limit Hold 'Em Lucky 7's High Roller ($283,940), 2022 $100,000 High Roller Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em ($1,166,810). Global Poker Index Player of the Year 2016. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
May 1
$1,000 Seven-Card Razz (Event #1, 2 days [4/30 start])
Artie Cobb Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Second Bracelet Defeats field of 71 for $142,000 after falling behind 354,500 to 500 heads up against Don Williams.
$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #5, 2 days [5/8 start])
Alma McClelland Becomes All-Time Women's Money Leader Finishes third in Ladies Championship for $4,200 to boost her career total to $35,480, $430 ahead of Betty Carey.
$500 Women's Seven-Card Stud (Event #6, 2 days [5/9 start])
Winner: Linda Ryke-Drucker ($16,800 & 1st bracelet)
Billy Baxter Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Fifth Bracelet Defeats field of 37 (31 rebuys) for $153,000. The 1,000th prize in WSOP history goes to Howard Andrew for 16th place ($1,800).
Jack Keller Surpasses $1,000,000 in WSOP Career Winnings Second place finish for $118,125 in record 342-player $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em allows Gentleman Jack to join Doyle Brunson and Stu Ungar in the seven-digit club as Ralph Morton wins the tourney for $189,000 and second bracelet.
$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 2 days [5/14 start])
Puggy Pearson Joins Poker Hall of Fame Pearson won the 1973 WSOP Main Event in addition to two preliminary events to set a still-unbroken record of three bracelets in one year. He also won the 1971 Seven-Card Stud.
$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #11, 2 days [5/16 start])
Jack Keller Last Champ Standing in Main Event Reaches final table before exiting in 9th place for $18,750.
Howard Lederer Youngest Player to Reach Main Event Final Table The 23-year-old New Yorker breaks the record of 24 held by Stu Ungar since 1980.
May 21
Johnny Chan Wins 1987 WSOP Main Event Defeats field of 152, including Frank Henderson heads up, for $625,000 and second bracelet to become the first foreign-born Main Event winner.
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 4 days [5/18 start])
Martin Jacobson [] b. in Stockholm, Sweden as Per Martin Jacobson 2014 WSOP Main Event winner ($10,000,000). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 10
Isaac Baron [] b. in Menlo Park, California Won 2019 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($407,739). First Card Player Online Player of the Year in 2007. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
August 24
Jonathan Duhamel [] b. in Boucherville, Quebec, Canada 2010 WSOP Main Event winner ($8,944,310). Won 2015 $111,111 High Roller for One Drop ($3,989,985) & 2015 WSOP Europe €25,600 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em ($628,915). First player to win two multimillion dollar WSOP first prizes. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 20
Andrew Lichtenberger [] b. in East Northport, New York Won 2016 $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($569,158). 2019 $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 2nd place ($917,232). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
October 6
Niall Farrell [] b. in Dumfries, Scotland Won 2017 WSOP Europe €25,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller ($867,591) to complete Poker Triple Crown (2015 European Poker Tour & 2016 World Poker Tour titles). First Scotsman with a bracelet. WSOP.com | Hendon
November 17
Phillip Hui [] b. in San Antonio, Texas Won 2014 $3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo ($286,976), 2019 $50,000 Poker Players Championship ($1,099,311), 2022 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($311,782), and 2024 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. ($193,545). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
November 18
Joe Cada [] b. in Shelby Charter, Michigan 2009 WSOP Main Event winner ($8,546,435), youngest ever at 21 years, 11 months, and 23 days. 2018 WSOP Main Event 5th place ($2,150,000). Won 2014 $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($670,041), 2018 $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout ($226,218), & 2018 $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em ($612,886). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 8
Greg Merson [] b. in Washington, D.C. 2012 WSOP Main Event winner ($8,527,982). Won 2012 $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($1,136,197). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon