Daniel Weinman [] b. in Stamford, Connecticut as Daniel Jay Weinman 2024 WSOP Main Event winner ($12,100,000). Won 2022 $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($255,359). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
February 6
Gary Berland d. 1988 [age 37] (b. 5/9/1950) 1986 WSOP Main Event 3rd place ($114,000). Two other unpaid Main Event Top 10 finishes: 1977 2nd & 1980 10th. Won 1977 $500 Razz ($6,300), 1978 $1,000 Razz ($19,200), 1978 $500 Seven-Card Stud ($17,100), 1979 $500 Seven-Card Stud ($24,000), & 1979 $1,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($20,400). One of four players to win multiple bracelets in consecutive years. Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
March 15
Binions Acquire Mint Hotel By connecting the Horseshoe and the Mint the poker area for the WSOP will be tripled.
April 26
Calvin Anderson [] b. in Michigan as Calvin Shane Anderson Five bracelets including two in 2023. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
Johnny Moss Wins $1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for Record Ninth Bracelet Defeats field of 194 for $116,400 and extends his record as the oldest bracelet winner less than two weeks before his 81st birthday.
$1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw with Joker (Event #2, 2 days [4/30 start])
Three Foreigners Make the Money in Same Event for First Time Japan's Yosh Nakano finishes 5th for $16,275, England's Ross Jackson 6th for $13,020, and Denmark's Paul Eric Nielson 7th for $9,765 in $1,500 Seven-Card Stud.
$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #4, 2 days [5/4 start])
Berry Johnston Reaches Record-Tying Third Straight Final Table Finishes 9th in $1,000 Limit Omaha, 9th in $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, and 4th in $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em
$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 2 days [5/12 start])
Doyle Brunson Joins Poker Hall of Fame Brunson won back-to-back WSOP Main Events in 1976 and 1977 and enters the Hall with six bracelets. [He would win four more bracelets after joining the HOF.]
May 18
Jesse Alto Reaches Record Eighth Main Event Final Table Finishes 9th for $21,000 to go with three unpaid top 6 finishes from 1974 to 1976, 5th in 1978 ($21,000), 2nd in 1984 ($132,000), 6th in 1985 ($42,000), and 4th in 1986 ($62,700).
May 19
Johnny Chan Wins 1988 WSOP Main Event to Defend Title Defeats field of 167, including Erik Seidel heads up, for $700,000 and third bracelet. Chan becomes the leading money winner in WSOP history ($1,554,000), leaping past several players including Doyle Brunson and Jack Keller.
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 4 days [5/16 start])
Matthew Ashton [] b. in Liverpool, England Won 2013 $50,000 Poker Players Championship ($1,774,089). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
June 24
Brian Hastings [] b. in State College, Pennsylvania Won 2012 $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em ($371,498), 2015 $10,000 Seven-Card Stud ($239,518), 2015 $1,500 10-Game Mix ($133,403), 2018 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. ($233,202), 2021 $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo ($352,958), & 2022 $10,000 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw ($292,146). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 4
Jake Cody [] b. in Rochdale, England Won 2011 $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em ($851,192) to become the youngest player to win the Poker Triple Crown (WSOP, World Poker Tour, & European Poker Tour titles) at 22. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 9
Max Steinberg [] b. in Fairfield, Iowa 2015 Main Event 4th place ($2,615,361); Won 2012 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($440,238). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
July 13
Asher Conniff [] b. in Brooklyn, New York 2022 WSOP Main Event final table bubble boy ($675,000). Won 2024 $5,000 Champions Reunion No-Limit Hold 'Em Freezeout ($408,468). WSOP.com | Hendon
August 18
Jack Straus d. 1988 [age 58] (b. 6/16/1930) 1982 WSOP Main Event winner ($520,000). Six unpaid Top 10 finishes: 1971 2nd, 1972 5th, 1973 4th, 1974 3rd, 1977 8th, & 1984 10th. Poker Hall of Fame 1988. Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 18
Annette Obrestad [] b. in Sandnes, Norway Won 2007 WSOP Europe Main Event (£1,000,000 [$2,013,733]) to become the youngest bracelet winner at 18 years, 11 months, and 30 days. First Norwegian woman to win a bracelet. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 16
Doug Polk [] b. in Pasadena, California as Douglas Kevin Polk Won 2014 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em ($251,969), 2016 $1,000 Tag Team with Ryan Fee ($153,358), & 2017 $111,111 High Roller for One Drop ($3,686,865). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 20
Jack Straus Joins Poker Hall of Fame Straus won the 1982 WSOP Main Event after being severely short-stacked (the "chip-and-a-chair" myth is slightly exaggerated). This marks the first time since the opening of the Hall in 1979 that multiple players were inducted in one year, with Doyle Brunson getting the nod prior to the WSOP Main Event and Straus joining just before the new Hall of Fame Poker Classic.