Jake Balsiger [] b. in Portland, Oregon as Jacob Balsiger 2014 WSOP Main Event 3rd place ($3,799,073). WSOP.com | Hendon
February 1
Alex Foxen [] b. in Cold Spring Harbor, New York as William Alex Foxen Won 2022 $250,000 Super High Roller ($4,563,700) two months after marrying Kristen Bicknell to become one of the few married couples with bracelets. Global Poker Index Player of the Year 2018 & 2019 (only player to win more than once). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 27
Artie Cobb Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for Third Bracelet Defeats field of 427 for $148,400 in opening event of the 1991 WSOP.
$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #1, 2 days [4/26 start])
WSOP Passes $50,000,000 in Total Prizes Awarded $256,000 first prize in $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em tops the milestone as Max Linder wins his first bracelet.
$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, 1 day [4/27 start; ended past midnight])
Jerry Buss Finishes Third in $2,500 Seven-Card Stud Los Angeles Lakers owner wins $33,250 (behind Rod Pardey and Don Williams) for his first WSOP cash. [This would end up as the best of his four WSOP cashes.]
$2,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #11, 1 day [5/6 start; ended past midnight])
Doyle Brunson Wins $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Seventh Bracelet Defeats field of 208 for $208,000 to move back into second place on the all-time money list behind Johnny Chan.
$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 1 day [5/7 start; ended past midnight])
Mim Penney Wins Female Record $88,750 Finishes second in $5,000 Seven-Card Stud to become leading female money winner (and the first to top $100,000 in one year or career), while Thomas Chung wins his second bracelet and $142,000. Incredibly, Chung's only other bracelet came two years earlier when Robin Brown set the previous women's record for biggest prize.
Jay Heimowitz Wins $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for Third Bracelet Defeats field of 63 for $315,000. The 2,000th prize in WSOP history goes to runner-up John Bonetti ($78,750).
$5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #15, 2 days [5/10 start])
Bobby Baldwin Last Champ Standing in Main Event Exits in 29th place for $8,050, ending run of six straight years in which a former champ made the final table.
Brad Daugherty Wins 1991 WSOP Main Event Defeats field of 215, including Don Holt heads up, to earn first million dollar prize in poker tournament history. The WSOP advertised this as "The Million Dollar Dream".
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #18, 4 days [5/13 start])
Joe McKeehen [] b. in North Wales, Pennsylvania 2015 WSOP Main Event winner ($7,683,346). Won 2017 $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($311,817) & 2020 Online $3,200 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller ($352,985). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
September 10
Chad Eveslage [] b. in Louisville, Kentucky Won 2022 $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max ($1,415,610), 2023 $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Max ($131,879), & 2023 $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Max Championship ($311,428). WPT Player of the Year 2022 (Season 20). WSOP.com | Hendon
November 6
Chip Reese Joins Poker Hall of Fame Reese is a double bracelet winner who was named the "Most Valuable Player" of the 1981 WSOP for reaching four final tables, each in a different game. [He would add one more bracelet in 2006.]
November 27
Yuri Dzivielevski [] b. in Brazil as Yuri Martins Dzivielevski Won 5 bracelets, including two in 2023 (one live and one online). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
December 5
Alejandro Lococo [] b. in Mar del Plata, Argentina as Alejandro Andres Lococo 2021 WSOP Main Event 7th place ($1,225,000). Won 2024 Paradise Island $500,000 Triton Million ($12,070,000). WSOP.com | Hendon