1991

Poker Omnibus W50P

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, began 4/26)

Winner: Artie Cobb ($148,400)

Entries: 245 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

April 28

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, began 4/27)

Winner: Max Linder ($256,000)

Entries: 427 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

April 29

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, began 4/28)

Winner: Brent Carter ($166,800)

Entries: 271 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

April 30

$1,500 Seven-Card Razz (Event #4, began 4/29)

Winner: Charles Wight ($92,400)

Entries: 154 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 1

$1,500 Limit Omaha (Event #5, began 4/30)

Winner: Paul Heinrich ($92,000)

Entries: 154 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 2

Mike Harthcock Wins $1,500 Limit Omaha for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 177 for $106,200.

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split (Event #6, began 5/1)

Winner: Mike Harthcock ($106,200)

Entries: 177 (16 paid)

Hart a.k.a. Mike Harthcockhcock.

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 3

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #7, began 5/2)

Winner: An Tran ($87,600)

Entries: 146 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 4

$1,500 Omaha 8 or Better (Event #8, began 5/3)

Winner: Joseph Becker ($119,400)

Entries: 198 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 5

$1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw with Joker (Event #9, began 5/4)

Winner: Pat Flanagan ($106,800)

Entries: 178 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 6

$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, began 5/5)

Winner: Ron Stanley ($203,000)

Entries: 202 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 7

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, began 5/6)

Winner: Rodney Pardey ($133,000)

Entries: 133 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 8

Doyle Brunson Wins $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Seventh Bracelet
Defeats field of 208 for $208,000.

$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, began 5/7)

Winner: Doyle Brunson ($208,000)

Entries: 208 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw (Event #13, began 5/8)

Winner: John Spadavecchia ($58,500)

Entries: 26 (5 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 9

Mim Penney Wins Female Record $88,750
Finishes second in $5,000 Seven-Card Stud to become leading female money winner, 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.

$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #14, began 5/9)

Winner: Thomas Chung ($142,000)

Entries: 71 (8 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 11

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, began 5/10)

Winner: Jay Heimowitz ($126,000)

Entries: 63 (9 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #16, began 5/11)

Winner: Byron Wolford ($210,000)

Entries: 105 (18 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 13

Puggy Pearson Plays Main Event Dressed as an Arab Oil Sheik
The rich do not get richer as he busts early.

$500 Women's Seven-Card Stud (Event #17, began 5/12)

Winner: Donna Ward ($28,200)

Entries: 141 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

May 15

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.

Gabe Kaplan Finishes 13th in WSOP Main Event
Reaches Day 3 to win $11,500.

May 16

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, began 5/13)

Winner: Brad Daugherty ($1,000,000)

Entries: 215 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

June 28

Joe McKeehen [], b. North Wales, PA
2015 WSOP Main Event winner ($7,683,346). Two other bracelets: 2017 $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em ($311,817) & 2020 Online $3,200 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller ($352,985). 4 Circuit rings.
Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

November 6

Chip Reese Inducted Into 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.]

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