Scott Blumstein [] b. in Morristown, New Jersey 2017 WSOP Main Event winner ($8,150,000). Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
April 22
Men Nguyen Wins $1,500 Seven-Card Stud for First Bracelet Defeats field of 201, including Tom McEvoy heads up, for $120,600 in opening event of the 1992 WSOP.
Johnny Moss Finishes 12th in $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em The 85-year-old collects $4,572 in tournament won by Bob Abell. [It would be the final WSOP cash of his illustrious career.]
$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, 2 days [4/23 start])
Mickey Appleman Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Second Bracelet Defeats field of 30 (23 rebuys), including Huck Seed heads up, for $119,250.
An Tran Reaches Record Sixth Final Table and Seventh Cash of Year Finishes 7th in $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for $12,200. [His final table record would be tied twice but remain unbroken until 2021, while his cashes record would last until 2003.]
$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #16, 2 days [5/7 start])
Phil Hellmuth Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet Defeats field of 84 for $168,000 and becomes youngest player at age 27 to become win $1,000,000 at the WSOP.
Shari Flanzer Wins Ladies Championship Las Vegas amateur defeats field of 95 for event record $38,000 and first bracelet as WSOP doubles buyin from $500 to $1,000.
$1,000 Women's Seven-Card Stud (Event #19, 2 days [5/10 start])
Jim Doman d. 1992 [age 43] (b. 4/8/1949) 1986 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($22,800). Won 1982 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($96,000) & 1983 $800 Mixed Doubles with his wife Donna, becoming the first husband and wife to both own bracelets. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
October 11
Dominik Nitsche [] b. in Minden, Germany Won 2012 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($654,797), 2014 $10,000 National Championship ($352,800), 2014 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($335,659), & 2017 WSOP Europe €111,111 High Roller for One Drop ($4,064,026). Youngest player to win 3 bracelets at 22 years, 11 months, and 8 days old. 1 World Poker Tour title. Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon