1993 - This Year in WSOP History

April 21

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 2 days [4/20 start])

Winner: Hugo Mieth ($220,800 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 383 (27 paid)

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April 22

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #2, 2 days [4/21 start])

Winner: Robert Turner ($103,800 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 173 (16 paid)

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April 23

$1,500 Limit Omaha (Event #3, 2 days [4/22 start])

Winner: Jack Keller ($61,800 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 103 (9 paid)

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April 24

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Split (Event #4, 2 days [4/23 start])

Winner: Gene Fisher ($113,400 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 189 (16 paid)

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Ted Forrest Wins $1,500 Razz for First Bracelet
Defeats field of 129 for $77,400.

$1,500 Seven-Card Razz (Event #5, 1 day)

Winner: Ted Forrest ($77,400 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 129 (16 paid)

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April 26

Ted Forrest Wins $1,500 Limit Omaha for Consecutive Bracelets
Defeats field of 200 for $120,000.

$1,500 Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event #6, 1 day [4/25 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ted Forrest ($120,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 200 (18 paid)

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April 27

Phil Hellmuth Wins $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 284 for $161,400.

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 2 days [4/26 start])

Winner: Phil Hellmuth ($161,400 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 284 (27 paid)

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April 28

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #8, 2 days [4/27 start])

Winner: Buddy Bonnecaze ($83,400 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 139 (18 paid)

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April 29

$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 2 days [4/28 start])

Winner: John Bonetti ($122,400 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 204 (18 paid)

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April 30

Erik Seidel Wins $2,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 94 for $94,000.

$2,500 Limit Omaha 8 or Better (Event #10, 2 days [4/29 start])

Winner: Erik Seidel ($94,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 94 (9 paid)

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Billy Baxter Wins $5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Sixth Bracelet
Defeats field of 30 (28 rebuys), including Phil Hellmuth heads up, for $130,500.

$5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw (Event #11, 1 day)

Winner: Billy Baxter ($130,500 & 6th bracelet)

Entries: 30 [28 rebuys] (5 paid)

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May 2

$1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw (Event #12, 2 days [5/1 start])

Winner: Chau Giang ($207,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 138 (16 paid)

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May 3

Humberto Brenes Wins $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em for Costa Rica's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 149 for $149,000.

$2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 2 days [5/2 start])

Winner: Humberto Brenes ($149,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 149 (18 paid)

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May 4

$2,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #14, 2 days [5/3 start])

Winner: Marty Sigel ($113,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 113 (8 paid)

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May 5

Humberto Brenes Wins $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Second Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 66 (62 rebuys), including Jay Heimowitz heads up, for $149,000 just two days after his first bracelet.

$2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #15, 2 days [5/4 start])

Winner: Humberto Brenes ($128,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 66 [62 rebuys] (10 paid)

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May 6

$2,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #16, 2 days [5/5 start])

Winner: Hamid Dastmalchi ($114,000 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 114 (9 paid)

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Ted Forrest Wins $5,000 Seven-Card Stud for Third Bracelet of Year
Defeats field of 57 for $114,000 to tie Puggy Pearson's record for bracelets in a year.

$5,000 Seven-Card Stud (Event #17, 1 day)

Winner: Ted Forrest ($114,000 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 57 (8 paid)

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May 8

Phil Hellmuth Wins $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 173 for $173,000 in the 200th event in WSOP history.

$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #18, 1 day [5/7 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Phil Hellmuth ($173,000 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 173 (18 paid)

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Phil Hellmuth Wins $5,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Consecutive Bracelets, Fifth Overall
Defeats field of 69 for $138,000 to match Ted Forrest with three bracelets in 1993, tying Puggy Pearson's record just hours after winning $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em. Hellmuth becomes the youngest player with five bracelets, 10 months ahead of Gary Berland.

$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #19, 1 day)

Winner: Phil Hellmuth ($138,000 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 69 (9 paid)

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May 9

Marsha Waggoner Becomes First Woman to Cash Twice in a Year
Finishes 8th in Ladies Championship for $2,460 two days after finishing 24th in $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $2,500.

$1,000 Women's Seven-Card Stud (Event #20, 1 day)

Winner: Phyllis Kessler ($32,800 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 82 (8 paid)

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May 12

Marsha Waggoner Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
Australian finishes 19th for $12,000 to increase her women's record to three cashes in one year. Wendeen Eolis (same prize for 20th place) becomes the first woman to cash twice in the Main Event, and the two are the first women to cash in the same Main Event.

May 13

Mansour Matloubi Last Champ Standing in Main Event
Reaches final table sixth in chips and manages to move up to fourth place for $120,000.

Jim Bechtel Wins 1993 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 220, including Glenn Cozen heads up, for $1,000,000.

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #21, 4 days [5/10 start])

Winner: Jim Bechtel ($1,000,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 220 (27 paid)

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May 31

Vivian Saliba [] b. in Sao Paulo, Brazil as Vivian Truglio Saliba
Won 2024 €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($101,454). Featured pro in 888poker docuseries about the 2024 Main Event.
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July 25

Fedor Holz [] b. in Saarbrucken, Germany
Won 2016 $111,111 High Roller for One Drop ($4,981,775) & 2020 Online $25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em ($1,077,025).
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