Annie Duke and Howard Lederer Become First Siblings to Reach Same Final Table Duke knocks brother out in 9th for $5,940 before finishing 6th for $13,860 in $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em. Duke also sets women's records with her second final table and fourth cash of the year and became the first woman to reach three open final tables.
WSOP Tops $10,000,000 in Prizes for Year With 273 players entering the Main Event to generate a $2,730,000 prize pool, total payouts for the year hit $10,904,500.
May 18
Barbara Enright Finishes Fifth in WSOP Main Event Converts $220 supersatellite entry into $114,180 and Last Woman Standing title as first female to reach Main Event final table. Takes over as leading female money winner ($170,960) from Marsha Waggoner, who had just become number one by placing third in the $2,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo twelve days earlier.
Dan Harrington Wins 1995 WSOP Main Event Defeats field of 273, including Howard Goldfarb heads up, for $1,000,000 and his second bracelet of year five days after capturing the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em for $249,000.
$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #24, 4 days [5/15 start])
Winner: Dan Harrington ($1,000,000 & 2nd bracelet)
Brunno Botteon [] b. in Brazil as Brunno Botteon de Albuquerque 2020 WSOP International Main Event 2nd place ($1,062,723). WSOP.com | Hendon
June 23
Sailor Roberts d. 1995 [age 64] (b. 3/7/1931) 1975 WSOP Main Event winner ($210,000). 1982 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($20,800). Four other unpaid Top 6 finishes: 1973 6th, 1974 3rd, 1976 5th, & 1977 4th. Won 1974 $5,000 Deuce-to-Seven Draw ($35,850). Poker Hall of Fame 2012. Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon
August 30
Shiina Okamoto [] b. in Tokyo, Japans (approximate date) Won 2024 Ladies Championship ($171,732) & 2025 Ladies Championship ($184,094) after finishing 2nd ($118,768) in 2023. WSOP.com | Hendon
September 19
Henry Orenstein's Patent for Hole Card Cam Approved The United States Patent and Trademark Office awards Patent 5,451,054 sixteen months after he filed as Toy Builders (his other very famous invention was Tranformers).
September 30
Jesse Lonis [] b. in Ketchikan, Alaska as Jesse Davidson Lonis Won 2022 Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max ($73,370) & 2023 $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha ($2,303,017). WSOP.com | Hendon
December 16
Johnny Moss d. 1995 [age 88] (b. 5/14/1907) Three-time WSOP champion: 1970 (by vote), 1971 ($30,000) & 1974 ($160,000). Five other WSOP Main Event Top 9 finishes: 1972 6th, 1973 2nd, 1979 5th ($27,000), 1980 4th ($73,000), & 1985 7th ($42,000). Oldest Main Event winner at 66 years, 11 months, and 27 days (1974) and oldest bracelet winner at 80 years, 11 months, and 17 days (1988 $1,500 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw for then-record ninth bracelet). Led 1970-79 decade with seven bracelets. Poker Hall of Fame 1979 & Seniors Poker Hall of Fame 1994 (first member). Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon