Bracelet Families

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Bracelet Families

WSOP Bracelet Families

Many of us learned how to play poker from our parents or our older siblings, so it's unsurprising that numerous bracelet winners are related to each other.

The first family connection was spouses in 1983, then siblings in 1994, and most recently parent and child in 2005.

Spouses With WSOP Bracelets

Here are all of the wives and husbands with bracelets with the year they accomplished the feat and their bracelet total:

Spouses With WSOP Bracelets

Year	Total	Wife (1st Bracelet)	#	Husband (1st Bracelet)	#	Notes
1983	2	Donna Doman (1983)	1	Jim Doman (1983)	1	Won the Mixed Doubles together
1997	4	Maria Stern (1997)	1	Max Stern (1995)	3	Maria's bracelet is somewhat controversial as a heads-up deal was made that included the bracelet
2000	2	Jerri Thomas (2000)	1	Harry Thomas (1985)	1	Both won Seven-Card Stud events; Jerri's was a $1,500 buyin and Harry's $5,000
2010	2	Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (2010)	1	Barry Shulman (2009)	1	Allyn won the Seniors & Barry the WSOP Europe Main Event
2020	6	Loni Hui (2013)	2	Phillip Hui (2014)	4	Loni Harwood and Phil Hui already owned two bracelets each when they married in 2020
2022	6	Kristen Foxen (2013)	5	Alex Foxen (2022)	1	Alex won his bracelet just two months after they married

Notes:

The Sterns were the first married couple with open bracelets.
Loni and Phil Hui are the only couple with multiple bracelets each.
Other sources, including WSOP.com, also count Sandy Stupak (1984 Casino Operators event) and Bob Stupak (1989), but the Casino Operators was a special single-table tournament that awarded a trophy and was not considered a bracelet event at the time.

Siblings With WSOP Bracelets

Here are all of the brothers and sisters with bracelets with the year they accomplished the feat and their bracelet total:

Siblings With WSOP Bracelets

Year	Total	Sibling 1 (1st Bracelet)	#	Sibling 2 (1st Bracelet)	#
1994	5	Puggy Pearson (1973)	4	J.C. Pearson (1994)	1
2004	3	Howard Lederer (2000)	2	Annie Duke (2004)	1
2008	2	Grant Hinkle (2008)	1	Blair Hinkle (2008)	1
2010	11	Michael Mizrachi (2010)	6	Robert Mizrachi (2007)	5

Notes:

Puggy and J.C. Pearson became the first siblings with bracelets in 1994.
Howard Lederer and Annie Duke became the first brother and sister with bracelets in 2004.
Grant and Blair Hinkle became the first (and still only) siblings to win bracelets in the same year in 2008.
Robert and Michael Mizrachi became the first siblings with multiple bracelets each in 2014.

Parents and Children With WSOP Bracelets

When Todd Brunson won the $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo in 2005, he joined his father Doyle Brunson and his nine bracelets as the first parent and child with bracelets. Doyle won his tenth just a week later to also make them the only parent and child to win bracelets in the same year.

In 2018, Farhintaj Bonyadi won the $1,000 Super Seniors to join her son Farzad ("Freddy") and his three bracelets as the only mother and son with bracelets. Freddy added a fourth bracelet in 2021.

[Updated 20260530]