Women: Bracelets

Vera Richmond

Barbara Enright

Linda Johnson

Maria Stern

Women Who Have Won Open WSOP Events

#	Year	Player	Event	Prize	Entrants
1	1982	Vera Richmond	$1,000 Limit Ace-to-Five Draw	$38,500	77
2	1996	Barbara Enright	$2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	$180,000	180
3	1997	Linda Johnson	$1,500 Seven-Card Razz	$96,000	160
4	1997	Maria Stern	$1,500 Seven-Card Stud	$140,708	257
5	2000	Jerri Thomas	$1,500 Seven-Card Stud	$135,825	245
6	2000	Jennifer Harman	$5,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw	$146,250	30
7	2001	Nani Dollison	$2,000 Limit Hold 'Em	$441,440	615
8	2002	Jennifer Harman	$5,000 Limit Hold 'Em	$212,440	113
9	2004	Cyndy Violette	$2,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Split	$135,900	224
10	2004	Kathy Liebert	$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout	$110,180	240
11	2004	Annie Duke	$2,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split	$137,860	234
12	2007	Katja Thater	$1,500 Seven-Card Razz	$132,653	341
13	2007	Annette Obrestad	£10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold 'Em	$2,013,733	362
14	2008	Vanessa Selbst	$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	$227,933	759
15	2012	Vanessa Selbst	$2,500 10-Game - Six Handed	$244,259	421
16	2013	Dana Castaneda	$1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em	$454,207	2,883
17	2013	Loni Harwood	$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em	$609,017	2,541
18	2014	Vanessa Selbst	$25,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em - Mixed Max	$871,148	131
19	2015	Carol Fuchs	$1,500 Dealers Choice Six Handed	$127,735	357
20	2015	Loni Harwood	$10,000 Circuit National Championship	$341,599	122
21	2016	Kristen Foxen	$1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em	$290,768	2,158
22	2016	Safiya Umerova	$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Shootout	$264,046	1,050
23	2017	Liv Boeree	$10,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship	$136,982	102
24	2018	Nikita Luther	$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold 'Em	$175,805	1,032
25	2019	Sue Faber	$500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Salute to Warriors	$121,161	1,723
26	2019	Stephanie Dao	$3,000 Limit Hold 'Em Six 6-Handed	$132,189	193
27	2020	Kristen Foxen	$2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Handed	$356,412	892
28	2020	Nahrain Tamero	$1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship	$310,832	1,455
29	2020	Thi Truong	$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	$215,938	972
30	2020	Melika Razavi	$1,050 Beat the Pros Bounty	$239,180	2,204
31	2021	Leo Margets	$1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em	$376,850	1,903
32	2023	Kristen Foxen	$888 No-Limit Hold 'Em Crazy 8's	$92,142	492
33	2023	Denise Pratt	Online $3,200 No-Limit Hold 'Em High Roller Championship	$104,690	125
34	2024	Vivian Saliba	€2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	$101,454	229
35	2024	Maria Konnikova	Online $888 No-Limit Hold 'Em	$374,400	468
36	2024	Cherish Andrews	Online $500 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em	$15,116	426
37	2024	Kristen Foxen	Online $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em	$56,703	311
38	2024	Michele Lawson	Online $250 Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em	$41,567	1,943

Notes:

Kristen Foxen (nee Bicknell) has won a record five bracelets, including one in a Ladies event. Vanessa Selbst has three open bracelets, including the highest buyin event ($25,000). Barbara Enright and Nani Dollison have each one one open bracelet and two Ladies events.

Jennifer Harman and Loni Hui (nee Harwood) are the only other women to win two open events.

Annette Obrestad won a cool £1,000,000 (worth over two million U.S. dollars at the time) in the only win outside the U.S.¹

Wenling Gao surpassed Obrestad's record by taking home $2,748,605 for second place in the 2020 online $5,000 Main Event.

Dana Castaneda (2,883 players), Loni Hui (2,541), Melika Razavi (2,204), and Kristen Foxen (2,158) defeated the largest fields.

In Barbara Enright's victory, Lucy Rokach finished third. Enright has also won two Ladies Championships, a record equaled by Dollison and Susie Isaacs. Completing the list of female multiple bracelet winners, Starla Brodie won a Ladies Championship and a Mixed Doubles title (with Doyle Brunson).

In Jennifer Harman's second victory, Mimi Tran finished third.

Not counting Ladies and Mixed Doubles events where a woman was guaranteed to win, four women have captured other non-open bracelets:

Sandy Stupak: 1984 Special Casino Operators tournament ($14,000)²

The Hendon Mob Database doesn't recognize this as an official WSOP tournament while WSOP.com does. It was not deemed a bracelet event when it was held, and Stupak was awarded a trophy for defeating a small 14-player field.
Clare Miller: 2006 $1,000 Seniors Championship ($247,814)
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman: 2012 $1,000 Seniors Championship ($603,713)
Katie Kopp: 2022 $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold 'Em ($65,168)

Liv Boeree won her team title with Igor Kurganov, while Nikita Luther won with Giuseppe Pantaleo.

Women have finished first 37 times, second 50, and third 55 in open WSOP events.

2022 ended a run of ten straight years in which at least one woman won an open bracelet.

Top Three Finishes in Open Events

Kristen Foxen has a record six top three finishes in open events, one more than Jennifer Harman and Annie Duke..

Women With Multiple WSOP Open Event Top Three Finishes

Player	1st	2nd	3rd	Top 3
Kristen Foxen	4	1	1	6
Jen Harman	2	1	2	5
Annie Duke	1	3	1	5
Vanessa Selbst	3	0	1	4
Kathy Liebert	1	2	1	4
Cyndy Violette	1	1	2	4
Mimi Tran	0	2	1	3
Marsha Waggoner	0	1	2	3
Loni Hui	2	0	0	2
Leo Margets	1	1	0	2
Carol Fuchs	1	0	1	2
Tara Cain	0	2	0	2
Jackie Mills	0	2	0	2
Kate Hoang	0	2	0	2
Natasha Mercier	0	1	1	2
Esther Taylor-Brady	0	1	1	2
Maria Ho	0	1	1	2
Patty Gallagher	0	0	2	2
J.J. Liu	0	0	2	2

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Women: Bracelets

Women Who Have Won Open WSOP Events

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Women With Multiple WSOP Open Event Top Three Finishes

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