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| Year | Players | Paid | Winner (country) | 1st Prize | Runner-Up | 2nd Prize | Final Table Bubble Boy (place, prize) | Money Bubble Boy (place) | Last Champ Standing (place, prize) | Last Woman Standing (place, prize) | Last Celebrity Standing (place, prize) | In 50 Characters | Links |
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| 1971 | 7 | 1 | Johnny Moss (U.S.) | $35,000 | Jack Straus | $0 | N/A | Puggy Pearson (2nd) | Johnny Moss (1st, $30,000) | N/A | N/A | Moss repeats by winning $5,000 buyin freezeout. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1972 | 8 | 1 | Amarillo Slim Preston (U.S.) | $80,000 | Puggy Pearson | $0 | N/A | Puggy Pearson (2nd) | Johnny Moss (did not cash) | N/A | N/A | Preston wins $80,000 (Binion added $40,000). | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1973 | 13 | 1 | Puggy Pearson (U.S.) | $130,000 | Johnny Moss | $0 | N/A | Johnny Moss (2nd) | Johnny Moss (did not cash) | N/A | N/A | Pearson gets heads-up again but wins this time. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1974 | 16 | 1 | Johnny Moss (U.S.) | $160,000 | Crandell Addington | $0 | N/A | Crandell Addington (2nd) | Johnny Moss (1st, $160,000) | N/A | N/A | Moss wins again at record age of 66. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1975 | 21 | 1 | Sailor Roberts (U.S.) | $210,000 | Bob Hooks | $0 | N/A | Bob Hooks (2nd) | unknown (did not cash) | N/A | N/A | Roberts survives field of 21; dominates final day. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1976 | 22 | 1 | Doyle Brunson (U.S.) | $220,000 | Jesse Alto | $0 | N/A | Jesse Alto (2nd) | unknown (did not cash) | N/A | N/A | Brunson runner-runner upends Alto's two pairs. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1977 | 34 | 1 | Doyle Brunson (U.S.) | $340,000 | Gary Berland | $0 | N/A | Gary Berland (2nd) | Doyle Brunson (1st, $340,000) | N/A | N/A | Brunson wins with Ten-Deuce on final hand again. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1978 | 42 | 5 | Bobby Baldwin (U.S.) | $210,000 | Crandell Addington | $84,000 | N/A | Ken Smith (6th) | unknown (did not cash) | N/A | N/A | Baldwin wins $210,000 as 5 places are paid. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1979 | 54 | 5 | Hal Fowler (U.S.) | $270,000 | Bobby Hoff | $108,000 | N/A | Sam Petrillo (6th) | Johnny Moss (5th, $27,000) | N/A | N/A | Fowler becomes first non-pro to win Main Event. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1980 | 73 | 5 | Stu Ungar (U.S.) | $365,000 | Doyle Brunson | $146,000 | N/A | Gabe Kaplan (6th) | Doyle Brunson (2nd, $146,000) | N/A | Gabe Kaplan (6th) (did not cash) | Ungar wins after nobody will play him in gin. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1981 | 75 | 9 | Stu Ungar (U.S.) | $375,000 | Perry Green | $150,000 | Bobby Baldwin (7th, $15,000) | Sam Moon (10th) | Stu Ungar (1st, $375,000) | N/A | unknown (did not cash) | Ungar goes back-to-back at just 27 years old. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1982 | 104 | 9 | Jack Straus (U.S.) | $520,000 | Dewey Tomko | $208,000 | Buster Jackson (7th, $20,800) | unknown (10th) | Doyle Brunson (4th, $52,000) | N/A | unknown (did not cash) | Straus recovers from a single $500 chip on Day 2. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1983 | 108 | 9 | Tom McEvoy (U.S.) | $540,000 | Rod Peate | $216,000 | John Jenkins III (7th, $21,600) | Crandell Addington (10th) | Doyle Brunson (3rd, $108,000) | N/A | unknown (did not cash) | McEvoy first satellite winner to go all the way. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1984 | 132 | 9 | Jack Keller (U.S.) | $660,000 | Byron Wolford | $264,000 | Michael Allen (7th, $26,400) | unknown (10th) | unknown (did not cash) | N/A | unknown (did not cash) | Jesse Alto leads 3-way until Byron Wolford bluff. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1985 | 140 | 9 | Bill Smith (U.S.) | $700,000 | T.J. Cloutier | $280,000 | Johnny Moss (7th, $42,000) | unknown (10th) | Johnny Moss (7th, $42,000) | N/A | unknown (did not cash) | Bill Smith drinks beer to stay sober enough. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1986 | 141 | 36 | Berry Johnston (U.S.) | $570,000 | Mike Harthcock | $228,000 | Steve Lott (7th, $34,200) | unknown (37th) | Bill Smith (5th, $51,300) | Wendeen Eolis (25th, $10,000) | Gabe Kaplan (21st, $10,000) | Johnston prevails but smaller prize as 36 paid. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1987 | 152 | 36 | Johnny Chan (U.S.) | $625,000 | Frank Henderson | $250,000 | Eldon Elias (7th, $37,500) | unknown (37th) | Jack Keller (9th, $18,750) | unknown (did not cash) | unknown (did not cash) | Chan becomes 1st winner born outside of U.S. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1988 | 167 | 36 | Johnny Chan (U.S.) | $700,000 | Erik Seidel | $280,000 | Quinton Nixon (7th, $42,000) | unknown (37th) | Johnny Chan (1st, $70,000) | Betty Carey (did not cash) | unknown (did not cash) | Chan is last player to win back-to-back titles. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1989 | 178 | 36 | Phil Hellmuth (U.S.) | $755,000 | Johnny Chan | $302,000 | Fernando Fisdel (7th, $45,300) | unknown (37th) | Johnny Chan (2nd, $302,000) | unknown (did not cash) | unknown (did not cash) | Hellmuth, youngest champ at 24, stops Chan's run. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1990 | 194 | 36 | Mansour Matloubi (England) | $895,000 | Hans Lund | $334,000 | Rod Peate (7th, $50,100) | unknown (37th) | Berry Johnston (5th, $75,150) | unknown (did not cash) | unknown (did not cash) | Matloubi becomes first non-American champion. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1991 | 215 | 36 | Brad Daugherty (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | Don Holt | $402,500 | Hilbert Shirey (7th, $28,750) | unknown (37th) | Billy Baldwin (29th, $8,050) | unknown (did not cash) | Gabe Kaplan (13th, $11,500) | Daugherty captures first million dollar prize. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1992 | 201 | 36 | Hamid Dastmalchi (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | Tom Jacobs | $353,500 | Johnny Chan (7th, $25,250) | unknown (37th) | Johnny Chan (7th, $25,250) | unknown (did not cash) | Telly Savalas (21st, $8,080) | After headstand, Dastmalchi hits inside straight. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1993 | 220 | 27 | Jim Bechtel (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | Glenn Cozen | $420,000 | Thomas Kreilein (7th, $31,200) | unknown (28th) | Mansour Matloubi (4th, $120,000) | Marsha Waggoner (19th, $12,000) | unknown (did not cash) | Arizona cotton farmer 11th '86, 6th '88, 1st '93. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1994 | 268 | 27 | Russ Hamilton (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | Hugh Vincent | $588,000 | John Aglialoro (7th, $43,680) | unknown (28th) | Mansour Matloubi (16th, $20,160) | Barbara Samuelson (10th, $26,880) | unknown (did not cash) | Hamilton wins weight in silver for 25th WSOP. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1995 | 273 | 28 | Dan Harrington (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | Howard Goldfarb | $519,000 | Tom Franklin (7th, $69,200) | Jack Keller (28th) | Hamid Dastmalchi (4th, $173,000) | Barbara Enright (5th, $114,180) | Hal Kant (26th, $17,300) | Harrington wins; Barbara Enright places fifth. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1996 | 295 | 27 | Huck Seed (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | Bruce Van Horn | $585,000 | J.P. Schmalz (7th, $78,000) | unknown (28th) | Berry Johnston (16th, $23,400) | Lucy Rokach (26th, $19,500) | Hal Kant (24th, $19,500) | Montanan Huck Seed enters last but finishes first. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1997 | 312 | 27 | Stu Ungar (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | John Strzemp | $583,000 | Tormod Roren (7th, $95,400) | Chris Ferguson (28th) | Stu Ungar (1st, $1,000,000) | Marsha Waggoner (12th, $33,920) | unknown (did not cash) | Ungar record title; dead in 18 months. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1998 | 350 | 27 | Scotty Nguyen (U.S.) | $1,000,000 | Kevin McBride | $687,500 | Jan Lundberg (7th, $112,500) | Mike Magee (28th) | Jack Keller (22nd, $25,000) | Susie Isaacs (10th, $40,000) | unknown (did not cash) | Nguyen dominates & ousts McBride with bigger boat. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 1999 | 393 | 36 | Noel Furlong (Ireland) | $1,000,000 | Alan Goehring | $768,625 | George McKeever (7th, $125,775) | unknown (37th) | Huck Seed (6th, $167,700) | Joanne Bortner (did not cash) | Hal Kant (21st, $27,950) | Furlong leads Irish attack (Parkinson & McKeever). | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2000 | 512 | 45 | Chris Ferguson (U.S.) | $1,500,000 | T.J. Cloutier | $896,500 | Jeff Shulman (7th, $146,700) | unknown (46th) | Phil Hellmuth (did not cash) | Annie Duke (10th, $52,160) | unknown (did not cash) | Ferguson upends Cloutier, who finishes 2nd again. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2001 | 613 | 45 | Carlos Mortensen (Spain) | $1,500,000 | Dewey Tomko | $1,098,925 | Arturo Diaz (10th, $179,825) | unknown (46th) | Phil Hellmuth (5th, $303,705) | unknown (did not cash) | unknown (did not cash) | Mortensen holds off Tomko, who finishes 2nd again. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2002 | 631 | 45 | Robert Varkonyi (U.S.) | $2,000,000 | Julian Gardner | $1,100,000 | Don Barton (10th, $125,000) | unknown (46th) | Phil Hellmuth (did not cash) | unknown (did not cash) | unknown (did not cash) | Varkonyi shaves doubter Phil Hellmuth's hair off. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2003 | 839 | 63 | Chris Moneymaker (U.S.) | $2,500,000 | Sam Farha | $1,300,000 | Phil Ivey (10th, $200,000) | unknown (64th) | Dan Harrington (3rd, $650,000) | Annie Duke (47th, $20,000) | unknown (did not cash) | Moneymaker qualifies online and sparks poker boom. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2004 | 2,576 | 226 | Greg Raymer (U.S.) | $5,000,000 | David Williams | $3,500,000 | Marcel Luske (10th, $373,000) | Dewey Tomko, Dave Combs (226th) | Dan Harrington (4th, $1,500,000) | Rose Richie (98th, $20,000) | unknown (did not cash) | Raymer wins; Harrington back-to-back final tables. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2005 | 5,619 | 560 | Joe Hachem (Australia) | $7,500,000 | Steve Dannenmann | $4,250,000 | Ayhan Alsancak (10th, $600,000) | Carl Ygborn (561st) | Greg Raymer (25th, $304,680) | Tiffany Williamson (15th, $400,000) | Nick Cassavetes (93rd, $77,710) | Hachem wins: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oy! Oy! Oy! | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2006 | 8,773 | 876 | Jamie Gold (U.S.) | $12,000,000 | Paul Wasicka | $6,102,499 | Fred Goldberg (10th, $1,154,527) | Hoa Manh Nguyen (884th) | Joe Hachem (238th, $42,882) | Sabyl Cohen-Landrum (56th, $123,699) | Rick Salomon (196th, $42,882) | Gold boasts and bluffs to record $12,000,000. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2007 | 6,358 | 621 | Jerry Yang (U.S.) | $8,250,000 | Tuan Lam | $4,840,981 | Steve Garfinkle (10th, $476,926) | John Sigan (622nd) | Scotty Nguyen (11th, $476,926) | Maria Ho (38th, $237,865) | Sully Erna (237th, $45,422) | Yang (not Yahoo!'s) outlasts UIGEA-depleted field. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2008 | 6,844 | 666 | Peter Eastgate (Denmark) | $9,152,416 | Ivan Demidov | $5,809,595 | Dean Hamrick (10th, $591,869) | Steve Chung (667th) | Phil Hellmuth (45th, $154,400) | Tiffany Michelle (17th, $334,534) | Kara Scott (104th, $41,816) | Eastgate youngest champ (22) in 1st November Nine. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2009 | 6,494 | 648 | Joe Cada (U.S.) | $8,546,435 | Darvin Moon | $5,182,601 | Jordan Smith (10th, $896,730) | Kia Hamadani (649th) | Peter Eastgate (78th, $68,979) | Leo Margets (27th, $352,832) | Lou Diamond Phillips (186th, $36,626) | Cada new youngest champ just before 22nd birthday. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2010 | 7,319 | 747 | Jonathan Duhamel (Canada) | $8,944,310 | John Racener | $5,545,955 | Brandon Steven (10th, $635,011) | Tim McDonald (748th) | Johnny Chan (156th, $57,102) | Breeze Zuckerman (121st, $57,102) | Bruce Buffer (478th, $27,519) | Duhamel becomes first Canadian champion. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2011 | 6,865 | 693 | Pius Heinz (Germany) | $8,715,638 | Martin Staszko | $5,433,086 | John Hewitt (10th, $607,882) | Reza Kashani (694th) | Robert Varkonyi (514th, $23,876) | Erika Moutinho (29th, $242,636) | Mars Callahan (94th, $64,531) | Heinz becomes first German champ. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2012 | 6,598 | 666 | Greg Merson (U.S.) | $8,527,982 | Jesse Sylvia | $5,295,149 | Gaelle Baumann (10th, $590,442) | David Kelley, Desmond Portano, Steve Rosen, Dane Lomas (667th) | Johnny Chan (353rd, $32,871) | Gaelle Baumann (10th, $590,442) | Kevin Pollak (134th, $52,718) | Merson wins; two women just miss final table. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2013 | 6,352 | 648 | Ryan Riess (U.S.) | $8,359,531 | Jay Farber | $5,173,170 | Carlos Mortensen (10th, $573,204) | Farzad Bonyadi (649th) | Carlos Mortensen (10th, $573,204) | Jackie Glazier (31st, $229,281) | Ray Romano (did not cash) | Riess puts away amateur and local favorite Farber. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2014 | 6,683 | 693 | Martin Jacobson (Sweden) | $10,000,000 | Felix Stephensen | $5,145,968 | Luis Velador (10th, $565,193) | Zhen Cai, Kori Hunter, John Dwyer (694th) | Huck Seed (did not cash) | Maria Ho (77th, $85,812) | Paul Pierce (did not cash) | Jacobson wins; Newhouse back-to-back final tables. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2015 | 6,420 | 1,000 | Joe McKeehen (U.S.) | $7,683,346 | Josh Beckley | $4,470,896 | Alexander Turyansky (10th, $756,897) | Roy Daoud (1,001st) | Jim Bechtel (121st, $46,890) | Kelly Minkin (29th, $211,821) | Fatima Moreira de Melo (286th, $34,157) | McKeehen wins big; WSOP expands to pay top 15%. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2016 | 6,737 | 1,011 | Qui Nguyen (U.S.) | $8,005,310 | Gordon Vayo | $4,661,228 | Josh Weiss (10th, $650,000) | Adam Furgatch (1,012th) | Greg Raymer (122nd, $49,108) | Gaelle Baumann (102nd, $49,108) | John Arne Riise (did not cash) | Nguyen controls final table; Kassouf annoys. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2017 | 7,221 | 1,084 | Scott Blumstein (U.S.) | $8,150,000 | Dan Ott | $4,700,000 | Michael Ruane (10th, $825,001) | Roger Campbell, Quan Zhou (1,085th) | Scotty Nguyen (549th, $22,449) | Yuan-Yuan Li (105th, $53,247) | Richard Seymour (did not cash) | Blumstein takes first post-November Nine title. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2018 | 7,874 | 1,182 | John Cynn (U.S.) | $8,800,000 | Tony Miles | $5,000,000 | Yueqi Zhu (10th, $850,025) | Matthew Hopkins (1,183rd) | Joe Cada (5th, $2,150,000) | Kelly Minkin (50th, $156,265) | Ray Romano (did not cash) | Cynn City! Indianan was 11th in 2016. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2019 | 8,569 | 1,286 | Hossein Ensan (Germany) | $10,000,000 | Dario Sammartino | $6,000,000 | Robert Heidorn (10th, $800,000) | Jonas Lauck (1,287th) | Qui Nguyen (455th, $30,780) | Jill Bryant (116th, $59,295) | Richard Seymour (131st, $59,295) | Ensan controls final table from 2nd biggest field. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2020 | 1,379 | 187 | Damian Salas (Argentina) | $2,550,969 | Joseph Hebert | $1,553,256 | Anthony Spinella [U.S.] & Thomas Macdonald [International] (10th, $77,832,050,131) | unknown (108th & 81st) | Ryan Riess (92nd, $22,334) | Maria Ho (43rd, $35,194) | N/A | Online due to COVID-19; four women win bracelets. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2021 | 6,650 | 1,000 | Koray Aldemir (Germany) | $8,000,000 | George Holmes | $4,300,000 | Demo Kiriopoulos (10th, $585,000) | Kevin Campbell (1,001st) | Qui Nguyen (241st, $38,600) | Dragana Lim (64th, $95,700) | N/A | WSOP returned live but kept the online events too. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2022 | 8,663 | 1,302 | Espen Jorstad (Norway) | $10,000,000 | Adrian Attenborough | $6,000,000 | Asher Coniff (10th, $675,000) | Robert Lipkin, Ognjen Sekularac, & Tom McCormick (1,301st) | Damian Salas (27th, $262,300) | Efthymia Litsou (18th, $323,100) | N/A | Jorstad wins 2nd largest Main Event (and Tag Team) | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2023 | 10,043 | 1,507 | Daniel Weinman (U.S.) | $12,100,000 | Steven Jones | $6,500,000 | Jose Aguilera (10th, $700,000) | Yueqi Wang, Peter Nigh, & Jeppe Bisgaard (1,508th) | Joe Hachem (402nd, $40,000) | Estelle Cohuet (68th, $130,300) | Richard Seymour (284th, $50,900) | Weinman wins largest Main Event for $12,100,000. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |
| 2024 | 10,112 | 1,517 | Jonathan Tamayo (U.S.) | $10,000,000 | Jordan Griff | $6,000,000 | Diogo Coelho (10th, $800,000) | Lucas Reeves & Christian Stratmeyer (1,517th/1,518th) | Joe McKeehen (500th, $35,000) | Kristen Foxen (13th, $600,000) | Kevin Pollak (1,212th, $17,500) | Tamayo folds queens, plays 8-3, outlasts 10,111. | Hendon Mob WSOP.com Wikipedia |