by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 23, '08

A strange thing happened at the World Series of Poker in 1986. For the first time in its history the first-place prize of the main event shrunk from one year to the next (this has only happened again one other time, between 2006 and 2007). The field in the main event only grew by one […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 13, '08

The World Series of Poker would experience something for the first time in 1979 — an amateur won the title, and the tournament would never be the same. Although the win by Hal Fowler wasn’t as revolutionary as the Moneymaker effect in 2003, it did lay the groundwork for the growth the WSOP needed at […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 12, '08

Jack Binion had taken over most of the responsibility for running the World Series of Poker from his father Benny by 1978. Benny Binion was still the man that started it all at Binion’s Horseshoe, but his charismatic presence was now more as a figure head. The preliminary events saw Doyle Brunson win his fifth […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 11, '08

Doyle Brunson picked up in 1977 right were he left of the year before. He took down his third gold bracelet by winning the preliminary seven-card stud eight-or-better tournament before gearing up for the main event. Bobby Baldwin also broke out onto the World Series of Poker scene by winning two gold bracelets in preliminary […]

by Kristy Arnett | Published: Jul 31, '07

In this new "Strip Poker" series, Card Player covers the Las Vegas poker scene – on the Strip and around the city. James Van Alstyne added to his Card Player Player of the Year (POY) points yesterday when he won the 2007 Orleans Open $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em championship tournament. The event attracted a total […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 02, '24

Player(s) Bracelets Phil Hellmuth 17 Erik Seidel, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey 10 Johnny Moss 9 John Hennigan, Billy Baxter, Men Nguyen 7 Brian Rast, Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, Shaun Deeb, Jeremy Ausmus, Chris Ferguson, Jason Mercier, TJ Cloutier, Jeff Lisandro, Brian Hastings, Layne Flack, Ted Forrest, Jay Heimowitz 6 Robert Mizrachi, Scott Seiver, […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Jan 05, '24

Player(s) Bracelets Phil Hellmuth 17 Erik Seidel, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey 10 Johnny Moss 9 Billy Baxter, Men Nguyen 7 Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, Shaun Deeb, Jeremy Ausmus, Chris Ferguson, John Hennigan, Jason Mercier, TJ Cloutier, Jeff Lisandro, Brian Hastings, Layne Flack, Ted Forrest, Jay Heimowitz 6 Michael Mizrachi, Allen Cunningham, Scotty Nguyen, […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 23, '23

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, ‘Wow! What a Ride!’” – Hunter S. Thompson Doyle Brunson was a week […]

by Erik Fast | Published: May 24, '23

The World Series of Poker started as a seven-player cash game in 1970, with eventual champion Johnny Moss decided by a vote among the participants. In the more than five decades since then, the annual WSOP has grown into the largest poker tournament festival in the world, with a record $342 million paid out across […]

by Card Player News Team | Published: Nov 24, '21

Player(s) Bracelets Phil Hellmuth 16 Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Ivey 10 Johnny Moss, Erik Seidel 9 Billy Baxter, Men Nguyen 7 T. J. Cloutier, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack, Ted Forrest, Jay Heimowitz, John Hennigan, Jeff Lisandro, Daniel Negreanu 6 Brian Rast, Shaun Deeb, Daniel Alaei, Gary ‘Bones’ Berland, David Chiu, Allen Cunningham, Berry Johnston, […]