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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 Sean Chaffin | Published: Nov 09, '24

Erik Seidel has 10 World Series of Poker bracelets, which puts him in a three-way tie with Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan for third place, behind only Phil Ivey with 11 and Phil Hellmuth with 17. The Poker Hall of Famer just celebrated his 65th birthday but is still as sharp as ever, and given […]

by Erik Fast | Published: May 29, '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 Erik Fast | Published: Jun 15, '18

Card Player’s 2018 WSOP coverage is sponsored by BetOnline Poker. Get a 100% bonus, up to $1,000, by joining now. The site offers great cash game action and a chance to win more than $1 million in guaranteed tournaments throughout the month. John Hennigan emerged victorious in the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. […]

by Julio Rodriguez | Published: Jun 10, '15

In a 2011 interview with Card Player Magazine, after a summer filled with a record three runner-up finishes in World Series of Poker events, Phil Hellmuth was asked how he felt about his then-nine missed opportunities to add to his bracelet count. “Wow,” said Hellmuth. “I didn’t know until this moment that I have nine […]

by Erik Fast | Published: May 26, '14

In many ways the history of the World Series of Poker is the history of tournament poker itself. First run in 1970 as a cash game whose participants elected an eventual “best all-around player,” the 1971 WSOP marked the first time the event featured the freezeout, winner take all format organizer Benny Binion felt would […]