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by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jul 03, '08

Thanks again to more than half of the participants coming from satellites; the main event grew to 273 players at the 1995 World Series of Poker. Also added that year were two Chinese poker tournaments that took the number of preliminary events to 23. Some established legends of the game, as well as a number […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 30, '08

The preliminary events at the 1993 World Series of Poker were once again dominated by professional players. Three of those pros even won multiple bracelets: Phil Hellmuth won three bracelets ($1,500 no-limit hold’em, $2,500 no-limit hold’em, and $5,000 limit hold’em), Ted Forrest also won three ($1,500 razz, $1,500 Omaha eight-or-better, and $5,000 seven-card stud), while […]

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Jun 29, '08

The United States economy was in a recession in 1992, and because of that the main event field shrunk for the first time in its history (the second time came in 2007). There were 14 less players in the world championship field in 1992 than there had been in 1991, taking the total number down […]

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 21, '08

The World Series of Poker in 1985 featured one of the first prolonged money bubbles in the history of the tournament. Any one of the final ten players refused to go silently into the night and money-bubble action went on for five hours. Part of the reason these players dug in so much on that […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: May 19, '26

Atlanta's Hamid Izadi won the World Series of Poker Circuit main event at Harrah's Cherokee, earning $332,405 and his 10th WSOPC ring.

by Ryan Lucchesi | Published: Sep 30, '25

Hamid Izadi overcame 338 entries in the WSOPC Caesars Southern Indiana main event, defeating the tour's all-time titles leader for the win.

by Sean Chaffin | Published: Feb 18, '25

The World Series of Poker released the summer schedule on Monday, but Phil Hellmuth made some series news of his own on Tuesday. The 17-time bracelet winner announced that he would no longer be playing the $10,000 main event. Hellmuth won the event in 1989, cashing in for $755,000 and becoming the youngest ever at […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 03, '25

Make it a hat trick for Cody Stanford. In the wee hours of Monday, Feb. 3, the Tupelo, MS resident captured his third World Series of Poker Circuit gold ring in a five-day span at the 2025 WSOPC Horseshoe Tunica festival to bring his career total to seven. Stanford is just the 49th player in […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 13, '24

Hamid Izadi is no stranger to success on the World Series of Poker Circuit. Coming into the 2024 WSOPC Harrah’s Pompano Beach stop, the Georgia resident had secured six gold rings on the tour, with more than $800,000 in WSOPC earnings accrued along the way. Izadi added to his already impressive WSOP resume in a […]