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The Story of the 1997 WSOP Main Event The 28th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, as it always does, but it was like no other WSOP before or since. The winner went down in history as the most tragic player ever to take home the world title as […]
The Story of the 1996 WSOP Main Event One of the most unique world champions in the World Series of Poker’s 54-year history won the Main Event in 1996. Huckleberry Seed, known as ‘Huck’, took home a cool million dollars, leading to one of the tallest tales ever to be told. The 27th WSOP was […]
The Story of the 1995 WSOP Main Event In 1994, Russ Hamilton walked away with a million dollars and his hefty weight in silver as the WSOP awarded the most unique prize in its quarter-century history. The 26th year of the World Series of Poker was going to be bigger and better than ever. A […]
The Story of the 1994 WSOP Main Event In 1994, the World Series of Poker celebrated a quarter of a century as the ultimate poker tournament series in the most unique way. For the 25th year of the world’s biggest poker festival, the winner of the Main Event, otherwise known as the Poker World Championship, […]
The Story of the 1991 WSOP Main Event The 22nd Annual World Series of Poker saw the first-ever million-dollar top prize in the WSOP Main Event. A mammoth 18 events – an increase of three from the previous year – heralded the biggest-ever WSOP, and the title was taken by another new name as Brad […]
The Story of the 1982 WSOP Main Event From its formative years of action in Las Vegas, the World Series of Poker had changed significantly as it entered its 13th year in 1982. The first half of the 1970s had seen many early growth issues ironed out and the series expanded from a single WSOP […]
The Story of the 1981 WSOP Main Event A year on from Stu ‘The Kid’ Ungar’s epic win against Doyle Brunson in the 1980 WSOP Main Event, 75 players came to Las Vegas to play the World Championship event seeking their fortune. Their number included the defending champion, as Ungar bid to become only the […]
The Story of the 1980 WSOP Main Event A new era of poker action began in 1980 as the World Series of Poker entered its second decade with its youngest-ever winner. As the debate over whether poker players with experience or youth were better raged on in Las Vegas, a breath of fresh air arrived […]
The Story of the 1979 WSOP Main Event The 10th year of the World Series of Poker saw glamour like never before, with a dozen events thrilling poker fans across America. Whilst the World Series of Poker was not yet the global behemoth it is today, its reputation was growing. And with the Main Event […]
The Story of the 1978 WSOP Main Event After two years of domestic dominance from Doyle ‘Texas Dolly’ Brunson in 1976 and 1977, the 1978 World Series of Poker saw a new world champion win the famous gold bracelet in Las Vegas. A total of 11 events took place in Las Vegas, Nevada between May […]
The Story of the 1977 WSOP Main Event In 1976, Doyle Brunson won his first WSOP Main Event title. Just 12 months later, he would enter the lexicon of American heroes after bagging back-to-back triumphs. With more preliminary events than ever before, a young challenger, and an incredible final hand, the 1977 World Series of […]
The Story of the 1976 WSOP Main Event The 1976 World Series of Poker was a landmark poker tournament in so many ways. The crowning of a new champion put a legendary poker character into a spotlight that would shine on him for half a century. In the previous year, there were a total of […]
