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The Story of the 1999 WSOP Main Event In 1999, the final year of the millennium saw a first-time winner from Europe create poker history in Las Vegas. The 30th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) welcomed a record field of 393 entries in the $10,000 WSOP Main Event. With two Irish players reaching the […]
The Story of the 1998 WSOP Main Event In 1998, the loss of one champion away from the felt was offset by the emergence of a new personality that would invigorate poker. The World Series of Poker descended on Las Vegas once more as Binion’s Horseshoe played host to a record field of 350 WSOP […]
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 […]
Poker, a game where skill and strategy play vital roles, has seen many legends. Among them, Blondie Forbes and Joe Bernstein are two players who stand out for their significant contributions. Both were inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, their stories reflect the evolution of poker from smoky backrooms to online platforms. Let’s delve […]
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 1993 WSOP Main Event In 1993, a number of firsts made the 24th World Series of Poker a spectacular show for poker fans worldwide. With two women cashing in the Main Event for the first time, a married couple taking on the $10,000 showpiece World Championship, and not one but two […]
The Story of the 1992 WSOP Main Event The 23rd annual World Series of Poker featured more events than ever before in Las Vegas, as 20 tournaments were won by some of the best poker players in the world. There were bracelet wins for Tom McEvoy, Erik Seidel, and Phil Hellmuth, while the WSOP Main […]
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 1990 WSOP Main Event The year 1990 brought the beginning of the third decade of the World Series of Poker (WSOP). And poker was changing as fast as the world was around it. With an influx of poker players from all over the globe the World Series of Poker had truly […]
The Story of the 1989 WSOP Main Event For two years, Johnny Chan had been the world champion. In 1987, ‘The Orient Express’ claimed his first-ever Main Event victory earning $625,000. Incredibly, the very next year, he repeated the feat, becoming the fourth and probably final person to do so, winning a record-equalling $700,000. In […]
