I was reading that in the first World Series of Poker, the winner
was decided by vote, but everyone voted for himself. So Binion had
to have everyone vote for the 2nd best player in the tournament to
determine who the winner was. I don't know if that's an apocryphal
story, but it's a great story, and I thought it was a great way to
start this list of WSOP champions.
WSOP Champions
| 1970 |
Johnny Moss |
| 1971 |
Johnny Moss |
| 1972 |
Amarillo Slim Preston |
| 1973 |
Puggy Pearson |
| 1974 |
Johnny Moss |
| 1975 |
Sailor Roberts |
| 1976 |
Doyle Brunson |
| 1977 |
Doyle Brunson |
| 1978 |
Bobby Baldwin |
| 1979 |
Hal Fowler |
| 1980 |
Stu Ungar |
| 1981 |
Stu Ungar |
| 1982 |
Jack Straus |
| 1983 |
Tom McEvoy |
| 1984 |
Jack Keller |
| 1985 |
Bill Smith |
| 1986 |
Berry Johnston |
| 1987 |
Johnny Chan |
| 1988 |
Johnny Chan |
| 1989 |
Phil Hellmuth |
| 1990 |
Mansour Matloubi |
| 1991 |
Brad Daugherty |
| 1992 |
Hamid Datsmalchi |
| 1993 |
Jim Bechtel |
| 1994 |
Russ Hamilton |
| 1995 |
Dan Harrington |
| 1996 |
Huck Seed |
| 1997 |
Stu Ungar |
| 1998 |
Scotty Nguyen |
| 1999 |
Noel Furlong |
| 2000 |
Chris Ferguson |
| 2001 |
Carlos Mortensen |
| 2002 |
Robert Varkyoni |
| 2003 |
Chris Moneymaker |
| 2004 |
Greg Raymer |
| 2005 |
Joseph Hachem |
| 2006 |
Jamie Gold |
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