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Johnny Chan headed into the 1988 Main Event as the reigning champion and worked his way all the way to the final table. 167 players entered the 1988 Main Event to make a prize pool of 1.67 Million. $700,000 went to the first place finisher.
The final table of this event was stacked with »
It’s hard to imagine Johnny Chan with only one bracelet, but that is all the hardware that Chan held coming into the 1987 WSOP Main Event. He took down a Limit Holdem event in 1985 for his first bracelet, but Chan was now ready for the big time.
Chan made the final table of the »
1983 was a year of firsts at the World Series of Poker. For the first time in the history of the event, satellite tournaments were held for entries into the Main Event. The winner of the very first satellite into the World Series of Poker Main Event was Tom McEvoy. McEvoy would »
Stu Ungar came out of nowhere to win the 1980 WSOP Main Event. He returned a year later to try and defend his title against a field of 75 players. The top prize was $375,000 and the final table boasted some of the best talent in the poker world. Ungar made his »
The 1979 Main Event went down as one of the more unusual final tables in the history of the event. An unlikely amateur by the name of Hal Fowler had made the table, and how he made the final baffles players to this day. He was a horrible player that chased bad draws »
Prior to 1978, the WSOP Main Event paid out only the first place finisher. Starting with 1978, the prize pool was split among the top finishers. 42 players entered the event to make a prize pool of $420,000. Among the players in the field was Barbara Freer, the first woman to ever »
The 1973 World Series of Poker Main Event kicked off with 13 entrants that put up $10,000 to make a winner takes all prize of $130,000. With so few players in the event, the final six was naturally a stacked field.
Sailor Roberts was the first out in sixth place. Bob Hooks »
It looks like the November Nine concept is here to stay. Although ratings fell slightly over last year’s, ESPN was not all that surprised with the outcome of ratings. According to Doug White, ESPN’s senior director of programming and acquisition:
“Look, the attention that Phil was getting — E:60, the cover of ESPN The »
The final events at the WSOP Satellite Event at the IP Casino, Resort, and Spa have concluded and we have the last of the results from the event. This satellite series consisted of 27 different events, covering the broad spectrum of poker. Results through event #22 have already been posted, so today we »
A new feature here at theWSOPblog.com is Poker TV. With poker TV, we hope to bring you some of the best news, videos, and even poker tutorials from around the web. To kick off this feature, we present you the final few hands of the 2009 WSOP Main Event.
Heads-up play made its way »
