The World Series of Poker, as the name might imply, is the premier poker event in the world. Winning a gold World Series of Poker bracelet is considered to be the height of poker achievement. Started in 1970 by casino owner Benny Binion as a PR stunt the WSOP World Series of Poker has evolved into one of the largest cash events in the world. The 2005 Main Event consisted of 5619 players all paying $10,000 each to play in this prestigious event.
In 2004 Harrah’s Entertainment purchased the Binion’s Horseshoe Casino and renamed it Binion’s. The World Series of Poker is now hosted at the Harrah’s Rio Hotel in Las Vegas. The 2006 Main Event is expected to draw the maximum limit of 8000 players with an expected first place prize of $10,000,000.
The 2006 World Series of Poker will kick off June 25th with satellite events and run through August 10th. The main event is scheduled to last 13 days.
The explosion of online poker has fueled much of the World Series of Poker’s growth since Chris Moneymaker won the main event in 2003 via a $39 satellite entry on PokerStars. Most online card rooms offer World Series of Poker satellite tournaments and the best sites for winning your way into a $10,000 main event seat are:
Full Tilt Poker
PokerStars
UltimateBet
Of course, you can always buy into the event directly:
Additional information can be found on the following PDF files (View using the free Acrobat Reader): • Pre-Registration Form *Payment is a deposit only. You must register in Las Vegas, Nevada for the events as set forth in the Tournament Rules. Your deposit will be applied to registration at that time. You must be 21 or over to participate in any World Series of Poker tournament. For more information, please call the WSOP registration hotline at |
Excellent WSOP Coverage From Bloggers
BJ Nemeth
Blonde Poker (Jen and Snoopy)
Bluff Radio (Jason Kirk a.k.a Spaceman)
Breakfast Club Poker (Jen Leo and Ami Calistri)
Full Tilt Poker (Jay Greenspan and Storm)
Hold’em Radio (Lou Krieger)
Las Vegas Vegas (FlipChip and Poker Prof)
Poker Listings (Vancouver Jen)
Poker News (Earl Burton, Steve Lavalli and Stephen Noh)
Poker Pages (Justin)
PocketFives.com
Pokerati (Dan)
PokerBlog.com (Chris Newton, Amy, Jen, Change100, April, Tuscaloosa Johnny)
Pokerfolio (Foiled Coup)
PokerStarsBlog (CJ, Otis, and Wil)
Quest of a Closet Poker Player (CC)
Tao of Poker (Pauly)
Other World Series of Poker Links of Interest:
Official World Series of Poker Website
Las Vegas Vegas WSOP Photo Gallery
Las Vegas Vegas Coverage with Dr. Pauly
Pauly Recaps His 2005 WSOP Coverage
PokerWire – Great up to the minute coverage of all events
CardPlayer Magazine – CardPlayer has exclusive coverage for the 2006 WSOP
Launch Poker’s WSOP Final Hand Analysis
CardPlayer WSOP History Page
CardPlayer 2005 Streaming Audio Commentary – 14 hours of commentary!
Countdown To The World Series of Poker, Part One: What To Expect
Countdown To The World Series, Part Two – Fixes
Countdown To The World Series, Three: who is Favored?
Countdown To The World Series of Poker, Part Four: H.O.R.S.E.
Countdown To The World Series of Poker, Part Five: The Action
Countdown To The World Series, Part Six: How Many?
World Series of Poker Winners 1970 – 2005
2005 WSOP
Winner: Joseph Hachem [Wikipedia]
Amount: $7,500,000
1. Joseph Hachem [Wikipedia]
2. Steve Dannenmann [Wikipedia]
3. John “Tex” Barch [Wikipedia]
4. Aaron Kanter
5. Andrew Black [Wikipedia]
6. Scott Lazar
2004 WSOP
Winner: Greg “Fossilman” Raymer [Wikipedia]
Amount: $5,000,000
1. Greg “Fossilman” Raymer [Wikipedia]
2. David Williams [Wikipedia] [Website]
3. Josh Arieh [Wikipedia] [Website]
4. Dan Harrington [Wikipedia]
5. Glenn Hughes
6. Al Krux [Wikipedia]
2003 WSOP
Winner: Chris Moneymaker
Amount: $2,500,000
1. Chris Moneymaker [Wikipedia]
2. Sammy Farha [Wikipedia] [Website]
3. Dan Harrington [Wikipedia]
4. Jason Lester [Wikipedia]
5. Tomer Benvenisti
6. Amir Vahedi
2002 WSOP
Winner: Robert Varkonyi [Wikipedia]
Amount: $2,000,000
1. Robert Varkonyi [Wikipedia]
2. Julian Gardner [Wikipedia]
3. Ralph Perry
4. Scott Gray
5. Harley Hall
6. Russell Rosenblum
2001 WSOP
Winner: Carlos Mortensen [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,500,000
1. Carlos Mortensen [Wikipedia]
2. Dewey Tomko [Wikipedia]
3. Stan Schrier
4. Phil Gordon [Wikipedia] [Website] [Blog]
5. Phil Hellmuth [Wikipedia] [Website]
6. Mike “The Mouth” Matusow [Wikipedia]
2000 WSOP
Winner: Chris “Jesus” Ferguson [Website]
Amount: $1,500,000
1. Chris “Jesus” Ferguson [Website]
2. T. J. Cloutier [Wikipedia]
3. Steve Kaufman
4. Hasan Habib
5. James McManus [Wikipedia]
6. Roman Abinsay
1999 WSOP
Winner: Noel Furlong [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Noel Furlong [Wikipedia]
2. Alan Goehring [Wikipedia]
3. Padraig Parkinson [Wikipedia]
4. Erik Seidel [Wikipedia]
5. Chris Bigler [Wikipedia]
6. Huck Seed [Wikipedia]
1998 WSOP
Winner: Scotty Nguyen [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Scotty Nguyen [Wikipedia]
2. Kevin McBride
3. T. J. Cloutier [Wikipedia]
4. Dewey Weum
5. Lee Salem
6. Ben Roberts [Wikipedia]
1997 WSOP
Winner: Stu Ungar [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Stu Ungar [Wikipedia]
2. John Strzemp
3. Mel Judah [Wikipedia]
4. Ron Stanley
5. Bob Walker
6. Peter Bao
1996 WSOP
Winner: Huck Seed [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Huck Seed [Wikipedia]
2. Bruce Van Horn
3. John Bonetti
4. Men “The Master” Nguyen [Website]
5. An Tran [Wikipedia]
6. Andre Boyer
1995 WSOP
Winner: Dan Harrington [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Dan Harrington [Wikipedia]
2. Howard Goldfarb [Wikipedia]
3. Brent Carter [Wikipedia]
4. Hamid Dastmalchi [Wikipedia]
5. Barbara Enright [Wikipedia]
6. Chuck Thompson
1994 WSOP
Winner: Russ Hamilton [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Russ Hamilton [Wikipedia]
2. Hugh Vincent
3. John Spadavecchia [Wikipedia]
4. Vince Burgio
5. Al Krux [Wikipedia]
6. Robert Turner [Wikipedia]
1993 WSOP
Winner: Jim Bechtel [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Jim Bechtel [Wikipedia]
2. Glenn Cozen
3. John Bonetti
4. Mansour Matloubi [Wikipedia]
5. Thomas Chung
6. Mike Cowley
1992 WSOP
Winner: Hamid Dastmalchi [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Hamid Dastmalchi [Wikipedia]
2. Tom Jacobs
3. Hans Lund [Wikipedia]
4. Mike Alsaadi
5. Dave Crunkleton
6. Clyde Coleman
1991 WSOP
Winner: Brad Daugherty [Wikipedia]
Amount: $1,000,000
1. Brad Daugherty [Wikipedia]
2. Don Holt
3. Bob Veltri
4. Don Williams
5. Perry Green
6. Ali Farsai
1990 WSOP
Winner: Mansour Matloubi [Wikipedia]
Amount: $835,000
1. Mansour Matloubi [Wikipedia]
2. Hans Lund [Wikipedia]
3. Dave Crunkleton
4. Jim Ward
5. Berry Johnston [Wikipedia]
6. Al Krux [Wikipedia]
1989 WSOP
Winner: Phil Hellmuth [Wikipedia] [Website]
Amount: $755,000
1. Phil Hellmuth [Wikipedia] [Website]
2. Johnny Chan [Wikipedia] [Website]
3. Don Zewin
4. Steve Lott
5. Lyle Berman
6. Noel Furlong [Wikipedia]
1988 WSOP
Winner: Johnny Chan [Wikipedia] [Website]
Amount: $700,000
1. Johnny Chan [Wikipedia] [Website]
2. Erik Seidel [Wikipedia]
3. Ron Graham
4. Humberto Brenes [Wikipedia]
5. T. J. Cloutier [Wikipedia]
6. Jim Bechtel [Wikipedia]
1987 WSOP
Winner: Johnny Chan [Wikipedia] [Website]
Amount: $625,000
1. Johnny Chan [Wikipedia] [Website]
2. Frank Henderson [Wikipedia]
3. Bob Ciaffone [Wikipedia] [Website]
4. James Spain
5. Howard Lederer [Wikipedia] [Website]
6. Dan Harrington [Wikipedia]
1986 WSOP
Winner: Berry Johnston [Wikipedia]
Amount: $570,000
1. Berry Johnston [Wikipedia]
2. Mike Harthcock
3. Gary Berland [Wikipedia]
4. Jesse Alto
5. Bill Smith [Wikipedia]
6. Roger Moore [Wikipedia]
1985 WSOP
Winner: Bill Smith [Wikipedia]
Amount: $700,000
1. Bill Smith [Wikipedia]
2. T. J. Cloutier [Wikipedia]
3. Berry Johnston [Wikipedia]
4. Scott Mayfield
5. Hamid Dastmalchi [Wikipedia]
6. Jesse Alto
1984 WSOP
Winner: “Gentleman” Jack Keller
Amount: $660,000
1. “Gentleman” Jack Keller
2. Byron Wolford
3. Jesse Alto
4. David Chew
5. Rick Hamill
6. Curtis Skinner
1983 WSOP
Winner: Tom McEvoy [Wikipedia]
Amount: $540,000
1. Tom McEvoy [Wikipedia]
2. Rod Peate
3. Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
4. Carl McKelvey
5. Robert Geers
6. Donnacha O’Dea [Wikipedia]
1982 WSOP
Winner: Jack “Treetop” Straus [Wikipedia]
Amount: $520,000
1. Jack “Treetop” Straus [Wikipedia]
2. Dewey Tomko [Wikipedia]
3. Berry Johnston [Wikipedia]
4. Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
5. A. J. Myers
6. Dody Roach
1981 WSOP
Winner: Stu Ungar [Wikipedia]
Amount: $375,000
1. Stu Ungar [Wikipedia]
2. Perry Green
3. Gene Fisher
4. Ken Smith
5. Bill Smith [Wikipedia]
6. Jay Heimowitz [Wikipedia]
1980 WSOP
Winner: Stu Ungar [Wikipedia]
Amount: $365,000
1. Stu Ungar [Wikipedia]
2. Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
3. Jay Heimowitz [Wikipedia]
4. Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
5. Charles Dunwoody
6. Unknown
1979 WSOP
Winner: Hal Fowler [Wikipedia]
Amount: $270,000
1. Hal Fowler [Wikipedia]
2. Bobby Hoff [Wikipedia]
3. George Huber
4. Sam Moon
5. Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
6. Chip Reese [Wikipedia]
1978 WSOP
Winner: Bobby Baldwin [Wikipedia]
Amount: $210,000
1. Bobby Baldwin [Wikipedia]
2. Crandell Addington
3. Louis Hunsucker
4. Buck Buchanan
5. Jesse Alto
6. Unknown
1977 WSOP
Winner: Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
Amount: $340,000
1. Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
2. Gary Berland
3. Milo Jacobson
4. Andy Moore
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
1976 WSOP
Winner: Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
Amount: $220,000
1. Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
2. Jesse Alto
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
1975 WSOP
Winner: Brian “Sailor” Roberts [Wikipedia]
Amount: $210,000
1. Brian “Sailor” Roberts [Wikipedia]
2. Bob Hooks
3. Crandell Addington
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
1974 WSOP
Winner: Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
Amount: $160,000
1. Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
2. Crandell Addington
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
1973 WSOP
Winner: Puggy Pearson [Wikipedia]
Amount: $130,000
Final Table:
1. Puggy Pearson [Wikipedia]
2. Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
3. Jack “Treetop” Straus [Wikipedia]
4. Bobby Brazil
5. Bob Hooks
6. Brian “Sailor” Roberts [Wikipedia]
1972 WSOP
Winner: Amarillo Slim [Wikipedia]
Amount: $80,000
1. Amarillo Slim [Wikipedia]
2. Puggy Pearson [Wikipedia]
3. Doyle Brunson [Wikipedia]
4. Jack “Treetop” Straus [Wikipedia]
5. Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
6. Roger Van Ausdall
1971 WSOP
Winner: Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
Amount: $30,000
1. Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
2. Puggy Pearson [Wikipedia]
3. Unknown
4. Unknown
5. Unknown
6. Unknown
1970 WSOP
Winner: Johnny Moss [Wikipedia]
Winner decided by vote.