A Look Back at the WSOP Main Events
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Now that the number of entrants and first-place prize have been announced for the 2013 World Series of Poker, we thought you'd might like to see how it stacks up in the event's 44-year history.
World Series of Poker Main Events
Year | Entries | Winner | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1970 | 7 | Johnny Moss | N/A |
1971 | 6 | Johnny Moss | $30,000 |
1972 | 8 | Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston | $80,000 |
1973 | 13 | Walter "Puggy" Pearson | $130,000 |
1974 | 16 | Johnny Moss | $160,000 |
1975 | 21 | Brian "Sailor" Roberts | $210,000 |
1976 | 22 | Doyle Brunson | $220,000 |
1977 | 34 | Doyle Brunson | $340,000 |
1978 | 42 | Bobby Baldwin | $210,000 |
1979 | 54 | Hal Fowler | $270,000 |
1980 | 73 | Stu Ungar | $385,000 |
1981 | 75 | Stu Ungar | $375,000 |
1982 | 104 | Jack Straus | $520,000 |
1983 | 108 | Tom McEvoy | $540,000 |
1984 | 132 | Jack Keller | $660,000 |
1985 | 140 | Bill Smith | $700,000 |
1986 | 141 | Berry Johnston | $570,000 |
1987 | 152 | Johnny Chan | $625,000 |
1988 | 167 | Johnny Chan | $700,000 |
1989 | 178 | Phil Hellmuth, Jr, | $755,000 |
1990 | 194 | Mansour Matloubi | $895,000 |
1991 | 215 | Brad Daugherty | $1,000,000 |
1992 | 201 | Hamid Dastmalchi | $1,000,000 |
1993 | 220 | Jim Bechtel | $1,000,000 |
1994 | 268 | Russ Hamilton | $1,000,000 |
1995 | 273 | Dan Harrington | $1,000,000 |
1996 | 295 | Huck Seed | $1,000,000 |
1997 | 312 | Stu Ungar | $1,000,000 |
1998 | 350 | Scotty Nguyen | $1,000,000 |
1999 | 393 | Noel Furlong | $1,000,000 |
2000 | 512 | Chris Ferguson | $1,500,000 |
2001 | 613 | Juan Carlos Mortensen | $1,500,000 |
2002 | 631 | Robert Varkonyi | $2,000,000 |
2003 | 839 | Chris Moneymaker | $2,500,000 |
2004 | 2,576 | Greg Raymer | $5,000,000 |
2005 | 5,619 | Joe Hachem | $7,500,000 |
2006 | 8,773 | Jamie Gold | $12,000,000 |
2007 | 6,358 | Jerry Yang | $8,250,000 |
2008 | 6,844 | Peter Eastgate | $9,152,416 |
2009 | 6,494 | Joe Cada | $8,546,435 |
2010 | 7,319 | Jonathan Duhamel | $8,944,310 |
2011 | 6,865 | Pius Heinz | $8,715,638 |
2012 | 6,598 | Greg Merson | $8,531,853 |
2013 | 6,352 | ? | $8,359,531 |