Main Event of the World Series of Poker

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker (from Main Event , English for main event ) is a poker tournament that is held once a year in Las Vegas . The winner can officially call himself the poker world champion.

history

From 1970 to 2004, the tournament was Binion's Horseshoe held

Since 2005, the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino played

In 1970 Johnny Moss won the first World Series of Poker chosen by the other participants and received a silver cup for it. Since 1971 , the winner has been determined by a tournament in freeze-out mode . The buy-in for the tournament in the variant No Limit Texas Hold'em is 10000 dollars . Doyle Brunson won the final hand 10-2 in 1976 and 1977 (back to back) . Both times this hand became a full house, hence it is also called the "Doyle Brunson hand". 1979 won with Hal Fowler for the first time an amateur the main event. It was not until 1999 that Noel Furlong achieved such an amateur victory again. Jack Straus ("A chip and a chair is all you need") won in 1982 after only having a single $ 500 chip left. In 1995, Barbara Enright was the first and so far only woman at the final table. Chris Moneymaker qualified for the Main Event in an online tournament on PokerStars in 2003 with a buy-in of just $ 39 and then won the tournament for $ 2.5 million in prize money. This triggered a poker boom that increased the prize money for the winner to US $ 5 million in 2004 . One speaks to this day of the so-called moneymaker effect, as many amateurs try their luck at the WSOP. In November 2011 , a German-speaking player, Pius Heinz, won the event for the first time. Reigning poker world champion is the German-Iranian Hossein Ensan .

In early April 2019, the tournament was named Event of the Year 2018 at the Global Poker Awards .

mode

Registration for the main event is spread over three days. Then play until only nine players remain. The final table was played from 2008 to 2016 in early November of the same year, so the players at the final table were also referred to as the November Nine . Since 2017, the final table has been played again at the end of July.

transmission

The US TV broadcaster ESPN broadcast summaries in several episodes ahead of the final table in November, commented on by Norman Chad and Lon McEachern and moderated by Kara Scott . The final table was broadcast live and exclusively on ESPN. The German television station Sport1 broadcast the ESPN episodes at the beginning of the new year with commentary from Michael Körner . The paid portal PokerGO has been broadcasting the main event live every day since 2017 .

Previous events

Final table at the 2010 Main Event

year	Attendees	paid places	Prize money (in $ )	winner	origin	Second	origin	Final hands	Best woman
1970	0007th	0001	Silver cup	Johnny Moss *		-	-	-	-
1971	0006th	0001	00.030,000	Johnny Moss		Walter Pearson		unknown	-
1972	0008th	0001	00.080,000	Thomas Preston		Walter Pearson		K ♥ J ♦ vs. 6 6	-
1973	0013	0001	00.130,000	Walter Pearson		Johnny Moss		A ♠ 7 ♠ vs. K ♥ J ♠	-
1974	0016	0001	00.160,000	Johnny Moss		Crandall Addington		3 ♥ 3 ♠ vs. A ♣ 2 ♣	-
1975	0021st	0001	00.210,000	Brian Roberts		Bob Hooks		9 ♠ 9 ♥ vs. A ♣ K ♦	-
1976	0022nd	0001	00.220,000	Doyle Brunson		Jesse Alto		10 ♠ 2 ♠ vs. A ♠ J ♦	-
1977	0034	0001	00.340,000	Doyle Brunson		Gary Berland		10 ♠ 2 ♥ vs. 8 ♥ 5 ♣	-
1978	0042	0005	00.210,000	Bobby Baldwin		Crandall Addington		Q ♦ Q ♣ vs. 9 ♦ 9 ♣	-
1979	0054	0005	00.270,000	Hal Fowler		Bobby Hoff		7 ♠ 6 ♦ vs. A ♣ A ♥	-
1980	0073	0005	00.385,000	Stu Hungarian		Doyle Brunson		5 ♠ 4 ♠ vs. A ♥ 7 ♠	-
1981	0075	0009	00.375,000	Stu Hungarian		Perry Green		A ♥ Q ♥ vs. 10 ♠ 9 ♦	-
1982	0104	0009	00.520,000	Jack Straus		Dewey Tomko		A ♥ 10 ♠ vs. A ♦ 4 ♦	-
1983	0108	0010	00.540,000	Tom McEvoy		Rod Peate		Q ♦ Q ♠ vs. K ♦ J ♦	-
1984	0132	0009	00.660,000	Jack Keller		Byron Wolford		10 ♥ 10 ♠ vs. 6 ♥ 4 ♥	-
1985	0140	0009	00.700,000	Bill Smith		TJ Cloutier		3 ♠ 3 ♥ vs. A ♦ 3 ♣	-
1986	0141	0036	00.570,000	Berry Johnston		Mike Hart		A ♠ 10 ♥ vs. A ♦ 8 ♦	Wendeen Eolis (25.)
1987	0152	0036	00.625,000	Johnny Chan		Frank Henderson		A ♠ 9 ♣ vs. 4 ♦ 4 ♣	-
1988	0167	0036	00.700,000	Johnny Chan		Erik Seidel		J ♣ 9 ♣ vs. Q ♣ 7 ♥	-
1989	0178	0036	00.755,000	Phil Hellmuth		Johnny Chan		9 ♠ 9 ♣ vs. A ♠ 7 ♠	-
1990	0194	0036	00.835,000	Mansour Matloubi		Hans Lund		6 ♥ 6 ♠ vs. 4 ♦ 4 ♣	-
1991	0215	0036	01,000,000	Brad Daugherty		Don Holt		K ♠ J ♠ vs. 7 ♥ 3 ♥	-
1992	0201	0036	01,000,000	Hamid Dastmalchi		Tom Jacobs		8 ♥ 4 ♣ vs. J ♦ 7 ♠	-
1993	0220	0027	01,000,000	Jim Bechtel		Glenn Cozen		J ♣ 6 ♥ vs. 7 ♠ 4 ♦	Marsha Wagoner (19.)
1994	0268	0027	01,000,000	Russ Hamilton		Hugh Vincent		K ♠ 8 ♥ vs. 8 ♣ 5 ♥	Barbara Samuelson (10.)
1995	0273	0027	01,000,000	Dan Harrington		Howard Goldfarb		9 ♦ 8 ♦ vs. A ♥ 7 ♣	Barbara Enright (5th)
1996	0295	0027	01,000,000	Huck Seed		Bruce Van Horn		9 ♦ 8 ♦ vs. K ♣ 8 ♣	Lucy Rokach (26.)
1997	0312	0027	01,000,000	Stu Hungarian		John Strzemp		A ♥ 4 ♣ vs. A ♠ 8 ♣	Marsha Wagoner (12.)
1998	0350	0027	01,000,000	Scotty Nguyen		Kevin McBride		J ♦ 9 ♣ vs. Q ♥ 10 ♥	Susie Isaacs (10th)
1999	0393	0036	01,000,000	Noel Furlong		Alan Goehring		5 ♣ 5 ♦ vs. 6 ♥ 6 ♣	-
2000	0512	0045	01,500,000	Chris Ferguson		TJ Cloutier		A ♠ 9 ♣ vs. A ♦ Q ♣	Annie Duke (10.)
2001	0613	0045	01,500,000	Carlos Mortensen		Dewey Tomko		K ♣ Q ♣ vs. A ♠ A ♥	-
2002	0631	0045	02,000,000	Robert Varkonyi		Julian Gardner		Q ♦ 10 ♠ vs. J ♣ 8 ♣	-
2003	0839	0063	02,500,000	Chris Moneymaker		Sam Farha		5 ♦ 4 ♠ vs. J ♥ 10 ♦	Annie Duke (47th)
2004	2576	0226	05,000,000	Greg Raymer		David Williams		8 ♠ 8 ♦ vs. A ♥ 4 ♠	Rose Richie (98th)
2005	5619	0560	07,500,000	Joe Hachem		Steve Dannenmann		7 ♣ 3 ♠ vs. A ♦ 3 ♣	Tiffany Williamson (15th)
2006	8773	0873	12,000,000	Jamie Gold		Paul Wasicka		Q ♠ 9 ♣ vs. 10 ♥ 10 ♠	Sabyl Cohen-Landrum (56th)
2007	6358	0621	08,250,000	Jerry Yang		Tuan Lam		8 ♣ 8 ♦ vs. A ♦ Q ♦	Maria Ho (38.)
2008	6844	0666	09,152,416	Peter Eastgate		Ivan Demidov		A ♦ 5 ♠ vs. 4 ♥ 2 ♥	Tiffany Michelle (17.)
2009	6494	0648	08,546,435	Joe Cada		Darvin Moon		9 ♦ 9 ♣ vs. Q ♦ J ♦	Leo Margets (27.)
2010	7319	0747	08,944,310	Jonathan Duhamel		John Racener		A ♠ J ♥ vs. K ♦ 8 ♦	Breeze Zuckerman (121.)
2011	6865	0693	08,715,368	Pius Heinz		Martin Staszko		A ♠ K ♣ vs. 10 ♣ 7 ♣	Erika Moutinho (29.)
2012	6598	0666	08,531,853	Greg Merson		Jesse Sylvia		K ♦ 5 ♦ vs. Q ♠ J ♠	Gaëlle Baumann (10.)
2013	6352	0648	08,361,570	Ryan Riess		Jay Farber		A ♥ K ♥ vs. Q ♠ 5 ♠	Jackie Glazier (31st)
2014	6683	0693	10,000,000	Martin Jacobson		Felix Stephensen		10 ♥ 10 ♦ vs. A ♥ 9 ♥	Maria Ho (77.)
2015	6420	1000	07,683,346	Joe McKeehen		Joshua Beckley		A ♥ 10 ♦ vs. 4 ♦ 4 ♣	Kelly Minkin (29.)
2016	6737	1011	08.005.310	Qui Nguyen		Gordon Vayo		K ♣ 10 ♣ vs. J ♠ 10 ♠	Gaëlle Baumann (102.)
2017	7221	1084	08,150,000	Scott Blumstein		Daniel Ott		A ♥ 2 ♦ vs. A ♦ 8 ♦	Yuan Li (105th)
2018	7874	1182	08,800,000	John Cynn		Tony Miles		K ♣ J ♣ vs. Q ♣ 8 ♥	Kelly Minkin (50th)
2019	8569	1286	10,000,000	Hossein Ensan		Dario Sammartino		K ♥ K ♣ vs. 8 ♠ 4 ♠	Jill Bryant (116th)
2020	because COVID-19 pandemic postponed

^* Johnny Moss was chosen by the other contestants.

Main events from expansions of the WSOP

Phil Hellmuth was the only player to win the main event of the main tournament series and an expansion

WSOP Europe

year	city	Attendees	paid places	Prize money	winner	origin	Second	origin	Final hands	Best woman
2007	London	362	36	£ 1,000,000	Annette Obrestad		John Tabatabai		7 ♥ 7 ♠ vs. 6 ♦ 5 ♠	Annette Obrestad (1st)
2008	London	363	36	0.£ 868,800	John Juanda		Stanislaw Alekhin		K ♠ 6 ♣ vs. A ♣ 9 ♠	-
2009	London	334	36	0.£ 801,603	Barry Shulman		Daniel Negreanu		10 ♠ 10 ♣ vs. 4 ♠ 4 ♦	Liz Lieu (22.)
2010	London	346	36	0.£ 830,401	James board		Fabrizio Baldassari		10 ♦ 10 ♥ vs. 5 ♠ 5 ♥	-
2011	Cannes	593	64	€ 1,400,000	Elio Fox		Chris Moorman		A ♦ 10 ♠ vs. A ♥ 7 ♠	Maria Ho (27.)
2012	Cannes	420	48	€ 1,022,376	Phil Hellmuth		Sergii Baranov		A ♥ 10 ♦ vs. A ♠ 4 ♣	Liv Boeree (18th)
2013	Enghien-les-Bains	375	40	€ 1,000,000	Adrian Mateos		Fabrice Soulier		A ♠ K ♣ vs. 9 ♦ 8 ♦	-
2015	Berlin	313	32	0.€ 883,000	Kevin MacPhee		David López		A ♦ 4 ♦ vs. K ♥ K ♣	-
2017	Rozvadov	529	80	€ 1,115,207	Martí Roca de Torres		Gianluca Speranza		Q ♥ 5 ♦ vs. 10 ♠ 8 ♦	Maria Ho (6.)
2018	Rozvadov	534	81	€ 1,122,239	Jack Sinclair		László Bujtás		Q ♥ 9 ♣ vs. J ♦ 7 ♠	-
2019	Rozvadov	541	82	€ 1,133,678	Alexandros Kolonias		Claas Segebrecht		A ♠ K ♠ vs. 3 ♦ 3 ♣	Maria Lamprópulos (31st)

WSOP Asia Pacific

year	city	Attendees	paid places	Prize money (in A $ )	winner	origin	Second	origin	Final hands	Best woman
2013	Melbourne	405	40	1,038,825	Daniel Negreanu		Daniel Marton		2 ♠ 2 ♥ vs. A ♠ 7 ♠	-
2014	Melbourne	329	36	0.850.136	Scott Davies		Jack Salter		6 ♦ 6 ♠ vs. Q ♣ 10 ♣	Angela Italiano (6th)

Main Event of the WSOP Online

The main event of the World Series of Poker Online , which was held due to the COVID-19 pandemic , has been played on GGPoker since August 17, 2020 . It had a buy-in of $ 5,000 with a guaranteed prize pool of $ 25 million. The tournament offered 23 different starting options, whereby each player was only allowed to play 3 of these options and only the largest stack was carried over to the second day of the tournament. This started on August 30, 2020 and will continue until only 40 players remain. These then play the winner on September 5, 2020.

Web links

• Official World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hossein Ensan Wins the 2019 WSOP Main Event ($ 10,000,000) on pokernews.com July 17, 2019, accessed July 17, 2019
2. ↑ Global Poker Awards: Imsirovic named Breakout Player of the Year, Bonomo named Moment of the Year on pokernews.com on April 8, 2019, accessed on April 9, 2019
3. ↑ GGPoker WSOP 2020 Online: Maximum of 3 bullets in the $ 5K Main Event on pokerfirma.com on June 29, 2020, accessed on August 20, 2020.
4. ↑ Tournament Schedule on the World Series of Poker website, accessed August 10, 2020.