Doyle Brunson won the WSOP main event twice in 1976 (22 entrants) & 1977 (34 entrants) in back-to-back fashion. Johnny Chan won the WSOP main event twice in 1987 (152 entrants) & 1988 (167 entrants) in back-to-back fashion as well. Johnny Chan almost made it three in a row, but got 2nd place to guy a young poker player name Phil Hellmuth. In 1980, Doyle would get 2nd place to a guy name Stu Ungar. Stu also won back-to-back WSOP main event titles in 1980 (73 entrants) & 1981 (75 entrants). While many people think that Stu was the only person to ever win the WSOP main event three times, but that is not entirely correct. There was another player who had done this before Stu, and he also was the first WSOP winner, and the first back-to-back winner as well. In 1970, the first WSOP at Binion's Horseshoe took place as a series of cash games that included five-card stud, deuce to sevenlow-ball draw, razz, seven-card stud, and Texas hold 'em. The format for the Main Event as a freeze-out Texas hold 'em game came the next year. The winner in 1970, Johnny Moss, was elected by his peers as the first World Champion of Poker and received a silver cup as a prize. In 1971, Johnny Moss won the first freeze-out (now the WSOP main event).
Today with the enormous fields, and you have such a mix of players who barely know the rules, and many great young players. Phil Ivey is considered the best poker player not only by the media, but by his peers as well. There have been many great stories of bracelet winners, tournament streaks, but it seems that many consider the story of Dan Harrington to the best. He won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event in 1995 for $1,000,000 and made three other main event final tables, placing 6th in 1987 for $43,750, 3rd (out of 839 players) in 2003 for $650,000, and 4th (out of 2,576 players) in 2004 for $1,500,000. His run of back to back main event final tables has been called the greatest accomplishment in World Series history. As defending champion in 1996, Harrington made another deep run in the main event, finishing in 17th place and earning $23,400. He also cashed in the 2009 main event, finishing in 252nd place for a $32,963 payout.
They are all great stories, but to me, Johnny Chan nearly winning three straight years seems to be tops in my book for now. They are all great stories and all equal of high praise.
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Doyle Brunson won the WSOP main event twice in 1976 (22 entrants) & 1977 (34 entrants) in back-to-back fashion. Johnny Chan won the WSOP main event twice in 1987 (152 entrants) & 1988 (167 entrants) in back-to-back fashion as well. Johnny Chan almost made it three in a row, but got 2nd place to guy a young poker player name Phil Hellmuth. In 1980, Doyle would get 2nd place to a guy name Stu Ungar. Stu also won back-to-back WSOP main event titles in 1980 (73 entrants) & 1981 (75 entrants). While many people think that Stu was the only person to ever win the WSOP main event three times, but that is not entirely correct. There was another player who had done this before Stu, and he also was the first WSOP winner, and the first back-to-back winner as well. In 1970, the first WSOP at Binion's Horseshoe took place as a series of cash games that included five-card stud, deuce to sevenlow-ball draw, razz, seven-card stud, and Texas hold 'em. The format for the Main Event as a freeze-out Texas hold 'em game came the next year. The winner in 1970, Johnny Moss, was elected by his peers as the first World Champion of Poker and received a silver cup as a prize. In 1971, Johnny Moss won the first freeze-out (now the WSOP main event).
Today with the enormous fields, and you have such a mix of players who barely know the rules, and many great young players. Phil Ivey is considered the best poker player not only by the media, but by his peers as well. There have been many great stories of bracelet winners, tournament streaks, but it seems that many consider the story of Dan Harrington to the best. He won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event in 1995 for $1,000,000 and made three other main event final tables, placing 6th in 1987 for $43,750, 3rd (out of 839 players) in 2003 for $650,000, and 4th (out of 2,576 players) in 2004 for $1,500,000. His run of back to back main event final tables has been called the greatest accomplishment in World Series history. As defending champion in 1996, Harrington made another deep run in the main event, finishing in 17th place and earning $23,400. He also cashed in the 2009 main event, finishing in 252nd place for a $32,963 payout.
They are all great stories, but to me, Johnny Chan nearly winning three straight years seems to be tops in my book for now. They are all great stories and all equal of high praise.
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