Main Event Results

Below are the past winners of the main event, together with brief information about each year’s main event. For more information, view the article on the WSOP for that specific year.

Year Winner Winning hand Prize (US$) Entrants Runner-Up Losing hand 1970 Johnny Moss n/a, awarded by vote n/a 7 n/a   1971 Johnny Moss   30,000 6 Walter “Puggy” Pearson   1972 “Amarillo Slim” Preston K    J 80,000 8 Walter “Puggy” Pearson 6    6 1973 Walter “Puggy” Pearson A 7 130,000 13 Johnny Moss K J  1974 Johnny Moss 3 3 160,000 16 Crandall Addington A 2 1975 Brian “Sailor” Roberts 9 9 210,000 21 Bob Hooks A K 1976 Doyle Brunson 10 2 220,000 22 Jesse Alto A J 1977 Doyle Brunson 10 2 340,000 34 Gary Berland 8 5 1978 Bobby Baldwin Q Q 210,000 42 Crandall Addington 9 9 1979 Hal Fowler 7 6 270,000 54 Bobby Hoff A A 1980 Stu Ungar 5 4 385,000 73 Doyle Brunson A 7 1981 Stu Ungar A Q 375,000 75 Perry Green 10 9 1982 Jack Straus A 10 520,000 104 Dewey Tomko A 4 1983 Tom McEvoy Q Q  540,000 108 Rod Peate K J 1984 Jack Keller 10 10 660,000 132 Byron Wolford 6 4 1985 Bill Smith 3 3 700,000 140 T. J. Cloutier A 3 1986 Berry Johnston A 10 570,000 141 Mike Harthcock A 8 1987 Johnny Chan A 9 625,000 152 Frank Henderson 4 4 1988 Johnny Chan J 9 700,000 167 Erik Seidel Q 7 1989 Phil Hellmuth Jr 9 9 755,000 178 Johnny Chan A 7  1990 Mansour Matloubi 6 6 895,000 194 Hans Lund 4 4 1991 Brad Daugherty K J  1,000,000 215 Don Holt 7 3 1992 Hamid Dastmalchi 8 4 1,000,000 201 Tom Jacobs J 7 1993 Jim Bechtel J 6 1,000,000 220 Glenn Cozen 7 4 1994 Russ Hamilton K 8 1,000,000 268 Hugh Vincent 8 5 1995 Dan Harrington 9 8 1,000,000 273 Howard Goldfarb A 7 1996 Huck Seed 9 8 1,000,000 295 Bruce Van Horn K 8 1997 Stu Ungar A 4 1,000,000 312 John Strzemp A 8 1998 Scotty Nguyen J 9 1,000,000 350 Kevin McBride Q 10 1999 Noel Furlong 5 5 1,000,000 393 Alan Goehring 6 6 2000 Chris Ferguson A 9 1,500,000 512 T. J. Cloutier A Q 2001 Juan Carlos Mortensen K Q 1,500,000 613 Dewey Tomko A A 2002 Robert Varkonyi Q 10 2,000,000 631 Julian Gardner J 8 2003 Chris Moneymaker 5 4 2,500,000 839 Sam Farha J 10 2004 Greg Raymer 8 8 5,000,000 2,576 David Williams A 4 2005 Joe Hachem 7 3 7,500,000 5,619 Steve Dannenmann A 3 2006 Jamie Gold Q 9 12,000,000 8,773 Paul Wasicka 10 10 2007 Jerry Yang 8 8 8,250,000 6,358 Tuan Lam A Q 2008 Peter Eastgate A 5  9,152,416 6,844 Ivan Demidov 4 2 2009 Joe Cada 9 9  8,546,435 6,494 Darvin Moon Q J 2010 Jonathan Duhamel A J  8,944,310 7,319 John Racener K 8 2011 Pius Heinz A K  8,715,638 6,865 Martin Staszko 10 7 2012 Greg Merson K 5  8,531,853 6,598 Jesse Sylvia Q J 2013 Ryan Riess A K  8,361,570 6,352 Jay Farber Q 5 2014 Martin Jacobson 10 10  10,000,000 6,683 Felix Stephensen A 9 2015 Joe McKeehen A 10  7,683,346 6,420 Joshua Beckley 4 4 2016 Qui Nguyen K 10  8,005,310 6,737 Gordon Vayo J 10 2017 Scott Blumstein A 2  8,150,000 7,221 Dan Ott A 8 2018 John Cynn K J  8,800,000 7,874 Tony Miles Q 8 2019 Hossein Ensan K K  10,000,000 8,569 Dario Sammartino 8 4 2020 Damian Salas K J  2,550,969 1,379 Joseph Hebert A Q 2021 Koray Aldemir 10 7  8,000,000 6,650 George Holmes K Q