On the 
, Onnit last-longer participant Mike Marder checked and Simon Lam bet 8,000. Marder called to see the 
pair the board on the turn. Both players checked and the river was the 
. Marder checked and Lam bet 30,000. Marder tank-folded and was left with 82,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
82,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
It wasn't a good day for Australian Poker Pro Grant Levy. He came into today with 67,000 in chips, but he wasn't able to get anything going. We caught his last hand of the day, where he shoved his last 11,200 in preflop with 
. Unfortunately, he ran into another player's 
. The board ran down 
, and Levy was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Mike "Timex" McDonald led out for 16,600 on a board of 
. His opponent moved all in for 59,400, then gave a little speech. We couldn't hear it clearly, but McDonald responded by saying, "You've been pretty patient."
McDonald screwed up his face, and tanked for the better part of two minutes. He eventually grabbed enough orange T5,000 chips to make the call, and committed them.
"Set of sixes?" McDonald asked, tabling 
.
His opponent sighed, then turned over two red eights. The completed the board, and the player was eliminated.
"I thought he had sixes," a player at the table announced after the hand.
"I too thought he had sixes," said another.
The entire table burst into laughter, but no one was happier than McDonald, who now has over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
From middle position, Patrick Renkers opened with a raise to 2,500. Abe Mosseri called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Mosseri checked and Renkers bet 2,200. Mosseri called. The turn card was the 
and Mosseri checked. Renkers bet 5,300 and Mosseri gave it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
203,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
58,000
-28,000
|
-28,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
|
250,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
215,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
210,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
190,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
170,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
162,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
130,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
||
|
125,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
105,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
105,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
|
|
65,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
55,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
| Year | Winner | Winning Hand | Prize | Entries | Runner Up | Losing Hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Johnny Moss | Unknown | Silver Cup | 7 | Winner by vote of peers | Unknown |
| 1971 | Johnny Moss | Unknown | $30,000 | 6 | Puggy Pearson | Unknown |
| 1972 | Amarillo Slim Preston |   | $80,000 | 8 | Puggy Pearson |  |
| 1973 | Puggy Pearson |  | $130,000 | 13 | Johnny Moss |  |
| 1974 | Johnny Moss |  | $160,000 | 16 | Crandall Addington |   |
| 1975 | Sailor Robert |  | $210,000 | 21 | Bob Hooks |  |
| 1976 | Doyle Brunson | | $220,000 | 22 | Jesse Alto | |
| 1977 | Doyle Brunson |  | $340,000 | 34 | Gary Berland |   |
| 1978 | Bobby Baldwin |   | $210,000 | 42 | Crandall Addington | |
| 1979 | Hal Fowler | | $270,000 | 54 | Bobby Huff | |
| 1980 | Stu Ungar |  | $385,000 | 73 | Doyle Brunson | |
| 1981 | Stu Ungar | | $375,000 | 75 | Perry Green |  |
| 1982 | Jack Strauss | | $520,000 | 104 | Dewey Tomko |  |
| 1983 | Tom McEvoy |  | $540,000 | 108 | Rod Peate | |
| 1984 | Jack Keller |  | $660,000 | 132 | Byron Wolford |  |
| 1985 | Bill Smith | | $700,000 | 140 | T.J. Cloutier |  |
| 1986 | Berry Johnston | | $570,000 | 141 | Mike Harthcock |  |
| 1987 | Johnny Chan | | $625,000 | 152 | Frank Henderson |  |
| 1988 | Johnny Chan | | $700,000 | 167 | Erik Seidel | |
| 1989 | Phil Hellmuth | | $755,000 | 178 | Johnny Chan | |
| 1990 | Mansour Matloubi |  | $895,000 | 194 | Hans “Tuna” Lund | |
| 1991 | Brad Daugherty |  | $1,000,000 | 215 | Don Holt | |
| 1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi | | $1,000,000 | 201 | Tom Jacobs | |
| 1993 | Jim Bechtel | | $1,000,000 | 220 | Glenn Cozen | |
| 1994 | Russ Hamilton | | $1,000,000 | 268 | Hugh Vincent |  |
| 1995 | Dan Harrington | | $1,000,000 | 273 | Howard Goldfarb |  |
| 1996 | Huck Seed | | $1,000,000 | 295 | Bruce Van Horn |  |
| 1997 | Stu Ungar | | $1,000,000 | 312 | John Strzemp | |
| 1998 | Scotty Nguyen | | $1,000,000 | 350 | Kevin McBride | |
| 1999 | Noel Furlong |  | $1,000,000 | 393 | Alan Goehring | |
| 2000 | Chris Ferguson | | $1,500,000 | 512 | T.J. Cloutier | |
| 2001 | Carlos Mortensen | | $1,500,000 | 613 | Dewey Tomko | |
| 2002 | Robert Varkonyi | | $2,000,000 | 631 | Julian Gardner | |
| 2003 | Chris Moneymaker | | $2,500,000 | 839 | Sam Farha |  |
| 2004 | Greg Raymer |  | $5,000,000 | 2,576 | David Williams | |
| 2005 | Joe Hachem | | $7,500,000 | 5,619 | Steve Dannenmann | |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold | | $12,000,000 | 8,773 | Paul Wasicka | |
| 2007 | Jerry Yang | | $8,250,000 | 6,358 | Tuan Lam | |
| 2008 | Peter Eastgate | | $9,152,416 | 6,844 | Ivan Demidov | |
| 2009 | Joe Cada | | $8,547,044 | 6,494 | Darvin Moon | |
| 2010 | Jonathan Duhamel | | $8,944,310 | 7,319 | John Racener | |
| 2011 | Pius Heinz | | $8,715,638 | 6,865 | Martin Stazko | |
*Courtesy of the WSOP Media Guide.
From under the gun, a player raised to 2,500. David "ODB" Baker reraised to 5,300 from the cutoff seat and the original raiser called to see the flop. The first player checked and Baker bet 4,200. His opponent check-raised to 10,000 and then Baker moved all in for a little over 40,000. His opponent folded and Baker won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
We caught up with the action on a board that read . There was already about 35,000 in the middle, when Margets checked to her lone opponent. He fired out 13,300, and after about a minute in the tank, Margets moved all in for alittle under 40,000 total. Her opponent immediately folded, and Margets showed 
for ace high. She cracked a smile after tabling her hand, and Ali Eslami simply commented "big pot".
After that hand, Margets is up to 88,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
88,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Just before break, Peter Eastgate and an opponent were heads up with the board reading Eastgate's opponent led for 4,300, Eastgate raised to 11,100, and the player called.
The turn was the , and the player led out again. Eastgate moved all in for 35,000, and his opponent called.
| Original Raiser | |
| Eastgate | |
The completed the board, giving Eastgate a full house for kicks and giggles, and the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event champion doubled to 94,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
94,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
The flop read and Eric Baldwin was heads up in middle position against an unknown opponent in the small blind. The small blind was first to act and he patted the felt for a check. Baldwin on the other hand bet, and made it 3,400. The small blind then raised and made it 7,500. Baldwin sat completely still and thought for a good 30 seconds before making the call.
The on the turn saw the little blind tank for a little bit then check. Action then moved to the again motionless Baldwin and after another 30 seconds or so he grabbed a handful of chips and neatly placed a bet of 11,000. A minute or two went by of the small blind thinking before he eventually threw his cards away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
142,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
