Moss received the most votes and became the winner of the first annual WSOP, receiving a silver cup as an award. Binion then called for a second vote with the caveat they had to vote for another player. Not surprisingly, everyone voted for themselves. Once again, they just played cash games, and in the end, they were asked to vote on who they thought was the best player. That first year, Binion invited seven of the best players in the world to compete – Doyle Brunson, Johnny Moss, Sailor Roberts, Crandell Addington, Carl Cannon, Puggy Pearson, and “Amarillo” Slim Preston. In 1970, the WSOP as the world knows it was born, well sort of. After confirming with Moore and Vickery that they didn’t plan to hold another reunion, Binion got their blessing to take the show south. The idea for the WSOP was planted in 1969 when Tom Moore and Vic Vickrey invited the best players in the world to the Holiday Casino in Reno, Nevada for the Texas Gamblers Reunion.Īt the time, only cash games were played, and as Benny Binion, owner of Binion’s Horseshoe, observed the action, he had an idea – to hold an annual event at his joint in Las Vegas. The 2020 World Series of Poker.There’s a reason the World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the most prestigious name in the game – because of its history.įor more than three decades before the “Poker Boom” years of the mid-2000s, the WSOP was the place to go for poker players. Chicago Resident Defeats Field of 989 Entries To Win $258,078.The triumph for Calvo, a 41-year-old cash-game pro, was worth $362,185. Miami's Luis Calvo has surged to victory in the 2017 World Series of Poker's Event #49, $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed.Brazilian Alexandre Gomes won Event 48 to become the first South American player to win a WSOP. Just 372 days ago, Adam Friedman won his second World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the 2018 WSOP Event #18: $10,000 Dealer's Choice, and now he joins the elusive club of back-to-back winners after he successfully defended his title to win the 2019 WSOP Event #35: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship for $312,417 and his third career WSOP. I say “winner,” but in reality, he won a popularity contest, as that first bracelet was awarded. Poker legend Johnny Moss, for example, was the winner of that first WSOP Main Event at Binion’s back in 1970.
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