The first of the World Series Winners is Johnny Moss in the year 1970 and he won the World Series of Poker Championship event the following year also with a prize pool of $30,000. Following that
- In 1972 Amarillo Slim Preston won $80,000.
- In 1973 Puggy Pearson won $130,000.
- In 1974 Johnny Moss won $160,000.
- In 1975 Sailor Roberts won $210,000.
- In 1976 Doyle Brunson won $220,000.
- In 1977 Doyle Brunson won $340,000.
- In 1978 Bobby Baldwin won $210,000.
- In 1979 Hal Fowler won $270,000.
- In 1980 Stu Ungar won $385,000.
- In 1981 Stu Ungar won $375,000.
- In 1982 Jack Strauss won $520,000.
- In 1983 Tom McEvoy won $580,000.
- In 1984 Jack Keller won $660,000.
- In 1985 Bill Smith won $700,000.
- In 1986 Berry Johnston won $570,000.
- In 1987 Johnny Chan won $625,000.
- In 1988 Johnny Chan won $700,000.
- In 1989 Phil Hellmuth Jr. won $755,000.
- In 1990 Mansour Matloubi won $895,000.
- In 1991 Brad Daugherty won $1,000,000.
- In 1992 Hamid Dastmalchi won $1,000,000.
- In 1993 Jim Bechtel won $1,000,000.
- In 1994 Russ Hamilton won $1,000,000.
- In 1995 Dan Harrington won $1,000,000.
- In 1996 Huck Seed won $1,000,000.
- In 1997 Stu Unger won $1,000,000.
- In 1998 Scotty Nguyen won $1,000,000.
- In 1999 J. J. “Noel” Furlong won $1,000,000.
- In 2000 Chris Ferguson won $1,500,000.
- In 2001 Carlos Mortensen won $1,500,000.
- In 2002 Robert Varkonyi won $2,000,000.
- In 2003 Chris Moneymaker won $2,500,000
- In 2004 Greg Raymer won $5,000,000
- In 2005 Joe Hachem won $7,500,000
- In 2006 Jamie Gold won $12,000,000
- In 2007 Jerry Yang won $8,250,000.
- In 2008 Peter Eastgate won $9,119,517.
Getting a place in the World Series Winners list in poker is a matter of great pride and above all it provides route for one to make life changing money and that is why so many players from around the world are competing for it.
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