WSOP Top 10 Tuesday - from the World's Greatest Unknown WSOP Historian

Two Razz bracelets is a strong checkmark for Hellmuth IMO though haters will always hate. Since 2012 he’s won three NLHE bracelets & three non-HE ones. How many other people have six or more total in that time frame and/or have at least one in each category?

2-to-7 Draw has been played every year at the WSOP since 1973 except for 1983 and 1999. Also known as Kansas City Lowball, it is played as either Limit or No-Limit.

2-to-7 Triple Draw has been played enough that it will be considered separately in a couple weeks.

Here are the top 2-to-7 Draw players in bracelets, final tables (9th place or better), cashes, and winnings.

Deuce-to-Seven Draw Bracelets

• 7. 49 players tied: 1 bracelet
  
  
• 2. Bobby Baldwin: 2 bracelets
  
  
• 2. Erik Seidel: 2 bracelets
  
  
• 2. Jason Mercier: 2 bracelets
  
  
• 2. John Bonetti: 2 bracelets
  
  
• 2. Nick Schulman: 2 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Billy Baxter: 5 bracelets
  

Deuce-to-Seven Draw Final Tables

• 8. 17 players tied: 4 final tables
  
  
• 5. Erik Seidel: 5 final tables
  
  
• 5. Phil Hellmuth: 5 final tables
  
  
• 5. Wil Wilkinson: 5 final tables
  
  
• 4. Dick Carson: 6 final tables
  
  
• 2. Bobby Baldwin: 7 final tables
  
  
• 2. Doyle Brunson: 7 final tables
  
  
• 1. Billy Baxter: 10 final tables
  

Deuce-to-Seven Draw Cashes

• 9. Barry Greenstein: 6 cashes
  
  
• 9. Benny Glaser: 6 cashes
  
  
• 9. David Grey: 6 cashes
  
  
• 9. Dick Carson: 6 cashes
  
  
• 9. Mike Watson: 6 cashes
  
  
• 9. Vince Musso: 6 cashes
  
  
• 9. Wil Wilkinson: 6 cashes
  
  
• 6. Bobby Baldwin: 7 cashes
  
  
• 6. Daniel Negreanu: 7 cashes
  
  
• 6. Doyle Brunson: 7 cashes
  
  
• 4. John Monnette: 8 cashes
  
  
• 4. Phil Hellmuth: 8 cashes
  
  
• 3. Erik Seidel: 9 cashes
  
  
• 2. Jon Turner: 10 cashes
  
  
• 1. Billy Baxter: 11 cashes
  

Deuce-to-Seven Draw Winnings

• 10. John Monnette: $465,823
  
  
• 9. David "Bakes" Baker: $508,521
  
  
• 8. David Grey: $554,429
  
  
• 7. Mike Matusow: $555,743
  
  
• 6. John Juanda: $562,492
  
  
• 5. Jason Mercier: $566,946
  
  
• 4. Barry Greenstein: $570,531
  
  
• 3. Billy Baxter: $694,695
  
  
• 2. Nick Schulman: $807,969
  
  
• 1. Erik Seidel: $838,029
  

Jen Harman is the only women among the players with one bracelet.

I went back to 1999 and went through the schedule. Strange feel to it, but just remembered Ted Binion was murdered 9/17/98 and all the Jack v Becky stuff started.

IIRC Doyle & Chip boycotted ‘99 and the Deuce was canceled out of respect.

Indeed, it was the saddest year in WSOP history as the number of events was cut from 21 to 16, leading to the total prize pool dropping for the first time.

Thanks, I did not know that.

A-to-5 Draw was one of the original games played at the WSOP. California Lowball, which adds a joker to the deck as a bug, was played as a No-Limit event in 1983 and 1986, and as a Limit event from 2000-02 and 2004, which was the last time any Ace-to-5 Draw event was held.

A-to-5 Triple Draw was only held twice, in 2002 and 2003, so it's lumped in here as well.

Here are the top A-to-5 Draw players in bracelets, final tables (9th place or better), cashes, and winnings.

Ace-to-Five Draw Bracelets

• 3. 31 players tied: 1 bracelet
  
  
• 1. Johnny Moss: 2 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Perry Green: 2 bracelets
  

Ace-to-Five Draw Final Tables

• 9. 26 players tied: 2 final tables
  
  
• 4. Aurel De Hollan: 3 final tables
  
  
• 4. Brian Nadell: 3 final tables
  
  
• 4. Jeff Mervis: 3 final tables
  
  
• 4. Jim Ward: 3 final tables
  
  
• 4. Mike Cox: 3 final tables
  
  
• 1. Billy Baxter: 4 final tables
  
  
• 1. Perry Green: 4 final tables
  
  
• 1. Seymour Leibowitz: 4 final tables
  

Ace-to-Five Draw Cashes

• 5. Aurel De Hollan: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Brent Carter: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Brian Nadell: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. David Angel: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Don Williams: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Jack Lewis: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Jim Ward: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Johnny Moss: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Lowell Silvernail: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Mark Mitchell: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Mike Cox: 3 cashes
  
  
• 5. Norm Ketchum: 3 cashes
  
  
• 1. Billy Baxter: 4 cashes
  
  
• 1. Jeff Mervis: 4 cashes
  
  
• 1. Perry Green: 4 cashes
  
  
• 1. Seymour Leibowitz: 4 cashes
  

Ace-to-Five Draw Winnings

• 10. J.J. Chun: $93,000
  
  
• 9. Perry Green: $93,270
  
  
• 8. Norm Ketchum: $102,065
  
  
• 7. Pat Flanagan: $109,125
  
  
• 6. Clifford Roof: $119,660
  
  
• 5. Harry Madoff: $122,775
  
  
• 4. Phil Reher: $124,200
  
  
• 3. Billy Baxter: $128,385
  
  
• 2. Johnny Moss: $128,560
  
  
• 1. Mike Cox: $145,750
  

Among the players with one bracelet is Vera Richmond, the only woman on any of the above lists.

Perry Green is the "King of Ace-to-Five Draw", ranking 1st, 1st, 1st, & 9th.

Daniel Negreanu should actually be on the cashes list with six. Don't know where I went wrong and unfortunately don't have time to look into it right now.

Never mind, I unintentionally just counted the 2022 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball as one of the six. That was an A-to-5, 2-to-7, Badugi mix, which I classify as a mixed game, not 2-to-7 Triple Draw.

Several other games aren't played often enough for these results to be particularly meaningful, so here are just the highlights for Short Deck Hold 'Em (15 tournaments since 2019), Draw Poker (5 from 1978 to 1982), Chinese Poker (2 each in 1995 & 1996), Five-Card Stud (4 from 1971 to 1974), Badugi (each year since 2023), and Big O (ditto).

Short Deck Hold 'Em

The 36-card game gives players bigger hands than normal Hold 'Em, makes flushes more valuable than full houses, and is popular enough to be part of WSOP Europe and online games.

Nobody has won two Short Deck bracelets yet. Joao Vieira has reached a record 3 final tables (but isn't one of the 15 bracelet winners). Seven players have 4 cashes, including Dario Sammartino. Siamak Tooran is the money leader at $828,085.

Draw Poker

Lakewood Louie is the only player with 2 bracelets and is by far the money leader at $45,000, more than double second place Jackie Mills' $18,600. They are two of the four players with two final tables/cashes, along with Chip Johnson and Pat Callihan.

Chinese Poker

Each of the Chinese Poker events had a different winner: Gregory Grivas, Jim Feldhouse, John Tsagaris, and Steve Zolotow. Tyler Wong is the only player who reached the final table/cashed twice. Zolotow's $112,500 exactly equals the total winnings of Doyle Brunson in second and Feldhouse in third.

Five-Card Stud
The classic game was dominated by Bill Boyd, who won all four winner-take-all tournaments over ridiculously small fields (one was probably just heads up and one may have been a walkover) for a grand total of $80,000.

Badugi

Nobody has captured 2 bracelets or reached 2 final tables yet. Nine players have cashed twice. The two winners are also the money leaders; Michael Rodrigues Pires Santos has a slight lead with $144,678 in winnings to David Prociak's $133,219.

Big O
Michael Christ and Scott Abrams are the only bracelet owners and thus lead in winnings (Abrams $318,595 & Christ $306,884). Nobody reached both final tables, but 38 players cashed in both events.

Don't forget Kevin Malone of Scranton, Pa., who won the 2002 $2,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven-Draw bracelet.

Hi Kevin!

I had to Google this since it's not a show I've watched, so for those of you in the same boat as me, here's what Wikipedia has to say:

"In "Casino Night", the 22nd episode of the second season of the American comedy television series The Office {on May 11, 2006}, it is revealed that Kevin Malone, a character on the show, won a World Series of Poker bracelet for No-Limit Deuce-Seven Draw in 2002."

Boyd won a bracelet because he was the only one that entered. Believe that’s what you might have meant by “walkover”, but it’s an interesting bit of bar trivia

I think officially it was $2500 No-Limit Deuce to Seven Triple Draw, which likely would get fewer entrants than $10K DULL would.

Limit poker, with fixed bet and raise sizes, was the most common form of poker at the WSOP until 2004, when No-Limit Hold 'Em took over the schedule.

Here are the top Limit players in bracelets, final tables (9th place or better), cashes, and winnings.

Limit Bracelets

• 4. Benny Glaser: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. David Chiu: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. Doyle Brunson: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. Gary Berland: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. John Hennigan: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. Phil Hellmuth: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. Ted Forrest: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 2. Johnny Moss: 6 bracelets
  
  
• 2. Phil Ivey: 6 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Men Nguyen: 7 bracelets

Limit Final Tables

• 10. David "ODB" Baker: 16 final tables
  
  
• 10. Mike Wattel: 16 final tables
  
  
• 10. Scotty Nguyen: 16 final tables
  
  
• 10. T.J. Cloutier: 16 final tables
  
  
• 10. Ted Forrest: 16 final tables
  
  
• 10. Yueqi Zhu: 16 final tables
  
  
• 9. Thor Hansen: 17 final tables
  
  
• 8. John Monnette: 18 final tables
  
  
• 5. Chris Ferguson: 19 final tables
  
  
• 5. Daniel Negreanu: 19 final tables
  
  
• 5. David Chiu: 19 final tables
  
  
• 4. John Cernuto: 22 final tables
  
  
• 3. Phil Ivey: 23 final tables
  
  
• 2. Phil Hellmuth: 27 final tables
  
  
• 1. Men Nguyen: 32 final tables

Limit Cashes

• 10. John Monnette: 43 cashes
  
  
• 9. David Chiu: 44 cashes
  
  
• 8. Barry Greenstein: 45 cashes
  
  
• 7. Mark Gregorich: 46 cashes
  
  
• 5. Jordan Siegel: 48 cashes
  
  
• 5. Men Nguyen: 48 cashes
  
  
• 4. Yueqi Zhu: 49 cashes
  
  
• 3. Phil Hellmuth: 54 cashes
  
  
• 2. Daniel Negreanu: 56 cashes
  
  
• 1. John Cernuto: 58 cashes

Limit Winnings

• 10. Scott Seiver: $1,931,620
  
  
• 9. Chip Reese: $1,952,130
  
  
• 8. Daniel Negreanu: $2,315,378
  
  
• 7. David Bach: $2,354,131
  
  
• 6. Benny Glaser: $2,372,414
  
  
• 5. Phil Hellmuth: $2,451,433
  
  
• 4. David Chiu: $2,453,980
  
  
• 3. Freddy Deeb: $2,527,710
  
  
• 2. Scotty Nguyen: $3,020,858
  
  
• 1. Phil Ivey: $3,334,835

Both Men Nguyen (first in bracelets, first in final tables, and fifth in cashes) and Phil Ivey (second in bracelets, third in final tables, and first in winnings) have strong arguments for being the king of Limit poker..

Weren’t the final tables for Scotty, Fraddy etc big wins NLHE? I understand that’s a super nit.

The first year in 2006 50k final table was NLHE. The WSOP was concerned that it would be confusing to have the televised FT HORSE from what I recall.
From 2007 onwards it been mixed games.

Chiu #1 for me, and by a ways. No cashes since 2016, only a bit under $100K from a $10K, Ivey has over a million from high rollers.

And the fields were bigger back then. Chiu’s biggest cash is still $396K from the 1996 2K LHE, 528 runners.

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It's January 9 and the WSOP still hasn't posted the results for several 2024 online tournaments (and I've gotten the brushoff every time I ask about the

https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results/?aid=14&grid=5429&tid=22423&rr=-1

WSOP.com

WSOP.com

).

Sad day in WSOP-land. All tournament results have been removed from wsop.com. And

https://www.wsop.com/stats/

WSOP.com

WSOP Stats | WSOP.com

https://www.wsop.com/stats/all-time-earnings/

WSOP.com

WSOP All Time Earnings | WSOP.com

(Other complaints are in other threads, so I won't repeat them here. Hopefully, this is just Version 1.0.0 of the updated site and improvements are in the works.)

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Oddly, I have two characters that I use when scam-baiting call centers, both of which are pretty much third-rate impersonations of two TV characters: Kevin from about seasons 4-5 of The Office, and Hank Hill from King of the Hill. I think those two voices work because they sound stupid, thus enticing the scammer to stay on the call longer than otherwise.

No-Limit Hold 'Em was chosen for the first World Championship event in 1971, but No-Limit poker didn't take over the WSOP schedule until 2005, when a mass of new Hold 'Em events increased the No-Limit count from 11 to 20 events while Limit dropped from 17 to 14 events.

Here are the top No-Limit players in bracelets, final tables (9th place or better), cashes, and winnings.

No-Limit Bracelets

• 7. Adrian Mateos: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. David Peters: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. Dominik Nitsche: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. Georgios Sotiropoulos: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. Joe Cada: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. Michael Addamo: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. Michael Gathy: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. Nick Schulman: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 7. Stu Ungar: 4 bracelets
  
  
• 4. Doyle Brunson: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. Johnny Chan: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 4. Kristen Foxen: 5 bracelets
  
  
• 2. Billy Baxter: 6 bracelets
  
  
• 2. Erik Seidel: 6 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Phil Hellmuth: 11 bracelets
  

No-Limit Final Tables

• 10. Adrian Mateos: 17 final tables
  
  
• 10. Shannon Shorr: 17 final tables
  
  
• 6. Alex Foxen: 18 final tables
  
  
• 6. Jeremy Ausmus: 18 final tables
  
  
• 6. Nick Schulman: 18 final tables
  
  
• 6. Ryan Riess: 18 final tables
  
  
• 5. David Peters: 20 final tables
  
  
• 4. Dario Sammartino: 21 final tables
  
  
• 3. Erik Seidel: 24 final tables
  
  
• 2. Daniel Negreanu: 31 final tables
  
  
• 1. Phil Hellmuth: 36 final tables
  

No-Limit Cashes

• 10. Joseph Cheong: 132 cashes
  
  
• 9. Eric Baldwin: 143 cashes
  
  
• 8. Shannon Shorr: 153 cashes
  
  
• 7. Yueqi Zhu: 156 cashes
  
  
• 6. Daniel Negreanu: 161 cashes
  
  
• 5. Ben Yu: 163 cashes
  
  
• 4. Roland Israelashvili: 164 cashes
  
  
• 3. Chris Moorman: 166 cashes
  
  
• 2. Ryan Riess: 185 cashes
  
  
• 1. Arkadiy Tsinis: 196 cashes
  

No-Limit Winnings

• 10. Alex Foxen: $13,940,476
  
  
• 9. Joe Cada: $13,979,217
  
  
• 8. Jonathan Duhamel: $14,037,456
  
  
• 7. Adrian Mateos: $14,174,971
  
  
• 6. Ben Heath: $14,219,262
  
  
• 5. Fedor Holz: $15,690,446
  
  
• 4. Justin Bonomo: $15,838,792
  
  
• 3. Daniel Negreanu: $17,221,366
  
  
• 2. Dan Colman: $17,413,655
  
  
• 1. Antonio Esfandiari: $21,684,547
  

Only Daniel Negreanu (2nd, 6th, and 3rd; not bracelets [just 2]) and Adrian Mateos (7th, 10th, and 7th; not cashes [by a lot]) appear on three of the four lists. Phil Hellmuth leads in bracelets and final tables but isn't on the other two lists. Negreanu is the king of No-Limit, but his claim is on the weak side.

Wow that is surprising, I thought Hellmuth is the first also in cashes, but this shows how well he finishes tournaments once running deep.

Also the money list is spoiled with the guys who ran well in the big One Drop Events, do you have a list without 100k+ buy ins?

Here are the biggest winners eliminating $100,000+ buyin events, but now it's just Main Event champs:

No-Limit Winnings, Under $100,000 Buyin

• 10. Jonathan Duhamel: $10,047,471
  
  
• 9. Greg Merson: $10,251,094
  
  
• 8. Hossein Ensan: $10,386,456
  
  
• 7. Ryan Riess: $10,632,897
  
  
• 6. Jonathan Tamayo: $10,790,036
  
  
• 5. Martin Jacobson: $10,983,062
  
  
• 4. Espen Jorstad: $11,145,145
  
  
• 3. Jamie Gold: $12,220,876
  
  
• 2. Daniel Weinman: $12,746,701
  
  
• 1. Joe Cada: $13,979,217
  

Getting rid of all $10,000 and higher buyins makes the list a little more interesting:

No-Limit Winnings, Under $10,000 Buyin

• 10. Aleksei Vandyshev: $2,621,556
  
  
• 9. Brian Yoon: $2,672,249
  
  
• 8. Erik Seidel: $2,710,906
  
  
• 7. Wenling Gao: $2,786,614
  
  
• 6. Bert Stevens: $2,898,726
  
  
• 5. Evgenii Akimov: $3,153,021
  
  
• 4. Eric Mattsson: $3,165,717
  
  
• 3. Moritz Dietrich: $4,120,348
  
  
• 2. Stoyan Madanzhiev: $4,359,092
  
  
• 1. Phil Hellmuth: $4,824,667
  

All games were Limit or No-Limit until Pot-Limit Omaha joined the schedule in 1984. In Pot-Limit games, the maximum bet is the size of the pot, which includes any chips needed to call if the player is facing a bet.

Here are the top Pot-Limit players in bracelets, final tables (9th place or better), cashes, and winnings.

Pot-Limit Bracelets

• 5. 33 players tied: 2 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Johnny Chan: 3 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Josh Arieh: 3 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Sean Troha: 3 bracelets
  
  
• 1. Shaun Deeb: 3 bracelets
  

Pot-Limit Final Tables

• 10. Bryce Yockey: 9 final tables
  
  
• 10. Chris Bjorin: 9 final tables
  
  
• 10. Daniel Negreanu: 9 final tables
  
  
• 10. Dylan Weisman: 9 final tables
  
  
• 4. Chau Giang: 10 final tables
  
  
• 4. Jay Heimowitz: 10 final tables
  
  
• 4. Johnny Chan: 10 final tables
  
  
• 4. Josh Arieh: 10 final tables
  
  
• 4. T.J. Cloutier: 10 final tables
  
  
• 4. Tommy Le: 10 final tables
  
  
• 2. Chris Ferguson: 11 final tables
  
  
• 2. Phil Hellmuth: 11 final tables
  
  
• 1. Erik Seidel: 14 final tables
  

Pot-Limit Cashes

• 9. Bryce Yockey: 29 cashes
  
  
• 9. Roland Israelashvili: 29 cashes
  
  
• 7. Jordan Spurlin: 31 cashes
  
  
• 7. Yueqi Zhu: 31 cashes
  
  
• 6. Chris Ferguson: 33 cashes
  
  
• 5. Allan Le: 34 cashes
  
  
• 4. Anson Tsang: 35 cashes
  
  
• 3. Daniel Negreanu: 39 cashes
  
  
• 1. Erik Seidel: 40 cashes
  
  
• 1. Tony Cousineau: 40 cashes
  

Pot-Limit Winnings

• 10. Jeremy Ausmus: $2,352,826
  
  
• 9. David Eldridge: $2,374,554
  
  
• 8. Ben Lamb: $2,487,914
  
  
• 7. Ben Tollerene: $2,551,128
  
  
• 6. Josh Arieh: $2,596,888
  
  
• 5. Jared Bleznick: $2,699,723
  
  
• 4. Tommy Le: $3,290,366
  
  
• 3. Ka Kwan Lau: $3,464,956
  
  
• 2. Shaun Deeb: $3,476,128
  
  
• 1. Stephen Chidwick: $3,502,595
  

Only Bryce Yockey (5th, 10th, and 9th [not winnings]), Josh Arieh (1st, 4th, and 6th [not cashes]), and Tommy Le (5th, 4th, and 4th [not cashes]) are on three of the four lists. Arieh gets the nod as king of Pot-Limit poker, but Le isn't far behind.

P.S. - PokerNews just published an interview (skip to about 32:36 in if that link didn't do the trick) and two articles I wrote for them regarding 2025 WSOP Milestones and Records. Part 1 and Part 2. Some of the charts began their lives as Top 10 Tuesday posts, so thank you all for your encouragement here!