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| ·1970 Johnny Moss - 0$ - 38 participants |
| ·1971 Johnny Moss - 30,000$ - 6 participants |
| ·1972 Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston - 80,000$ - 8 participants |
| ·1973 Walter “Puggy” Pearson - 130,000$ - 13 participants |
| ·1974 Johnny Moss - 160,000$ - 16 participants |
| ·1975 Brian “Sailor” Roberts - 210,000$ - 21 participants |
| ·1976 Doyle Brunson - 220,000$ - 22 participants |
| ·1977 Doyle Brunson - 340,000$ - 34 participants |
| ·1978 Bobby Baldwin - 210,000$ - 42 participants |
| ·1979 Hal Fowler - 270,000$ - 54 participants |
| ·1980 Stu Ungar - 385,000$ - 73 participants |
| ·1981 Stu Ungar - 375,000$ - 75 participants |
| ·1982 Jack Straus - 520,000$ - 104 participants |
| ·1983 Tom McEvoy - 540,000$ - 108 participants |
| ·1984 Jack Keller - 660,000$ - 132 participants |
| ·1985 Bill Smith - 700,000$ - 140 participants |
| ·1986 Berry Johnston - 570,000$ - 141 participants |
| ·1987 Johnny Chan - 625,000$ - 152 participants |
| ·1988 Johnny Chan - 700,000$ - 167 participants |
| ·1989 Phil Hellmuth - 755,000$ - 178 participants |
| ·1990 Mansour Matloubi - 895,000$ - 194 participants |
| ·1991 Brad Daugherty - 1,000,000$ - 215 participants |
| ·1992 Hamid Dastmalchi - 1,000,000$ - 201 participants |
| ·1993 Jim Bechtel - 1,000,000$ - 220 participants |
| ·1994 Russ Hamilton - 1,000,000$ - 268 participants |
| ·1995 Dan Harrington - 1,000,000$ - 273 participants |
| ·1996 Huck Seed - 1,000,000$ - 295 participants |
| ·1997 Stu Ungar - 1,000,000$ - 312 participants |
| ·1998 Scotty Nguyen - 1,000,000$ - 350 participants |
| ·1999 Noel Furlong - 1,000,000$ - 393 participants |
| ·2000 Chris Ferguson - 1,500,000$ - 512 participants |
| ·2001 Juan Carlos Mortensen - 1,500,000$ - 613 participants |
| ·2002 Robert Varkonyi - 2,000,000$ - 631 participants |
| ·2003 Chris Moneymaker - 2,500,000$ - 839 participants |
| ·2004 Greg Raymer - 5,000,000$ - 2576 participants |
| ·2005 Joe Hachem - 7,500,000$ - 5619 participants |
| ·2006 Jamie Gold - 12,000,000$ - 8773 participants |
| ·2007 Jerry Yang - 8,250,000$ - 6358 participants |
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