World Series of Poker (WSOP)

Ringkasan

World Series of Poker (WSOP) adalah turnamen poker paling bergengsi di dunia. Dimulai 1970 di Binion’s Horseshoe casino, Las Vegas, atas prakarsa Benny Binion. Main Event dimulai 1971.

Sejarah

• 1970 — WSOP pertama, invitational, Johnny Moss juara
• 1971 — Main Event pertama (dengan buy-in)
• 1972 — Format freeze-out pertama
• 1979 — Stu Ungar juara pertama kali
• 2003 — Moneymaker Effect — Chris Moneymaker, $2.5M dari $86 online
• 2010s+ — Boom poker online
• 2023 — Main Event terbesar dalam sejarah (10.043 entries)
• 2024 — 55th anniversary WSOP

Turnamen

• Main Event ($10.000 buy-in) — paling bergengsi
• NLHE, PLO, Stud, HOSE, dll — berbagai format
• Seniors, Ladies, Online — kategori khusus
• Bracelets — 80+ events per tahun
• Circumvention event — worldwide

Pemenang Legendaris

• Johnny Moss (3x Main Event, 1970-1974)
• Stu Ungar (3x Main Event, 1980, 1981, 1997)
• Doyle Brunson (10x bracelet, 2x Main Event)
• Phil Hellmuth (17x bracelet — rekor)
• Chris Moneymaker (2003)
• Daniel Negreanu (6x bracelet)
• Phil Ivey (10x bracelet)

Pemenang 2020s

• 2020 — Joseph Hebert
• 2021 — George Holmes
• 2022 — Adrian Attenborough
• 2023 — Daniel Weinman ($12.1M)
• 2024 — Jonathan Tamayo ($10M)