The Online Poker Guy

In 2003, the World Poker Tour revolutionized televised poker and brought Texas Hold’em to the forefront of international excitement. Viewers of the World Poker Tour get expert commentary from hosts Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. The World Poker Tour has helped to reshape the face of poker and has raise the competitive bar to a new level.

As of September, 2008:

1. Which poker player has made the most WPT final tables?

2. Which player has the most WPT wins?

3. Who has won the most money at World poker Tour Events?

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1. Phil Ivey holds the record of final table appearances with eight.

2. Gus Hansen leads all players with three WPT titles.

3. Daniel Negreanu has won the most money in World Poker Tour events with $5,527,510 won, to date.

10. The year was 1990 and it marked the first year that a non-American won the World Series of Poker championship. What was his name?

11. Who is the only poker player to win a WSOP (World Series of Poker) bracelet, a WPT (World Poker Tour) title and an EPT (European Poker Title) event?

12. In what year did the WSOP award its first million dollar cash prize?

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10. Mansour Matloubi. (Hey, no one said they were all going to be easy)

11. Gavin Griffin is the only player to hold all three.

12. One million dollars was first awarded at the WSOP in 1991.

 7. In what year did the World Series of Poker (WSOP) add a Ladies World Championship to the poker menu? 

8. In 1983, this tournament director is credited with coming up the idea of the poker satellite. What was his name?

9. Who was the first WSOP main event winner to qualify through a satellite?

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7. 1982 was the year a Ladies World Championship was added.

8. Eric Drache was the tournament director.

9. Tom McEvoy won the main event in 1983 by entering through a satillite in the first year they were offered.

4. In 1973, CBS Sports televised the World Series of Poker for the first time. The WSOP was also expanded for the first time to include four preliminary events. Name them.

5. The World Series of Poker saw many changes in 1978. To start, it was the first year that the main event’s prize money was divided up, with the top five finishers all received a cash payout. It was also the first year a woman entered the WSOP. Who was she?

6. The year was 1979 and it was the first year that the World Series of Poker’s main event was won by an amateur player. What was his name?

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4. Seven-card stud, razz, deuce-to-seven draw, and a lower buy-in no limit hold’em event.

5. Barbara Freer became the first player to break the sex barrier, taking her place in what had been an all-male poker fraternity.

6. Hal Fowler was the first amateur champion.

This is the first poker trivia post in a series of posts dealing directly with World Series of Poker history.  (WSOP) Let’s start off with an easy one.

1. Who are the only three time winners of the World Series of Poker main event?

2.  The World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event has had four back to back champions. Who were they and what years did they win their back to back championships?

3. The WSOP inaugural world champion did not even win a poker tournament. He was elected “best all-around player” in a vote by his peers after several days of high-stakes card playing. So what year was the WSOP first played as a freeze-out?

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1. Johnny Moss won the World Series of Poker main event in 1970, 1971, & 1974. Stu Unger also won the event three times, winning in 1980, 1981 and 1997.

2. Along with Johnny Moss and Stu Unger, Doyle Brunson (1976 and 1977) and Johnny Chan (1987 and 1988) were also back to back champions.

3. 1971. In it’s second year, the WSOP was played as a freeze-out. Seven poker players posted a $5,000 entry fee and Johnny Moss won, retaining his title as world champion.