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Year.....Winner..........................Prize.....................No. of Entrants
1970....Johnny Moss..................No Prize (by vote).....7
1971....Johnny Moss..................$30,000...................6
1972....Amarillo Slim..................$80,000..................8
1973....Puggy Pearson...............$130,000.................13
1974....Johnny Moss..................$160,000.................16
1975...Brian Roberts...................$210,000................21
1976...Doyle Brunson.................$220,000.................22
1977...Doyle Brunson.................$340,000.................34
1978...Bobby Baldwin.................$210,000................ 42
1979...Hal Fowler.......................$270,000.................54
1980...Stu Ungar.......................$385,000..................73
1981...Stu Ungar.......................$375,000..................75
1982...Jack Straus.....................$520,000.................104
1983...Tom McEvoy...................$540,000.................108
1984...Jack Keller......................$660,000.................132
1985...Bill Smith........................$700,000.................140
1986...Berry Johnston.................$570,000................141
1987...Johnny Chan....................$625,000................152
1988...Johnny Chan....................$700,000................167
1989...Phil Hellmuth....................$755,000...............178
1990...Mansour Matloubi.............$895,000...............194
1991...Brad Daugherty................$1,000,000.............215
1992...Hamid Dastmalchi.............$1,000,000............201
1993...Jim Bechtel......................$1,000,000.............220
1994...Russ Hamilton.................$1,000,000..............268
1995...Dan Harrington................$1,000,000..............273
1996...Huck Seed......................$1,000,000..............295
1997...Stu Ungar ......................$1,000,000..............312
1998...Scotty Nguyen.................$1,000,000..............350
1999...Noel Furlong ..................$1,000,000..............393
2000...Chris "Jesus" Ferguson....$1,500,000..............512
2001...Juan Carlos Mortensen....$1,500,000..............613
2002...Robert Varkonyi..............$2,000,000..............631
2003...Chris Moneymaker..........$2,500,000..............839
2004...Greg Raymer..................$5,000,000..............2576
2005...Joseph Hachem..............$7,500,000...............5619
2006...Jamie Gold.....................$12,000,000.............8773
2007...Jerry Yang.....................$8,250,000...............6358
2008...Peter Eastgate.................$9,152,416.............6844
2009...Joe Cada.........................$8,547,042..............6494
2010...Jonathan Duhamel..........$8,944,310..............7319
2011...Pius Heinz......................$8,715,638..............6865
2012...Greg Merson....................$8,531,570..............6598
2013...Ryan Reiss......................$8,361,570..............6352
2014...Martin Jacobsen...............$10,000,000.............6683
2015...Joe McKeehen..................$7,683,346..............6420
2016...Qui Nguyen.....................$8,005,310..............6737
2017...Scott Blumstein................$8,150,000..............7221
2018...John Cynn........................$8,800,000..............7874
2019...Hossein Ensan..................$10,000,000............8569
2020...Damian Salas...................$2,550,969..............1379 (Corona)