Poker Trivia Question #26

The first ever World Series of Poker took place in 1970, and the winner was elected by his fellow players. Who was the winner of the first WSOP Main Event?

A: Johnny Moss.

Poker Trivia Question #25

Q: In which year did Scotty Ngyuen utter his famous phrase “You call this one and it’s all over, baby,” before taking home his first World Series of Poker Main Event title?

A: 1998. Nguyen is one of the most active players in professional poker today, and from 2000 to 2004 he finished in the money in more than 100 events. He has 4 WSOP bracelets overall.

Poker Trivia Question #24

Q: Who was Johnny Chan’s opponent, heads up, when he won his record breaking tenth bracelet?

A: Phil Laak. The Unabomber was outchipped and outmatched once they sat down to play heads up. Within 16 hands, Johnny Chan won all his chips and was awarded his tenth bracelet.

Johnny Chan won Event #25 ($2500 Pot Limit Hold'em) on June 25, 2005 and beat out a field of 425 players who were competing for a prize pool worth $977,500.

Poker Trivia Question #23

Q: Who battled Chris Moneymaker heads up for the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event bracelet?

A: Sammy Farha. Farha finished 2nd to Moneymaker for $1,300,000. In a rematch between Farha and Moneymaker a few months later, organized by Poker Stars, Farha won.

Poker Trivia Question #22

Q: Who was the first and only woman to have reached the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event?

A: Barbara Enright. She finished in 5th place taking home $114,180, after her pocket eights were outdrawn by 6-3 suited.

Poker Trivia Question #19

Q: Which actor was knocked out by Doyle Brunson during the first day of the 1998 WSOP Main Event?

A: Matt Damon, who starred in the film Rounders and was accompanied by co-star Edward Norton in efforts to promote the film, was knocked out with pocket kings by Doyle Brunson who held pocket aces.

Poker Trivia Question #13

Q: Who was the last man to win back-to-back World Series of Poker Main Event Championships?

A: Johnny Chan. He shot to fame in the late 1980s, winning the championship event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 1987 and 1988. He almost won a third consecutive title, but finished in 2nd place in 1989 to Phil Hellmuth.

Poker Trivia Question #10

Q: Which online poker room sent the most players to the 2005 World Series of Poker?

A: During the last three years, PokerStars.com sent more players to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) than any other source or website. A whopping 1,116 entrants (19 percent of the field) qualified to play in the 2005 WSOP via PokerStars satellites.

PokerStars.com is the site where the 2003 and 2004 World Series of Poker champions won their entries into the WSOP. The reigning world poker champion, Joe Hachem, has also been an active player at Poker Stars since 2001. He joined Moneymaker and Raymer as official representatives of PokerStars.com, thus fortifying the company trademark, "Where Poker Players Become World Champions."

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Poker Trivia Question #9

Q: Which poker and gin rummy legend had a genius level IQ and an eidetic (photographic) memory?

A: Stu “The Kid” Ungar. Ungar, who is still regarded by many poker insiders as the greatest pure talent ever to play the game, won the main event of the WSOP in 1980, 1981 and 1997.

Ungar was also able to keep track of every card in a six-deck blackjack shoe. In 1977, he was bet $100,000 by casino owner and designer, Bob Stupak, that he could not count down the last three decks in a six deck shoe. Ungar won the bet.

In his life, he was estimated to have won over $30 million at the poker table.

Check out the amazing life story of Stu Ungar on DVD.

Poker Trivia Question #6

Q: Who was the first player to win $1 million in tournament play?

A: Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson. Brunson has won ten World Series of Poker bracelets throughout his career, tied with Johnny Chan for the record. He is also one of only four players to have won consecutive main events at the World Series of Poker, in 1976 and 1977.

Poker Trivia Question #2

Q: Which player went on to win the WSOP with just one chip?

A: Jack "Treetop" Straus (1930 - 1988)

Straus won the 1982 World Series of Poker main event, earning $520,000 and his second WSOP bracelet.

Most remarkable about Straus' 1982 win was that he came back from having just one $500 chip left at one point, which lead to the common saying among poker players, "A Chip and a Chair."

Although accounts vary, the most common story is that he pushed all his chips into the pot, was called, and lost the hand. Getting up he discovered he had one chip left over under a napkin on the table. Presumably because he didn't declare himself, "All-in," the tournament directors allowed him to continue playing. Modern lore says that this feat occurred at the final table, but the 1983 book The Biggest Game in Town, reports that this occurred on the first day.