World Series of Poker bracelet - wikipedia World Series of Poker bracelet Non-Main Event gold bracelets given to the event winners during the 2005 World Series of Poker The World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as `` bracelets ''. During the first years of the WSOP only a handful of bracelets were awarded each year. In 1990, there were only 14 bracelet events. By 2000, that number increased to 24. As the popularity of poker has increased during the 2000s, the number of events has likewise increased. In 2011, 58 bracelets were awarded at the WSOP, seven at the World Series of Poker Europe ( WSOPE ), and one to the WSOP National Circuit Champion. This brought the total number of bracelets awarded up to 959. Five additional bracelets were awarded for the first time in April 2013 at the inaugural World Series of Poker Asia - Pacific ( WSOP APAC ) in Melbourne, Australia.. In 2017, 74 for bracelets were awarded at the WSOP and an additional 11 will be awarded at the WSOPE in Czech Republic. After the conclusion of the 2014 WSOP APAC, there have been 1083 bracelets awarded, 500 of which were won by 170 players who have won at least two bracelets, with all of the other bracelets being won by one - time winners. This includes ( up to this point ) 17 Main Event winners : Hal Fowler, Bill Smith, Mansour Matloubi, Brad Daugherty, Jim Bechtel, Russ Hamilton, Noel Furlong, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, Peter Eastgate, Pius Heinz, Ryan Riess and Martin Jacobson. Since Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 Main Event, ( through the completion of Event No. 74 in 2017 ) only three players have won and followed it up with a win in another bracelet event, Jonathan Duhamel, Joe Cada and Joe McKeehen. Contents 1 Bracelet description 2 Prestige 3 History 4 Bracelet legacy 5 Multiple bracelet winners 6 WSOP rings 7 Circuit National Championship 8 See also 9 References Bracelet description Main Event Championship Bracelets 2005 World Series of Poker Championship Bracelet Made of platinum & diamonds Winner : Joe Hachem 2006 World Series of Poker Championship bracelet Made of white and yellow gold, diamonds, rubies and sapphires Winner : Jamie Gold 2007 World Series of Poker Championship Bracelet Made of 136 grams of white gold, and 120 diamonds. Winner : Jerry Yang The 1976 bracelet looked `` like gold nuggets kind of hammered flat. '' The bracelet in 1976 cost approximately $500. In the 1980s, Las Vegas jeweler Mordechai Yerushalmi became the exclusive manufacturer of WSOP bracelets until Harrah 's Entertainment bought the rights to the WSOP in 2004. According to 2003 WSOP Champion Chris Moneymaker, the design of the bracelet remained relatively unchanged under Yerushalmi. In 2005, Gold and Diamond International based in Memphis, TN won the bid from Harrah 's Entertainment to manufacture the 2005 World Series of Poker bracelets. The company also manufactures the WSOP circuit rings. In 2006, Frederick Goldman, Inc. made the WSOP bracelets while luxury watch maker Corum introduced some commemorative watches as part of the prize package. In 2006, the Champion 's bracelet had 259 stones including 7.2 carats ( 1.4 g ) of diamonds, 120 grams of white and yellow gold. It also used rubies to represent the heart and diamond suits, a sapphire to represent the spade and three black diamonds to represent the clubs. In 2007, Corum became the official bracelet manufacturer for the WSOP. Some of the 2007 World Series of Poker champions received both a watch and a bracelet from Corum. Corum designed four variations for the 2007 World Series of Poker Bracelets. The standard version that is presented to 53 winners features 53 diamonds. The Ladies World Champion receives a bracelet that is adorned with four black diamonds, two rubies and 87 blue sapphires. The $50,000 HORSE Champion Bracelet has 91 black diamonds and two rubies. The World Series of Poker Main Event Bracelet has 120 diamonds on 136 grams of 18 carat ( 75 percent ) white gold. The value of the 2007 bracelets have not been released, but the typical price of a Corum watch ranges from $1,500 -- $30,000 +. In 2008, the Main Event Bracelet had 291 diamonds, totalling 2.81 carats set in 168 grams of 18kt white gold. The other 54 event bracelets consisted of 55 diamonds, totalling 0.25 carats set in 80 grams of 14kt yellow gold. In 2010, an Australian - based company OnTilt Designs Pty Ltd won a multi-year contract to become the official bracelet manufacturer for the WSOP. OnTilt jewelers decided that the 2010 bracelet design would return to the tradition of the 1970s and 1980s where the bracelet was a heavy piece of unadorned metal. American jewelry designer Steve Soffa was chosen to design and manufacture the entire set of bracelets. The goal was to create a bracelet that somebody would actually want to wear every day. In 2011, OnTilt has also been chosen to manufacture the WSOP Circuit rings. In 2012, Jason Arasheben, famed jewelry designer and owner of Jason of Beverly Hills was chosen as the official bracelet manufacturer of the WSOP. Arasheben had designed the championship rings for the 2009 and 2010 Los Angeles Lakers and the 2011 Green Bay Packers, among others. The Main Event bracelet will feature each suit in the deck in either rubies or black diamonds. In terms of sheer mass, it weighs in at over 160 grams of 14 karat gold and over 35 carats of flawless diamonds. A special platinum bracelet was awarded at the 2012 WSOP to the winner of The Big One for One Drop, Antonio Esfandiari. The event was a $1 million buy - in tournament created as a fundraiser for the One Drop Foundation, a charity established by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberté. Prestige At first, the bracelets did not have much prestige. Ten - time bracelet winner Doyle Brunson said that his first bracelet `` did n't mean anything '' to him and that he did not even pick up two of them. Some professional poker players believe that there are two types of poker players ; those who have won a bracelet and those who have not. Those who have belong to an exclusive club. `` It 's impossible to overstate the value of a World Series of Poker gold bracelet to anyone who takes the game seriously, '' stated World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack during the 2006 bracelet unveiling. `` It is the equivalent of winning the Stanley Cup in hockey or the Lombardi Trophy in football. '' Many professional poker players desire the recognition that is associated with the bracelet. Former Celebrity Poker Showdown host and poker star Phil Gordon said, `` I want that bracelet more than anything. '' Freddy Deeb said that he did not appreciate his first bracelet because he did not recognize what it meant. He said his 2007 bracelet, however, `` means everything to me ''. Jennifer Tilly says that winning her 2005 Women 's Championship bracelet was `` better than an Oscar ''. When the World Poker Tour decided to offer a prize to its event champions, they decided to present them with WPT Bracelets. In so doing, WPT Founder, President and CEO Steve Lipscomb said, `` The championship bracelet has become synonymous with poker as a symbol of achievement and respect, and we are honored to continue the tradition that Benny Binion ( the founder of the WSOP ) began over 30 years ago. '' History Bracelets have not always been awarded for winning events. In 1970, the first WSOP Champion received nothing but a silver cup and whatever cash he won during the event. From 1971 -- 1974, according to Becky Behnen ( the daughter of WSOP founder Benny Binion ), the winner received an undescribed `` corny trophy ''. In 1975, the winners received a sterling plate. The following year, 1976, the WSOP started the tradition of issuing bracelets to the event winners. In 1980 and 1981, one did not have to win a WSOP event to win a gold bracelet. In 1980 and 1981, H.D. `` Oklahoma Johny '' Hale and Chip Reese received a gold bracelet for being the `` Best All Around Player '' at the WSOP, respectively. These bracelets, however, are not considered in the count of WSOP championship bracelets. In 2007, Thomas Bihl became the first person to ever win a WSOP bracelet outside Las Vegas, Nevada. Bihl won the £ 2,500 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. at the World Series of Poker Europe in London, England. Days later, Annette Obrestad became the youngest player to ever win a WSOP bracelet at 18 years, 364 days, also becoming the first woman to win a World Series Main Event ( WSOPE ). Caesars Entertainment ( known until 2010 as Harrah 's Entertainment ), the owner of the WSOP, considers the WSOP Europe bracelet to be the same in prestige as those awarded every year in Las Vegas. In 2008, Jesper Hougaard became the first person to have won both a WSOP and WSOPE bracelet. In 2011, a World Series of Poker bracelet was awarded for the first time to the WSOP Circuit National Championship winner in the 100 - qualifier event from May 27 -- 29. The following year, the Circuit National Championship moved to New Orleans, where it will also be held in 2013. Starting in 2013, bracelets are also awarded in Australia at the World Series of Poker Asia - Pacific, held at Crown Melbourne. Bracelet legacy Of the three top WSOP bracelet winners, only Johnny Chan still has them all. He keeps them locked in a vault because they are worth, according to him, `` millions. '' Brunson did not pick up two of his. Fourteen - time bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth gave away ten of his. `` To me, '' Hellmuth said, `` the bracelets have always been a really huge deal, to me more than the other guys, because I knew that they represented history. '' Three - time WSOP Bracelet winner Hamid Dastmalchi and six - time winner Ted Forrest had been playing for four days non-stop at the Mirage when Hamid started to complain about the 1992 Main Event Championship Bracelet he received. Bitter about a dispute with the Binion 's Horseshoe, the owners of the WSOP at the time, Hamid told the table that the Binion 's `` say it 's worth $5,000, but I 'd take $1,500 for it. '' To which Forrest responded `` Sold '' and immediately tossed Hamid $1,500 in chips. Dastmalchi mailed Forrest his bracelet. Ted Forrest also reported that three of his five bracelets have been stolen over the years, and that he gave his daughter one. In November 2010, Peter Eastgate put his main event bracelet up for auction on eBay with a starting bid of $16,000. It eventually sold for $147,500 and this money was donated to UNICEF. Multiple bracelet winners Main article : World Series of Poker multiple bracelet winners As of the end of the 2013 World Series of Poker, 22 players have earned five or more WSOP bracelets. Of those, the top bracelet winners are as follows : Winners of 8 or more WSOP bracelets Bracelets Player Main Event wins 14 Phil Hellmuth 10 Doyle Brunson 10 Johnny Chan 10 Phil Ivey 0 9 Johnny Moss 8 Erik Seidel 0 Leaders by decade Decade Bracelets Player Wins during decade 1970s 7 Johnny Moss 1970, 1971 ( 2 ), 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 1980s Stu Ungar 1980, 1981 ( 2 ), 1983 1990s 5 Phil Hellmuth 1992, 1993 ( 3 ), 1997 2000s 7 Phil Ivey 2000, 2002 ( 3 ), 2005, 2009 ( 2 ) 2010s George Danzer 2014 ( 3 ), 2016 Jason Mercier 2011, 2015, 2016 ( 2 ) Dominik Nitsche 2012, 2014 ( 2 ), 2017 ( bold = won Main Event ) Johnny Moss, with a win at the 1971 WSOP, became the first person to have won multiple lifetime WSOP `` bracelets '' ( as mentioned above, the first actual bracelet was given in 1976 ). Moss also was the first person to win five lifetime WSOP bracelets, with a win at the 1975 WSOP. Johnny Chan, with a win in Event No. 25 at the 2005 World Series of Poker, became the first person to win 10 lifetime WSOP bracelets, just a few days before Doyle Brunson won his 10th bracelet in Event No. 31 of that same WSOP. The first person to win two bracelets in the same WSOP was Johnny Moss at the 1971 WSOP. The first person to win three bracelets in the same WSOP was Walter `` Puggy '' Pearson, at the 1973 WSOP. As of the start of the 2016 WSOP, only five other players have won three bracelets in a single WSOP. Bill Boyd and Doyle Brunson are the only players to have won bracelets in four consecutive years ( Boyd from 1971 to 1974, and Brunson from 1976 to 1979 ). WSOP rings In 2005, the WSOP started hosting Circuit Events at many of their casinos around the country. In order to differentiate these events and to ensure the prestige of the WSOP Bracelet, the circuit events present a ring to the winners. In 2011, the WSOP awarded a bracelet to the winner of the Circuit Event National Championship. The Circuit Event National Championship was an invitation only event that used the standings of players from the various circuit events in determining who was invited. Circuit National Championship Starting with the 2011 WSOP Circuit, the Circuit National Championship was held as a closed event for participants of various circuit events. Starting in 2012, qualification for the Circuit National Championship was significantly changed. A total of 100 players now receive automatic seats in the National Championship. The winners of each Circuit main event and the highest point earner at each circuit stop receive seats, with the remaining automatic seats filled by the top points earners throughout the Circuit season who are not already qualified. Additionally, the top 100 players in the `` WSOP World Rankings '', a points race determined on results in open events of the previous two WSOPs, are eligible to enter. The Circuit qualifiers play the National Championship on a freeroll, while the WSOP World Rankings qualifiers must pay a $10,000 buy - in. The winner of the Circuit National Championship wins a World Series of Poker bracelet. Year Winner 2011 Sam Barnhart 2012 Ryan Eriquezzo 2013 Jonathan Hilton 2014 Dominik Nitsche 2015 Loni Harwood 2016 Said El - Yousfi 2017 Sean Yu See also Championship ring Championship belt References ^ Jump up to : `` Sam Barnhart Wins Inaugural WSOP Circuit National Championship ''. WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. May 29, 2001. Retrieved June 5, 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` WSOP Announces Partnership With Crown for April 2013 Event in Melbourne, Australia '' ( Press release ). World Series of Poker. April 30, 2012. 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Major poker tournaments World Series of Poker ( bracelet ) by year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 ( results ) 2006 ( results ) 2007 ( results ) 2008 ( results ) 2009 ( results ) 2010 ( results ) 2011 ( results ) 2012 ( results ) 2013 ( results ) 2014 ( results ) 2015 ( results ) 2016 ( results ) 2017 ( results ) 2018 Europe 2007 2008 2009 2011 ( results ) 2012 ( results ) 2013 ( results ) 2015 ( results ) 2017 ( results ) Asia Pacific 2013 2014 Circuit events 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2011 -- 12 2012 -- 13 Other Tournament of Champions World Series of Poker Africa Poker tours World Season 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 European Season 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 PokerStars Championship Season 1 North American Season 1 Asia Pacific Season 1 5 6 7 8 9 Latin American Season 1 5 6 7 8 9 UK and Ireland Season 1 5 Other Asian ( APT ) Australia - New Zealand ( ANZPT ) Central Europe ( EUREKA ) Italian ( IPT ) Spain ( ESTRELLAS ) Super Bowl of Poker 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 Late Night Poker Series 1 5 6 Poker Superstars Season 1 Other events PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Aussie Millions National Heads - Up FPS RPS Bsop Poker Million U.S. Poker Championship World Heads - Up Irish Open Epic Poker League Partouche Poker Tour Super High Roller Bowl Online events WCOOP SCOOP TCOOP FTOPS ( 1 ) Starting in 2011, a World Series of Poker bracelet was awarded to the WSOP Circuit National Champion. 1970s WSOP bracelet winners 1970 Johnny Moss 1971 Bill Boyd Jimmy Casella Johnny Moss ( 2 ) Puggy Pearson 1972 Bill Boyd Amarillo Slim 1973 Sam Angel Joe Bernstein Bill Boyd Aubrey Day Puggy Pearson ( 3 ) Jack Straus Bill Boyd Jimmy Casella ( 2 ) Johnny Moss Sailor Roberts Amarillo Slim Sam Angel Billy Baxter Jay Heimowitz Johnny Moss Sailor Roberts 1976 Howard Andrew ( 2 ) Doyle Brunson ( 2 ) Doc Green Perry Green Johnny Moss Walter Smiley 1977 Billy Allen Bobby Baldwin ( 2 ) Gary Berland Doyle Brunson ( 2 ) Perry Green George Huber Louis Hunsucker Jackie McDaniels Fats Morgan Jeff Sandow Richard Schwartz 1978 Bobby Baldwin Billy Baxter Gary Berland ( 2 ) Doyle Brunson Aubrey Day Terry King Lakewood Louie Hans Lund Chip Reese Henry Young 1979 Bobby Baldwin Gary Berland ( 2 ) Starla Brodie Doyle Brunson Hal Fowler Barbara Freer Perry Green Lakewood Louie ( 2 ) Sam Mastrogiannis Johnny Moss Dewey Tomko note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 1980s WSOP bracelet winners 1980 Mickey Appleman Robert Bone Pat Callihan Deby Callihan Pete Christ Sarge Ferris Gene Fisher Jim Fugatti Lynn Harvey A.J. Myers Bobby Schwing Lakewood Louie Stu Ungar 1981 Ed Barmach Frank Cardone Fred David Sid Gamerman Ruth Godfrey Bruce Hershenson Juanda Matthews Johnny Moss A.J. Myers Mickey Perry Dody Roach Glen Rodgers Stu Ungar ( 2 ) 1982 Billy Baxter ( 2 ) Tom Cress Jim Doman June Field Nick Helm Dani Kelly Ralph Morton John Paquette Chip Reese Vera Richmond David Sklansky ( 2 ) Jack Straus Don Williams David Angel David Baxter Artie Cobb Donna Doman Jim Doman Ken Flaton Carolyn Gardner Buster Jackson Berry Johnston John Lukas Tom McEvoy ( 2 ) David Sklansky ( 2 ) Don Todd Stu Ungar 1984 Dick Albano Todd Baur William Bennett Norman Berliner Paul Fontaine Mike Hart Jack Keller ( 2 ) Sandy Stupak Bob Martinez Mike Schneiberg Dewey Tomko ( 2 ) Karen Wolfson 1985 Dick Carson Johnny Chan Tommy Fischer Rick Hamil John Lukas Mark Mitchell Rose Pifer Amarillo Slim Zorn Smiljanic Bill Smith Tony Thang Harry Thomas Don Williams Edwin Wyde 1986 Jim Allen David Baxter Mike Cox Hamid Dastmalchi Barbara Enright Tommy Fischer Ron Graham Jay Heimowitz Berry Johnston Sam Mastrogiannis Tom McEvoy J.B. Randall Bob Addison Billy Baxter T.J. Cloutier Johnny Chan Artie Cobb Jim Craig Hal Kant Ralph Merton Joe Petro Carl Rouss Linda Ryke - Drucker Hilbert Shirey 1988 Val Carpenter Johnny Chan Russ Gibe Gilbert Gross Thor Hansen David Helms Lance Hilt Loretta Huber Merrill Hunt Seymour Leibowitz Johnny Moss Don Williams 1989 Lyle Berman Barry Blackburn Thomas Chung Phil Hellmuth Frank Henderson Don Holt Mel Judah Norman Keyser John Laudon Harry Madoff Alma McClelland Mike Sexton George Allen Shaw Bob Stupak note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 1990s WSOP bracelet winners 1990 Allen Baker John Bonetti Norm Boulus Marie Gabert Mike Hart Berry Johnston Monte Kouz Vasilis Lazarou Mansour Matloubi Phil Reher Ray Rumler Amarillo Slim Shawqui Shunnarah Tony Stormzand Hugh Todd 1991 Joe Becker Doyle Brunson Brent Carter Thomas Chung Artie Cobb Brad Daugherty Pat Flanagan Mike Hart Jay Heimowitz Paul Heinrich Max Linder Rodney H. Pardey John Spadavecchia Ron Stanley An Tran Donna Ward Byron Wolford Charles Wight 1992 Bob Abell Mickey Appleman Eli Balas Lyle Berman Buddy Bonnecaze Paul Clark Hoyt Corkins Hamid Dastmalchi Dal Derovin Kenny Duggan Shari Flanzer Lamar Hampton Phil Hellmuth Tom McEvoy Men Nguyen Ray Rumler Erik Seidel Rick Steiner Lance Straughn Billy Thomas 1993 Billy Baxter Jim Bechtel John Bonetti Buddy Bonnecaze Humberto Brenes ( 2 ) Hamid Dastmalchi Gene Fisher Ted Forrest ( 3 ) Chau Giang Phil Hellmuth ( 3 ) Jack Keller Phyllis Kessler Hugo Mieth Erik Seidel Marty Sigel Robert Turner 1994 Lyle Berman Vince Burgio Brent Carter Johnny Chan J.J. Chun T.J. Cloutier ( 2 ) Barbara Enright Russ Hamilton Mike Hart John Heaney Jay Heimowitz Mike Laing O'Neil Longson Roger Moore Rodney H. Pardey J.C. Pearson George Rodis Huck Seed Erik Seidel Steven Sim Bill Sykes 1995 Mickey Appleman John Bonetti Starla Brodie Anthony DeAngelo Marlon De Los Santos Phil Earle Valter Farina Dan Harrington ( 2 ) Berry Johnston Richard Klamian Men Nguyen ( 2 ) Rod Peate Dan Robinson Clifford Roof Hilbert Shirey ( 2 ) Mickey Sisskind Max Stern John Tsagaris Christian Van Hees Peter Vilandos Steve Zolotow Gary Benson John Cernuto David Chiu Freddy Deeb Barbara Enright Sam Farha Jim Feldhouse Gregory Grivas Adeeb Harb Randy Holland Jim Huntley Susie Isaacs Donny Kerr Al Krux Hans Lund Tony Ma John Morgan Men Nguyen Henry Orenstein Dody Roach Huck Seed Marty Sigel Frank Thompson Mel Weiner 1997 Louis Asmo Chris Björin John Cernuto Johnny Chan Claude Cohen Phil Hellmuth Susie Isaacs Linda Johnson Mel Judah Vasilis Lazarou Scotty Nguyen Matthias Rohnacher Doug Saab Maria Stern Max Stern ( 2 ) Kevin Song Dean Stonier Dave Ulliott Stu Ungar Bob Veltri 1998 Farzad Bonyadi Patrick Bruel Doyle Brunson Ken Buntjer Jan Chen David Chiu T.J. Cloutier Artie Cobb Mendy Commanda Bill Gempel Chau Giang Tommy Hufnagle Kirk Morrison Daniel Negreanu Scotty Nguyen Donnacha O'Dea Jeff Ross Paul Rowe Steve Rydel Erik Seidel Michael Shadkin 1999 Josh Arieh Steve Badger Eli Balas Charles Brahmi Paul Clark John Esposito Layne Flack Tom Franklin Noel Furlong David Grey Eric Holum Hassan Kamoei Ron Long Mike Matusow Christina Pie Mike Wattel note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2000s WSOP bracelet winners 2000 Dave Alizadeth Jimmy Athanas Chris Björin Mike Carson Johnny Chan David Chiu Diego Cordovez Nani Dollison Ivo Donev Richard Dunberg Tim Ellis Chris Ferguson ( 2 ) Jennifer Harman Jay Heimowitz Randy Holland Phil Ivey Nat Koe Howard Lederer Tony Ma Huck Seed Michael Sohayegh Jerri Thomas Chris Tsiprailidis Joe Wynn 2001 Burt Boutin Allen Cunningham Paul Darden Nani Dollison ( 2 ) Chris Ferguson Jay Heimowitz Phil Hellmuth Berry Johnston Travis Jonas Galen Kester Rich Korbin Howard Lederer Jim Lester Carlos Mortensen Scotty Nguyen ( 2 ) David Pham Adam Roberts Eddy Scharf Barry Shulman Erik Seidel Hemish Shah Bob Slezak Cliff Yamagawa Steve Zolotow 2002 Billy Baxter Fred Berger Catherine Brown John Cernuto Johnny Chan Joel Chaseman Paul Clark Allen Cunningham Jack Duncan Eddie Fishman Layne Flack ( 2 ) Perry Friedman Thor Hansen Randal Heeb Jennifer Harman Dan Heimiller John Hennigan John Hom Phil Ivey ( 3 ) John Juanda Meng La Mike Majerus Mike Matusow John McIntosh Qushqar Morad Jay Sipelstein Jan Vang Sørensen Bill Swan Dan Torla Robert Varkonyi David Warga Robert Williamson III 2003 Mickey Appleman John Arrage Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan ( 2 ) Chris Ferguson ( 2 ) Layne Flack ( 2 ) Prahlad Friedman Phil Hellmuth ( 2 ) Mohammed Ibrahim Tom Jacobs John Juanda ( 2 ) Charles Keith Lehr Toto Leonidas O'Neil Longson David Lukaszewski Jim Meehan Chris Moneymaker Carlos Mortensen Daniel Negreanu Men Nguyen ( 2 ) Minh Nguyen Phi Nguyen Frankie O'Dell Ron Rose Barb Rugolo Michael Saltzburg Eddy Scharf Huck Seed Erik Seidel Amir Vahedi Joe Awada Eli Balas Curtis Bibb Farzad Bonyadi T.J. Cloutier Hung Doan Gerry Drehobl Annie Duke Antonio Esfandiari Scott Fischman ( 2 ) Ted Forrest ( 2 ) Chau Giang Gary Gibbs Barry Greenstein Gavin Griffin Hasan Habib John Hennigan Brett Jungblut Ted Lawson Kathy Liebert Aaron Katz Thomas Keller Norm Ketchum Carl Nessel Daniel Negreanu Minh Nguyen Phi Nguyen Greg Raymer Mike Sica Cyndy Violette James Vogl 2005 Rafi Amit Josh Arieh Randy Boman Farzad Bonyadi Andre Boyer Doyle Brunson Todd Brunson Johnny Chan Jiang Chen David Chiu T.J. Cloutier Allen Cunningham Quinn Do Denis Ethier Eric Froehlich Issac Galazan Lawrence Gosney Michael Gracz Barry Greenstein David Grey Joe Hachem Steve Hohn Phil Ivey Cliff Josephy Ron Kirk O'Neil Longson Paul McKinney Edward Moncada Anthony Nguyen Reza Payvar John Pires Pat Poels Anthony Reategui Dan Schmiech Erik Seidel Mark Seif ( 2 ) Jan Vang Sørensen Willie Tann Jennifer Tilly Thom Werthmann Brian Wilson Todd Witteles 2006 Kianoush Abolfathi Daniel Alaei Praz Bansi Dutch Boyd Jeff Cabanillas Brandon Cantu Bob Chalmers Bill Chen ( 2 ) Scott Clements Kevin Cover Allen Cunningham Sam Farha Eric Froehlich Jon Friedberg Rafe Furst John Gale Jamie Gold James Gorham Chris Gros Phil Hellmuth Anders Henriksson Ian Johns Eric Kesselman Paul Kobel Jason Lester Benjamin Lin Jeff Madsen ( 2 ) Mary Jones Meyer Clare Miller Jim Mitchell Kevin Nathan Victoriano Perches Ralph Perry Max Pescatori David Pham Pat Poels Mats Rahmn Chip Reese James Richburg Mark Vos Lee Watkinson David Williams Jack Zwerner 2007 / 2007 E Saif Ahmad Dario Alioto Rafi Amit Dao Bac Don Baruch Ernest Bennett Thomas Bihl Chandrasekhar Billavara Steve Billirakis Alexander Borteh Burt Boutin Sally Boyer Robert Cheung Michael Chu Scott Clements Hoyt Corkins Allen Cunningham Freddy Deeb Lukasz Dumanski Will Durkee Bill Edler Eli Elezra Saro Getzoyan Michael Graves Fred Goldberg John Guth Phil Hellmuth Greg Hopkins Ryan Hughes Michael Keiner Alexander Kravchenko Jeff Lisandro James Mackey Robert Mizrachi Frederick Narciso Annette Obrestad Frankie O'Dell Ciaran O'Leary Shankar Pillai Ben Ponzio Chris Reslock James Richburg Blair Rodman Francois Safieddine Tom Schneider ( 2 ) Dan Schreiber Ralph Schwartz Erik Seidel Alan Smurfit Mike Spegal David Stucke Gary Styczynski Katja Thater Jason Warner Ram Vaswani Jerry Yang Ryan Young 2008 / 2008 E Michael Banducci Duncan Bell David Benyamine Eric Brooks Andrew Brown Joe Commisso David Daneshgar Peter Eastgate Sherkhan Farnood Layne Flack Phil Galfond Frank Gary Alexandre Gomes Matt Graham Barry Greenstein Max Greenwood Svetlana Gromenkova Blair Hinkle Grant Hinkle Rob Hollink Jesper Hougaard ( 2 ) Ryan Hughes Theo Jørgensen John Juanda Matt Keikoan Davidi Kitai Jonathan Kotula Martin Klaser Dan Lacourse Erick Lindgren Vitaly Lunkin Thang Luu Mike Matusow Nenad Medic Dario Minieri Daniel Negreanu Scotty Nguyen Max Pescatori John Phan ( 2 ) Rep Porter Anthony Rivera Michael Rocco Freddy Rouhani Sebastian Ruthenberg James Schaff Scott Seiver Vanessa Selbst Jimmy Shultz David Singer Marty Smyth J.C. Tran Kenny Tran Phil Tom Sebastian Ruthenberg Luis Velador Jens Vortman David Woo Jason Young 2009 / 2009 E Bahador Ahmadi Daniel Alaei Ken Aldridge Tomas Alenius James Van Alstyne Jerrod Ankenman Richard Austin David Bach Eric Baldwin Rami Boukai Joe Cada Erik Cajelais Brandon Cantu Jeff Carris Andrew Cohen Michael Davis Mike Eise Freddie Ellis Zac Fellows Ray Foley Matt Graham Angel Guillén Lisa Hamilton David Halpern Anthony Harb Matt Hawrilenko Phil Ivey ( 2 ) Carsten Joh Travis Johnson John Kabbaj J.P. Kelly ( 2 ) Brian Lemke Jeff Lisandro ( 3 ) Vitaly Lunkin Thang Luu Jason Mercier Abe Mosseri Greg Mueller ( 2 ) Marc Naalden Brock Parker ( 2 ) Jorg Peisert Derek Raymond Barry Shulman Nick Schulman Jordan Smith Keven Stammen Steve Sung J.C. Tran Peter Traply Tony Veckey Peter Vilandos Jani Vilmunen Ville Wahlbeck Roland De Wolfe Leo Wolpert note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2010s WSOP bracelet winners 2010 / 2010 E Daniel Alaei Harold Angle Richard Ashby David `` Bakes '' Baker Praz Bansi John Barch Chris Bell Tomer Berda James Bord Dutch Boyd Eric Buchman Shawn Busse Yan Chen Michael Chow Aadam Daya James Dempsey Jason DeWitt Jonathan Duhamel Mike Ellis Sigurd Eskeland Sam Farha Peter Gelencser Steven Gee Ian Gordon Dean Hamrick Gus Hansen William Haydon Vanessa Hellebuyck Phil Ivey Steve Jelinek Frank Kassela ( 2 ) Matt Keikoan Dan Kelly Steven Kelly Chance Kornuth Valdemar Kwaysser Phil Laak Pascal LeFrancois Michael Linn Jeff Lisandro Ayaz Mahmood Matt Matros Michael Mizrachi Scott Montgomery Men Nguyen Jeffrey Papola Hoai Pham Carter Phillips Konstantin Puchkov Miguel Proulx Jesse Rockowitz Scott Shelley Gavin Smith Brendan Taylor Jeffrey Tebben Joshua Tieman Luis Velador Marcel Vonk David Warga Simon Watt Ryan Welch 2011 / 2011 E Owais Ahmed André Akkari Hasan Anter Andrew Badecker Francesco Barbaro Allen Bari Sam Barnhart Steve Billirakis Nick Binger Tyler Bonkowski Kirk Caldwell Jake Cody David Diaz Sean Drake Joe Ebanks Elio Fox Andy Frankenberger Sean Getzwiller Kenneth Griffin Bertrand Grospellier Foster Hays Pius Heinz Andrew Hinrichsen James Hess Guillaume Humbert Daniel Idema Matt Jarvis John Juanda Eugene Katchalov Geffrey Klein Oleksii Kovalchuk Mikhail Lakhitov Ben Lamb Chris Lee Amir Lehavot Maxim Lykov Leonard Martin Matt Matros Jason Mercier Michael Mizrachi John Monnette Elie Payan Justin Pechie Matt Perrins Athanasios Polychronopoulos Rep Porter Mark Radoja Brian Rast ( 2 ) Eric Rodawig Mitch Schock David Singontiko Jason Somerville Fabrice Soulier Sam Stein Aaron Steury Antonin Teisseire Arkadiy Tsinis Chris Viox Tristan Wade Harrison Wilder Marsha Wolak Darren Woods Viacheslav Zhukov 2012 / 2012 E Timothy Adams Jonathan Aguiar David Arsht David `` Bakes '' Baker David `` ODB '' Baker Ronnie Bardah Andy Bloch Joe Cassidy Aubin Cazals Simon Charette Francisco Da Costa Santos Yen Dang Antonio Esfandiari ( 2 ) Ryan Eriquezzo Leif Force Andy Frankenberger Adam Friedman Michael Gathy Clifford Goldkind Brent Hanks Roger Hairabedian Brian Hastings Phil Hellmuth ( 2 ) Greg Hobson Kenny Hsiung Jan - Peter Jachtmann Will Jaffe Nick Jivkov Tomas Junek Naoya Kihara Oleksii Kovalchuk Steven Loube Henry Lu Imed Ben Mahmoud Matt Matros Brian Meinders Craig McCorkell Greg Merson ( 2 ) Michael Mizrachi John Monnette Dominik Nitsche Dung Nguyen Randy Ohel Greg Ostrander Rocco Palumbo Carter Phillips Giovanni Rasodoni Ylon Schwartz Allyn Jaffrey Shulman Ashkan Razavi Chiab Saechao Brandon Schaefer Benjamin Scholl Nick Schulman Austin Scott Vanessa Selbst Max Steinberg Herbert Tapscott Chris Tryba Vincent Van Der Fluit Peter Vilandos Joey Weissman Neil Willerson Larry Wright Cory Zeidman Viacheslav Zhukov 2013 / 2013 AP / 2013 E Daniel Alaei Matthew Ashton Jeremy Ausmus John Beauprez Levi Berger Kristen Bicknell Barny Boatman Bryan Campanello Dana Castaneda Benny Chen David Chiu James Collopy Chris Dombrowski Jason Duval Eli Elezra Martin Finger Danny Fuhs Michael Gathy Jackie Glazier Anthony Gregg Mike Gorodinsky Jarred Graham Steve Gross Isaac Hagerling Jared Hamby Roger Hairabedian Corey Harrison Loni Harwood Jonathan Hilton Chad Holloway Daniel Idema Phil Ivey Henrik Johansson Marco Johnson Cliff Josephy Davidi Kitai Aaron Lim Kenneth Lind Erick Lindgren Jeff Madsen Michael Malm Jesse Martin Adrian Mateos Mike Matusow Calen McNeil Simeon Naydenov Daniel Negreanu ( 2 ) Justin Oliver Taylor Paur Matt Perrins Bryan Piccioli Josh Pollock Athanasios Polychronopoulos Trevor Pope Sandeep Pulusani Mark Radoja Ryan Riess Lev Rofman Tom Schneider ( 2 ) Noah Schwartz Brett Shaffer Vladimir Shchemelev Darko Stojanovic Steve Sung Charles Sylvestre Norbert Szecsi Jonathan Taylor Nikolaus Teichert Ben Volpe Matt Waxman Brent Wheeler Brandon Wong Brian Yoon 2014 / 2014 AP Calvin Anderson Alex Antonios Alex Bilokur Alex Bolotin Justin Bonomo Dutch Boyd Luke Brabin Eric Buchman Todd Bui Joe Cada Scott Calcagno Kyle Cartwright Daniel Colman George Danzer ( 3 ) Scott Davies Sean Dempsey Jonathan Dimmig Michael Drummond Igor Dubinskyy Kevin Eyster Ted Forrest Ted Gillis Will Givens Matt Grapenthien Tommy Hang Dan Heimiller John Hennigan Sam Higgs Phillip Hui Phil Ivey Martin Jacobson Salman Jaddi Jared Jaffee John Kabbaj Mike Kachan Dan Kelly Bryn Kenney Kory Kilpatrick Davidi Kitai Gregory Kolo Nick Kost Florian Langmann Tuan Le Mike Leah Jeff Lisandro Jay Loo Jesse McEuen Pierre Milan David Miscikowski Robert Mizrachi Jordan Morgan Asi Moshe Dominik Nitsche ( 2 ) David Olson Brock Parker Brandon Paster Tyler Patterson Hugo Pingray Doug Polk Andrew Rennhack Roland Reparejo Vanessa Selbst Brandon Shack - Harris Brett Shaffer Jeff Smith Davide Suriano Paul Volpe Christopher Wallace Pat Walsh Steven Wolansky Brian Yoon Rory Young Haixia Zhang 2015 / 2015 E Daniel Alaei Jon Andlovec Adrian Apmann Makarios Avramidis Travis Baker Andrew Barber Brandon Barnette Connor Berkowitz Andre Boyer Adrian Buckley Shaun Deeb Upeshka De Silva Quinn Do Jonathan Duhamel ( 2 ) Jack Duong Eli Elezra Matthew Elsby Dietrich Fast Vasili Firsau Carol Fuchs John Gale Phil Galfond Cord Garcia Arash Ghaneian Benny Glaser Mike Gorodinsky Sam Greenwood Richard Gryko Loni Harwood Brian Hastings ( 2 ) Ryan Hefter Phil Hellmuth Paul Hoefer Barry Hutter Daniel Idema Young Ji William Kakon Byron Kaverman Alex Komaromi Tuan Le Keith Lehr Justin Liberto Alex Lindop Ivan Luca Kevin MacPhee ( 2 ) Jeff Madsen Konstantin Maslak Joe McKeehen Jason Mercier Paul Michaelis Robert Mizrachi Takahiro Nakai Thiago Nishijima Matt O'Donnell Max Pescatori ( 2 ) Alexander Petersen Nick Petrangelo Christian Pham Idan Raviv John Reading Gerald Ringe Jacquelyn Scott Perry Shiao Anthony Spinella Jeff Tomlinson Aaron Wallace Michael Wang Brandon Wittmeyer Corrie Wunstel Ben Yu Benjamin Zamani Anthony Zinno 2016 Hani Awad Lawrence Berg Chase Bianchi Kristen Bicknell Kyle Bowker Mike Cordell Johnnie Craig Ryan D'Angelo George Danzer Shaun Deeb Ray Dehkharghani Jason DeWitt Yue Du Tony Dunst Peter Eichhardt Said El - Yousfi Ryan Fee Michael Gagliano Cesar Garcia Jean Gaspard Michael Gathy Benny Glaser ( 2 ) John Hennigan Fedor Holz Ian Johns ( 2 ) Marco Johnson Kyle Julius Ben Keeline Courtney Kennedy Loren Klein Martin Kozlov Jens Kyllonen Ryan Laplante Allan Le Danny Le Hung Le Rafael Lebron Calvin Lee Andrew Lichtenberger Clayton Maguire Ankush Mandavia Adrian Mateos Phillip McAllister Jason Mercier ( 2 ) Robert Mizrachi James Moore Qui Nguyen David Nowakowski Viatcheslav Ortynskiy Alan Percal David Peters Doug Polk Rep Porter David Prociak Brian Rast Christopher Sand Brandon Shack - Harris Sam Soverel Corey Thompson Mitchell Towner Michael Tureniec Safiya Umerova Christopher Vitch Paul Volpe Steven Wolansky Jiaqi Xu Andrey Zaichenko Alexander Ziskin 2017 / 2017 E David Bach ( 2 ) Scott Blumstein Liv Boeree Ernest Bohn Chris Bolek Christopher Brammer Brian Brubaker Shane Buchwald James Calderaro Luis Calvo Thomas Cannuli Mohsin Charania Upeshka De Silva Dieter Dechant Rulah Divine Niall Farrell Chris Ferguson Christopher Frank Nathan Gamble Harrison Gimbel Jason Gola Tyler Groth Albert Hoekendijk Bryan Hollis Nipun Java ( 2 ) Martin Kabrhel Nadar Kakhmazov Frank Kassela Andreas Klatt Loren Klein Chris Klodnicki Tom Koral Norberto Korn Igor Kurganov Jens Lakemeier Sebastian Langrock Tommy Le Frank Maggio Pablo Mariz Anthony Marquez Jesse Martin Adrian Mateos Heidi May Ben Maya Joe McKeehen Theodore McQuilkin Joseph Mitchell John Monnette James Moore Chris Moorman Adrian Moreno Abe Mosseri Dominik Nitsche James Obst Rifat Palevic Alexandru Papazian David Pham Doug Polk Thomas Pomponio John Racener Gaurav Raina Thomas Reynolds Marti Roca Joseph Di Rosa Rojas Artur Rudziankov Matthew Schreiber Vladimir Shchemelev Oleksandr Shcherbak Max Silver David Singer Elior Sion Smith Sirisakorn Matous Skorepa Tyler Smith Aditya Sushant Christopher Vitch Ron Ware Mike Wattel Bryce Yockey Brian Yoon Ben Yu Sean Yu Dmitry Yurasov Benjamin Zamani Lukas Zaskodny Shai Zurr note number in brackets represents the number of bracelets earned in that year 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Series_of_Poker_bracelet&oldid=808913049 '' Categories : World Series of Poker Sports trophies and awards Bracelets Awards established in 1976 Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from February 2012 Good articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Italiano Polski Русский 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 6 November 2017, at 00 : 08. 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Question: who has the most wsop (world series of poker) bracelets
Answer: Johnny Chan