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Most Titles at the World Series
Most World Championships
Most often placed (received money)
All Time Top Money Winners at the WSOP
The Poker World Champions
Most Titles at the World Series
Johnny Chan (9) Phil Hellmuth (9) Doyle Brunson (9) Johnny Moss (8)
Billy Baxter (7)
Most World Championships
Johnny Moss (3) Stu Ungar (3) Doyle Brunson (2) Johnny Chan (2)
Most often placed (received money)
Berry Johnston (43) T.J. Cloutier (41) Phil Hellmuth Jr. (40) Mike Sexton (38)
All Time Top Money Winners at the WSOP
1. Phil Hellmuth Jr. $3,543,745 (40) 18. Jack Keller $1,593,645
2. Johnny Chan $3,477,634 (31) 19. John Bonetti $1,545,212
3. T.J. Cloutier $2,992,841 (41) 20. Jay Heimowitz $1,484,997
4. Chris Ferguson $2,515,202 (36) 21. Layne Flack $1,348,425
5. Chris Moneymaker $2,500,000 (1) 22. Sami Farha $1,300,000
6. Erik Seidel $2,362,621 (28) 23. Jim Bechtel $1,228,745
7. Huck Seed $2,101,297 (23) 24. Mansour Matloubi $1,223,432
8. Stu Ungar $2,081,478 (16) 25. Tom McEvoy $1,210,867
9. Robert Varkonyi $2,000,000 (1) 26. David Chiu $1,187,715
10. Dan Harrington $1,975,858 27. Mel Judah $1,168,751
11. Dewey Tomko $1,915,644 (33) 28. Brad Daugherty $1,133,649
12. Doyle Brunson $1,866,659 (24) 29. Julian Gardner $1,128,800 (3)
13. Carlos Mortensen $1,825,575 (6) 30. Humberto Brenes $1,116,219
14. Berry Johnston $1,819,099 (43) 31. Russ Hamilton $1,101,065
15. Men Nguyen $1,782,487 32. Brent Carter $1,081,532
16. Scotty Nguyen $1,768,847 (17) 33. Noel Furlong $1,070,785
17. Hamid Dastmalchi $1,600,760 (10)
The World Champions
1970 - Johnny Moss 1979 - Hal Fowler 1988 - Johnny Chan 1997 - Stu Ungar
1971 - Johnny Moss 1980 - Stu Ungar 1989 - Phil Helmuth, Jr. 1998 - Scotty Nguyen
1972 - Amarillo "Slim" Preston 1981 - Stu Ungar 1990 - Mansour Matloubi 1999 - Noel Furlong
1973 - Puggy Pearson 1982 - Jack Straus 1991 - Brad Daugherty 2000 - Chris Ferguson
1974 - Johnny Moss 1983 - Tom McEvoy 1992-Hamid Dastmalchi 2001-Carlos Mortenson
1975 - Sailor Roberts 1984 - Jack Keller 1993 - Jim Bechtel 2002-Robert Varkonyi
1976 - Doyle Brunson 1985 - Bill Smith 1994 - Russ Hamilton 2003 - Chris Moneymaker
1977 - Doyle Brunson 1986 - Berry Johnston 1995 - Dan Harrington
1978 - Bobby Baldwin 1987 - Johnny Chan 1996 - Huck Seed

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