There are two three-time WSOP main event winners. Only Johnny Moss (1970, 1971 and 1974) and Stu Unger (1981, 1982 and 1997) were able to achieve that feat. They both won it twice in a row, as did Doyle Brunson (1976 and 1977) and Johnny Chan (1987 and 1988).

Other big-name winners include Chris “Jesus” Ferguson (2000), Phil Hellmuth (1989), Dan Harrington (1995), Scotty Nguyen (1998), Huck Seed (1996), Robert Varkonyi (2002) and Carlo Mortensen (2001).

Recent winners have won huge amounts, with the biggest winner being Jamie Gold ($12 million) in 2006. In 2007, Jerry Yang won $8.25 million and Joseph Hachem pocketed $7.5 million in 2005. Chris Moneymaker (2003) set the poker world afire when he won the main event, and $2.5 million, after winning his way into the tournament via an online satellite tournament. Greg Raymer was the other big main event winner, winning $5 million in 2004, and almost won it again the next year in 2005.

The final hand of the 2007 WSOP was a classic if ever there was one.

With Jerry Yang constantly putting the pressure on Tuan Lam, Lam was looking for two good cards that he could go all-in with. He was dealt Ace-Queen, and after Yang raised pre-flop to 1.9 million, he pushed in his stack (23 million). Once again, Yang had a hand to call with and flipped over his pocket eights. The flop was Q, 9, 5 and Lam looked set to double through. That would have still left Yang with over 80 million.

But instead of that happening the turn card was a 7, giving Yang more outs to win the hand. Yang still needed an 8 or a 6 to win the championship, and as many expected, he hit his 6 for the win and the championship.

And let’s not forget the $8 million.