Professional Poker Players Still Seeking the WSOP Bracelet

18 February, 2009. Autor: pokernews  
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Professional Poker Players Still Seeking the WSOP Bracelet

While there are plenty of that have won at least one World Series of Bracelet, there are just as many that have not.  Winners of the bracelet include pros like Doyle Brunson, Bobby Baldwin, Hal Fowler, Stu Ungar, Jack Straus, Tom McEvoy, Jack Keller, Bill Smith, Berry Johnston, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth Jr, Mansour Matloubi, Brad Daugherty, and Jim Bechtel.  Additional winners include Russ Hamilton, Dan Harrigan, Huck Seed, Scotty Nguyen, Noel Furlong, Chris Ferguson, Juan Carlos Mortensen, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, Joe Hachem, Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, and Peter Eastgate.

Winners have been receiving a bracelet along with monetary winnings from the tournament since 1976 when Doyle Brunson won the tournament; a winner who has earned himself as many as ten of the coveted bracelets.  The only other person that has won more bracelets than Brunson is Phil Hellmuth who has taken home eleven of the bracelets.  Johnny Chan has also won ten bracelets, Johnny Moss has won nine, and Erik Seidel has won eight thus far.  Yet, what of the players that have won huge amounts of cash but have not brought home a ?  What pros still have yet to get their hands on the coveted ? [Read][more...]