On this two-part collection, poker historian Robert Jen, who’s the self-proclaimed “World’s Best Unknown Poker Historian,” dives deep into the report books to supply up enjoyable information and stats heading into the 2025 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP), and what information poker participant and followers can anticipate to be damaged this summer time. He additionally presents up some long-standing information which have an opportunity to fall, in addition to some longshot information that in all probability will not be damaged this yr, however you by no means know.
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PokerNews can be providing stay updates from all 100 stay WSOP bracelet occasions on the Horseshoe and Paris, and you may guess we’ll be retaining a detailed eye on the next eventualities to see if and when a brand new report is perhaps set.
Oh, and if you wish to be taught extra about Robert Jen and see him discuss numerous information, try his current one-on-one unique interview with Chad Holloway on the PokerNews Podcast.
Poker Atop the Charts
“Poker gamers are rock stars!” – Doyle Brunson, writing solely partly in jest in his September 19, 2009, Gambling911 article.
The Poker Growth, and particularly its virtually continuous tv protection on quite a few networks after Chris Moneymaker‘s 2003 WSOP Principal Occasion miracle, made loads of poker gamers world-famous, immediately recognizable to even informal poker followers, and, for essentially the most expert and most lucky, wealthy. The objective of virtually each participant within the WSOP is to take house a WSOP bracelet, poker’s equal of reaching the highest of the Billboard Sizzling 100, perpetually branding you as the very best of the very best. Reaching a closing desk (ninth place or higher) is like reaching the highest ten on the music charts, whereas cashing is like making it onto the charts in any respect.
Kenny Rogers’ “The Gambler” (the theme music for the 1979 WSOP Principal Occasion after topping the Nation charts and reaching #16 on the Sizzling 100 on March 3), Woman Gaga’s “Poker Face” (#1 on April 11, 2009), and Beyonce’s “Texas Maintain ‘Em” (#1 for 2 weeks in March 2024) have spanned the a long time of the WSOP.
On the flip facet, in April 2011, Rebecca Black’s “Friday” was virtually as disastrous for American pop music as Black Friday was for American on-line poker. However shopping for your approach to success is the American manner, kind of like rebuying 24 instances to win a six-figure third-place prize (sure, I do know, Daniel Negreanu, who has since repented, is Canadian, however he is been residing in Las Vegas so lengthy, he is undoubtedly one in all us).
I bought my first FM radio (i.e., “completely borrowed” from my Mother) in Might 1977, when the Eagles’ “Resort California” was primary on the charts. I actually loved the music regardless that I had no clue what “colitas” have been. For the report, it means marijuana, which 11-year-old me was unfamiliar with till Paul McCartney bought busted for possession in Japan two years later (yeah, I additionally did not know the etymology of the Doobie Brothers both).
That very same summer time, my street-smart metropolis cousin taught me poker. We performed draw and stud poker with pennies and nickels in my bed room. I learn my first poker guide, trying out Walter Gibson’s Poker Is the Title of the Recreation from the native library.
My love for music and poker has continued to develop stronger over the half-century since.
A Fast Look Again at 2024
The WSOP outdoes itself yearly with extra bracelet occasions, extra entries, extra rebuys, extra gamers paid, and extra prize cash distributed. Yearly, the WSOP’s stay and on-line festivals surpass important milestones, whereas tournaments and gamers break main information.
Final yr, the WSOP gave out its 2,five hundredth bracelet and a few weeks later ran its 2,five hundredth event (bear in mind they’ve hosted each doubles and tag staff occasions). In yr 55, the 100,000th totally different participant collected a prize, and the Principal Occasion topped 150,000 complete entries since its inception in 1971. What milestones are destined to be reached this yr? Which of them are we rooting for that in all probability will not occur?
Ryan Riess elevated the report for cashes in a single yr to 49. This report has fallen in 5 of the final six years, so who will get to 50 first?
Roland Israelashvili lastly gained his first bracelet after an unbelievable 253 cashes with out one. What undesirable information will gamers shed this yr?
Kristen Foxen set a number of ladies’s information, together with her fifth profession bracelet, her fourth open bracelet, her second straight yr with an open bracelet, and a $600,000 Principal Occasion money whereas outlasting 99.87% of the sphere. Liv Boeree collected a ladies’s report $2,800,000 for fourth place within the Paradise Island $25,000 Principal Occasion en path to a report yr. What feminine information will fall this yr? Will a girl lastly attain the Principal Occasion closing desk once more? (Barbara Enright is getting lonely.)
Upcoming WSOP Milestones and Document Potentialities
What milestones are more likely to be reached this yr? What information will fall? Let’s break down essentially the most attention-grabbing potentialities by how possible they’re.
GUARANTEED OR PRACTICALLY GUARANTEED {90-100%}
one hundredth Bracelet to a Lady
A feminine will virtually actually take house a bracelet for the one hundredth time. The depend stands at 97, and two Women occasions ought to happen (Las Vegas has one scheduled to start June 26, and GGPoker ought to host one in August). That leaves only one open bracelet to be gained and, apart from 2022, ladies have scored yearly since 2012, with a median of over 1¾ per yr.
Feminine Bracelet Milestones
NOTE: Simply eight days after Subject, Vera Richmond grew to become the primary girl to win an open event, the $1,000 Ace-to-5 Draw, defeating a subject of 77 for $38,500.
100 Las Vegas Tournaments
The Las Vegas pageant will function 100 tournaments for the primary time, beginning with the $1,000 Thriller Tens of millions Bounty and $500 Trade Workers occasions on Might 27 and wrapping up fifty days later with the $1,000 Tremendous Turbo No-Restrict Maintain ‘Em on July 16.
Las Vegas Pageant Milestones
five hundredth Million-Greenback Prize
Not together with thriller bounties, the WSOP will award its five hundredth seven-figure prize, presumably through the Principal Occasion. The depend stands at 475, and the WSOP gave out a report 69 million-dollar prizes final yr.
Complete Million-Greenback Prizes Awarded
NOTE: Brian Rast holds the report with 5 seven-figure cashes, and a complete of 54 totally different gamers have collected a number of million-dollar prizes (126 of them), so the WSOP will not mint its five hundredth millionaire till 2026 (not counting gamers who have been already wealthy).
Cashes in a Decade
Roland Israelashvili cashed a good 100 instances within the 2010s. Within the 2020s, Daniel Negreanu already has 87 cashes, only one fewer than his runner-up complete from the 2010s, whereas Israelashvili himself lurks two behind. They’re each more likely to beat this report, so the query is who will find yourself on prime and be the poker world’s Drake, who had a preposterous 197 Sizzling 100 songs within the 2010s.
Most Cashes in a Decade
Cashes in a Decade, Girls
Kathy Liebert has already cashed 68 instances within the 2020s. Liebert, Jessica Teusl (61), and J.J. Liu (57) wanted solely 5 years to smash Maria Ho‘s report of fifty within the 2010s. Liebert will proceed to increase the report, however can Teusl, Liu, Jamie Kerstetter (50), Kristen Foxen (49), or Maria Ho herself (49) overtake her to grow to be Rihanna, who had 45 songs attain the Sizzling 100 within the 2010s?
Most Cashes in a Decade, Girls
70-90% of Occurring
Occasions / Bracelets Awarded in One 12 months by the WSOP
Final yr, 245 tournaments have been featured, and 246 bracelets have been awarded (130 stay and 115 on-line occasions with one stay staff occasion). The WSOP will doubtless break these information this yr and will attain the 250-tournament/250-bracelet milestones for the primary time.
Most Occasions / Bracelets in a 12 months
Ultimate Tables in a Decade
Daniel Negreanu reached 25 closing tables within the 2010s. Negreanu has already made 22 closing tables since 2020, and is the favourite to interrupt his personal report, however Jeremy Ausmus and Yuri Dzivielevski are scorching on his heels with 21 within the race to be like Drake, who already has 45 High 10 songs within the 2020s, smashing his personal report of 33 within the 2010s.
Most Ultimate Tables in a Decade
Ultimate Tables in a Decade, Girls
Annie Duke, Cyndy Violette, and Jen Harman all reached eight closing tables within the 2000s. J.J. Liu and Kristen Foxen each want solely two extra closing tables within the 2020s to interrupt this and grow to be the following Taylor Swift, who has already reached the High 10 a girl’s report 34 instances within the 2020s.
Most Ultimate Tables in a Decade, Girls
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Possibly May Occur (50-70%)
Ultimate Tables in One 12 months
Ryan Riess (2023), Yuri Dzivielevski (2023), and Jeremy Ausmus (2024) all made eight closing tables in a yr. A number of additional occasions this yr is perhaps sufficient to allow a brand new report.
Most Ultimate Tables in One 12 months
Cashes in One 12 months
Ryan Riess has sole possession of the report for cashes in a yr with 49 in 2024. However seven different gamers have topped 40 eight instances between them in simply the final two years, so a brand new report is within the playing cards.
Most Cashes in One 12 months
Principal Occasion Cashes
Johnny Chan and Allen Cunningham have each made the cash within the Principal Occasion 11 instances. Will both take the report for himself this yr? Cunningham cashed final yr, whereas Chan final cashed in 2023.
Most Cashes within the Principal Occasion
Principal Occasion Cashes, Girls
Kathy Liebert and Maria Ho share the report with six Principal Occasion cashes every. Ho, the Final Lady Standing Queen (a report 3 times), cashed final yr, whereas Leibert final cashed in 2021, so both participant may take this report for herself.
Most Cashes within the Principal Occasion, Girls
Examine again tomorrow for Half 2 of Upcoming Milestones and Document Potentialities on the 2025 WSOP!
Robert Jen
