World Series of Poker
Year Winner Bracelets Final tables Money finishes WSOP earnings ( US $ ) Runner-up
2004 Daniel Negreanu 1 5 6 346,280 Ted Forrest
2005 Allen Cunningham 1 4 5 1,007,115 Mark Seif
2006 Jeff Madsen 2 4 4 1,467,852 Phil Hellmuth
2007 Tom Schneider 2 3 3 416,829 Michael Binger
2008 Erick Lindgren 1 3 5 1,348,528 Barry Greenstein
2009 Jeff Lisandro 3 4 6 807,521 Ville Wahlbeck
2010 Frank Kassela 2 3 6 1,255,314 Michael Mizrachi
2011 Ben Lamb 1 4 5 5,352,970 Phil Hellmuth
2012 Greg Merson 2 2 5 9,785,354 Phil Hellmuth
2013 Daniel Negreanu 2 4 10 1,954,054 Matthew Ashton
2014 George Danzer 3 5 10 878,933 Brandon Shack-Harris
2015 Mike Gorodinsky 1 3 8 1,766,487 Jonathan Duhamel
2016 Jason Mercier 2 4 11 960,424 Paul Volpe
2017 Chris Ferguson 1 3 23 428,423 John Racener
2018 Shaun Deeb 2 4 20 2,545,623 Ben Yu
2019 Robert Campbell 2 5 13 750,844 Shaun Deeb
Players -- Player of the Year
Since 2004 , a Player of the Year ( POY ) award has been given to the player with the most points accumulated throughout the WSOP . As of 2019 , fifteen different players have won the sixteen awards , with Daniel Negreanu as the only player to win the award more than once . Only `` open '' events in which all players can participate count in the standings ; this eliminates the Seniors , Ladies , and Casino Employee events . [ 35 ] Beginning with the 2006 World Series of Poker , the Main Event and the $ 50,000 H.O.R.S.E . competition had no effect on the outcome of the winner of the Player of the Year award . In the 2008 World Series of Poker , the $ 50,000 H.O.R.S.E . event counted toward the Player of the Year award , but the Main Event did not . Since 2009 , all open events , including the Main Event , count towards Player of the Year . The Player of the Year standings were based upon performance solely at the WSOP in Las Vegas up until 2010 , but beginning in 2011 have also taken the World Series of Poker Europe into account , and starting in 2013 also include events in the World Series of Poker Asia Pacific . The 2011 WSOP Player of the Year organized by Bluff Magazine used a different scoring system which took into account field sizes and buy-in amounts when calculating points earned . [ 36 ] This scoring system has been used ever since .
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010). It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tournament, with a set start and stop time, and a winner determined by a secret ballot of the seven players. As of 2019, the WSOP consists of 90 events, with most major poker variants featured. However, in recent years, over half of the events have been variants of Texas hold 'em. Events traditionally take place during one day or over several consecutive days during the series in June and July. However, starting in 2008, the Main Event final table was delayed until November. The 2012 and 2016 Main Event final tables commenced in October because of the United States presidential election. As of May 2017, the World Series of Poker has done away with the November Nine concept and instead gone back to the old format of crowning the Main Event winner in July.