Year Champion Prize
2010: Jonathan Duhamel $8,944,310
2008: Peter Eastgate $ 9,152,416
2005: Joseph Hachem $7,500,000
2003: Chris Moneymaker $2,500,000
2002: Robert Varkonyi $2,000,000
2001: Carlos Mortensen $1,500,000
2000: Chris Ferguson $1,500,000
1999: J. J. “Noel” Furlong $1,000,000
1998: Scotty Nguyen $1,000,000
1996: Huck Seed $1,000,000
1995: Dan Harrington $1,000,000
1994: Russ Hamilton $1,000,000
1993: Jim Bechtel $1,000,000
1992: Hamid Dastmalchi $1,000,000
1991: Brad Daugherty $1,000,000
1990: Mansour Matloubi $895,000
1989: Phil Hellmuth $755,000
1988: Johnny Chan $700,000
1987: Johnny Chan $625,000
1986: Berry Johnston $570,000
1985: Bill Smith $700,000
1984: Jack Keller $660,000
1983: Tom McEvoy $580,000
1982: Jack Strauss $520,000
1981: Stu Ungar $375,000
1980: Stu Ungar $385,000
1979: Hal Fowler $270,000
1978: Bobby Baldwin $210,000
1977: Doyle Brunson $340,000
1976: Doyle Brunson $220,000
1975: Sailor Roberts $210,000
1974: Johnny Moss $160,000
1973: Puggy Pearson $130,000
1972: Amarillo Slim Preston $80,000
1971: Johnny Moss $30,000
1970: Johnny Moss n/a
