The following is the
list of World Series of Poker Main Event champions. The
World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually since 1970 in
Las Vegas. Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000
buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner of the WSOP Main Event receives a
World Series of Poker bracelet, millions of dollars (with the exact amount based on the number of entrants), and the right to be considered the year's World Champion of Poker. Since 2008, the nine players who make it to the
final table of the Main Event are called the
November Nine, a reference to the fact that the final table competes in November, months after the Main Event's preliminary rounds are completed.