Bracelet Legacy
The WSOP Bracelet: History and Champions
Since 1976, every World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament winner has received a WSOP gold bracelet. Poker’s equivalent of an Olympic gold medal or a Super Bowl ring, WSOP bracelets serve as a visual testament that a player has earned their place in poker history.
Players will go their whole poker careers striving to win just one WSOP bracelet, with players achieving the feat multiple times earning legendary status.
Produced by a long list of famed jewelry crafters throughout their history, WSOP bracelets have been handmade by the likes of Mordechai Yerushalmi, Steve Soffa, and Jason Arasheben.
For years, memorabilia manufacturer Jostens has produced bracelets and rings for the WSOP and WSOP Circuit.
The most coveted out of all bracelets and poker trophies, the WSOP Main Event bracelet goes to the winner of the Main Event every year.
While all WSOP bracelets attract the eye with gold plates and gems, the Main Event bracelet is much larger and more valuable than other bracelets, reflecting the prestige of the tournament.
The 2024 WSOP Main Event bracelet won by Jonathan Tamayo contains 445 grams of 10-karat gold and a variety of 2,253 precious gems, including 1,948 round diamonds, 230 black onyx stones, and 75 red rubies. Appraised as high as $500,000, the WSOP Main Event bracelet is the most valuable trophy in all of sports.
Along with the additional gold and precious gems, the WSOP Main Event bracelet’s one of a kind design includes a removable faceplate intended to be used as a card protector.
The most prestigious poker tournament a player can win, the accolades of the biggest legends in WSOP history are often highlighted by Main Event victories.
A bracelet from the 2005 WSOP
Bracelet from the 2007 World Series of Poker
The large 50 on the 2019 WSOP Main Event bracelet represented the 50th anniversary of the event
The 2024 WSOP Main Event bracelet
Johnny Moss (left) posing with Jack Binion (right) following his win in the inaugural 1970 Main Event.
Winning the very first WSOP Main Event in 1970, Johnny Moss became the inaugural WSOP Main Event champion after competing with Doyle Brunson, Puggy Pearson, Sailor Roberts, Amarillo Slim, Crandell Addington, and Carl Cannon.
With the introduction of the WSOP bracelet not taking place until 1976, Moss received a silver cup after winning the Main Event in 1970.
Since Moss’ victory in 1970, poker players and legends have made their mark on history by winning the WSOP Main Event, and with it the coveted Main Event bracelet
Winning the WSOP Main Event again in 1971, Johnny Moss became the first-player to win the Main Event not only multiple times, but back-to-back. Only fellow poker legends Doyle Brunson, Stu Ungar, and Johnny Chan would join Moss in becoming back-to-back Main Event champions, with Brunson winning in 1976 and 1977, Ungar in 1980 and 1981, and Chan in 1987 and 1988.
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Legendary Players Who Made History
Moss and Ungar are the only two poker players to ever win the Main Event three times, with Moss winning the tournament in 1970, 1971, and 1974, and Ungar winning in 1980, 1981, and 1997.
Receiving not only a WSOP bracelet but a Main Event bracelet is an achievement attributed to many of poker's biggest legends.
Bobby Baldwin, Scotty Nguyen, and Chris Moneymaker are just a few of many poker legends with a WSOP Main Event bracelet in their poker trophy case.
While Main Event bracelets are certainly the most sought after, every WSOP tournament winner receives a bracelet, with a poker player’s career bracelet total reflective of their standing in WSOP history.
With 17 career WSOP tournament victories, including his wins in the 1989 WSOP Main Event and 2012 WSOP Europe Main Event, Phil Hellmuth holds the most WSOP bracelets out of any poker player in history.
A milestone for some of the greatest players in WSOP history, the following legends are the only few to win ten or more WSOP bracelets: Phil Ivey (11), Erik Seidel (10), Johnny Chan (10), Doyle Brunson (10).
Many of poker’s most successful players have built their legacies and their careers off of winning WSOP bracelets.
The all-time money leader in WSOP events, Daniel Negreanu has not only won 7 WSOP bracelets, but is a two-time WSOP Player of the Year winner (2004 and 2013).
While all-time WSOP greats continue to add to their WSOP jewelry boxes every year, rising stars and established crushers build their own legacies at each WSOP.
With 5 WSOP bracelets and over $2.8 million in career WSOP winnings, Kristen Foxen is the most successful female player in the history of the WSOP.
In 2009, Joe Cada broke the record for the youngest player in history to win the WSOP Main Event bracelet at the age of 21. Since Cada’s historic victory in 2009, he has gone on to win a total of 4 WSOP bracelets.
Often attracting celebrities and people of note outside of the poker world, past WSOP participants include Leonardo Dicaprio, Ben Affleck, Ray Romano, James Woods, and Michael Phelps.
Some years, the WSOP enlists a special representative to help unveil the WSOP Main Event bracelet. In 2024, famed celebrity chef Guy Fieri made an appearance at the Horseshoe Casino to help show off the WSOP Main Event bracelet.
