This chart is a doozy, but it is pretty interesting to see what cards determined poker history. Can you spot which cards were responsible for winning back-to-back titles?
Final Hand Details of WSOP Main Event
| Year | Winner | Winning Hand | Prize | Entries | Runner Up | Losing Hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Johnny Moss | N/A | Silver Cup | 7 | Winner by vote of peers | N/A |
| 1971 | Johnny Moss | Unknown | $30,000 | 6 | Puggy Pearson | Unknown |
| 1972 | Amarillo Slim Preston |   | $80,000 | 8 | Puggy Pearson |  |
| 1973 | Puggy Pearson |   | $130,000 | 13 | Johnny Moss |   |
| 1974 | Johnny Moss |   | $160,000 | 16 | Crandall Addington |   |
| 1975 | Sailor Robert |  | $210,000 | 21 | Bob Hooks |   |
| 1976 | Doyle Brunson |   | $220,000 | 22 | Jesse Alto |  |
| 1977 | Doyle Brunson |  | $340,000 | 34 | Gary Berland |   |
| 1978 | Bobby Baldwin |   | $210,000 | 42 | Crandall Addington |  |
| 1979 | Hal Fowler |  | $270,000 | 54 | Bobby Huff |  |
| 1980 | Stu Ungar |   | $385,000 | 73 | Doyle Brunson | |
| 1981 | Stu Ungar |  | $375,000 | 75 | Perry Green |  |
| 1982 | Jack Strauss | | $520,000 | 104 | Dewey Tomko |   |
| 1983 | Tom McEvoy |  | $540,000 | 108 | Rod Peate |  |
| 1984 | Jack Keller |  | $660,000 | 132 | Byron Wolford |   |
| 1985 | Bill Smith | | $700,000 | 140 | T.J. Cloutier |  |
| 1986 | Berry Johnston | | $570,000 | 141 | Mike Harthcock |  |
| 1987 | Johnny Chan | | $625,000 | 152 | Frank Henderson |  |
| 1988 | Johnny Chan | | $700,000 | 167 | Erik Seidel |  |
| 1989 | Phil Hellmuth |  | $755,000 | 178 | Johnny Chan | |
| 1990 | Mansour Matloubi |  | $895,000 | 194 | Hans “Tuna” Lund | |
| 1991 | Brad Daugherty |  | $1,000,000 | 215 | Don Holt | |
| 1992 | Hamid Dastmalchi | | $1,000,000 | 201 | Tom Jacobs | |
| 1993 | Jim Bechtel | | $1,000,000 | 220 | Glenn Cozen | |
| 1994 | Russ Hamilton | | $1,000,000 | 268 | Hugh Vincent |   |
| 1995 | Dan Harrington | | $1,000,000 | 273 | Howard Goldfarb |  |
| 1996 | Huck Seed | | $1,000,000 | 295 | Bruce Van Horn |  |
| 1997 | Stu Ungar | | $1,000,000 | 312 | John Strzemp | |
| 1998 | Scotty Nguyen | | $1,000,000 | 350 | Kevin McBride | |
| 1999 | Noel Furlong |  | $1,000,000 | 393 | Alan Goehring |  |
| 2000 | Chris Ferguson | | $1,500,000 | 512 | T.J. Cloutier | |
| 2001 | Carlos Mortensen | | $1,500,000 | 613 | Dewey Tomko | |
| 2002 | Robert Varkonyi | | $2,000,000 | 631 | Julian Gardner | |
| 2003 | Chris Moneymaker | | $2,500,000 | 839 | Sam Farha |  |
| 2004 | Greg Raymer |  | $5,000,000 | 2,576 | David Williams | |
| 2005 | Joe Hachem | | $7,500,000 | 5,619 | Steve Dannenmann | |
| 2006 | Jamie Gold | | $12,000,000 | 8,773 | Paul Wasicka | |
| 2007 | Jerry Yang | | $8,250,000 | 6,358 | Tuan Lam | |
| 2008 | Peter Eastgate | | $9,152,416 | 6,844 | Ivan Demidov | |
| 2009 | Joe Cada | | $8,547,044 | 6,494 | Darvin Moon | |
| 2010 | Jonathan Duhamel | | $8,944,310 | 7,319 | John Racener | |