Johnny Moss, the first winner of a WSOP Main Event.

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Johnny Moss, first winner WSOP Main Event.

(1907-1995) A legend of poker. His name is related to two 'greats' like Doyle Brunson and 'Amarillo' Slim when talking about the first great players.
In fact, Moss was the first winner of the Main Event of the WSOP (1970), something that would repeat the following year and in 1974, becoming the oldest player (66 years) to get it.
In addition, Stu Ungar and he have been, so far, the only ones to get 3 bracelets of the Main Event of the WSOP.

Throughout his career, Moss got a total of 9 bracelets from the World Series of Poker, a brand recently matched by Phil Ivey, and second only to Doley Brunson, Johnny Chan (10) and Phill Hellmuth, with 13.

Member of the Hall of Fame since its foundation in 1979, he was the protagonist of one of the most legendary games in the history of poker: the one between January and May 1949, Nick 'The Greek' Dandolos, who just before surrender and end the game, pronounced the mythical phrase "Mr.Moss, I think I'll have to let you go".

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