A total of 1,689 World Series of Poker Gold Bracelets have been awarded in the competition's existence and is often the first bit of hardware that poker players aspire to win at the beginning of their careers.
However, there are a host of top name players who have found it difficult to etch their name in the history books of the WSOP. PokerNews last looked at the best poker players not to win a Gold Bracelet in 2018 and since then, the likes of Stephen Chidwick, Shawn Buchanan and Ari Engel have taken their names off of that list with their bracelet event triumphs in 2019.