As we prep for the 2022 World Series of Poker, a mere weeks away, PokerNews continues to look back at every world champion this century. In this installment, we focus on three winners from 2006 to 2008 — Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang, and Peter Eastgate.
The mid-to-late 2000s era brought about the largest Main Event field ever (2006) and the start of the November Nine concept (2008). And a whole bunch more, as you're about to read.
Jamie Gold: 2006 WSOP Main Event Champion ($12,000,000)
The 2006 WSOP Main Event was a memorable one for a few reasons, including the 8,773-entrant turnout, still a world championship event record to this day.