WSOP Main Event Winners of the 1990's

Have you ever dreamt of winning the much coveted World Series of Poker main event title? There are others like you who have fantasized about it, but the difference between you and some of them is that they made their dream a reality. I am talking about the WSOP main event winners of the 1990's.

Scotty Nguyen

To get a lot of people to admire you as a poker player, you need to be as versatile as possible. Being versatile means that you know a lot of things, and this is what Scotty Nguyen is all about. In 1998, he came home with a wide grin on his face, like any other winner at WSOP main event will do. The good thing about Nguyen is that he is not stuck to just one type of game, he can play a lot of variants of poker. Aside from that, he also holds titles from other poker tournament. Surely, Scotty is one excellent poker player.

Brad Daugherty

He won the main event of the WSOP in 1991, but before that, he was a regular worker. What attracted him to the world of poker is the money that it offers, which he was very much in need of. He is in the league of Doyle Brunson, in the aspect of writing books about the game he loves. His two books are entitled No Limit Texas Hold'em for Beginners and Championship Satellite for Beginners. It is so generous of him to share what he knows about poker. At present, he does not limit himself to playing in tournaments. He is also a regular in online poker rooms.

Russ Hamilton

Russ Hamilton took home the title at the silver anniversary of World Series of poker in 1994. As a special prize, the winner will win what he weighs in silver. At that time, Russ weighed more than 300 hundred pounds, and became the crowd favorite because of the special prize. A natural gambler, he plays other gambling games. According to him, he gambles for the money, and he considers himself as self-fulfilled after the WSOP title in 1994.

These are only three of the title holders of WSOP main events of the 90's. They succeeded in fulfilling their dream, and serve as an inspiration to all poker fans out there. Their names will forever be remembered by poker enthusiasts. As compared to the 80's WSOP main event winners, this lot does not have bad images.