Cloutier A♦ Q♣ 2001 Juan Carlos Mortensen K♣ Q♣ 1,500,000 613 Dewey Tomko A♠ A♥ 2002 Robert Varkonyi Q♦ 10♠ 2,000,000 631 Julian Gardner J♣ 8♣ 2003 Chris Moneymaker 5♦ 4♠ 2,500,000 839 Sam Farha J♥ 10♦ 2004 Greg Raymer 8♠ 8♦ 5,000,000 2,576 David Williams A♥ 4♠ 2005 Joe Hachem 7♣ 3♠ 7,500,000 5,619 Steve Dannenmann A♦ 3♣ 2006 Jamie Gold Q♠ 9♣ 12,000,000 8,773 Paul Wasicka 10♥ 10♠ 2007 Jerry Yang 8♦ 8♣ 8,250,000 6,358 Tuan Lam A♦ Q♦ 2008 Peter Eastgate A♦ 5♠ 9,152,416 6,844 Ivan Demidov 4♥ 2♥ 2009 Joseph Cada 9♦9♣ 8,574,649 6,494 Darvin Moon Q♦J♦ 2010 Jonathan Duhamel A♠ J♥ 8,944,310 7,319 John Racener K♦ 8♦ 2011 Pius Heinz A♠ K♣ 8,715,638 6,865 Martin Staszko 10♣ 7♣ 2012 Greg Merson K♦ 5♦ 8,531,853 6,598 Jesse Sylvia Q♠ J♠ 2013 Ryan Riess A♥ K♥ 8,361,570 6,352 Jay Farber Q♠ 5♠ 2014Martin Jacobson 10♥ 10♦10,000,0006,683Felix Stephensen A♥ 9♥ 2015Joe McKeehen A♥ 10♦7,683,3466,420Joshua Beckley 4♣ 4♦ 2016Qui Nguyen K♣ 10♣8,005,3106,737Gordon Vayo J♠ 10♣2017Scott Blumstein8,150,0007,221Dan Ott2018John Cynn8,800,0007,874Tony Miles2019Hossein Ensan10,000,0008,569Dario Sammartino2020Damian Salas2,550,9691,379Joseph Hebert2021Koray Aldemir8,000,0006,650George Holmes2022Espen Jørstad10,000,0008,663Adrian Attenborough2023Daniel Weinman12,100,00010,043Steven Jones2024Jonathan Tamayo10,000,00010,112Jordan Griff2025Michael