Canadian-born Matthew Salsberg made his way to Los Angeles in his youth, chasing better weather to work on his golf game. After taking a screenwriting class at University of California San Diego, he managed to land some gigs in Hollywood. Eventually, he worked his way up to being an executive producer on Weeds, which ran for eight years on Showtime. After his day job at the studios, Salsberg hit the poker rooms around town and became a serious part-time player. ...
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Year | Winner | Prize | Coverage | |
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2024 | Jonathan Tamayo | $10,000,000 | ||
2023 | Daniel Weinman | $12,100,000 | ||
2022 | Espen Jorstad | $10,000,000 | ||
2021 | Koray Aldemir | $8,000,000 | ||
2020 | Damian Salas | $1,000,000 | ||
2019 | Hossein Ensan | $10,000,000 | ||
2018 | John Cynn | $8,800,000 | ||
2017 | Scott Blumstein | $8,150,000 | ||
2016 | Qui Nguyen | $8,005,310 | ||
2015 | Joe McKeehen | $7,683,346 |