<P> Johnny Moss was the first person to win the WSOP . Since then only Moss and Stu Ungar have won the Main Event three times ; Ungar is the only one to have won three times in the freeze - out format . Moss , Ungar , Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan are the only people who have won the Main Event two years in a row . Johnny Chan 's second victory in 1988 was featured on the 1998 film Rounders . Peter Eastgate was the youngest person to win the Main Event when he won it in 2008 , at 22 years of age . He held that record for one year , when 21 - year - old Joe Cada became the youngest Main Event champion . </P>
<P> Johnny Moss was the first person to win the WSOP . Since then only Moss and Stu Ungar have won the Main Event three times ; Ungar is the only one to have won three times in the freeze - out format . Moss , Ungar , Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan are the only people who have won the Main Event two years in a row . Johnny Chan 's second victory in 1988 was featured on the 1998 film Rounders . Peter Eastgate was the youngest person to win the Main Event when he won it in 2008 , at 22 years of age . He held that record for one year , when 21 - year - old Joe Cada became the youngest Main Event champion . </P>
who has won the wsop main event twice
who has won the wsop main event twice
Johnny Moss Stu Ungar Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan
Johnny Moss Stu Ungar Doyle Brunson Johnny Chan