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  Any champion of the main event of the World Series of Poker deserves the accolades given to them. Take a look back ten years or more and you'll see that even though the fields were much, much smaller than they are today, they were almost 100% pro, meaning that at no time was winning the WSOP main event ever easy. However there is one thing that would happen from time to time that seems not to be possible these days - the repeat victory.



  It all started with Johnny Moss from the hoary days of the WSOP's launch in 1970. He was voted in as the winner, and then went on to win it himself in 1971. Just to make sure everyone knew he meant business, he won it for a third time in 1974.



  Next came Doyle Brunson. Texas Dolly won it twice, back to back, in 1976 and 1977. Shortly after that come Stuey Ungar, victor in 1980 and 1981. Starting to notice a pattern? Multiple victories seem to come in back to back years, with the exception of Moss.



  Johnny Chan, the Orient Express, claimed his own back to back duo of victories in 1987 and 1988, and then very nearly made history with a third back to back win. In 1989 he finished second to Phil Hellmuth.



  That would have been the end of the multiple winner list, except here comes Stu Ungar again in 1997 and "pulls a Moss" by winning a third title, an amazing 16 years after his second time.



  Since that time no player has made a second victory in the main event, and with the fields increasing to unreal proportions, it may never happen. Some speculate that if Ungar had lived he may have picked up one or two more, but until such time a player comes that has Ungar's mad talent, repeat victories may indeed be a thing of the past.



  This year we will not see a back-to-back win either - Jamie Gold is already eliminated from the tournament.