LAS VEGAS–Here is the complete list of multi-bracelet years. This information comes from what might arguably be the best publication in poker — BJ\’s Pocket Guide to the 2007 WSOP / Daily Schedule & Media Guide:
1973 – Puggy Pearson (3)
1974 – Jimmy Casella (2)
1976 – Doyle Brunson (2) Howard Andrew (2)
1977 – Doyle Brunson (2) Bobby Baldwin (2)
1978 – Gary Berland (2)
1979 – Gary Berland (2) Louie Lakewood (2)
1981 – Stu Ungar (2)
1982 – Billy Baxter (2) David Sklansky (2)
1983 – Tom McEvoy (2)
1984 – Jack Keller (2) Dewey Tomko (2)1993 – Ted Forrest (3) Humberto Brenes (2) Phil Hellmuth (3)
1994 – TJ Cloutier (2)
1995 – Dan Harrington (2) Men \”the Master\” Nguyen (2) Hilbert Shirey (2)
1997 – Max Stern (2)
2000 – Chris Ferguson (2)
2001 – Nani Dollison (2) Scotty Nguyen (2)
2002 – Phil Ivey (3) Layne Flack (2)
2003 – Chris Ferguson (2) Men Nguyen (2) Johnny Chan (2) Layne Flack (2) John Juanda (2) Phil Hellmuth (2)
2004 – Scott Fischman (2) Ted Forrest (2)
2005 – Mark Seif (2)
2006 – Bill Chen (2) Jeff Madsen (2)
All that\’s gotta make the 53.5 not all that surprising, right?