Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

The WSOP's funniest moments

Ahead of the start of the World Series of Poker we look back at some of the lighter moments from the biggest event in poker.

Epic slowroll

Who could forget this classic moment 96-year-old Jack Uri schooled a young punk?

"I love ladies"

This video of Yimin Fang overplaying Queen-Ten made him an instant poker celebrity in 2013:

"Don't send me home with 10-9"

If we are being honest, the main reason this is funny is because it happened to JRB:

The bad beat face

This image of Carter Gill learning he has been outdrawn has now become one of the most used poker reaction GIFs ever:

I've won $15 million.....yay

Nearly three million people watched this video of Daniel Colman's complete non-reaction to winning the second biggest prize in poker history:

The opposite reaction

Maybe Colman was so disgusted with this overreaction he vowed never to repeat it?

Taking the Poker Gods literally

Jerry Yang is probably always going to be remembered as the man who prayed his way to the Main Event title:

Bulldozer

Hevad Khan, living proof that poker and Red Bull don't mix:

Hellmuth's blow ups

The Poker Brat is best known for his bracelets, but his blow ups are a close second:

Moneymaker tanks

If you didn't believe Chris Moneymaker was an amateur on his way to the World Title in 2003, this clip removes all doubt:

What classic clip did we miss? Let is know in the comments.

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.