Dude, thats Bill Smith. After he beat T.J. Cloutier in the "85" main event he came in like 5th in the Main event in "86". He was a good guy who liked to drink his budwiesers beer while playing. I know because (he was my friend) and I came in 2nd to Berry Johnston that year (86) in the main event. Bill got unlucky to come in 5th when he had AK against A8 (all in) and Roger Moore (hall of fame inductee) hit the 8 on the turn. Bill Smith died too early. He was a well know player from what was then the breeding ground of the greatest NLHE at that time, Dallas,Texas. Most of the top NL players came from Texas during that era. They brought the game (NL) to Vegas, and it was called Texas NLHE.

Softer field - '91 Main Event or 2011 Ladies Event?

There was'nt anywhere as much dead money in the ME in "91" as there is nowadays. Still its harder to win it now with the massive field.

if you had what you know today it was 91 main event, but know one had that information so i'd say ladies event

Sad, I know Brad. He must be hurting at this point to sell it. This isn't for charity. He played in a smaller field but think about how many people covet winning the Main Event.
It's like when Superbowl players have sell their World Championship ring.

from Hendon Mob:
wonder if anyone knows his s/n

lol @ his website

$1.99 special Brad sale

http://bradpoker.com/blog/

So your Mike Harthcock?

You're posts are really interesting. I knew that the pic was of Bill Smith, I was trying to point out that he's is definitely one of the least well known Main Event Champs - only you could actually name him from his picture. Which champion do you think is least well known amongst today's players?

Yeah, I knew Bill pretty well and actually flew from my home base of Florida to play in some good NLHE games in Dallas, Tex, and Bill played in the games too. He was a solid player and a pretty cool guy. Its sad he died from complications from alcohol, to the best of my knowledge, at too early an age.
Bro, I was born Michael Ivan Hart, thru divorce and adoption, my adopted name became Mike Harthcock. I moved down to Florida in 1970 where I was around all my blood relatives and my biological dad Edward J. Hart. My father was one of the best poker players down in Winter Haven, Florida ( This was also 3X WSOP champ and 2 time ME runner up Dewey Tomko's residence and also 3x WSOP champ Hilbert Shirey's home town). I picked up the game myself from family games, and played in the game Tomko ran for over 15 years. When my biological dad died in 1985 of a massive heart attack, and my son Ryan was born in 1987, I wanted my son and daugther Courtney to have their real blood name, so I legally changed my name back to Hart. Your right tho amigo, when I came in 2nd, my last name was Harthcock. Thanks for the compliment about my posts, I try. I would say Hal Fowler is the least know ME winner, because he disapeared and never returned to Vegas, and was never heard from again. Doyle Brunson did some detective work, and found out Fowler got sick and was hospitalized for a long time, and he (Fowler) instructed everyone not to tell where he was, then he passed away. He gutted a straight against Bobby "The Wizard" Hoff who held AA to win the championship, not positive what year it was. I think it was around 80 or 81. CYA later and GL amigo. Its tough for the young players to know the past champs, coz they've all gone down for the dirt nap.

anyone know the gold value of this bracelet?

I paid like 20 bucks for this book.

Also his second biggest win which was more then 10x his buyin was for like 25k.

why would anyone want to buy somebody elses main event winners bracelet , i dont get it , what are u going to do with it ? wear it and pretend to non poker people that you won it ?

What do people do with other ppl's works of art, pretend they painted/drew it?

Only if your name happens to be BRAD.

This is like buying a players game worn jersey....who cares???

This is the WSOP world Championship braclet won by brad in 1991. Only one such braclet each year is awarded in NLH and is considred by all poker players as the ultimate, or holy grail of poker.
TJ's was not for the main event. This prized braclet in poker is akin to the Hart Trophy's won by Rocket Richard in 1947 or Gordy Howe in 1951. Imagine what they would be worth to collectors? Brads braclet, for those not aware, is the old, initial, type. Heavier and , to me much more valuable. doc earle

Did you just compare Brad Daugherty to Gordie Howe?

Who the **** is willing to pay $30k for this guy's ME bracelet? I mean what do you do with it? Put it in a display so when people come to your place you can tell them this is Brad whatever's 1991 WSOP ME bracelet only to be asked every single time "Who?"

ballin

What the hell is that hanging out of his speedo, a rip cord to crank his dick. Tuna sporting the John Deere hat maybe, the other dude must be Gandolfs long lost uncle

LOL, Tuna's the one fully clothed and was one of Brads closest friend. He was a great player (Tuna).

Good read, you should post more often to educate the younger players on the history of Texas Holdem. We need more insight on the past before we forget

interesting read