2007 Records
- Steve Billirakis became the youngest person to ever win a WSOP bracelet at 21 years and 11 days. This record was broken three months later at the World Series of Poker Europe by Annette Obrestad, aged 18 years, 364 days.
- Phil Hellmuth became the first player to win 11 bracelets.
- Phil Hellmuth set a record of 63 all-time WSOP cashes.
- June 9 was the busiest WSOP day ever, with 3,009 participants starting in two events on the same day.
- The largest non-WSOP Main Event tournament record was broken. The $1500 Buy In No Limit Hold'em Event #49 attracted a record 3151 players for the noon start. This event broke the single busiest start date set on June 9.
- Annie Duke set the women's record with 33 WSOP cashes.
- 1,286 women set a new record for number of participants in an all women's poker tournament.
- This year's WSOP also boasted the largest number of total registrants in history, with 54,288 registrations for all of the events.
- Michael Binger and Chad Brown tied Phil Hellmuth and Humberto Brenes for most ITM finishes in a single World Series of Poker with eight.
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