| Year | Winner | Prize (US$) | Runner-Up | Notable Others |
| 1991 | Brad Daugherty (Winning Hands) ![]() |
1,000,000 | Don Holt | "The Don" Donnacha O'Dea (9) Jay Heimowitz (11) Gabe Kaplan (13) Hans "Tuna" Lund (19) Jason Lester (21) Mike Sexton (24) Bobby Baldwin (29) Hamid Dastmalchi (34) |
| 1990 | Mansour Matloubi (Winning Hands) ![]() |
895,000 | Hans "Tuna" Lund | Berry Johnston (5) John Bonetti (8) Stu "The Kid" Ungar (9) Bobby Hoff (13) Mel "Silver Fox" Judah (17) Humberto Brenes (26) "Cowboy" Hoyt Corkins (35) |
| 1989 | Phil Hellmuth, Jr. (Winning Hands) ![]() |
755,000 | Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan | Lyle Berman (5) Noel Furlong (6) Jay Heimowitz (14) John Bonetti (16) David "Chip" Reese (23) Jim Bechtel (31) Walter "Puggy" Pearson (35) Crandall Addington (36) |
| 1988 | Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan (Winning Hands) ![]() |
700,000 | Erik Seidel | Humberto Brenes (4) T.J. Cloutier (5) Jim Bechtel (6) Jesse Alto (9) Jay Heimowitz (15) Roger Moore (18) David Sklansky (27) David "Chip" Reese (32) "Gentleman" Jack Keller (31) Phil Hellmuth Jr (33) |