Editing World Series of Poker (section)

====WSOP Ladies Championship Events====
{{Main|List of World Series of Poker ladies champions}}
In 1977, the first ladies-only event was introduced in the form of $100 buy-in Stud Poker Tournament.<ref name="c002">{{cite web | last=Chaffin | first=Sean | title=History of the WSOP Ladies Championship from Beginning to the Current Day! | website=888 Poker Online | date=2024-10-24 | url=https://www.888poker.com/magazine/history-wsop-ladies-poker-championship | access-date=2024-11-15}}</ref> Jackie McDaniels won that event to become the first ladies champion. She won one of the smallest prizes ($5,580) in WSOP history.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Shane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M3uqJMAB-qsC&q=1977%2520jackie%2520mcdaniels%2520first%2520ladies&pg=PT55 |title=Championship Table |publisher=Cardoza Publishing |isbn=9781580424691|via=Google Books |language=en |access-date=2023-02-12}}</ref> By 2007, the popularity of the Ladies Event had grown to the point that it became the first ladies-only event to have a prize pool greater than $1,000,000. Seven card stud was the game for the event's first two decades, but it was replaced by Texas hold 'em in 2001.