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Encyclopedia > 1974 World Series of Poker

The 1974 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$5,000 Five Card Stud Bill Boyd $40,000 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Razz Jimmy Casella $25,000 Unknown
$10,000 Seven-Card Stud Jimmy Casella $41,225 Unknown
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston $11,100 Unknown
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Brian "Sailor" Roberts $35,850 Unknown

Bill Boyd (?-November 21, 1997) was a professional poker player. ... Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. ... Jimmy Casella was a prominent poker player at the World Series of Poker in the 1970s. ... Seven-card stud is a variant of stud poker. ... // Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting This article describes the common terms, rules, and procedures in the game, but does not cover the strategic impact of betting. ... Texas hold em (or simply hold em or holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... Amarillo Slim at the 1974 World Series of Poker Thomas Austin Amarillo Slim Preston, Jr. ... One is said to be drawing in a poker game if one has a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. ... Sailor Roberts at the 1979 World Series of Poker Brian Sailor Roberts was a professional poker player. ...

Main Event

There were 16 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Johnny Moss $161,000
2nd Crandell Addington None
3rd Unknown None
4th Unknown None
5th Unknown None
6th Unknown None


Johnny Moss (May 14, 1907 – December 16, 1995)[1] was a professional poker player. ... Crandell Addington one of the founders of the World Series of Poker, is one of the old school poker players who cropped up from Texas. ...

Major poker tournaments
World Series of Poker ('70 - '71 - '72 - '73 - '74 - '75 - '76 - '77 - '78 - '79 - '80 - '81 - '82 - '83 - '84 - '85 - '86 - '87 - '88 - '89 - '90 - '91 - '92 - '93 - '94 - '95 - '96 - '97 - '98 - '99 - '00 - '01 - '02 - '03 - '04 - '05 - '06 - '07 – Circuit – TOC)
World Poker Tour (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) --- European Poker Tour (1 - 2 - 3) --- Late Night Poker (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6)
Professional Poker Tour --- Poker Million --- Poker Superstars (1 - 2 - 3) --- Poker Nations Cup
World Heads-Up --- National Heads-Up --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2 - 3) --- Aussie Millions --- Grand Prix


 
 

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