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Encyclopedia > 1981 World Series of Poker

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Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,000 Draw High American Ed Barmach $18,000 Unknown
$600 Mixed Doubles American Frank Cardone & Juanda Matthews $7,800 Unknown
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em American Fredric David $96,000 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud American Sid Gammerman $52,000 Unknown
$400 Ladies' Seven Card Stud American Ruth Godfrey $17,600 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Razz American Bruce Hershenson $34,500 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split American Johnny Moss $33,500 Unknown
$5,000 Seven Card Stud American A. J. Myers $67,500 Unknown
$2,500 Ace to Five Draw American Mickey Perry $46,250 American Jack "Treetop" Straus
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em American Dudy Roach $81,000 Unknown
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw American Glen Rodgers $44,000 Unknown
$10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw American Stu "The Kid" Ungar $95,000 Unknown

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Main Event

There were 75 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st American Stu "The Kid" Ungar $375,000
2nd American Perry Green $150,000
3rd American Gene Fisher $75,000
4th American Ken Smith $37,500
5th American Bill Smith $37,500
6th American Jay Heimowitz $30,000

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Other High Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
7th American Bobby Baldwin $15,000


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Major poker tournaments and series
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 - '06TOC)
World Poker Tour (1 - 2 - 3 - 4) --- European Poker Tour (1 - 2) --- Late Night Poker (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6)
Professional Poker Tour --- Poker Million --- High Stakes Poker --- Poker Superstars (1 - 2) --- Poker Royale
World Heads-Up Poker Championship --- World Speed Poker Open --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2 - 3) --- VC Cup


 

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