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Encyclopedia > 1986 World Series of Poker

The 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binion's Horseshoe. The WSOP logo. ... Johnny Moss, Chris Wills, Amarillo Slim, Jack Binion, and Puggy Pearson outside the Horseshoe at the 1974 World Series of Poker Binions Horseshoe (now the Binions Gambling Hall & Hotel) is a hotel and casino located in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada on the Fremont Street Experience. ...

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Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,000 Limit Omaha American Jim Allen $48,400 Unknown
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Scottish David Baxter $127,000 Eddie Schwettman
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Iranian Hamid Dastmalchi $165,000 Unknown
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud American Barbara Enright $16,400 Unknown
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw American Ron Graham $142,000 Aubrey Day
$1,500 Limit Hold'em American Jay Heimowitz $175,800 Frank Henderson
$1,000 Seven Card Razz American Tom McEvoy $52,400 Unknown
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw American J. B. Randall $69,200 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Split American Tommy Fischer $73,600 Unknown

NB: Mickey "The Worm" Wernick finished 2nd at one of the above Omaha events. (1) Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting // Procedure Players in a poker game act in turn, in clockwise rotation (acting out of turn is a breach of etiquette and can negatively affect other players). ... Omaha holdem (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game based on Texas hold em. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting // Procedure Players in a poker game act in turn, in clockwise rotation (acting out of turn is a breach of etiquette and can negatively affect other players). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Wikibooks Poker has more about this subject: Betting // Procedure Players in a poker game act in turn, in clockwise rotation (acting out of turn is a breach of etiquette and can negatively affect other players). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Hamid Dastmalchi is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Barbara Enright is an American professional poker player, motivational speaker, and Editor-in-Chief of Woman Poker Player magazine. ... 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. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Jay B. Heimowitz (born December 26, 1937) is an American poker player from Bethel, New York. ... Frank Hollywood Henderson is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas. ... 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. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a professional poker player and author. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Mickey The Worm Wernick (also known as Mickey The Legend Wernick) (born 2 July 1944) is an English retired bookmaker and professional poker player from Birmingham. ...


Main Event

There were 141 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st American Berry Johnston $570,000
2nd American Mike Harthcock $228,000
3rd American Gary Berland $114,000
4th Mexican Jesse Alto $62,700
5th American Bill Smith $51,300
6th American Roger Moore $39,900

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Berry Johnston is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Gary Berland is a American professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Bill Smith is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Roger Moore is a professional poker player. ...

Other High Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
10th American Dewey Tomko $12,500
11th American Jim Bechtel $12,500


Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Dewey Tomko, a former kindergarten teacher, is an American professional poker player with over 35 years of experience. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Jim Bechtel is a professional poker player. ...

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 – Circuit – TOC)
World Poker Tour (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) --- European Poker Tour (1 - 2) --- Late Night Poker (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6)
Professional Poker Tour --- Poker Million --- Poker Superstars (1 - 2 - 3) --- Poker Royale--- Poker Nations Cup
World Heads-Up --- National Heads-Up --- World Speed Poker Open --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2 - 3) --- VC Cup --- Grand Prix


 

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