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Encyclopedia > 1987 World Series of Poker

The 1987 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 Ace to Five Draw American Bob Addison $96,400 Don Williams
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw American Billy Baxter $153,000 Joe Petro
$1,000 Limit Omaha American T. J. Cloutier $72,000 Unknown
$5,000 Seven Card Stud American Artie Cobb $142,000 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud American Jim Craig $103,600 Unknown
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha American Hal Kant $174,000 Lyle Berman
$1,500 Limit Hold'em American Ralph Morton $189,000 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split American Joe Petro $93,200 Unknown
$5,000 Seven Card Razz American Carl Rouss $65,200 Unknown
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud American Linda Ryke-Drucker $16,800 Unknown
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em American Hilbert Shirey $171,600 Unknown

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. ... Billy Baxter is an American professional poker player. ... 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. ... Thomas J. (T.J.) Cloutier (born October 13, 1939) is a professional poker player from Albany, California. ... Seven-card stud is a poker variant. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Artie Cobb is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... 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_the_United_States. ... Berman on the cover of his book, Lyle Berman (born August 6, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a professional poker player and business executive. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... 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. ... 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_the_United_States. ...

Main Event

There were 152 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan $625,000
2nd American Frank "Hollywood" Henderson $250,000
3rd American Bob Ciaffone $125,000
4th American James Spain $68,750
5th American Howard "The Professor" Lederer $56,250
6th American "Action" Dan Harrington $43,750

Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... Johnny Orient(al) Express Chan (born 1957?) is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Frank Hollywood Henderson is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Bob The Coach Ciaffone (born December 10, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is the author of Roberts Rules of Poker, and an American poker player, based in Saginaw, Michigan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Howard The Professor Lederer (born in Concord, New Hampshire), is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Action Dan Harrington (born 1945?) 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
8th American Mickey Appleman $25,000
9th American "Gentleman" Jack Keller $18,750
11th American Jay Heimowitz $12,500
12th Iranian Hamid Dastmalchi $12,500
14th Costa Rican Humberto Brenes $12,500
17th American Walter Clyde "Puggy" Pearson $12,500
21st American Bobby Baldwin $10,000
23rd American John Bonetti $10,000
26th American Johnny Moss $10,000


Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Mickey Appleman is an American professional poker player and sports bettor, now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Gentleman Jack Keller (?-December 2003) was a professional poker player. ... 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. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Hamid Dastmalchi is a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica_state. ... // Profile Humberto Brenes, Professional Poker Player Born: San Jose, Costa Rica in 1951 Resides: San Jose, Costa Rica Marital Status: Married, with 3 children Career: Professional poker player Poker Career Background Humberto began a career in gambling by playing baccarat but later made his way into poker, starting to play... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Walter Clyde Puggy Pearson (1929? in Tennessee – April 12, 2006) was a professional poker player. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Bobby The Owl Baldwin is a professional poker player and casino executive. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... John Bonetti is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Johnny Moss at the 1974 World Series of Poker Johnny Moss (1907-1997) was 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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