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Encyclopedia > 1992 World Series of Poker

The 1992 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. ...

Contents

Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Men Nguyen $120,600 Tom McEvoy
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Daniel Trujillo $115,800 Jimmy Athanas
$1,500 Seven Card Razz Lamar Hampton $80,400 Men Nguyen
$1,500 Omaha 8 or better Eli Balas $122,400 Marlon De Los Santos
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Lance Straughn $152,400 Greg Angel
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split Rick Steiner $105,000 Marsha Waggoner
Limit]] Hold'em Bob Abell $226,800 Rocky Ramano
$1,500 Limit Omaha Tom McEvoy $79,200 Berry Johnston
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Billy Thomas $81,000 Joe Lazar
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Mickey Appleman $119,250 Huck Seed
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw Dal Derovin $90,000 Vince Burgio
$2,500 Limit Hold'em Erik Seidel $168,000 Phil Hellmuth Jr
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Ray Rumler $106,000 Ester Rossi
$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hoyt Corkins $96,000 O'Neil Longson
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Kenny Duggan $134,000 Noli Francisco
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Paul "Eskimo" Clark $122,000 Ray Rumler
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Lyle Berman $192,000 Humberto Brenes
$5,000 Limit Hold'em Phil Hellmuth Jr $168,000 Steve Kopp
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Shari Flanzer $38,000 Kim Alford

Seven-card stud is a poker variant. ... Men The Master Nguyen (born 1954 in Phan Thiet, Vietnam) is a Vietnamese-American professional poker player. ... Tom McEvoy (born November 14, 1944 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) is a professional poker player and author. ... // 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. ... 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. ... Omaha holdem (or Omaha holdem or simply Omaha) is a community card poker game based on Texas hold em. ... Eli Balas is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... // 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. ... Berry Johnston is a professional poker player. ... 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. ... Mickey Appleman is an American professional poker player and sports bettor, now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey. ... Huckleberry (Huck) Seed (born 1969?) is an American professional poker player. ... Vince Burgio (born in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American professional poker player based in West Hills, California. ... Erik Seidel (born in New York City) is an American professional poker player. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Cowboy Hoyt Corkins (born Glenwood, Alabama) is an American professional poker player, known for his softly-spoken voice and his aggressive style. ... ONeil Longson is an American professional poker player from Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Noli Francisco (born November 13 in Cebu, Philippines) is a Filipino American poker player. ... Paul Eskimo Clark (born June 2 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American professional poker, living in Las Vegas, Nevada. ... Berman on the cover of his book, Lyle Berman (born August 6, 1941 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a professional poker player and business executive. ... // 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...

Main Event

There were 201 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament. As of 2006, this is the only year that there were fewer participants in the main event than the prior year.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Hamid Dastmalchi $1,000,000
2nd Tom Jacobs $353,500
3rd Hans "Tuna" Lund $176,750
4th Mike Alsaadi $101,000
5th Dave Crunkleton $60,600
6th Clyde Coleman $30,300

Hamid Dastmalchi is a professional poker player. ... Hans Tuna Lund is a former American professional poker player, based in Sparks, Nevada. ...

Other High Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
7th Johnny Chan $25,250
8th Jack Keller $20,200
12th John Bonetti $10,100
13th Todd Brunson $10,100
15th Bobby Baldwin $10,100
17th Berry Johnston $10,100
20th Surinder Sunar $8,080
21st Telly Savalas $8,080
22nd Barry Greenstein $8,080
23rd Mike Sexton $8,080
24th Mel Judah $8,080
25th Chris Bjorin $8,080


Johnny Orient(al) Express Chan (born in Guangzhou (Canton), China in 1957) is a professional poker player. ... Gentleman Jack Keller (?-December 2003) was a professional poker player. ... John Bonetti is an American professional poker player from Houston, Texas. ... Todd Alijondro Darkhorse Brunson is the son of poker legend Doyle Brunson. ... Bobby The Owl Baldwin is a professional poker player and casino executive. ... Surinder Sunar (born April 1, 1959 in Dhinpur Punjab, India) is an English professional poker player based in Wolverhampton, who first gained fame as a two-time finalist (seasons 1 and 5) in the Late Night Poker television series. ... Telly Savalas (January 21, 1924 – January 22, 1994) was an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor whose career spanned four decades. ... Barry Greenstein (born December 30, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is a professional poker player. ... Mike Sexton (born September 22, 1947) is an American professional poker player and commentator. ... Professional Australian poker player, also known as The Silver Fox, with several noticable finished in the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. ... Chris Bjorin is an English professional poker player of Swedish descent, now based in London. ...

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 - '07CircuitTOC)
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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