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Encyclopedia > 1993 World Series of Poker

The 1993 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
$1,500 limit hold'em American Hugo Mieth $220,800 American "Gentleman" Jack Keller
$1,500 Seven Card Stud American Robert Turner $103,800 American Dave Crunkleton
$1,500 Limit Omaha American "Gentleman" Jack Keller $61,800 American Howard "The Professor" Lederer
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split American Gene Fisher $113,400 American Mike Krescanko
$1,500 Seven Card Razz American Ted Forrest $77,400 American Charles Burris
$1,500 Omaha 8 or better American Ted Forrest $120,000 American "Miami" John Cernuto
No Limit]] Hold'em American Phil Hellmuth Jr $161,400 American Chris Tsiprailidis
Pot Limit]] Omaha American Buddy Bonnecaze $83,400 American Roy Dudley
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em American John Bonetti $122,400 South Vietnamese Chau Giang
$2,500 Omaha 8 or better American Erik Seidel $94,000 American J. W. Smith
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw American Billy Baxter $130,500 American Phil Hellmuth Jr
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw South Vietnamese Chau Giang $82,800 American Brian Nadell
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em American Hamid Dastmalchi $114,000 American Mickey Appleman
$2,500 Seven Card Stud American Marty Sigel $113,000 American Lonnie Williams
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Costa Rican Humberto Brenes $73,600 American Jay Heimowitz
$2,500 Limit Hold'em Costa Rican Humberto Brenes $149,000 American Tom Cady
$5,000 Seven Card Stud American Ted Forrest $114,000 American John Heaney
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em American Phil Hellmuth Jr $173,000 American Noli Francisco
$5,000 Limit Hold'em American Phil Hellmuth Jr $138,000 American Don Williams
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud American Phyllis Kessler $32,800 American Becki Vincent

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Main Event

There were 220 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st American Jim Bechtel $1,000,000
2nd American Glenn Cozen $420,000
3rd American John Bonetti $210,000
4th Welsh Mansour Matloubi $120,000
5th American Thomas Chung $72,000
6th English Mike Cowley $36,000

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Other High Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
9th American Brad Daugherty $24,000
12th American Henry Orenstein $19,200
24th American Mike Sexton $12,000
25th American Bobby "The Wizard" Hoff $12,000
26th American David "Chip" Reese $12,000


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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) --- High Stakes Poker
Professional Poker Tour --- Poker Million --- Late Night Poker --- Poker Superstars --- Poker Royale
World Heads-Up Poker Championship --- World Speed Poker Open --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2 - 3)


 

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