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Encyclopedia > World Series of Poker, 1978

The 1978 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. ...


Preliminary events

Event Winner Prize Runner-up
$10,000 Deuce to Seven Draw American Billy Baxter $90,000 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Razz American Gary Berland $19,200 Unknown
$500 Seven Card Stud American Gary Berland $17,100 Unknown
$5,000 Seven Card Stud American Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson $68,000 Unknown
$1,000 No Limit Hold'em American Aubrey Day $42,600 Unknown
$200 Ladies' Seven Card Stud American Terry King $10,080 Unknown
$5,000 Draw High American Lakewood Louie $21,000 Unknown
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em American Hans "Tuna" Lund $46,800 Unknown
$1,000 Seven Card Stud Split American David "Chip" Reese $22,200 Unknown
$1,000 Ace to Five Draw American Henry Young $19,200 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. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Billy Baxter is an American professional poker player. ... 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. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Seven-card stud is a poker variant. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Doyle Brunson at the 1976 World Series of Poker Doyle Texas Dolly Brunson (born August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Texas) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 40 years. ... 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. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... David Edward Chip Reese (born 1951?) a professional poker player. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ...

Main Event

There were 42 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st American Bobby Baldwin $210,000
2nd American Crandall Addington $84,000
3rd American Louis Hunsucker $63,000
4th American Buck Buchanan $42,000
5th American Jesse Alto $21,000
6th Unknown Unknown


Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Bobby Baldwin at the 1979 World Series of Poker Bobby Baldwin is a professional poker player and casino executive. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ...

Major poker tournaments and series
World Series of Poker ('70 - '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)
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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