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Encyclopedia > World Series of Poker, 1988

The 1988 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 Val Carpenter $223,800 American "Gentleman" Jack Keller
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em American Russ Gibe $181,800 American Hans "Tuna" Lund
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha American Gilbert Gross $181,000 American Hugh Todd
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Norwegian Thor Hansen $158,000 American David Heyden
$1,000 Limit Omaha American David Helms $91,200 American Don Williams
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Split American Lance Hilt $123,600 American Joe Petro
$500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud American Loretta Huber $17,000 American Ester Rossi
$1,500 Seven Card Stud American Merrill Hunt $130,200 American Johnny Moss
$5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw American Seymour Leibowitz $157,500 American David "Chip" Reese
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw American Johnny Moss $116,400 American Richard Chase
$1,000 Seven Card Razz American Don Williams $76,800 American Art Youngblood

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Main Event

There were 167 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament.


Final table

Place Name Prize
1st American Johnny "Oriental Express" Chan $700,000
2nd American Erik Seidel $280,000
3rd American Ron Graham $140,000
4th Costa Rican Humberto Brenes $83,050
5th American T. J. Cloutier $63,000
6th American Jim Bechtel $49,000

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Other High Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
15th American Jay Heimowitz $12,500
18th American Roger Moore $12,500
27th American David Sklansky $8,750


Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Jay B. Heimowitz (born December 26, 1937) is an American poker player from Bethel, New York. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... Roger Moore is a professional poker player. ... Download high resolution version (1520x800, 18 KB) Subject: Flag of the United States. ... David Sklansky at the 1979 World Series of Poker David Sklansky (born in Teaneck, New Jersey) is a professional poker player and author. ...

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


 

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