1988 World Series of Poker

1988 World Series of Poker
LocationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates5 – 16 May
Champion
China Johnny Chan
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The 1988 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe between 5 May 1988, and 21 May 1988. [1]

Events

There were 11 preliminary events at the 1988 World Series of Poker.[2] Johnny Moss became the first player to win nine career bracelets. No other player would reach nine career bracelets until the 2003 WSOP.

# Date Event Winner Prize Runner-up Results
1 May 5, 1988 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Val Carpenter (1/1) $223,800 Jack Keller (0/2) Results
2 May 6, 1988 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Russell Gibe (1/1) $181,800 Hans Lund (0/1) Results
3 May 7, 1988 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha Gilbert Gross (1/1) $181,000 Hugh Todd Results
4 May 8, 1988 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Thor Hansen (1/1) $158,000 David Heyden Results
5 May 9, 1988 $1,000 Limit Omaha David Helms (1/1) $91,200 Don Williams (0/2) Results
6 May 10, 1988 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Split Lance Hilt (1/1) $123,600 Joe Petro Results
7 May 11, 1988 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Loretta Huber (1/1) $17,000 Ester Rossi Results
8 May 12, 1988 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Merrill Hunt (1/1) $130,200 Johnny Moss (0/8) Results
9 May 13, 1988 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw Seymour Leibowitz (1/1) $157,500 Chip Reese (0/2) Results
10 May 14, 1988 $1,500 Ace to Five Draw Johnny Moss (1/9) $116,400 Richard Chase Results
11 May 15, 1988 $1,000 Seven Card Razz Don Williams (1/3) $76,800 Art Youngblood Results
12 May 16, 1988 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Johnny Chan (1/3) $700,000 Erik Seidel Results


Main Event

There were 167 entrants to the main event on 16 May 1988. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. The 1988 Main Event was the second consecutive World Championship for Johnny Chan.[3] The final hand that featured Chan against Erik Seidel would be featured in the 1998 movie Rounders.[4][5]

Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Johnny Chan $700,000
2nd Erik Seidel $280,000
3rd Ron Graham $140,000
4th Humberto Brenes $77,000
5th T. J. Cloutier $63,000
6th Jim Bechtel $49,000

In The Money Finishes

NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
9th Jesse Alto $21,000
15th Jay Heimowitz $12,500
18th Roger Moore $12,500
20th Mike Hart $10,000
23rd Ken Flaton $10,000
26th Don Williams $10,000
27th David Sklansky $8,750
28th John Spadavecchia $8,750
31st Jack Keller $7,500
32nd Chip Reese $7,500
33rd Phil Hellmuth $7,500

References

  1. ^ "1988 19th Annual World Series of Poker". WSOP.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ "1988 World Series of Poker Tournament Schedule". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  3. ^ Harris, Martin (4 July 2017). "History of the World Series of Poker Main Event: 1980-1989". PokerNews. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Event #12: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship". WSOP.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ Seaton, Paul (5 March 2019). "Poker Moments: Erik Seidel Looks Back on Johnny Chan and the Eye to the Sky". PokerNews. Retrieved 11 November 2024.