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1986 World Series of Poker

1986 World Series of Poker
LocationBinion's Horseshoe, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesMay 10 – May 23
Champion
United States Berry Johnston
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The 1986 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.

Preliminary events

There were 12 preliminary events at the 1986 World Series of Poker.

# Event Winner Prize Runner-up
1 $1,000 Limit Omaha Jim Allen (1/1) $48,400 Jack Keller (0/2) [1]
2 $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha (Rebuy) David Baxter (1/2) $127,000 Eddie Schwettman [2]
3 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Hamid Dastmalchi (1/1) $165,000 Hans Lund (0/1) [3]
4 $500 Ladies' Seven Card Stud Barbara Enright (1/1) $16,400 Betty Carey [4]
5 $5,000 Deuce to Seven Draw with Rebuys Ron Graham (1/1) $142,000 Aubrey Day (0/2) [5]
6 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Jay Heimowitz (1/2) $175,800 Frank Henderson [6]
7 $1,000 Seven Card Razz Tom McEvoy (1/3) $52,400 Alma McClelland [7]
8 $1,000 Ace to Five Draw J. B. Randall (1/1) $69,200 Clifford Roof [8]
9 $1,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low Split Tommy Fischer (1/2) $73,600 Carl Lao [9]
10 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Sam Mastrogiannis (1/2) $80,000 Rick Greider [10]
11 $5,000 No Limit Ace to 5 Draw with Joker (Rebuy) Mike Cox (1/1) $118,000 Jack Keller (0/2) [11]
12 $1,000 Seven Card stud Sam Mastrogiannis (2/3) $78,400 David Chew [12]

Main Event

There were 141 entrants to the main event. Each paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 36 players finishing in the money. 1985 World Champion Bill Smith made back-to-back Main Event final tables. Johnston, the eventual winner, was at the final table in 1985 when Smith won. Wendeen Eolis became the first female player to finish the main event in the money when she finished in 25th place.[13][14][15]

Final table

Place Name Prize
1st Berry Johnston (1/2) $570,000
2nd Mike Harthcock (0/1) $228,000
3rd Gary Berland (0/5) $114,000
4th Jesse Alto $62,700
5th Bill Smith (0/1) $51,300
6th Roger Moore $39,900

In The Money Finishes

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

Place Name Prize
8th Jim Doman (0/2) $22,800
10th Dewey Tomko (0/3) $12,500
11th Don Williams (0/2) $12,500
13th Jim Bechtel $12,500
14th Lyle Berman $12,500
15th David Baxter (0/2) $12,500
16th Bobby Baldwin (0/4) $12,500
21st Gabe Kaplan $10,000
23rd Buster Jackson (0/1) $10,000
25th Wendeen Eolis $10,000
26th Johnny Moss (0/8) $10,000
28th Ken Flaton (0/1) $7,500
34th Artie Cobb (0/1) $7,500

References

  1. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #1: $1,000 Limit Omaha". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #2: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  3. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #3: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  4. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #4: $500 Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  5. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #5: $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball (Rebuy)". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  6. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #6: $1,500 Limit Hold'em". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  7. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #7: $1,000 Limit Razz". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  8. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #8: $1,000 Limit A-5 Draw Lowball". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  9. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #9: $1,000 Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  10. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #10: $5,000 Limit Seven Card Stud". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  11. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #11: $5,000 No-Limit A-5 Draw w/ Joker (Rebuy)". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  12. ^ "1986 WSOP Tournament Results - Event #12: $1,000 Seven Card Stud". World Series of Poker. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  13. ^ Harris, Martin (2017-07-04). "History of the World Series of Poker Main Event: 1980-1989". PokerNews. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  14. ^ Streltcoff, Max (2024-11-24). "WSOP 1986: Year of Berry Johnston". PokerListings. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  15. ^ "17th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1986, No Limit Hold'em World Championship". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
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