World Series of Poker 1986

The 1986 World Series of Poker was the 17th edition of the Poker World Championship and took place from May 10 to 23, 1986 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

The Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)
1	0.1000	Limit Omaha	May 10, 1986	121	James Allen		048,400
2	0.2500	Pot-Limit Omaha (Rebuy)	May 11, 1986	067	David Baxter		127,000
3	0.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	May 12, 1986	302	Hamid Dastmalchi		165,000
4th	00.500	Ladies Limit Seven Card Stud	May 13, 1986	082	Barbara Enright		016,400
5	0.5000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball (Rebuy)	May 14, 1986	031	Ronald Graham		142,000
6th	0.1500	Limit Hold'em	May 15, 1986	320	Jay Heimowitz		175,800
7th	0.1000	Limit razz	May 16, 1986	131	Tom McEvoy		052,400
8th	0.1000	Limit A-5 Draw Lowball	May 17, 1986	173	JB Randall		069,200
9	0.1000	Limit Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo	May 18, 1986	169	Tommy Fischer		073,600
10	0.5000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 19, 1986	040	Sam Mastrogiannis		080,000
11	0.5000	No-Limit A-5 Draw w / Joker (Rebuy)	May 20, 1986	032	Mike Cox		118,000
12	10,000	No Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 21, 1986	141	Berry Johnston		570,000

Main Event

Berry Johnston (2007)

→ Main article : 1986 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table was played on May 23, 1986. In the final hand, Johnston won with A ♠ 10 ♥ against Hart with A ♦ 8 ♦ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Berry Johnston	570,000
2		Mike Hart	228,000
3		Gary Berland	114,000
4th		Jesse Alto	062,700
5		Bill Smith	051,300
6th		Roger Moore	039,900

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1986 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1986 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1986 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).