Bill Boyd (poker player)

Bill Boyd
Personal information
Date of birth	January 27, 1906
place of birth	McNeil
date of death	November 21, 1997
Place of death	Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	40,000 $
Total prize money	$ 80,000
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	4th
Cashes	4th
Best main event	no cash

William "Bill" Walter Boyd (born January 27, 1906 in McNeil , Arkansas , † November 21, 1997 in Las Vegas ) was a professional American poker player . He won four bracelets in the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Boyd was a five-card stud specialist. He won all four tournaments of the World Series of Poker in this variant in Las Vegas .

In addition, Boyd is also responsible for the rapid spread of the variation Omaha Hold'em . Boyd, who was in the Golden Nugget's card room at the time , first offered the game in 1983, shortly after Robert Turner invented it. In 1981 Boyd was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame . In his honor, he received the first poker hand given at the Hotel Mirage in 1989 .

Boyd died in November 1997 at the age of 91.

Bracelets

year	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Attendees	Prize money (in $)
1971	0.1000	Limit Five Card Stud	10	10,000
1972	10,000	Limit Five Card Stud	02	20,000
1973	10,000	Limit Five Card Stud	01	10,000
1974	0.5000	Limit Five Card Stud	08th	40,000

Web links

• Bill Boyd in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Bill Boyd in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Legendary gambler Boyd dies on lasvegassun.com from November 24, 1997, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).