1979 World Series of Poker Main Event

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1979 was the main tournament of the tenth edition of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .

Tournament structure

The main tournament of the World Series of Poker in No Limit Hold'em started on May 22nd and ended with the final table on May 27th 1979. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 54 participants had to pay a buy-in of US $ 10,000 each, and there were five paid places for them. During the tournament, Lakewood Louie became the first player in World Series of Poker history to hold a royal flush with 10 ♦ K ♦ .

Final table

Hal Fowler (1979)

The final table was played on May 27, 1979. In the final hand, Fowler won with 7 ♠ 6 ♦ against Hoff with A ♣ A ♥ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Hal Fowler	270,000
2		Bobby Hoff	108,000
3		George Huber	081,000
4th		Sam Moon	054,000
5		Johnny Moss	027,000
6th		Bobby Baldwin	-

Web links

• 1979 World Series of Poker Main Event in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 1979 World Series of Poker Main Event on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1979 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 19, 2016 (English).
2. ↑ Lakewood Louie ( memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerpros.co.za, accessed on August 17, 2019 (English).