1980 World Series of Poker Main Event

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1980 was the main tournament of the eleventh 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 17th and ended with the final table on May 22nd, 1980. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 73 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there were five paid places for them.

Final table

Stu Ungar (1980)

The final table was played on May 22, 1980. In the final hand, Ungar won with 5 ♠ 4 ♠ against Brunson with A ♥ 7 ♠ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Stu Hungarian	365,000
2		Doyle Brunson	146,000
3		Jay Heimowitz	109,500
4th		Johnny Moss	073,000
5		Charles Dunwoody	036,500
6th		Gabe Kaplan	-

Web links

• 1980 World Series of Poker Main Event in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 1980 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 1980 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 19, 2016 (English).