1985 World Series of Poker Main Event

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The Main Event of the World Series of Poker in 1985 was the main event of the 16th staging 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 17 and ended with the final table on May 21, 1985. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 140 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there were nine paid places for them.

Final table

The final table was played on May 21, 1985. In the final hand, Smith won with 3 3 against Cloutier with A 3 .

space origin player Prize money (in $ )
1 United StatesUnited States Bill Smith 700,000
2 United StatesUnited States TJ Cloutier 280,000
3 United StatesUnited States Berry Johnston 140,000
4th United StatesUnited States Scott Mayfield 070,000
5 United StatesUnited States Hamid Dastmalchi 070,000
6th United StatesUnited States Jesse Alto 042,000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1985 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).