1986 World Series of Poker Main Event

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker in 1986 was the main event of the 17th 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 21st and ended with the final table on May 23rd, 1986. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 141 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there were 36 paid places for them. With Wendeen Eolis , a woman reached the jury for the first time. She finished the tournament in 25th place for $ 10,000 in prize money.

Final table

Berry Johnston (2007)

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

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