1987 World Series of Poker Main Event

The Main Event of the 1987 World Series of Poker was the main event of the 18th 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 12th and ended with the final table on May 17th, 1987. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 152 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there were 36 paid places for them.

Final table

Johnny Chan (2008)

The final table was played on May 17, 1987. In the final hand, Chan won with A ♠ 9 ♣ against Henderson with 4 ♦ 4 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Johnny Chan	625,000
2		Frank Henderson	250,000
3		Bob Ciaffone	125,000
4th		James Spain	068,750
5		Howard Lederer	056,250
6th		Dan Harrington	043,750

Web links

• 1987 World Series of Poker Main Event in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 1987 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 1987 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 10, 2016 (English).