Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1989

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The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1989 was the main tournament of the 20th 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 15 and ended with the final table on May 19, 1989. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 178 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there were 36 paid places for them.

Final table

Phil Hellmuth (2008)

The final table was played on May 19, 1989. In the final hand, Hellmuth won with 9 9 against Chan with A 7 .

space origin player Prize money (in $ )
1 United StatesUnited States Phil Hellmuth 755,000
2 United StatesUnited States Johnny Chan 302,000
3 United StatesUnited States Don Zewin 151,000
4th United StatesUnited States Steve Lott 083,050
5 United StatesUnited States Lyle Berman 067,950
6th IrelandIreland Noel Furlong 052,850

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1989 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 4, 2016 (English).