1995 World Series of Poker Main Event

The Main Event of the 1995 World Series of Poker was the main event of the 26th 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 19 and ended with the final table on May 23, 1995. The tournament was held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas . The total of 273 participants had to pay a buy-in of US $ 10,000 each, and there were 27 paid places for them.

Final table

Dan Harrington (2005)

The final table was played on May 23, 1995. With Barbara Enright , a woman sat at the final table for the first time and so far for the only time. In the final hand, Harrington won with 9 ♦ 8 ♦ against Goldfarb with A ♥ 7 ♣ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Dan Harrington	1,000,000
2		Howard Goldfarb	0.519,000
3		Brent Carter	0.302.750
4th		Hamid Dastmalchi	0.173,000
5		Barbara Enright	0.114.180
6th		Chuck Thompson	0.086,500

Web links

• Main Event of the World Series of Poker 1995 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• 1995 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 1995 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 11, 2015 (English).