World Series of Poker 1972

The 1972 World Series of Poker was the third edition of the World Poker Championship and took place from May 6-16 , 1972 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $)
1	10,000	Limit Five Card Stud	May 7, 1972	2	Bill Boyd		20,000
2	0.5000	No-Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 11, 1972	8th	Thomas Preston		80,000

Main Event

Thomas Preston (1974)

The main tournament was played from May 11th to 16th, 1972. Eight participants paid the buy-in of $ 5,000 . In addition, Benny Binion paid an entry fee of $ 5,000 for each player to advertise his hotel, Binion's Horseshoe. In the final hand Preston won with K ♥ J ♦ against Pearson with 6 6 .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Thomas Preston	80,000
2		Walter Pearson	-
3		Doyle Brunson	-
4th		Crandall Addington	-
5		Jack Straus	-
6th		Johnny Moss	-
7th		Roger Van Ausdall	-
8th		Jimmy Casella	-

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1972 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1972 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database