World Series of Poker 1973

The 1973 World Series of Poker was the fourth edition of the World Poker Championship and took place from May 4-15 , 1973 at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas .

Tournaments

Tournament schedule

Walter Pearson (1974)

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner		origin		Prize money (in $)
1	0.4000	Limit Seven Card Stud	May 4th 1973	08th	Walter Pearson				028,000
2	0.1000	Limit razz	May 5th 1973	32	Sam Angel				032,000
3	0.3000	Limit A-5 Draw Lowball	May 6, 1973	07th	Joe Bernstein				021,000
4th	0.3000	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball	May 7th 1973	11	Aubrey Day	Jack Straus			033,000
5	10,000	Limit Five Card Stud	May 8, 1973	01	Bill Boyd				010,000
6th	0.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	May 9, 1973	17th	Walter Pearson				017,000
7th	10,000	No-Limit Hold'em Main Event - World Championship	May 10, 1973	13	Walter Pearson				130,000

Main Event

The main tournament was played from May 10-15, 1973. 13 participants paid the buy-in of 10,000 dollars . In the final hand, Pearson won with A ♠ 7 ♠ against Moss with K ♥ J ♠ .

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
1		Walter Pearson	130,000
2		Johnny Moss	-
3		Jack Straus	-
4th		Bobby Brazil	-
5		Bob Hooks	-
6th		Brian Roberts	-

Web links

• World Series of Poker 1973 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 1973 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database